laptop slow...after about an hour

dick_turpin

as soon as anything 'heavy' starts it slows down. Think its intel graphics, never seen nvidia mentioned in the system.
no blocked vevts etc. Never gone into suspend mode.
Even scrolling up or down the page is slow!

closed

if it's sat on a desk, it can make it harder for the heat to dissipate, which could slow it down, but you are probably nearing the point of a factory restore I think to prove one way or the other

you may wish to do a system image backup with macrium reflect beforehand, and create the macrium boot cd. Also create the XP cd if you didn't get one with the system in case the factory restore partition fails, and backup any data to another place on top.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=DSN_336966&isLegacy=true

dick_turpin

Closed, you have been a fantastic help.
the symptoms are the same by an ethernet connection,
i will factory restore tomorrow evening and update this post then.
Thanks again...

closed

dont forget the backup if you have anything to backup

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

one final thought, create a new user in control panel, and try using that username

dick_turpin

Done the backup and before reformating the system found a diagnostic tool that is still running but has found one error on HDD...error code 2000-0142 self test failed status byte=79.
Now found this link which i'm hoping will work for me!

http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=69036

dick_turpin

Well, in case anyone was following this I ended up reloading windows from my set-up disc and reloaded everything like avast and google chrome as a browser. (IE keeps bringing up error messages as soon as i type in the search box).
All seems ok now but was quite time consuming to get back to workable laptop.
Thanks Closed for your help.:beer:

closed

iE - what messages?

backup using macrium, and it will take 10 minutes to restore a fully working machine with data/programs next time

dick_turpin

The 'an error has occurred..do you want to report it?' message

Using Chrome and it doesn't happen.

closed

try resetting it to defaults, under ie, tools, internet options, advanced, and disable any IE addons. has it updated to IE8?

dick_turpin

Well, despite everything I appear to be back to square one! whether IE8 or Chrome, system snarls up at the slightest demand.