After being helped by TomK i have not been able to speed up my laptop start up speed and the speed it switches between applications. Sound is also slurred and distorted.
The first thing I'd like you to do is run chkdsk to repair any file system problems.
Click on Start then Run, type chkdsk /r and press Enter.
You will get a window that says the check could not be performed ….
Do you want to schedule this disk check to run the next time you restart the computer?
Reply Y.
Shutdown and reboot. Be patient as this can take an houor or more depending on the size of your hard drive. Let it complete undisturbed.
If that does not resolve the problem, how does you computer run if you boot to Safe Mode? Safe Mode loads the minimal set of needed drivers and software. If it runs better then we need to figure out which one that start in normal mode is causing the problem. I'll post the info now in case Safe Mode works better, since I won't get back to this until quite a bit later tonight, around 10PM Eeaster time.
Use msconfig to determine what is causing the problem.
First, open Control Panel and click on Windows Firewall. If it's Off, turn it on because you will be disabling any other Firewall and Anti-virus in the following steps.
Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
Click on the Startup tab then the Disable All button.
Reboot and see if how your computer works now.
If okay then use msconfig to enable several items at a time till you find the culprit.
If no, start msconfig and click on the Services tab.
Check the Hide All Microsoft Services box then click the Disable All button.
Reboot and see if how your computer works now.
If yes then use msconfig to enable services till you find the culprit.
Once you've found the culprit, uninstall it or find out how to eliminate it from your system. Simply disabling it in msconfig is a temporary fix at best. Enable everything else you disabled.
Disable Windows Firewall if you enabled it at the start of this process.
I ran chkdsk and theres seems to be no difference. It took about the same amount of time to load up in safe mode.
Do you still recommend me using msconfig??
If the computer is still slow, go ahead with the use of msconfig. Just make sure you record what is and what isn't enabled before making any changes. That way you can always get back to where you are now.
Sorry I'm late getting back. Ash Wednesday service, just got home.
Since disabling entries in msconfig didn't make any real difference, I would put everything back as it was. Abydos's idea about checking DMA/PIO mode is a good one.
If DMA is okay, I'd like you to try uninstalling AVG 8.0 completely. I've seen quite a few systems, mine included that suffered badly from AVG 8.0. Before you do this, download any or all of the following and have them available to install if AVG turns out to be the problem.
I use Comodo as it has antivirus and an excellent firewall. I was using Avira before that. Other folks here like Avast, so it's your choice if this becomes necessary.
Once you have one of them downloaded, physically disconnect from the Internet by removing the Ethernet cable from the network connection on your computer., as it's not a good idea to be on the Internet with no antivirus installed. Now go ahead and uninstall AVG 8.0 completely.
Reboot and see how the computer runs. If it's significantly better, install the antivirus you chose, then plug the Ethernet cable back in and see how things go.
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