Slow Windows 7 Laptop

[grandadfatboy]

Hi,

 

If I have posted thisin the wrong place, please accept my sincere apologies for doing soand I trust I will be asked to move it to the correct section.

 

My Windows 7 laptop hasbecome very slow and takes ages to start. I have recently startedusing Microsoft Security Essentials instead of AVG. What other programmes/softwaredo I need to install to clean and speed up my laptop?

 

Thanks

Ian

[seedy21]

Hello Grandadfatboy

 

If I have posted thisin the wrong place, please accept my sincere apologies for doing soand I trust I will be asked to move it to the correct section.[/Quote]

 

Nope this is in the correct section

 

This is always a great program to have and would recommend doing a Scan just to make sure you dont have any malware.

 

Please download Malwarebytes' AntiMalware.

 

Double click mbam-setup.exe to install the application.

 

• Make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
  
• If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
  
• Once the program has loaded, select Perform Full Scan, then click Scan.
  The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
  
• When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
  
• Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
  
• When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to restart. Restart if it tells you to.
   
  

 

To speed the Drive up we can you Disk Defragmenter.

 

Go to Start,All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click on Disk Defragmenter.

 

Select your Windows Drive (Normally C://) and Click Defragment Disk button.

 

When finished, click on Close

[grandadfatboy]

Hi,

Malwarebytes loaded and run. It took for ages to complete the scan, but no threats found. I already had a schedule in place to complete a weekly defrag, but I ran it again after removing several programmes that I no longer use. Anything else I should consider?

 

ATB

Pav

[KenB]

Hi

 

Try taking one of the RAM modules out - leave the other.

Boot up.

If no better - swap them over and run on the other one.

 

RAM will be located under a removable panel in the base of the machine.

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