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July 13th, 2009 17:00
lagging computer
hello, ive been having this problem for a bit but it seems to have gotten worse today. my computer starts to lag quite badly after having it on for a few hours. pages usually take awhile to load, the mouse pointer slows down and i can barely move it, videos barely play and the audio gradually gets more and more staticy until i restart then it's back to normal. today these problems seem to be happening immediately. ive restarted it a few times and tried cleaning out the fan and things like that but no luck. if i go to different websites a static type of noise will come from the speakers while the site loads, the same while listening to music or trying to talk on skype. and as i mentioned it will usually get worse over time. i've ran programs like malwarebytes and a few others. everything appears clean. i ran the Memory Diagnostic Tool in vista and that appears fine. im using an inspiron 530s which was ordered directly from dell last summer. i dont really know much about computers so if someone could help before this thing goes under it'd be much appreciated. thanks.
ieee488
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July 13th, 2009 20:00
Couple of things I'd do.
1.) Disconnect form internet and see if this problem still occurs.
2.) See if there are any tasks scheduled to run.
RoHe
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July 13th, 2009 21:00
You can also look in Task Manager to see if some process (aside from System Idle process) is hogging CPU time. That may point you at some task that's running in the background (eg, antiviral scans, Windows Indexing Service) which are using too much CPU time.
How much free space is available on the hard drive?
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July 14th, 2009 06:00
i disconnected but i still get the same thing. there's only 1 task scheduled for once every month.
i didnt see anything in task manager that i would say is hogging CPU time. but then again, what do i know? the hard drive has 208gb free out of 455.
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July 14th, 2009 10:00
How much stuff is loading at boot-up and running in the background? Run msconfig and look on the Startup tab. You can uncheck almost everything EXCEPT items related to your antiviiral software, firewall, mouse and video card.
Things from Adobe, jsched, Quicktime, RealPlayer etc do not have to launch every time you boot the PC, but will still be available when you need them. If you're not sure about a program that's listed, google the name. Exit msconfig and reboot. Put a check in "don't show this again" box that appears.
See if that's any better.
Ron