I would sweep that laptop for viruses, then malware. once it's confirmed free of both... remove the virus protection that you have... it's not working well if you had a virus.. and if you didn't have one... it sounds like it is slowing down your pc. then i would do a CC Cleaner for caches, cookies, and temp memory. and finally... there is a program called "decrapifier" that will uninstall the crap that comes with new laptops. I don't see why you can't use it one year into use.
no way a 1 yr old laptop should be taking "20 minutes".
no way a 1 yr old laptop should be taking "20 minutes".
What brand? When you first purchased it, did you uninstall all the crapware that came with it? If it's not too much of a pain, you might want to purchase a copy of the OS, so you can install it cleanly whenever you want (as opposed to a version with all the spammy shit the maker put on there).
Honestly, for people who only do email, web browsing, docs, netflix, etc... Just install Linux. Ubuntu is super user-friendly, takes nothing to maintain, and you essentially don't need anti-virus/anti-spam software (aside from for your web browser).
When is the last time you defragged your hdd?
Also this:
Also this:
is a bad habit. Go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall things you don't need. You're gonna have a bunch of unnecessary shit going on during the boot up process and then running in the background. Once booted up and you have the crap uninstalled, control-alt-delete and check out the programs you have running in the background. Google everything you don't recognize and uninstall or disable non-critical processes.
time for a new laptop
on a more serious note, maybe you have one or more heavy programs that are slowing your machine down
also try cleaning it up as some have suggested
my son has built me 3 new machines and they all are amazingly fast including the start-up. They all have Windows 7 too, which may have something to do with it
PS: I know jack shit about computers, so everything I said may be incredibly stupid (except the part about being incredibly fast and buying a new machine)
on a more serious note, maybe you have one or more heavy programs that are slowing your machine down
also try cleaning it up as some have suggested
my son has built me 3 new machines and they all are amazingly fast including the start-up. They all have Windows 7 too, which may have something to do with it
PS: I know jack shit about computers, so everything I said may be incredibly stupid (except the part about being incredibly fast and buying a new machine)
I recommend using ccleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/features and clean up your registry and also your startup.. program is very easy to use.. here is latest free version.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/download/17833cfe6b23070109f94037f76965f7/
-murph
I recommend using ccleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/features and clean up your registry and also your startup.. program is very easy to use.. here is latest free version.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/download/17833cfe6b23070109f94037f76965f7/
-murph
I downloaded the free version, but now it asks for a better version for like $25-$30...is it worth it?
