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General => Chatter => Topic started by: K.H on October 27, 2013, 08:23:42 PM
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I'm looking for a free program to speed up the laptop, i would prefer to use something that is recommended rather than risk picking one myself, i use anti virus, malware and spyware but things seem to have slowed down over time
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Is there one? Assuming all the hardware is still functioning correctly, deleting all the crap that builds up over the years may help. You'll probably find that all sorts of programmes and up daters are running in the background.
I haven't got it to work correctly yet as there seems to be a conflict between it and my wireless card, but Linux looks to be a promising replacement for the pile of dogs droppings that is Windows 8. It certainly runs lightening fast compaired with Bill Gate's over complicated offerings.
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Assuming all the hardware is still functioning correctly, deleting all the crap that builds up over the years may help. You'll probably find that all sorts of programmes and up daters are running in the background.
I think Julian's hit the nail on the head there, a damn good clean up and then get your running processes down to a minimum is probably your best way forward.
There are plenty of sites offering explanations for the processes and recomendations as to what to turn off or leave running but it's a very time consuming task to research it and then turn off the ones you don't need.
Plan B is to back everything up and just re-install your operating system and software and start again from scratch.
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how much room is left on the hard disk? do a defrag and remove tempory files. that should help. or do as suggested and start again if you arnt confidant. you shouldnt be able to remove anything vital without a warning flashing up.
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http://linuxmint.com/ (http://linuxmint.com/)
But that's probably not the solution that you were looking for. :D
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Download and run ccleaner http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner
Go to Start - Run, open msconfig, click the Startup tab and untick all the crap that will be opening in the background at startup, most of it you don't need to run
Once you've done that then defrag your hard drive.
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I'd go with checking what is running in the backround first. I did this with my computer, and speeded it up considerably. There was a whole load of nonsense going on.
Got it going faster by it self, and online.
Just google it, there is loads of ideas.
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Here's a question then... what should be running on "start up?"
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All you really need running in the background are your anti-virus stuff etc. You'll find there's a load of stuff that gets in there from all kinds of programs, especially auto updaters. Get rid of them.
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Well i ran the program and the start up list is as long as my arm and i haven't a clue what should be there, i may post it up so you can all tell me what to delete :)
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http://linuxmint.com/ (http://linuxmint.com/)
But that's probably not the solution that you were looking for. :D
Seconded, Linux (ubuntu in my case) has rescued a few computers in this house that were far too long in the tooth to keep up with Windows anymore, not the perfect answer but if all you do is surf the internet and email it's no longer the terrifying command prompt from hell it used to be.
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to digress a bit to linux. i would love to run linux on my pc but i have a few usb devices i use all the time that have no support. asked the linux gurus at the local hackspace but no joy. not sure if my Ethernet connected satellite modem will work either. i did try the command line nightmare about 12 years ago but far too busy to learn all that now..
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What USB devices do you have? Your modem will be fine.
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What USB devices do you have? Your modem will be fine.
sony mx20 voice recorder. the files are in a msv format that has to be converted to wav . canon a590 camera.
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This is my start up!
Yes HKCU:Run Boca "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Tafu\boca.exe"
Yes HKCU:Run ctfmon.exe Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
Yes HKCU:Run Google Update Google Inc. "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
Yes HKCU:Run LightScribe Control Panel Hewlett-Packard Company C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LightScribeControlPanel.exe -hidden
Yes HKCU:Run MediaFire Tray MediaFire LLC "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\MediaFire Express\mf_systray.exe" --boot-start
Yes HKCU:Run ROC_ROC_JAN2013_AV AVG Technologies C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\AVG January 2013 Campaign\ROC_JAN2013_AV.exe /PROMPT --mid 0633f61e9e2d47d1bb08d16846b7f18e-44afd874897a3d1f4385f43d5553deb1e806a98c
Yes HKCU:Run StartCCC C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe
Yes HKCU:Run SUPERAntiSpyware SUPERAntiSpyware C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SUPERAntiSpyware.exe
Yes HKCU:Run TomTomHOME.exe TomTom "C:\Program Files\TomTom HOME 2\TomTomHOMERunner.exe" -s
Yes HKLM:Run AccelerometerSysTrayApplet Hewlett-Packard Corporation C:\WINDOWS\system32\AccelerometerSt.exe
Yes HKLM:Run Adobe ARM Adobe Systems Incorporated "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run AppleSyncNotifier Apple Inc. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleSyncNotifier.exe
Yes HKLM:Run APSDaemon Apple Inc. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run AVG_UI AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2014\avgui.exe" /TRAYONLY
Yes HKLM:Run CognizanceTS Microsoft Corporation rundll32.exe C:\PROGRA~1\HEWLET~1\IAM\Bin\ASTSVCC.dll,RegisterModule
Yes HKLM:Run Cpqset C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Default Settings\cpqset.exe
Yes HKLM:Run DeviceDiscovery Hewlett-Packard C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Digital Imaging\bin\hpotdd01.exe
Yes HKLM:Run HP Component Manager Hewlett-Packard Company "C:\Program Files\HP\hpcoretech\hpcmpmgr.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run HP Software Update Hewlett-Packard "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run HPDJ Taskbar Utility HP C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb09.exe
Yes HKLM:Run hpWirelessAssistant Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\HPWAMain.exe
Yes HKLM:Run iTunesHelper Apple Inc. "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run KernelFaultCheck %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k
Yes HKLM:Run MsmqIntCert regsvr32 /s mqrt.dll
Yes HKLM:Run PDF Complete PDF Complete Inc "C:\Program Files\PDF Complete\pdfsty.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run PTHOSTTR Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP ProtectTools Security Manager\PTHOSTTR.EXE /Start
Yes HKLM:Run QlbCtrl Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Quick Launch Buttons\QlbCtrl.exe /Start
Yes HKLM:Run QuickTime Task Apple Inc. "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
Yes HKLM:Run Recguard C:\WINDOWS\Sminst\Recguard.exe
Yes HKLM:Run Scheduler Hewlett-Packard Company C:\WINDOWS\SMINST\Scheduler.exe
Yes HKLM:Run SoundMAX Analog Devices, Inc. C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smax4.exe /tray
Yes HKLM:Run SoundMAXPnP Analog Devices, Inc. C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe
Yes HKLM:Run SunJavaUpdateSched Sun Microsystems, Inc. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run SynTPEnh Synaptics Incorporated %ProgramFiles%\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
Yes HKLM:Run vProt AVG Technologies "C:\Program Files\AVG Secure Search\vprot.exe"
Yes HKLM:Run WatchDog InterVideo Inc. C:\Program Files\InterVideo\DVD Check\DVDCheck.exe
Yes Startup Common Bluetooth.lnk Broadcom Corporation. C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\BTTray.exe
Yes Startup Common DVD Check.lnk InterVideo Inc. C:\Program Files\InterVideo\DVD Check\DVDCheck.exe
Yes Startup Common Symantec Fax Starter Edition Port.lnk Microsoft Corporation C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\1033\OLFSNT40.EXE
Yes Startup User CCC.lnk ATI Technologies Inc. C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CCC.exe
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That's a lot of porn sites you subscribe to!
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What USB devices do you have? Your modem will be fine.
sony mx20 voice recorder. the files are in a msv format that has to be converted to wav . canon a590 camera.
Yup, quite right. msv is a Sony proprietary format and their codecs only work on Windows or a Mac.
I found this quite a good read as someone's journey to play msv under linux. It captures my feelings of using Windows perfectly.
http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html (http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html)
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http://linuxmint.com/ (http://linuxmint.com/)
But that's probably not the solution that you were looking for. :D
Hehe definitely +1 from me. Running Cinnamon 2.0 + Elune theme on mine now, it's rather nice :)
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That's a lot of porn sites you subscribe to!
I dont subscribe, just the free ones!
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I'd disable all of those except the AVG stuff. If you find something stops working then you can easily go back in and enable that item.
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Cheers Richard
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I suspect swapping AVG for a different antivirus package would help too.
I know some like it but I find it does slow machines down significantly. I currently use microsoft security essentials and it seems a lot faster than AVG ever was
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I'd disable all of those except the AVG stuff. If you find something stops working then you can easily go back in and enable that item.
Agreed, might be worth running hijack this and malwarebytes too. If names are anything to go by Superantispyware doesn't fill me with confidence that it can do it's job although feel free to prove me wrong I'm looking for something to replace AVG to use in my neglected Windows partition.
I found this quite a good read as someone's journey to play msv under linux. It captures my feelings of using Windows perfectly.
http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html (http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html)
Oh aye, Vista the entire reason I decided to take a second look at Linux and never looked back.
I suspect swapping AVG for a different antivirus package would help too.
I know some like it but I find it does slow machines down significantly. I currently use microsoft security essentials and it seems a lot faster than AVG ever was
Aye, AVG is rapidly gaining the reputation that Norton had a few years back for taking a lot of processing power to do very little.
My 2nd eldest refuses to be moved from Windows XP and I refuse to pay to put a decent antivirus on an old box that's fairly close to it's final collapse so at the moment she's running the Security essentials thing and a weekly run of Malwarebytes, I wouldn't trust using it to give any personal details but it's running a lot better than it has been in a while. My eldest runs AVG and I'm not sure if that's to blame but her Windows 7 laptop is painful to work with. The other PCs in the house are all Linux (Ubuntu, Lubuntu and Antix) and so far so good although the aging desktop could do with something lighter still (but still user friendly)
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although the aging desktop could do with something lighter still (but still user friendly)
There's nothing like command line web browsing in preventing nasties getting onto your computer. ;)
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That may be true but it would probably be thelast straw the kids needed yo beat me to death with the pc :P
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i use the free "AVAST" have done for years and so have alot of other friends / family of mine, never had 1 problem...
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Yup, quite right. msv is a Sony proprietary format and their codecs only work on Windows or a Mac.
I found this quite a good read as someone's journey to play msv under linux. It captures my feelings of using Windows perfectly.
http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html (http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html)
Interestingly enough I had issues with some video recording gear - it's designed to sit in a bag/van and take raw camera output storing recordings on a removable firewire drive in Apple ProRes format - consequently the drive is Mac OS format.
I bought a firewire card for my work PC to get files on and off, however in Windows the free software only allows mounting read only, and it was rather unreliable even then.
With Linux I just plugged it in and it got mounted read/write and just worked.
I've had similar experiences with Wireless N USB dongles, one of which I can't for the life of me get to work under Windows but is fine with Linux.
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Yup, quite right. msv is a Sony proprietary format and their codecs only work on Windows or a Mac.
I found this quite a good read as someone's journey to play msv under linux. It captures my feelings of using Windows perfectly.
http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html (http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi/wireless_life/applications/stumped.html)
Interestingly enough I had issues with some video recording gear - it's designed to sit in a bag/van and take raw camera output storing recordings on a removable firewire drive in Apple ProRes format - consequently the drive is Mac OS format.
I bought a firewire card for my work PC to get files on and off, however in Windows the free software only allows mounting read only, and it was rather unreliable even then.
With Linux I just plugged it in and it got mounted read/write and just worked.
I've had similar experiences with Wireless N USB dongles, one of which I can't for the life of me get to work under Windows but is fine with Linux.
spent ages trying tp find a way of reading msv files under linux. no joy. of course i could spend £300 on a new recorder that outputs wav files, like the zoom one, but as i don't have too many problems with win7 on this machine i will forgo linux for now. also the mx20 is nice and small and indiscreet. useful when recording musicians who get worried if you shove a mike anywhere near them. i always ask first of course. if the recorder looks like a phone they soon forget it is there.