http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Slow Laptop performance for no reason! on Vista Home en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:44:16 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2643 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:55:23 +0000 michael 2643@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Then you can disable most of the services - if you request I'll send you a list - which will free up LOADS of RAM.</p> <p>--<br /> Mike </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2623 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:40:50 +0000 Scott 2623@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well, first try to identify what application is causing the increase in RAM. Best done by opening Task Manager.</p> <p>Reverting to an earlier point may or may not help.<br /> Don't reformat just yet.</p> <p>Indexing shouldn't slow you down that much repeatedly, we'll look at that issue soon. If it is Indexing, it will show in TaskMan. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2622 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:29:22 +0000 clertnam 2622@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Basically, it slows down big-time. For example, I was watching a dvd and all of a sudden (my power meter gadget for RAM shoots up to 99%), practically freezing up the laptop for a good 10 mins. After it resumed only to happen again 10 minutes later.</p> <p>Assuming the above suggestions fail. </p> <p>How about reverting to a system restore point? Or re-formating the laptop back to its original-box form and re-installing everything? And what about Indexing? </p> <p>Would that fix up the laptop clean-slate style? </p> <p>Thanks again for all your help! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2618 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:57:04 +0000 Scott 2618@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Not sure what you mean by "act's up", but the next time open Task Manager and look for processes or applications that are using massive amounts of RAM. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2617 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:06:46 +0000 clertnam 2617@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Disk Defragging actually helps? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2613 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:58:25 +0000 michael 2613@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I said: Disk Cleanup and defra :P</p> <p>--<br /> Mike </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2611 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:42:56 +0000 clertnam 2611@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Home Premium. </p> <p>I've already done a Check Disk and a Memory Test through Recovery manager and it found nothing. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2602 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:46:45 +0000 michael 2602@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Disk Cleanup.<br /> Disk Defragmentation.<br /> Both can be found by searching in Start Menu.<br /> What version of Home? (Basic or Premium)</p> <p>--<br /> Mike </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/slow-laptop-performance-for-no-reason-on-vista-home#post-2597 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:33:54 +0000 clertnam 2597@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>First off, here's my Laptop specs</p> <p>Compaq Presario<br /> AMD 2.0 Turion (Solo), 1 GB Ram<br /> 80 GB, DVD-RW, Geforce 2<br /> Vista Home Premium</p> <p>I've been noticing this since last week but last night it was plain bad.</p> <p>Basically, for no particular reason, my laptop suddenly acts up practically clogging the computer preventing me from watching my dvd and I had to wait a good 10 mins before it goes back to normal. In addition to that, it eventually cloggs up the performance once again.</p> <p>Aside from Indexing, are there any other solutions?</p> <p>Thanks. </p>