ACER laptop slow down after installing programmes: HELP!!!!

What process or processes have the highest processor usage? Try killing
them if they are not system processes

Regards,
Steve

DL schrieb:

> Skype, Picasa, GDS, FMA, SecondCopy, XTNDConnect,WinZip, WinRar, are all I
> believe configured by default to run in the background, use their options to
> modify this behaviour
>
>
> "Wim" <eisingspam RemoveThis @iafrica.com> wrote in message
> news:1164019781.089674.131540@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > I have a pretty fast laptop (ACER Travelmate 5612WMSMi with Intel Core
> > Duo Processor 1.66 GHz x 2, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache, 1GB DDR2
> > (support dual-channel) memory). After a while, it started slowing down
> > terribly: Start-up times grew from 2 minutes to 5 minutes, shutting
> > down from 30 secs to 2 minutes, hibernation from 17 secs to 4 minutes.
> > Starting Outlook and Firefox, etc. takes much longer.
> >
> > Acer Helpdesk agreed that this slowdown is unacceptable and suggested
> > to restore the factory defaults (which brings the laptop back to the
> > configuration when I received the laptop, without all the added
> > programmes installed). This process is very easy (well done Acer!) but
> > of course the subsequent reinstalling of all favourite programmes (MS
> > Office, Firefox, Skype, Picasa, GDS, FMA, SecondCopy, XTNDConnect,
> > WinRar, WinZip) and all its required updates, incl. Microsoft Update)
> > takes a hell of a long time. Acer suggested to track to changes in
> > performance after each and every programme installation. That's what I
> > did, and after the Restore to Factory Default the laptop was running
> > like brand new again. VERY FAST!! Made me very happy again. And MS
> > Office + updates, MS Windows update, NAV, etc. did not significantly
> > slow down the computer.
> >
> > But all of a sudden (AND unfortunately I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE AFTER
> > INSTALLATION OF WHICH PROGRAMME) the computer went back to its previous
> > very slow performance.
> > I tried to restore to a previous system restore point, but since I did
> > not do that the same or next day, the relevant system restore point had
> > already been deleted by the system and replaced by automatic system
> > restore points on the days after (while I have my space allocation for
> > the system restore set to maximum = 6.6GB on each disk x 2 = 13GB!!) .
> > I then un-installed all programmes I remembered I installed in the days
> > around the moment the laptop slowed down, but to no avail.
> >
> > Before I do Acer's Restore Factory Defaults again and re-install all
> > requires programmes again (and even more consistently monitor the
> > impact of each programme installation on the system's performance), I
> > call upon the very experienced Google community to help me out! Which
> > programme is causing the problem, why, and how to solve the problem?
> > Let me know if you need screenshots of the programmes I have installed,
> > the processes running and listed in Windows Task Manager, the registry,
> > etcetera. Please help me out, before I spent my
> >
> > In Windows Task Manager Performance Tab the two CPUs are presented, and
> > at start-up the 1st one is generally working to its maximum while the
> > second CPU is much less active. Is that normal, is this an indication
> > where the fault is?
> >
> > Wim Eising
> > Durban
> > South Africa
> >

What process or processes have the highest processor usage? Try killing
them if they are not system processes

Regards,
Steve

DL schrieb:

> Skype, Picasa, GDS, FMA, SecondCopy, XTNDConnect,WinZip, WinRar, are all I
> believe configured by default to run in the background, use their options to
> modify this behaviour
>
>
> "Wim" <eisingspam.RemoveThis@iafrica.com> wrote in message
> news:1164019781.089674.131540@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > I have a pretty fast laptop (ACER Travelmate 5612WMSMi with Intel Core
> > Duo Processor 1.66 GHz x 2, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache, 1GB DDR2
> > (support dual-channel) memory). After a while, it started slowing down
> > terribly: Start-up times grew from 2 minutes to 5 minutes, shutting
> > down from 30 secs to 2 minutes, hibernation from 17 secs to 4 minutes.
> > Starting Outlook and Firefox, etc. takes much longer.
> >
> > Acer Helpdesk agreed that this slowdown is unacceptable and suggested
> > to restore the factory defaults (which brings the laptop back to the
> > configuration when I received the laptop, without all the added
> > programmes installed). This process is very easy (well done Acer!) but
> > of course the subsequent reinstalling of all favourite programmes (MS
> > Office, Firefox, Skype, Picasa, GDS, FMA, SecondCopy, XTNDConnect,
> > WinRar, WinZip) and all its required updates, incl. Microsoft Update)
> > takes a hell of a long time. Acer suggested to track to changes in
> > performance after each and every programme installation. That's what I
> > did, and after the Restore to Factory Default the laptop was running
> > like brand new again. VERY FAST!! Made me very happy again. And MS
> > Office + updates, MS Windows update, NAV, etc. did not significantly
> > slow down the computer.
> >
> > But all of a sudden (AND unfortunately I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE AFTER
> > INSTALLATION OF WHICH PROGRAMME) the computer went back to its previous
> > very slow performance.
> > I tried to restore to a previous system restore point, but since I did
> > not do that the same or next day, the relevant system restore point had
> > already been deleted by the system and replaced by automatic system
> > restore points on the days after (while I have my space allocation for
> > the system restore set to maximum = 6.6GB on each disk x 2 = 13GB!!) .
> > I then un-installed all programmes I remembered I installed in the days
> > around the moment the laptop slowed down, but to no avail.
> >
> > Before I do Acer's Restore Factory Defaults again and re-install all
> > requires programmes again (and even more consistently monitor the
> > impact of each programme installation on the system's performance), I
> > call upon the very experienced Google community to help me out! Which
> > programme is causing the problem, why, and how to solve the problem?
> > Let me know if you need screenshots of the programmes I have installed,
> > the processes running and listed in Windows Task Manager, the registry,
> > etcetera. Please help me out, before I spent my
> >
> > In Windows Task Manager Performance Tab the two CPUs are presented, and
> > at start-up the 1st one is generally working to its maximum while the
> > second CPU is much less active. Is that normal, is this an indication
> > where the fault is?
> >
> > Wim Eising
> > Durban
> > South Africa
> >