Did a Reboot

@just4him (323168)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
November 9, 2015 9:32pm CST
And a defrag, and got rid of a program I use all the time, but I can use another from the Internet, so no worries. All trying to free up space and make this laptop work better for me. We'll see. I was shocked when I saw how much space it has - only 80GB. 46.7 % is used by all the programs that come with the laptop. So no wonder I'm running extremely slow. We'll see how it all runs now that I've done what I could with it. Thanks for reading.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Nov 15
I had that issue with a laptop I bought in the whole Vista era, had to buy extra memory, uggg vista
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
I had Vista too, what a headache!
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• Centralia, Missouri
10 Nov 15
@just4him was one of the biggest dud's ever, I hated it, it was slow, painful to use, not user friendly, impossible to fix, and took up SO much space!
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
I bought mine brand new, top of the line. The sound didn't work from the beginning, had to have their techies turn it on. Then a year into it, the mother board fried. The one I have now is used, and it's now history, but I had it a lot longer.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
10 Nov 15
It is necessary to do a few things now and then to computer hard drives to free up space and get them running faster again. You should try to do this once a month to keep you computer running at a good speed.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
10 Nov 15
@just4him Yes they do it automatic but it is a good idea to check now and then to make sure it was done.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
@poehere I agree. It is running better. I'm still getting time out errors, but it's working it out faster.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
It's scheduled for automatic defrag, but I've had the computer off for a while so it didn't do it as it usually did when it was in active use.
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• Preston, England
10 Nov 15
sounds like you might need a new computer or laptop if it isn't doing what you need it to do
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• Preston, England
11 Nov 15
@just4him some days a dying computer does ok then it starts messing up again
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Nov 15
@arthurchappell I agree. This laptop is the best I have at the moment and it's a nightmare. Ultra slow, and can have no more than two windows open, one is preferrable.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
Yes I do, and the sooner the better. Today is working better than yesterday, I can even watch videos, where I couldn't yesterday.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
10 Nov 15
I have over 400 GB and mine are just about all used up as well. I have way too many pictures.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
That seems like a lot of GB but I know in this day of technology it isn't.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
10 Nov 15
Check how many programs start when Windows starts, they usually slow down the system.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
I only have one add on and that's Skype, all the rest came with the computer.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 15
When a computer is really slow, it can be so frustrating. Hope your efforts pay off.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
So far so good for today.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 15
@just4him That's good. Now you can have lots of fun reading and responding
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Nov 15
I hope it will run faster after you did the defrag.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
Doing better today.
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
10 Nov 15
and half the time the things they come with we don't really need. I'd rather have publisher and such instead.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Nov 15
I totally agree. I've used publisher and like it.
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