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Old 10-03-2012, 03:53 PM
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Does the laptop connect to the internet wirelessly? I was just having trouble with my wireless system running slower than normal. When I did a speed test I found the download speed to be 1/6th of what ir was in July. I unplugged my router power cord for 1 minute and plugged it back in and the problem was fixed.
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Here are some possible fixes. Even though the page is old, it is still relevant.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...juz8O_-vWXoYQA
I clicked the link and did a few of the suggestions. The network driver is up to date. I clean my cookies and trash every week. There are a few more things to try which I will get to a little later. My internet connection speed was tested and is running 75% efficient. The download and upload speeds varied so much on the various tests that it was hard to nail it down. The only part that makes me think this isn't an issue is the fact that we have a desktop attached to the same connection and it is doing great with no slow downs. I have to wait for a while for it to start slowing down again before I check anything else. One poster offered me hard drives to try. I'm appreciate it greatly. I have to first make sure I've checked absolutely everything then I'll go down that path. Thanks again everyone.
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I found this answer on the internet. Sounds like your issue.

a few days ago i had a similar problem whereby 4 to 6 instances of explorer.exe would load every boot. I noticed HKCU and HKLM entries in startup from msconfig which i know is not right so i did some sleuthing. Ended up finding a directory "c:\windows\explorer" which contained 1 file "svchost.exe". Zone Alarm recognized it as virus but wouldnt remove it. Just kept respawning instantly. Had to boot into safe mode, remove entries from registry, then delete said folder. Entries found in "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n" and also HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\Curren tVersion\Run". Also removed all prefetch entries.
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I found this answer on the internet. Sounds like your issue.

a few days ago i had a similar problem whereby 4 to 6 instances of explorer.exe would load every boot. I noticed HKCU and HKLM entries in startup from msconfig which i know is not right so i did some sleuthing. Ended up finding a directory "c:\windows\explorer" which contained 1 file "svchost.exe". Zone Alarm recognized it as virus but wouldnt remove it. Just kept respawning instantly. Had to boot into safe mode, remove entries from registry, then delete said folder. Entries found in "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru n" and also HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\Curren tVersion\Run". Also removed all prefetch entries.
Thanks for the info. That was the case when I was running Google Chrome, there were 6 or 7 exe files for it. Once I switched back over to Internet Explorer this was not the case. There was only one entry. I think I will keep Internet Explorer as I like the way it works better anyhow. I have uninstalled Google Chrome and made IE my default browser. Thanks again!
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Old 10-03-2012, 09:45 PM
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Can you do a System Restore to a date when the problem didn't exist? You could on XP, but not sure if 7 has that feature. Your laptop seems awfully young to be having hard drive problems.
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Before you spend $$ on drive, try downloading Spybot a free anti-spyware program, run it and see if it can find any bad stuff.

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Old 10-04-2012, 04:29 AM
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Chances are you have a virus infection on your computer. VCC has techs who go to the home for about $35 an hour and clean up slow computers. In addition, if it's something else, they'll diagnose it. Why guess?
Look under the Tech Help Tab.

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I have an HP G60-243DX Notebook PC with 4 gig. It's about 1 1/2 years old. Lately I've been having problems with it. I ran a Norton virus scan, Malwarebyes, System mechanic. It found nothing. We have Comcast for internet high speed.

Our desktop computer is not having these problems so I don't believe it is Comcast. What happens is I go to type out an e-mail in AOL or I'll go into TOTV and try to click new posts and it just sits there. On AOL it will type a couple of letters and then stop. On TOTV I'll use the scroll bar and it will jerk and move very slowly.

I have tried a new wireless mouse and it didn't act any differently. I have checked for processes running and have disabled all that happen during the day so I don't believe any updates are running, but that could be an option. There just aren't any showing up in the tray. I tried alt, control, delete and looked at the task manager and nothing will be there except AOL. I am running AOl from the AOL website and it works fine on our desktop at the same time. Any ideas?
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I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my post about my computer slow downs. It got worse before it got better. At the end of the day yesterday it crashed. This morning it booted ok. I began troubleshooting it trying to think of anything I could do. I decided to check on Internet Explorer and tried to download an updated version. That was unsuccessful as I already had the latest version. Then I typed in the help screen to "repair internet explorer". That came up with a suggestion to "reset internet explorer" to its defaults. I did that and it was like magic!! It's back to better than great! I'm thinking an internet explorer update was the culprit that was not compatible with my windows vista. I also have discovered that my mouse wheel is skipping and ordered a new one of those. Easy fix $24.00. Thanks again to everyone!!
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Old 10-06-2012, 11:13 PM
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I ran this on my computer & it really helped::
SuperAntiSpyware Free Edition - CNET Download.com
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You probably have a malware infection -- Get tech help at The Villages Computer Club.

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You probably have a malware infection -- Get tech help at The Villages Computer Club.

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Hi Don:
My computer is fixed. Note my post above. Malware was my first thought. I run Malwarebytes software scans about twice a month and it came out as a clean scan most recently. I also subscribe to Norton antivirus live and have no virus. I also disabled unneeded start-up programs with the help of System Mechanic. The problem was an update to Internet Explorer 9 that was not compatible with windows vista because when I reset internet explorer everything returned to normal. Thanks for your offer of help.

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I ran this on my computer & it really helped::
SuperAntiSpyware Free Edition - CNET Download.com
Thanks for the link. If you see my post above, the computer is now fixed. I normally run malwarebytes, but it never hurts to have two anti-malware programs. Thanks again!

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