Laptop Question..

[Jonathan]

I have a feeling the slow internet is the internet itself. It seems like it runs slower certain times of the day. Then to top that, my computer itself is running slow so it makes everything worse! :upset:

I did ask for a computer tower for mine & my husband's anniversary so *fingers crossed* lol

Do a speedtest.net

There's a good chance your ISP throttles you at peak times (usually 5-10pm)

 

[catlady]

Panda in essence became a virus for my grandparents back in like 2002-2003. The panda edition they had back then started locking down software and sections on the harddrive. Once we got rid of Panda we also found out that there wasn't a single virus on the computer so it wasn't in reaction to any form of virus or worm.

It might be better now but no one I know has used panda since.

 

[seabs]

Be a leet haxxor and install Linux. That solves all issues.

 

[Danielson]

So the laptop freezes, or the web pages take a long time to load?

If it's the first one, you likely have a program open that's hogging the CPU, and being a Toshiba Satellite it likely doesn't have a very good one, or much RAM. Ctrl+Alt+Del. and open Task Manager, go to the processes tab and sort by Memory, look for ones using a lot of memory. (Exclude svchost) Write a list of some that are taking up the most.
Also, Norton absolutely fucksucks when it comes to performance. It's well known for hogging your usage so if you paid for it legit, wait for your subscription to expire (or if you don't care) uninstall it. Download a free copy of AVG or Avira, or if you can find a premium key (PM if you can't) for Malware Bytes' Anti-Malware, use that. I use MBAM for the fact that it doesn't slow your PC down, has one of the best detection rates and has website blocking/filesystem protection so if it thinks a website may be dodgy, stops you access it (sometimes produces false positives so you can allow access to the site with a click of the mouse.)

If the web pages are taking a long time to load, then it's your connection. Are you using wireless? If so, try an ethernet connection if you can. Also, do a speedtest.net (let it find the server itself) and post it here.

Also on task manager, on the processes tab, at the bottom it should say:
Processes: X, CPU Usage: X, Physical Memory: X, let me know what they say.

Also, download WinDirStat: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/windirstat/windirstat/1.1.2 installer re-release (more languages!)/windirstat1_1_2_setup.exe?r=http://windirstat.info/download.html&ts=1369838519&use_mirror=switch

It tells you what's taking up space on your hard drive. Could be a large hibernation or pager file clogging your hard drive and ultimately slowing everything down. Screenshot the results.


And stop deleting your cookies weekly. Cookies use very little space and unless you use IE they don't slow you down (unless you've never cleared them in like 10 years 1 - they don't do any harm and can actually be of use.

If you want, PM or Skype me the results if you don't want them here.

I have the same exact laptop as her and mine runs fast.

Britanica, save all of your files to a flash drive and restore to factory settings. That's the easiest way to make your laptop run how it did when you took it home.

EDIT, and you get another free month of Norton every time you do it :

 

[Jonathan]

I have the same exact laptop as her and mine runs fast.

Britanica, save all of your files to a flash drive and restore to factory settings. That's the easiest way to make your laptop run how it did when you took it home.

EDIT, and you get another free month of Norton every time you do it :

When you buy a laptop it comes with a shit tonne of junk that the manufacturer gets paid to add onto the default OS. If you were gonna tell her to format, when she's running slow, tell her to download a fresh copy, not just format. And Norton is shit, she doesn't need any more months of it 1:

 

[catlady]

I have the same exact laptop as her and mine runs fast.

Britanica, save all of your files to a flash drive and restore to factory settings. That's the easiest way to make your laptop run how it did when you took it home.

EDIT, and you get another free month of Norton every time you do it :

Will that delete my Norton programs and stuff like that?

 

[Danielson]

Will that delete my Norton programs and stuff like that?

No you will have everything that you had when you first had it. Everything else you can save to a flash drive.

You get another month of norton for free when you restore it to factory settings.

 

[Jonathan]

There really is no need to format.

 

[Danielson]

When you buy a laptop it comes with a shit tonne of junk that the manufacturer gets paid to add onto the default OS. If you were gonna tell her to format, when she's running slow, tell her to download a fresh copy, not just format. And Norton is shit, she doesn't need any more months of it 1:

I do this for a living. Also, when you restore factory settings you don't get all of that junk back, and this is the easiest way. If she likes norton, then she can keep it and get a free month. Your way is nice, and complicated for someone that doesn't know computers. Even the smallest things can be tedious, I just gave her the simplest way to make it run like it did out of the box. So thanks for laughing at me but I make enough money to not give a shit about yoru opinion.

 

[Jonathan]

I do this for a living. Also, when you restore factory settings you don't get all of that junk back, and this is the easiest way. If she likes norton, then she can keep it and get a free month. Your way is nice, and complicated for someone that doesn't know computers. Even the smallest things can be tedious, I just gave her the simplest way to make it run like it did out of the box. So thanks for laughing at me but I make enough money to not give a shit about yoru opinion.

Pretty sure you told me you do networking.


Go restore your factory settings, you'll see you have all that junk. I've done it many times.

Shame you don't make enough money to spell your ity2:

 

[Danielson]

Pretty sure you told me you do networking.


Go restore your factory settings, you'll see you have all that junk. I've done it many times.

Shame you don't make enough money to spell your ity2:

Pretty sure I told you I own my own buisness and I graduated with a degree in NSA.... But I honestly have no need to give you my credentials. It's a shame that you are such a fagot that you are insulting my gramatical errors. I'm sure you've never made spelling errors before while typing.

 

[seabs]

It's a nerdoff, Quick get the trekkies. Also guys chill you're both smarter than Alkaline and that's all that matters.

 

[Stopspot]

Me not smart? That unpossible!

 

[Jonathan]

Pretty sure I told you I own my own buisness and I graduated with a degree in NSA.... But I honestly have no need to give you my credentials. It's a shame that you are such a fagot that you are insulting my gramatical errors. I'm sure you've never made spelling errors before while typing.

:

 

[Danielson]

It's not about who is smarter. I was just giving her an alternative method if she didn't like his, and Jono being jono had to try to shit on anything anyone else says. Just an annoying kid. I'm out of this thread though to avoid getting in trouble.