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Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-15 10:12:30
December 05 2008 01:00 GMT
#1
I got a new laptop over the summer because my old computer was complete shit. I thought "hey, 4 gigs of RAM should be able to last it a couple of years before it starts lagging like hell." Well, recently, it's been ... lagging like hell ... Not like ZOMGIGOTTAVIRUS lag, but more like "afterbeingleftonforawhilecomputersucksandcantdoshit" lag.

I defrag pretty consistently, still have 90 gigs left on my hard drive, and usually just run Starcraft/Steam/Firefox/VLC/Word.

And I've already tried downloading more RAM, so please don't advise it .

Oh, and also, Norton (yeah, Norton ... I know ...) keeps detecting a "low-threat" "Tracking Cookie" that comes back after being "fixed."

Halp?

*
iceburn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States303 Posts
December 05 2008 01:07 GMT
#2
well what os are you using, xp vista??

also since you know about norton get rid of it it significantly slows down your system, nod32 or kapersky
ramen247
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1256 Posts
December 05 2008 01:09 GMT
#3
the tracking cookie...is not harmful
i hate this ugly firebat. i want a marine.
shavingcream66
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1219 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-05 01:19:25
December 05 2008 01:19 GMT
#4
thiscomputerproblemwarrantsanospacebetweenwordsresponse

howdoyoubuymoreRAM?
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24718 Posts
December 05 2008 01:26 GMT
#5
My laptop says it can't recognize the ac adapter all the sudden and won't charge as well....thoughts?
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
iceburn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States303 Posts
December 05 2008 01:27 GMT
#6
adapter could be broken
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
December 05 2008 01:29 GMT
#7
Norton sucks. My guess is the computer came bundled with tons of crap and/or you installeda bunch of crap and too much shit loads on startup. In XP it should really only be like 16-25 processes.
Just ctrl+alt+del and start closing shit.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
December 05 2008 01:30 GMT
#8
On December 05 2008 10:07 iceburn wrote:
well what os are you using, xp vista??

also since you know about norton get rid of it it significantly slows down your system, nod32 or kapersky

vista

On December 05 2008 10:19 shavingcream66 wrote:
thiscomputerproblemwarrantsanospacebetweenwordsresponse

howdoyoubuymoreRAM?

i have 4 gigs... do i really need to buy more?
iceburn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States303 Posts
December 05 2008 01:31 GMT
#9
vista -> http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/supertweaks.htm

xp -> http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm


also msconfig and get rid of start up stuff
renegade_zerg
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Korea (South)525 Posts
December 05 2008 01:32 GMT
#10
i have 2 gigs of ram and i run everything like butter
iceburn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States303 Posts
December 05 2008 01:36 GMT
#11
yea its due to vista, its a pretty slow system, just do those tweaks, there is not much else to help you, you need to reduce process count to help make it snappier

xp 2 gig is pretty dang good, if you could or know how i would reinstall vista with xp
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-05 01:39:31
December 05 2008 01:38 GMT
#12
Ok, yea vista sucks. Also, laptops suck. They get hot and the parts are small causing a wide spectrum of problems.

Also, if you wanna speed up windows in general. Revert the GUI back to windows classic or windows XP and don't use any of the fancy looking(worthless) new vista features.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Kami
Profile Joined July 2008
United States127 Posts
December 05 2008 01:58 GMT
#13
Vista is awesome and my laptop is fast.

WTF!!! Downloading RAM? How do you do that?

You probably have too many worthless programs that run everytime you boot up your computer. Get a clean vista disk and reformat.

Follow instructions!
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=144783
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
December 05 2008 02:08 GMT
#14
On December 05 2008 10:58 Kami wrote:
WTF!!! Downloading RAM? How do you do that?


>_< oh noes

thanks for the replies, though, CM and everyone else
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
December 05 2008 02:33 GMT
#15
could be heat...
Oh no
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
December 05 2008 02:53 GMT
#16
No idea... heat possibly, since my 1ghz full-Hard Drive'd piece of shit can run everything smoothly.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
statix
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States1760 Posts
December 05 2008 03:41 GMT
#17
On December 05 2008 10:58 Kami wrote:

WTF!!! Downloading RAM? How do you do that?


http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=144783

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=33498
SCC-Caliban
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
December 05 2008 03:55 GMT
#18
On December 05 2008 12:41 statix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2008 10:58 Kami wrote:

WTF!!! Downloading RAM? How do you do that?


http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=144783

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=33498


On November 14 2005 03:18 ToKoreaWithLove wrote:
Veg can probably help you out.


AoN.DimSum
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2983 Posts
December 05 2008 04:27 GMT
#19
I think the 32 bit versions of vista only takes a max of 3.2 gigs of ram, getting 4 gig is sorta of a waste
by my idol krokkis : "U better hope Finland wont have WCG next year and that I wont gain shitloads of skill, cause then I will wash ur mouth with soap, little man."
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
December 05 2008 05:28 GMT
#20
reformat and don't get norton
no wonder why your computer's slow
Cpt.Cocaine
Profile Joined June 2008
Canada299 Posts
December 05 2008 05:48 GMT
#21
On December 05 2008 10:32 renegade_zerg wrote:
i have 2 gigs of ram and i run everything like butter


Yeah same here, but I've seen people with 4+ gigs and their machines were so clogged with crap that they ran at a crawl. It's all about keeping tidy habits.

I'd suggest making a list of what programs you actually use most of the time and those you could do without, then have a nice reformat and reinstall only the bare essentials. Programs will load instantly and it'll feel like you have 10 gigs of ram.
0xDEADBEEF
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany1235 Posts
December 05 2008 05:55 GMT
#22
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html
Read. Or fail again.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20063 Posts
December 05 2008 06:37 GMT
#23
lol norton is you're problem rofl
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
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