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Lagging Laptop PLEASE HELP!?
i have a delll laptop and all of a sudden its lagging so much. like if i am typing something it wont appear as i go it just appears after a moment. Also cant click on anything have to wait a moment after i do for it to happen. kinda like it freezes for a moment?! super frustrating. like even trying to scroll down a page is brutal to wait for. sometimes a bar pops up and says shockwave plugin crashed or something at the top , could it be that causing all this?
Anything i can do !!? i hope this makes sense! ( if it matters its windows 7)
THANKS!
2 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
Close all open windows.
Ctrl+Alt+Del to open Task Manager
Processes Tab
Open to fullscreen and watch to see what process has a lot of activity.
Search the name of the process online to see what it is.
If it's malware of some kind, update and run your virus scanner.
If it is a program, try uninstalling it.
Windows Maintenance
Tune-Up and Clean-Up
First Ccleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Then Malwarebytes http://malwarebytes.org/
(Or just update and run your current Virus Scanner)
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Run Error Checking
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Tools
Check box for Error Checking
Reboot
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Run Disk Cleanup
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Disk Cleanup button
After it Calculates how much space you can recover,
Click on the More Options Tab then
System Restore Cleanup Button (this can recover a lot of space)
Windows 7
Clean up System Files Button
More Options
Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copies
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Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Look at Programs you no longer use and uninstall them. ie Trialware and programs you installed but don't use anymore.
(Don’t if not sure - windows will say you have not used it in a while but it may be an important program)
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Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Tools
Disk Defragment
- 9 years ago
What model is it? What's the ram? If the ram is below 1G, it may be because of ram, but you said its lagging all of a sudden. Did you install a new application or have too many open? It may be because of that, and if that happens, go to task manager and delete some of the processes.
Hope I helped.
