Solved Maxed Out Processor
I've rebooted the computer twice now, please help with this man it is not normal. There is anomulous I/O read activity as well. The thing has been acting really odd lately for example it pauses after...
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1. Why does Windows store temp files in places other the the Temp folder ? Long before SSDs, I have kept the OS on its own partition w/ TMP and TEMO environment variables set to D:\Temp and do cleaning...
View ArticleSlow bootup
Over the past year, my computer has really slowed in booting up. I haven't timed it exactly but it takes between 5 and 10 minutes. I'm running Win7 Home Premium (X64) SP1. The processor is 3.3 Ghz. The...
View ArticleLag spikes during gaming
Hi there, I have been having trouble with my PC lately. (specs below) during games I will be at say 300FPS and then suddenly it will drop to 50ish fps for 1 second then shoot back up to 300fps again....
View ArticleComputer lags and looses internet connection daily
I have a pretty good computer, — as computers go — but every day between 5-30 minutes after start-up, it begins to experience lag spikes, sharp sounds loops, and looses the internet connection...
View ArticleCannot access System Apps(CMD, Mspaint, Calc, etc) after chkdsk.
Not sure whether this is the right place to post this question. Anyway. The issue is that I am not able to access any windows default tools like cmd, mspaint, calc, etc after windows ran check disk on...
View ArticleAcer Aspire 5742 Overheating issues
Hi there, I have the Acer Aspire 5742 series laptop and I am suffering from overheating issues - temperatures are staying around the 60C mark with just google chrome open, on idle it doesn't go below...
View ArticleLaptop no longer getting past Start Up Boot
Hello, I had a problem where my windows 7 64 bit laptop hasn't gotten past the start up screen for well over 20 minutes. I've powered off my laptop and attempted a startup repair 3 times with no...
View ArticleHow to shift all free space on hard disk to get contigous free space?
My NTFS non-system partition is now almost well defragmented. However this applies only to small and medium sized files. There are still approx 40 big files (> 1 GB) which cannot be defragmented...
View ArticleOrganising images on external hard drive | Automatic sorting override
Hello, I'm sorting through 70k images on my external hard drive (Transcend 1TB HDD). Whenever I delete an image, the folder refreshes and resets to 'Sort by Name'. It then takes about three minutes to...
View ArticleCan't find memory test log
I have used my System Repair disc to carry out a memory test. It took about 20 minutes and at the start said that the results would be shown to me (or some such wording). I have searched my C: drive...
View ArticleNeed help to understand sfcdetails.txt file
Hi, after checking my PC using SFC I found the errors it had found in the CBS.log file. I then produced a sfcdetails.txt from the CBS.log and found I could not understand them!! :confused: Can anyone...
View ArticleCurrently having irregular, high RAM/Physical memory + CPU usage
Imgur (http://imgur.com/AnR3fHx,AaHXEkQ,6QyPQF3,pQEBoFo#0) Here is a album just demonstrating 4 situations that this has occured, notably when this occurs, the only 'demanding' programs are skype,...
View ArticleComputer just shuts off randomly - how to find cause
My home built system (Gigabyte GA-E7AUM motherboard with Intel Quad Core and 4GB ram) started to shut itself off in the middle of playing a movie or listening to music. The computer is only used for...
View ArticleWhat this results means ??
I have test my HDD with Tune Pro and everything is good...but at Error Scan on Speed Map is full of red and yellow bricks? is this why i cant get anything from Rar without a CRC volume error or install...
View ArticleWindows not responding after a few minutes of log in
Hello When I log into my owner account, after a few minutes the taskbar doesn't respond and then the whole computer doesn't respond but the mouse is still able to move. When I try opening programs on...
View ArticleNeed to verify my "path" System Environment Variable
I have recently added Java 8 JDK and have had problems getting the javac to run in cmd prompt. I have many tutorials trying to correct this issue and it seems nothing is correcting it. I am using a...
View ArticlePC running very slowly even after fresh install
Just wondering if anyone can help. My PC has been running slowly on and off over the last couple of weeks. It has been ok on start up (perhaps a little slow on occasion) but generally ok. Once running...
View ArticleBlack Screen after Windows Logo with responsive mouse
Here is the full story (feel free to skip if you don't think it's necessary): So my dad and I found a $5 computer at a garage sale that had a 1TB HDD and a better processor than our current one in our...
View ArticlePC takes 5 mins to boot then runs fine
Hi guys, I have just upgraded a friends pc to two new WD hard drives. A 1TB black for C drive and 2TB green for storage. Previously 80 + 320GB. Using W7 Pro on a AMD x3 3Ghz CPU and 2 x 2GB (4GB) DDR2...
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