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Really slow laptop

andygb
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I have a really slow laptop, which I only purchased three years ago, specifically for photo editing.
It is an HP Notebook 17" SRTJ7Q1N (I cannot find that ref anywhere)
Spec:
AMD8-7050 Radeon R5
6 Compute Cores 2C + 4G 2.2GHz Inst RAM 8.00 GB
64 bit x 64 processor
Storage Win (c:) 918GB
Running Windows 10
It is incredibly slow and having read a few articles, is it possible that there is too much "bloatware", unwanted apps. taking up valuable space?

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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    much "bloatware", unwanted apps. taking up valuable space?Yes and or multiple AV products running .

  • AndyPix
    AndyPix Posts: 4,847 Forumite
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    Download and run malwarebytes free version
    and then do the same with the free "ADW cleaner"
  • andygb
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    Cheers guys, this thing is so much slower than my Argos Zoostorm desktop, I will carry out those checks ASAP.
  • andygb
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    JJ_Egan said:
    much "bloatware", unwanted apps. taking up valuable space?Yes and or multiple AV products running .


    I couldn't believe it, when I found Avast on there yesterday, when I have had Norton installed from the start.
  • DoaM
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    Windows 10? You don't need any 3rd party AV ... Windows Defender is perfectly fine. (If you're using a 3rd party app because it is an Internet Security Suite, and you actually use the security features the suite offers, then OK. Otherwise you still don't need it).
  • TheRightOne
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    andygb said:
    I have a really slow laptop, which I only purchased three years ago, specifically for photo editing.
    It is an HP Notebook 17" SRTJ7Q1N (I cannot find that ref anywhere)
    Spec:
    AMD8-7050 Radeon R5
    6 Compute Cores 2C + 4G 2.2GHz Inst RAM 8.00 GB
    64 bit x 64 processor
    Storage Win (c:) 918GB
    Running Windows 10
    It is incredibly slow and having read a few articles, is it possible that there is too much "bloatware", unwanted apps. taking up valuable space?

    Horrible device. Ok, not quite horrible. But a relatively poor CPU and a pig to get open to insert a much needed solid state drive.

    https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/HP-Pavilion-17-P180CA-HDD-SSD-Upgrade-Replacement/td-p/6936318


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