Well, i tried to uninstall or remove most of the unwanted programmes but its still slow during the start up. Is there anything else i can do to make it faster?
My notebook starts up too slow..
- Thread starter GradeAbra
- Start date
Welcome
Lets start by looking for Malware
Make a full anti virus scan
Downloand and make a full scan with Malwarebytes.
If this does not work
Follow this tutorial
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html
If that does not help
Make a system restore point and then download
CCleaner and use it.
Finally if nothing else works
Use Soluto. Dont forget about the system restore just in case.
https://www.soluto.com/About/
Take the action in the order given, here.
Lets start by looking for Malware
Make a full anti virus scan
Downloand and make a full scan with Malwarebytes.
If this does not work
Follow this tutorial
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html
If that does not help
Make a system restore point and then download
CCleaner and use it.
Finally if nothing else works
Use Soluto. Dont forget about the system restore just in case.
https://www.soluto.com/About/
Take the action in the order given, here.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS420
- Memory
- 6 gig
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
- Sound Card
- Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
- Hard Drives
- 640 gb
- Cooling
- Fan
- Keyboard
- Dell USB
- Mouse
- Dell USB 4 button optical
- Other Info
- DSL provided by ATT
Virus scan shows nothing after a full scan. I am using Symantec endpoint protection.
There are some unknown files which i am not sure if they are safe to remove though. Maybe i shall snipe a pic and post here later.
By the way is Daemon Tools an important tool? I can't find a way to uninstall this programme.
My Computer
Daemon is your virtualization software.
Dont forget Malwarebytes.
Make sure that the anti virus and malwarebytes is updated before the FULL scan
Dont forget Malwarebytes.
Make sure that the anti virus and malwarebytes is updated before the FULL scan
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS420
- Memory
- 6 gig
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
- Sound Card
- Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
- Hard Drives
- 640 gb
- Cooling
- Fan
- Keyboard
- Dell USB
- Mouse
- Dell USB 4 button optical
- Other Info
- DSL provided by ATT
Do i still need a malwarebytes? I was told that my the antivirus i am using now can detect malwarebytes too.
My Computer
Trust me, Malwarebyes is one of the best. After your problem is solved, you should still scan with it once a week.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS420
- Memory
- 6 gig
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
- Sound Card
- Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
- Hard Drives
- 640 gb
- Cooling
- Fan
- Keyboard
- Dell USB
- Mouse
- Dell USB 4 button optical
- Other Info
- DSL provided by ATT
My Computer
Cytherian
Vista Guru
Software looks alright to me. Malwarebytes virus removal tool is designed to do an on-command sweep of your system and address a number of specific viruses that might not be handled by your average anti-virus software. There's no harm in running it.
You may also want to try booting up without any start-up items launched and see if you experience a difference. Same thing for services. And if you notice a difference, then you can start narrowing it down to individual ones. You may find that one or more programs is contributing to your start-up lag.
Another good thing to do is a hard disk defragmentation. On average there won't be a significant improvement, but it'll help eliminate that as a contributor.
You may also want to try booting up without any start-up items launched and see if you experience a difference. Same thing for services. And if you notice a difference, then you can start narrowing it down to individual ones. You may find that one or more programs is contributing to your start-up lag.
Another good thing to do is a hard disk defragmentation. On average there won't be a significant improvement, but it'll help eliminate that as a contributor.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion dv5t
- CPU
- Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
- Memory
- 4Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800 32bit
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb
Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
- Mouse
- Microsoft 4000