About 15 GB gone from free space on OS drive?
Every now and then it seems that I've lost app. 15 GB of free space on the OS drive - SSD 120 GB. Tried Win Disk Cleanup, but it doesn't seem to respond. And it's NOT because I've installed new apps......
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View ArticleSeveral Processes Delaying Logon
I have a problem with slow startup; specifically, logon. Boots quick, sits at Welcome screen for about 30 seconds (on an SSD), everything after that is also quick. Event Viewer shows:
View Articlesfc /scannow cannot fix corrupt MSDTS.LOG and NSLOOKUP.EXE
don't know how to proceed. Googled issue, couldn't find anything that resolves issue. Did try repair install. Had issue with windows not genuine after repair install, but it did fix problems sfc...
View ArticlePC intermittently becomes unresponsive with constant disk activity
Hi, My wife's HP desktop intermittently becomes very slow and / or unresponsive. When in this state I notice that the HDD activity LED is continuously on. After a time (up to 4-5 minutes) the LED...
View ArticleWindows 7 slow to start but only after overnight shutdown
Weird one this, and I'm asking on behalf of a friend so there may be some questions that I can't answer immediately, but my friend is running a Windows 7 PC, (not sure which edition), and he is...
View ArticleWindows system file seems to have crashed
Hello 2' time this week that this occur My system is always running. When I came back to work this morning,, some of the running software where closed and other not responding. When I tried to close...
View ArticleHow restore system files when System File Checker won't work
I have run System File Checker (sfc) and it found many files that were corrupt and could not be repaired. My PC appears to be running fine - but I am anal about repairing anything that is wrong on my...
View ArticleWindows 7 100% Highest Active and slow Response Time
Hi I am new to this forum and sorry if I make something mistakes. My Windows 7 Laptop is very slow against with the PC spec. Opening folder take a while to list down the files. Mouse clicking also take...
View ArticleSolved Page file?
Is this pattern of drive distribution and page file fine on a fresh install of W7 Pro? Thanks.
View Articlethe dwindling free space on my C
hello ! I am for ever fighting to retain free space on C (it's a 120 Gb SSD) I deleted the hibernation file (thanks to some reading I did here) and I keep trying to contain the restore points usage to...
View ArticleWhy my Laptop Processes stay high
Hi, I want to know what could be the reason for it. It always stay around 80% to 90% even I have only running one application. My CPU is stay on very low and memory as well. Thanks, RR
View Article"context menus" and non-maximized windows disappear
When I open a "context window" (e.g., task manager, print menu, etc.) or one that is not maximized, the window disappears almost immediately behind other open windows and the only way I can act on it...
View ArticleSFC /SCANNOW fails, also will not perform an in place upgrade..
PC was brought to me because it wouldn't run windows updates, windows quit installaing them about 3 mos ago. Tried the system file checker reports bad files but was unable to repair them, then after...
View ArticleSystem keeps freezing at normal boot after 3-5 minutes
Im new here so im sorry if this isn´t the correct place to post this. So lately this is what´s been happening, everytime i boot in normal mode i wait for the progams and things to load up but...
View ArticleHp Pavilion dv7 Laptop not Working after corrupt registry
Hi everyone. I'm a girl who is semi Computer literate and by that i just mean that I've edited keys or values in my registry (using someone else s instructions) with great success. Recently i have been...
View ArticleDisk Mang. would not start VDS
When trying to create a Ramdisk, "I think" thats when it happened, I go into DM, Storage, it says; DM (local), Snap in, Virtual Disk Manager. I click on that and I get the message, "Disk Mang would not...
View ArticleHigh Nonpaged Pool value right after bootup, and it's still counting
Hello, first time joining and posting in this forum. So, my computer somehow have a Nonpaged Pool value of 1300 in the task manager every time I boot into it, and it will continue to grow till it takes...
View ArticleRan SFC Scan and found a corrupt file . Windows Explorer keeps crashin
Windows Explorer has stopped working error? I looked up how to fix it and it said to run a SFC scan. It says it cannot fix the error so I did a screen shot of the cmd and attached the cbs.log in rar...
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