I have a Sony Vaio FS840 Laptop computer. It's pretty new, I purchased it in May. Lately it has been loading the programs very slowly, Powerpoint especially. When I load Powerpoint the slides take minutes to show up and then whenever I type it takes 30 seconds for my typing to show up.
Also the Internet has been a lot slower. The connection says "Excellent." Everything was fine 2 weeks ago.
I have defragmented the computer. There are 65 GB left on the 100 GB harddrive and I have 1 GB of RAM. I am currently running AVG Anti-Virus, although I am pretty sure I don't have a virus.
Please help! Is there anything I can do? What is the problem?
2006-09-20 11:18:30 · 9 answers · asked by Moose in a Tree 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Do you have a restore point you can go back to?
Can you reload the faulty program?
Have you upgraded to Explorer 7?
Check task manager to see what processes/programs are running.
2006-09-20 11:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could really be any # of things. If u have an anti-virus program installed, be sure u get updates daily on it & run a scan (a full, system scan to start, then at least once a week thereafter). Does ur security software include a spam blocker? U can do a system check for free at http://www.pcpitstop.com it's good, a tech friend recommended it to me (just watch for the side ads--don't click on the ads). PcPitstop will run a scan of ur laptop & give u recommendations on what to do, tell u probs u may have & how to solve them! Best of luck to ya!
2006-09-20 11:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by Sheryl R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might by a malware problem. Try running sypbot search and destroy or Microsoft's Windows Defender. Reboot if you have not done so. Clean your temp directory (start --> run --> type %temp% and press ok). Limit the number of applications you are running simultaneously. Also, if your antivirus is trying to perform a disk scan, that will have a HUGE impact on disk I/O performance. See if temporarily disabling your AVG resolves the problem.
2006-09-20 11:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a firewall, anti-trojan, malware/spyware detection and removal tools? if not download and install them now after installing them update them then run full system scans with each after doing that empty the cookies, online content and pages visited folders in Internet Explorer. Doing this should fix your problem.
2006-09-20 11:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by demonicunicorn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 05:42:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see you have defragmented, but did you delete history and cookies. Are you playing a lot of games; they use up a lot of memory. What about running a spy scan? These are all easy options to check! Peace!
2006-09-20 11:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by lainey lain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have been downloading you might have to a disc clean up. My friend had 1.3 gig of temporary file on his computer and it slowed it down to a crawl.
2006-09-20 11:27:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get Ad-Aware SE, a free spyware and adware remover. Update it, and run it once a week, or however often you please.
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
Don't have a firewall?
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
2006-09-20 11:29:26 · answer #8 · answered by Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
may b b cuz u have something downloaded and it has a virus
2006-09-20 11:26:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋