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Begging for help - computer sloooow
Name: Shlavina Date: July 23, 2008 at 02:48:50 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: P4 2.8Ghz, 512 RAM Product: Computerworld
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Hi there, For several weeks now browsing has been very slow. It takes up to a minute to open a page or often enough I get the "page cannot be displayed" message. Even my emails cannot be shown sometimes. Some days are worse than others. I had a few days when no pages worked at all - rebooting the DSL modem or restarting the computer didn't help. The only solution then is to restore the computer to an earlier point. Interestingly Skype always remains intact. However sometimes I see it dropping out and then recovering. AVG scans show that everything is well. I am at my wits end and ready to throw the computer out of the window. Hope for some help from somewhere out there. Would a HJT log help?
Name: Shlavina Date: July 23, 2008 at 06:16:48 Pacific
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And for some reason the AVG Update is failing from today...
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Response Number 2
Name: Ghostman 1 Date: July 23, 2008 at 06:43:18 Pacific
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Do you have any cleaning software ? Get ccleaner, and Abexo Reg cleaner. This will help allot..They are both free,,next is to go to speakeasy.net and run a speed test. Also would check for Trojans, get trojan remover and test.
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: July 26, 2008 at 13:08:43 Pacific
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If you have some sort of nasty on there it is possible that it has disabled AVG updates.
some other bloke...
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Response Number 4
Name: Oldbits Date: September 5, 2008 at 14:47:23 Pacific
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Follow this procedure and you will probably see a big difference in your computers performance and internet speed. It worked great for me. Do EXACTLY what it says. It took me about 5 hours but it was worth it. Run AVG when you are through.
Art
I grew up on Dos 2.11
Art
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Response Number 5
Name: Derek Date: September 5, 2008 at 17:27:47 Pacific
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Oldbits
Have I missed something - I can't see "a procedure" in your post?
some other bloke...
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Response Number 6
Name: Ghostman 1 Date: September 7, 2008 at 14:55:52 Pacific
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