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Laptop very slow?

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  • 08-02-2009 12:15pm
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    JOHNPT
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    Hi

    I have got a laptop which i bought as a reconditioned laptop. It windows nt ant intel pentium 3 compaq.
    The problem is it is very slow lately. not just the internet but when u start it it takes alot longer to just load the desktop icons. Is there a reason for this or anythin i can do to speed it up. I tryed defragment few months ago. Do i need to do this again or is there anything else


    Thanks in advance for any replies and advice


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    FrancieB
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    JOHNPT wrote: »
    Hi

    I have got a laptop which i bought as a reconditioned laptop. It windows nt ant intel pentium 3 compaq.
    The problem is it is very slow lately. not just the internet but when u start it it takes alot longer to just load the desktop icons. Is there a reason for this or anythin i can do to speed it up. I tryed defragment few months ago. Do i need to do this again or is there anything else


    Thanks in advance for any replies and advice

    Have you tried adjusting the speed dip switches on the motherboard? Carefully remove the motherboard, desolder the processer and underneath you shall find.

    Good luck


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    Ghost Train
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    FrancieB wrote: »
    Have you tried adjusting the speed dip switches on the motherboard? Carefully remove the motherboard, desolder the processer and underneath you shall find.

    Good luck

    LOL

    doing another defrag won't hurt

    is it something like this http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-evo-n410c-pentium/4505-3121_7-20212925.html

    its probably 6 or 7 years old which will mean it slow
    maybe look at what programs are running at startup and disable them
    http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml


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    eamon234
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    Make sure you're not running any bloated antivirus software like Norton or McAfee if so dump them and use something like AVG Free which doesn't use up half as much of your processing power - be careful uninstalling them though - you'll probably need to download a removal tool from their website to get rid of it properly. A friend of mine gave me their laptop recently because it was so slow it was practically unusable - Norton was the culprit.


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    Tom Dunne
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    FrancieB wrote: »
    Have you tried adjusting the speed dip switches on the motherboard? Carefully remove the motherboard, desolder the processer and underneath you shall find.

    Good luck

    And don't forget to top up the Dilithium crystals when you are there. :)

    It's most likely loads of programs running at startup.

    Go to Start->Run and enter "msconfig". Look at the startup tab and remove some unnecessary programs (trial and error works here).


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    JOHNPT
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    I have removed the crystals


    How do I know which programs to delete.


    Thanks in advance


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    Tom Dunne
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    JOHNPT wrote: »
    How do I know which programs to delete.
    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    Go to Start->Run and enter "msconfig". Look at the startup tab and remove some unnecessary programs (trial and error works here).

    :)


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    Ghost Train
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    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    :)

    mightn't have msconfig in windows nt though :)


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