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Really slow laptop
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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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much "bloatware", unwanted apps. taking up valuable space?Yes and or multiple AV products running .
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Download and run malwarebytes free versionand then do the same with the free "ADW cleaner"1
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Cheers guys, this thing is so much slower than my Argos Zoostorm desktop, I will carry out those checks ASAP.
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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).0
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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 R56 Compute Cores 2C + 4G 2.2GHz Inst RAM 8.00 GB64 bit x 64 processorStorage Win (c:) 918GBRunning Windows 10It 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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