My Laptop is lagging tremendously

[Rustys]

Thank you the network setting are looking good.
Does not look like there are any of the other wireless signal that are interfering.

C:\Program Files\360\TurboVPN
Your VPN could be slowing you down. Try and disable it and see if that helps.

Did you disable or uninstall this?
Did it help?

How is the browsing the system preforming now?

EDIT: It is happening on specific sites or programs. When it happens what are and or is running?

[ManishMan]

Disabling the VPN is of no use really as the laptop was lagging like this way before I installed the vpn a few days ago. In terms of browsing, I have tried it with absolutely no programs running and it still freezes oor lags when trying to load the websites.

The laptop in the whole lags at everything. For instance, if I have to run a program as administrator the screen would usually dim and the comfirmation window would pop up, but after I have clicked yes to run the program as administrator the screen still stay dim for a good few seconds longer and on one occasion it never came back on, I had to hold down the power button to shut it down.

Even opening folders lags… not really sure what is causing this…

[ManishMan]

The browser is still not performing as normal..

[Rustys]

There could be a service or program running in the background that is still causing issues.

1. Have you tried running the system in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking?
   Does it make a difference?
   Remember while running in Safe Mode it runs on just basic drivers and there will be no sound.

When you turn on the system after the BIOS splash screen come up and before the Windows Splash screen come up.
Tap the F8 key you will get a screen similar to this one:

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Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking.

See if programs load any better if in Safe Mode with Networking try some browsing do expect fancy pages to load.

If it does then Run this command in a command prompt this will tell you what services are loading.

net start > %userprofile%\desktop\safe.txt

This will create a test file on you desktop called Safe.TXT

Reboot the system into Normal mode. Once it is loaded then run this command the same way.

net start > %userprofile%\desktop\norm.txt

This will create a test file on you desktop called Norm.TXT

Now mark the services that are listed on the Safe file off the Norm file and one of the services is possibility the cause.

[ManishMan]

There could be a service or program running in the background that is still causing issues.

1. Have you tried running the system in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking?
   Does it make a difference?
   Remember while running in Safe Mode it runs on just basic drivers and there will be no sound.

When you turn on the system after the BIOS splash screen come up and before the Windows Splash screen come up.
Tap the F8 key you will get a screen similar to this one:

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Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking.

See if programs load any better if in Safe Mode with Networking try some browsing do expect fancy pages to load.

If it does then Run this command in a command prompt this will tell you what services are loading.

net start > %userprofile%\desktop\safe.txt

This will create a test file on you desktop called Safe.TXT

Reboot the system into Normal mode. Once it is loaded then run this command the same way.

net start > %userprofile%\desktop\norm.txt

This will create a test file on you desktop called Norm.TXT

Now mark the services that are listed on the Safe file off the Norm file and one of the services is possibility the cause.

I have done that and I have the two files but have no idea what to do with them..

[Rustys]

Take it then that is worked better in Safe Mode then.

Now all you have to do is compare the list on the Safe and eliminate the same names on the Norm. One of the names that is left is possibly causing issues.

Post which ones are left.

[ManishMan]

These are the ones that are left…

360 Total Security
Apple Mobile Device
Application Experience
ArcSoft Connect Daemon
Bonjour Service
COM+ Event System
Computer Browser
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
Group Policy Client
IP Helper
Multimedia Class Scheduler
Offline Files
Portable Device Enumerator Service
Print Spooler
Security Accounts Manager
Server
Shell Hardware Detection
SSDP Discovery
Superfetch
System Event Notification Service
Task Scheduler
Themes
TurboVpnSvc
Windows Audio
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework
Windows Font Cache Service
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Search
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service

[Rustys]

Thank you the list looks ok.
Does the Windows Splash screen take a while to show as well when booting the system?
If you have a install disk for the OS would also suggest a repair install.

One other place we can look is MSConfig
Start in the test box type MSConfig
Right click and Run as Administrator
Select the Boot Tab
Take out al of the has marks
Click OK
Reboot and try the system.
If it works then go back to MSConfig and put a hash in the First one
Then Click OK
Reboot and try the system
Repeat until the system acts up and that is possibility the one or combination that is causing the issue.

[veeg]

Any updates for us?

[ManishMan]

Hi, none of the suggestions so far doesn’t seem to be helping my cause.. it’s still very slow unfortunately

[jmarket]

Hey ManishMan

Thanks for the update. I see that your CPU is a Celeron. Celeron CPUs are getting outdated and can’t keep up with the latest OS. I see that you’re running W7. I have a laptop that has a Core 2 Duo and it struggles to run W7. It may just be that the CPU can’t keep up anymore. The new updates create more work, more stress for it, and sometimes they just can’t keep up, especially the Pentium and Celeron CPUs.

[ManishMan]

That may indeed be the problem…which is what I didn’t want to hear…

[Rustys]

Is the HDD a SSD?

Drive c: () (Fixed) (Total:297.99 GB) (Free:59.43 GB) NTFS

Your HDD is a little full may want to uninstall some of the unused software and programs you do not need.

[jmarket]

These errors are from your FRST log..
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Have a look here.
Velocity Micro | PC Support

Thanks M.

[Malnutrition]

Another thing that you can do is perform a repair install on the machine. This will strip all updates except service pack one, and repair the OS. Sometimes Updates can cause many many issues. It is certainly worth giving it a try.

Grab a copy of windows 7 from here. Then perform a repair install on the machine. If there are still issues, then might be a good idea to check your temps on the machine. Heat is a great cause of slowness. As Gus mentioned, there might be an issue with the Bios. Might be a good idea to reset the bios to default settings.