increase speed of my laptop? - HIJACK THIS LOG ADDED

newtotrading

Hi Mr C
Have checked back in System Restore but found no restore points (naughty me I know). How do i check for the disk space allocation you mentioned? and how would i change this amount please?

Am currently running CCleaner and its taking an age

newtotrading

in 'my computer', drive E is 9.99Gb allocated for RECOVERY, with 4.34Gb free. Drive C: is 12.4Gb free of 138Gb does this look about right?

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disable windows defender

uninstall media bar.

stop these running at startup using msconfig

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IAAnotif] C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaanotif.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PDVDDXSrv] "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD DX\PDVDDXSrv.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [UVS10 Preload] C:\Program Files\Ulead Systems\Ulead VideoStudio SE DVD\uvPL.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (reboot)] "C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe" /runcleanupscript
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DATAMNGR] C:\PROGRA~1\IMESHA~1\MediaBar\Datamngr\DATAMN~1.EX E
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (reboot)] "C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe" /runcleanupscript
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\UpdaterStartupUtility.e xe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeCS5.5ServiceManager] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5.5ServiceManager\CS5.5ServiceManage r.exe" -launchedbylogin
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DellSupport] "C:\Program Files\DellSupport\DSAgnt.exe" /startup
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - .DEFAULT User Startup: Dell Dock First Run.lnk = C:\Program Files\Dell\DellDock\DellDock.exe (User 'Default user')
O4 - Startup: BBC iPlayer Desktop.lnk = C:\Program Files\BBC iPlayer Desktop\BBC iPlayer Desktop.exe
O4 - Startup: Dell Dock.lnk = C:\Program Files\Dell\DellDock\DellDock.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE

need all this running?

O23 - Service: ELSA Administration Service (LcSvrAdm) - Volkswagen AG - C:\ElsaWin\bin\LcSvrAdm.exe
O23 - Service: ELSA Auftragsverwaltungs Service (LcSvrAuf) - Volkswagen AG - C:\ElsaWin\bin\LcSvrAuf.exe
O23 - Service: ELSA DBA Server (LcSvrDba) - Volkswagen AG - C:\ElsaWin\bin\LcSvrDba.exe
O23 - Service: ELSA Historie Server (LcSvrHis) - Volkswagen AG - C:\ElsaWin\bin\LcSvrHis.exe
O23 - Service: ELSA PASS Server (LcSvrPAS) - Volkswagen AG - C:\ElsaWin\bin\LcSvrPas.exe

run windows update

Mista_C

newtotrading wrote: »

in 'my computer', drive E is 9.99Gb allocated for RECOVERY, with 4.34Gb free. Drive C: is 12.4Gb free of 138Gb does this look about right?

I normally opt for around 5GB for SR on customer installs. I turn System Restore (otherwise known as the Microsoft Virus Vault) off completely for my own machines.

Those figures you've provided are reasonable so that shouldn't be causing you any problems. Follow the rest of Closed's advice along with his speed-up thread and you shouldn't go wrong.

newtotrading

cheers guys
Have beene running Ccleaner for about 80 minutes so far, is this right? its still showing 0% completed and still working its way through temp internet files?

newtotrading

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Sorry how do i disable windows defender?
and stop those listed from running at startup using msconfig? (am a bit of a newbie with programs etc)

Thanks again

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to disable windows defender on vista or windows 7 - from the start menu, windows defender, tools, options, untick use real-time protection, under administrator options, untick use windows defender and untick allow everyone to use windows defender, click save to save settings. XP users can either do this or uninstall it in control panel


start, msconfig

see the startup tab

untick the things you dont want to run at startup (using msconfig)

reboot

ccleaner, try closing it, and try again - it should be quick unless you have told it to wipe free space.

newtotrading

Cheers again

Have disabled defender, loaded msconfig and closed all those unneeded applications, rebooted and running CCleaner again, have checked and un-ticked the box to wipe clean disc space but still taking an age?

Still showing 0% on thr completed bar for CCleaner, but if I go into 'my computer' the free space on C: drive is slowly increasing, so far its up from 12.4Gb to 29.8Gb and counting

newtotrading

Does it matter if it does/has been wiping free disc space? or is it just quicker if i turn it off?

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only needed if you are planning to sell it, and don't want the data recoverable.

it shouldn't wipe free space by default