My Toshiba laptop (Vista) has gotten WAY slow, I try to keep the temp flies clean as well as defragment. Are there any programs (preferable free) that can help get it back up to speed?
Slow computer
- Thread starter Brian HCM#1
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windows 7.
1) Go through the add/remove programs and uninstall anything in the list you don't use on a regular basis or that is non-essential.
2) Ccleaner - http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
3) Add RAM.
4) Do regular backups and if everything seems tanked, do a fresh install and restore your files.
defraggler is free and does a great job at doing what the Windows program should do, defrag your HDD.
all of my computers have it and i use it weekly.
all of my computers have it and i use it weekly.
With dish detergent and a tiny paintbrush?
have you tried defraggler?
defraggler does nothing particularly useful that the built-in Windows defragmenter doesn't. I don't understand why you'd install yet-another-app.
I have scheduled tasks which run this twice a day, one for my C: drive, one for my D: drive - don't really need to do it that often, a monthly manual defrag would be just fine.
Code:
@echo off
rem
rem Defragments logical drive specified by single parameter. Peters, 2007-09-21.
rem
set LOG_PATH="Defragment %1.log"
set COMMAND_LINE=%windir%\SYSTEM32\defrag.exe %1:
set MESSAGE_SUFFIX= defragmentation of %1: with command %COMMAND_LINE%."
set MESSAGE_START="Starting%MESSAGE_SUFFIX%
eventcreate /T INFORMATION /SO "Defragmenter" /L APPLICATION /ID 314 /D %MESSAGE_START%
%COMMAND_LINE% >> %LOG_PATH%
set MESSAGE_FINISH="Finished%MESSAGE_SUFFIX%
eventcreate /T INFORMATION /SO "Defragmenter" /L APPLICATION /ID 315 /D %MESSAGE_FINISH%
Code:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Defragmenter
Event Category: None
Event ID: 315
Date: 5/31/2010
Time: 8:24:07 PM
User: N/A
Computer: JBP20060202
Description:
Finished defragmentation of D: with command C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\defrag.exe D:
Did you clean the registry with Ccleaner or just temp files and stuff?
Time for Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy
Mac!!!!!
Depends how far you want to go with that. If you suspect some malware I would really suggest trying Hijack this. The output scares at first but with the help of google you would be ok.
All the other recommendations were also very good so far. That includes win7, I just moved from vista myself (clean install).
All the other recommendations were also very good so far. That includes win7, I just moved from vista myself (clean install).