Sunshine Reyes asks:
I downloaded Win-RAR, Sublight, 7-Zip, Applian Media Player and some other programs. Now I noticed my laptop runs very slow. Also, sometimes the letters on the screen blink. Is this because I downloaded too many programs?
Browser: Safari 5.1
System: Windows 7 home basic
Tagged: download, hardware issue, improve speed, laptop, software issue
System: Windows 7 home basic
Tagged: download, hardware issue, improve speed, laptop, software issue
10 Answers -
Dalsan
July 14, 2012This might help you: http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/will-downloading-and-installing-free-software-every-day-for-several-years-eventually-slow-my-pc/
ha14
July 14, 2012perhaps windows is infected, boot to safe mode ans scan with malwarebytes antimalware, superantispyware, clamwin.
after this boo to norrmal and clean with CCleaner, Glary utilities…
also check the security level of your antivirus, perhaps to shut down windows defender and see if there is gain of power.
Muhammad Ahmad
July 14, 2012Just clean junk with ccleaner, than Scan your pc with malwarebytes antimalware, and Hitman Pro, remove all spyware, than Click on start menu and go to RUN , type MSCONFIG and go to Start Up tab than uncheck all unknown and unnecessary programs except antivirus, than go to Services tab and check Hide All Microsoft Services, than uncheck all unnecessary programs except antivirus and click on apply, after than make sure you are using only one antivirus program, if you are using more than one antivirus just uninstall it. and use only one firewall.
after that restart the pc and it should work fine now.
Alan Wade
July 14, 2012Another thing to cosider is how many of those apps are starting with windows? that will slow you down a lot.
Sri Vastav Reddy
July 14, 2012i used tune up utilities FREE software..
basically it is an amazing software…
. It actually starts with a survey and tells u what apps are useless
. what apps are starting with windows(which causes slow booting)
. and what downloaded apps makes your computer slow
. it has additional features like disk check, restore, DE-Fragmentation, ……and many more.
I use this software which makes my system to booting at it’s max speed of only ” 13 SEC ”
So, my final conclusion is using a bunch of apps might make u’r sys to work SLOWLY
but using a right Software to control the usage of sys Resource is a SMART idea.!!
this might help u not to rise another Question of how to control the software’s..!!
Shakirah Faleh Lai
July 14, 2012Scan your PC for viruses, clean and defrag your files.
Vipul Jain
July 14, 20121. CCLeaner and check for useless startup entries and delete them.
2. Defrag once a month atleast
Do NOT defrag your hard drives!
July 14, 2012If you are using SSD then you will stress the hell out of your hard drive. If you are using a sata then you will see little difference at all.
but almost everyone suggests Defrag as it align sector blocks in order and thus are faster to access, i do not know anything about harmful effects of defrag on SSD’s though, but for SATA, defrag should be done IMO
July 14, 2012As many that suggest defragging, also suggest dont defrag. If you have a heavy install/delete program then OK defrag your sata but NEVER your SSD and only twice a year.
July 14, 2012Was your defrag suggestion based on what you read or personal experience?
Since i never felt my PC slowing way down, i have defragged only a few times, and after defrag i cant say due to the feel of a defrag or actually i felt the PC was faster.. :p
July 14, 2012so 70% reading opinions 30% personal..
shine
July 14, 2012Guys, Thank you so much for all your answers. Though I’m a bit “Illiterate” when it comes to computer terms, I will try to Google your suggestions so as not to ask the step by step of doing things from you, hehehe. May God Bless you all for your kindness..
Gian Singh
July 17, 2012Probably not, maybe a virus or a problem on windows side dowload iobit Advanced System care and go through the toolbox for tools to help you.
HCS Computers
July 18, 2012Downloading a large number of applications won’t necessarily slow down your machine. What is probably causing the slowdown is the increased number of applications running in the background/running from your system’s startup. A number of these programmes/applications can be diabled in msconfig to speed the machine up again.
bingo! we have a winner…
October 24, 2012