In Progress Forever to Wake Up

[Malnutrition]

To free up resources when you want on demand:

Download KillEmAll
Download Reduce Memory

Unzip them both to your desktop.
Right click an empty space on your desktop
Create a new folder
Name it tools.


Drag KillEmAll.exe & ReduceMemory_x64.exe
Into the new folder named tools.
Right Click desktop create new text document.
right click rename it KillEmAll_Allowed.txt

Then open command prompt >>>>>>>>
tasklist > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\tasklist.txt"
Here you will find the short command for your browser for example firefox.exe
Paste firefox.exe into KillEmAll_Allowed.txt
Save it drop it in the tools folder.
Kill Em all will not stop any process that is listed in Killemall_Allowed, the processes must be added here one per line.

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Now create a batch file.

Open a notepad and copy the entire content of the code box below.
Do not copy the word code!
Paste the txt into the notepad. Save the file to your desktop as kill.bat
Now you will right click the on kill.bat and run as administrator.

@echo off
%userprofile%\Documents\tools\KillEmAll.exe /auto
%userprofile%\Documents\tools\ReduceMemory_x64.exe /O
exit

Drag Kill.bat to the tools folder.

Now drag the tools folder to your documents folder.

Tools should contain: ( Kill.bat --- KillEmAll_Allowed.txt --- KillEmAll.exe --- ReduceMemory_x64.exe )

Last you will create one final batch file:
This will add the ability to run this batch file to your right click menu
You can after following these steps, right click on a blank space on your desktop
Then select run kill batch
This will execute killemall and it will kill all processess except your browser in my case firefox.exe
or you can add whatever you want to the KillEmAll_Allowed.txt to not be stopped when running the kil batch file,
Reducememory will free up the memory of the programs that were killed.


Open a notepad and copy the entire content of the code box below.
Do not copy the word code!
Paste the txt into the notepad. Save the file to your desktop as Addtorightclick.bat
Now you will right click the on Addtorightclick.bat and run as administrator.

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
SET KILL_BATCH_PATH="%USERPROFILE%\Documents\tools\kill.bat"
SET KEY="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\KillBatch"
SET COMMAND="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\KillBatch\command"
reg add %KEY% /t REG_SZ /d "Run Kill Batch" /f
reg add %COMMAND% /t REG_SZ /d "!KILL_BATCH_PATH!" /f
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
exit /b

That is it, you can now right click an empty space on your desktop and run the kill batch, this will free up resources on demand

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To resolve the explorer issue:
Download the attached batch file, unzip save to desktop.
Right click run as admin

Content of batch.

@echo off
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v ShowRecent /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v ShowFrequent /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
exit

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[Difficult_Man]

OK, I will try to get these all done (and the updates) late tonight, then see how everything functions. I'm mostly using Chrome (9 tabs), Excel and ThinkorSwim (seems to be a heavy user) lately. Will do more work tonight with other programs to evaluate performance.

 

[Malnutrition]

Like I mentioned, you really aren't going to be able to run more than one program with the amount of ram installed. But report and let me know. We may be able to do a little more...

 

[Difficult_Man]

OK, here's my evaluation. Even though I haven't finished the updates and the last scan-tool. I can see that the waking up from sleep/energy saver/hibernation problem is solved. It wakes up quickly now. The delays, hiccups and mini-freezes persist when there are multiple programs open. So, I tend to agree there is insufficient RAM, but I haven't figured out how to disable Covenant Eyes. I will get help with that on Monday.

Do you think the effect from Covenant Eyes is also due to insufficient RAM or something else?

 

[Malnutrition]

I'm not really sure on CE, as removing it via FRST could cause issues, I think we have done what we can with this machine, until you get more ram modules installed.

 

[Malnutrition]

@Difficult_Man -- We could run one last check on some services to disable, if you like.

Download BlackBird
Unzip to your desktop.
Right click run as admin.
Press S when the initial scan completes.
With your mouse cursor highlight everthing
Then use control C at the same time on your keyboard.
To copy everything listed.
Open a notepad and paste that into it.
Save it in the notepad and name it what you want.
Upload it here in your next reply.

Or we can mark this as solved, considering the reason you open the thread is now resolved.

 

[Difficult_Man]

I'm going back to post #61 since I didn't do those tasks.

Then open command prompt >>>>>>>>
tasklist > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\tasklist.txt"

I no longer have a command prompt to open. I have search and Run...
Do I type "tasklist" or will that appear?

 

[Malnutrition]

Windows key and R at the same time.
Type CMD hit enter.

 

[Malnutrition]

Or you can hit the windows key and r at the same time and copy this:

cmd /c tasklist > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\tasklist.txt"

Paste into runbox and hit ok.



Attach the result here and then let me know what you want to keep open with the kill batch and I will help you build that. (choose browser and one program,)

 

[Malnutrition]

@Difficult_Man We will go ahead and do this, as we can build your kill batch file last.

Download BlackBird
Unzip to your desktop.
Drag Blackbird.exe to desktop. From inside the folder.

Hit the windows Key and R at the same time:

Copy this:

cmd /c powershell -Command "Enable-ComputerRestore -Drive 'C:\'"

Hit Enter or Click OK

Then This:

cmd /c wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\default Path SystemRestore Call CreateRestorePoint "PreBlackBird", 100, 7

Hit Enter or Click OK

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Copy this:

cmd /c %userprofile%\Desktop\blackbird.exe -tasks

Paste into the run box.
Hit Enter or Click OK

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Then when BlackBird loads.
Hit enter again.
Close the window when complete.

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Repeat the same for:

cmd /c %userprofile%\Desktop\blackbird.exe -services

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Then the same for:

cmd /c %userprofile%\Desktop\blackbird.exe -registry

Now reboot the machine.

 

[Difficult_Man]

When I enter the command, the black window suddenly shows many lines of information and immediately disappears. I see no .txt file anywhere related to this.
What should result from this?

 

[Malnutrition]

The first two will enable restore point and create a restore point.

Move to the next, and when the command prompt opens press enter. Allow it to complete, then close then move onto next . When done with all three reboot the computer.

You must drag blackbird.exe to the desktop.

If you have issues beyond that, let me know. It may be due to onedrive. I may need to modify my command .

 

[Difficult_Man]

To free up resources when you want on demand:

Download KillEmAll
Download Reduce Memory

Unzip them both to your desktop.
Right click an empty space on your desktop
Create a new folder
Name it tools.


Drag KillEmAll.exe & ReduceMemory_x64.exe
Into the new folder named tools.
Right Click desktop create new text document.
right click rename it KillEmAll_Allowed.txt

Then open command prompt >>>>>>>>
tasklist > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\tasklist.txt"

Or you can hit the windows key and r at the same time and copy this:

cmd /c tasklist > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\tasklist.txt"

Here you will find the short command for your browser for example firefox.exe
Paste firefox.exe into KillEmAll_Allowed.txt
Save it drop it in the tools folder.
Kill Em all will not stop any process that is listed in Killemall_Allowed, the processes must be added here one per line.

I'm not getting any response from Run...
I don't see a first, second or third thing. Confused.

 

[Malnutrition]

Your commands will be as follows:



After making the restore point:
Right Click on Blackbird.exe run as admin.
Allow it to Load then press B to create a backup file.
Once that is created then close Blackbird,


Hit the windows Key and R at the same time:

Copy this:

cmd /c C:\Users\Bruce Kleinberg\OneDrive\Desktop\blackbird.exe -tasks

Hit Enter or Click OK
Then when BlackBird loads.
Hit enter again.
Close the window when complete.

cmd /c C:\Users\Bruce Kleinberg\OneDrive\Desktop\blackbird.exe -services

Hit Enter or Click OK
Then when BlackBird loads.
Hit enter again.
Close the window when complete.

cmd /c C:\Users\Bruce Kleinberg\OneDrive\Desktop\blackbird.exe -registry

Hit Enter or Click OK
Then when BlackBird loads.
Hit enter again.
Close the window when complete.

Reboot the machine.

 

[Difficult_Man]

After making the restore point:

In which post do I make a restore point. Remember, I'm going all the way back to post #61.

 

[Malnutrition]

Skip 61 for now, let's run BlackBird then we will get to that.

 

[Malnutrition]

Here is a batch file to create a restore point for you, download it unzip to desktop run as admin.

Let's get you an admin command prompt to your desktop as well.

Unzip run as admin this will create the command prompt for you that will run as admin automatically.

 

[Malnutrition]

@Difficult_Man what exactly do you need help with?

 

[Difficult_Man]

When we began, I had assumed all these problems were due to one thing. The waking up problem is completely solved. The sluggishness and mini-freezes are slightly better. I would like to avoid buying a new computer, if possible. I have been slow lately because I use it for work and have been limping along with it. Today is a holiday and I aim to finish all the things you've listed. If nothing changes, I'll have to upgrade.

 

[Difficult_Man]

Blackbird scan