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Why did my laptop suddenly slowed down?

It was extremely fast when I bought in and it the 1st few months. I use my laptop for gaming since it has high specs (Intel i5-- Nvidia GeForce GR540M with Cuda 1GB--and operates with Windows 7). But a few weeks ago, it slowed down like hell.It already lags and other stuff. Also, it has been showing this "windows explorer has stopped working" since.

help please!

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Try following simple tricks to make your laptop run faster with better performance:

    Start Program>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup.

    Go to Internet Tools and delete cookies and history. Go to Temporary internet folders and delete all junk

    DEFRAG C:

    CHKDSK C:

    Select power management and then Maximum or Best Performance.

    Add more memory RAM.

    From the Control Panel, go to Add or Remove programs. Remove unnecessary programs and applications.

    Clean and repair your computer registry with registry software of your choice.

    All future downloads to an external hard drive

    Press ctrl+alt+del to see if an application is not responding.

    Clean your laptop air vents with airduster

    Always set your laptop on a flat surface, so air can flow freely around and underneath it.

    Games and other programs that drive CPU usage toward 100% can contribute to overheat.

    Never use your laptop and charger on bed/couch with fan ventilation covered.

    Buy a good quality laptop cooling pad.

    Buy a good quality laptop charger. Underperforming power source hurt your laptop performance. Consider buying a lifetime warranty battery charger online from company like www.topmic.com

  • 9 years ago

    Happens to all PC that run Windows

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    Its just the nature of the animal

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    To collect all kinds of junk that has to load when booting up and eating up memory

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    I would say how to not have to deal with this problem

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    But that would make the need to buy a new computer

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    After a year my computer still boots up in 20 seconds and shuts down in 5 seconds

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  • 9 years ago

    For running slow there are many causes:

    Microsoft Registry Problems

    RAM

    De-Fragmenting

    Etc.

    Clean windows registry can speed up the computer. http://tpdownload.net/ the steps for you.

    1. Go to safe mode with internet

    2. download a registry cleaner

    3. scan and clean the registry errors.

  • 9 years ago

    I believe it may be the CPU reaching it's limits and the RAM. Do you have a lot of applications open when gaming? If so then you must close them down. At the bottom should be your start menu etc. Right clock then task manager, right click a program you don't want open and click end tree process this should free up memory and CPU.

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  • 9 years ago

    Sound like spy wear has invaded your computer. There are two free programs I use to protect my computer from spy wear and unwanted cookies. Super Anti spy wear, and Malware bytes - Anti-Malwear. I also use McAfee but I pay for that one. Give it a try if you wish and see if these programs help you or not, but above all read up on them first. Never, never, never download a program into your computer without doing some research first.

  • 9 years ago

    whoah dude! it happened to me exactly the same. and i had to format it again. the tech told me that there are lot of causes: 1. virus, you need to scan and update your anti virus software just to be safe, he said 2. so many opened programs or software that weren't actually close, actually, there is a shortcut button to see those program and turn it off but i kinda forgot it somehow, and lastly, crowded or overpopulated programs you installed or somehow incomplete.

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