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The problem is that when I turn it on all kinds of programs start up and then the thing is basically frozen.
Well there’s your problem...
Click start and run and run “msconfig” go to the start-up tab and start disabling crapware
Disable everything except the anti-virus..
It should run a LOT better.
Also getting a wee bit more memory should help too, windows 7 runs best on 4GB or more memory
www.newegg.com is a great place to get more memory.
Start in safe mode and shut down all the garbage.
ONG ,you have Google kill it
my sisters laptop had Google Chrome sneak on ,it comes with a update thing that slows everything down , after a good clean it’s tip top now
A lot of those utilities/applications put themselves in the Start folder by default; there IS a box to un-check that when you install each of them, but it’s easily missed.
We have a Satellite L655 with Windows 7, but it is mostly used by my little boy and wife.
I use an older Satellite with Windows XP.
We have no problems that I know of.
Some software I used on all my machines, to keep them slowing down and getting mucked up:
CC Cleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard
Malwarebytes http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard
Super Anti-Spyware http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE
Spybot Search & Destroy http://download.cnet.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html
In your situation I would also go through your programs, and remove any that you don’t want (like some of the ones you mentioned above). Also, FYI, Norton takes up a LOT of system resources and you can get a better, more efficient, less suffocating software program, that works just as good for Free. AVG, AVAST and AVIRA are good comparible anti-virus programs.
Just my $.02
What he said also uninstall anything you don’t need or use, control panel/programs and features. Stuff you may use like Steam if you have Steam bought games you can set NOT to start with windows in their options. Anyway you should have less than 50 processes from all users running on start-up with an AV running.
To stop these applications, you should restart your machine in Safe Mode by tapping on the F8 key as you start up. Select Safe Mode using the arrow key and press enter.
Then go to the Start menu and select Run. Then key in MSCONFIG to bring up the program check boxes and uncheck the obvious programs you mentioned and restart normally. Don’t uncheck just any boxes just because they seem useless as you disable the boot sequence.
I suggest you look into CCleaner. One of its options enables you to look thru a list of stuff that is begun at startup. You can disable the items individually.
Transfer the files valuable to you to an external hard drive, then buy a new computer. Problem solved.
Toshiba satellite computers all deserve to die.
I too have a Toshiba Satellite Pro C650 with Windows 7. It recently developed problems with Internet Explorer. I can’t get Explorer to work but must revert to Google Chrome to get on the internet.
Any suggestions?
IMHO...
Task Manager (or whatever they call it now) should show all running tasks and allow you to sort by CPU time.
Sort by CPU time and you’ll see the top process that’s chewing up CPU.
I just went through this with several machines at a small firm.
The real clue here is the 24X7 help and the “speed thingy”.
Your machine is most likely infected with a type of malware that downloads all kinds of adware, pop ups, password stealers, browser helpers, etc. The longer they run, the more junk they download.
Shut your machine down. Not a restart, just shut down.
It may take awhile for the machine to respond. Be patient. If all else fails, press ctrl, shift, esc simultaneously. This will force the task manager and you can choose shutdown from there. Again, it may take a while for the machine to respond.
Once your machine has shut down, restart it and immediately start tapping the f8 key.
Eventually, you will get a screen that will allow you to choose Start in Safe Mode.
Once the desktop comes up, type msconfig in the search program and files window. (See Pox’s post at #3)
In the msconfig dialog window click the startup tab.
You should see a check box in the lower left labeled “Hide microsoft services”. Check the box.
Now disable everything else on the startup page.
Restart your machine and immediately go to malwarebytes.com.
Download their free version and run it.
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Sometimes helpful to physically disconnect your Internet connection if things are running wild. If there is any malware that has implanted itself in your PC and is using it to send or receive packets would then, of course, all it’s connections would fail and then perhaps they would fail or go into a state where they were waiting instead of running.
Stuff accumulates.
I had the same problem a month or so ago on my Satellite (which is considered one of the best laptop models, don’t listen to idiots!) Too many Chrome tabs was the main cause. Got rid of the two always open e-mail tabs. Ran Advanced System Care, Glary Utilities and a couple of others (warning: don’t download from Cnet as their downloader adds as a bonus a bunch of crap to your machine. majorgeeks.com is a good safe source), and also, very helpful was the Open Source ProLasso program, which, unlike most others, allows you to modify the priority of processes. Also, it’s important to have a low memory footprint anti-virus, and Avast is one.
Seriously, paste this in the Run command (Windows key and R): eventvwr.msc and hit OK. Look for Administrative events (if it is like W/8) under Custom, and report what errors were around the freeze time.
Then start up in Safe Mode with networking, which usually is by tapping the F8 key during the beginning of the boot process. Then run the http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ free online scan.
Then run http://www.malwarebytes.org/ also.
Then download autoruns.exe (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx). Save it do desktop and run autoruns.exe, and take you time to look thru it. Choose the Logon tab first, and deselect unnecessary items.
Next paste this in the Run command (Windows key and R): services.msc and hit OK, Then hit the Startup type tab, and change things like MSOffice to manual.
If not fixed, you can try doing a system restore.
pa ste this in the Run command/: C:\Windows\System32\rstrui.exe, hit OK and choose the last good date ll was working well.
Report back.