Really slow laptop 31 March 2020 at 2:03PM in Techie Stuff 6 replies 81 views

andygb

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?

JJ_Egan

much "bloatware", unwanted apps. taking up valuable space?Yes and or multiple AV products running .

AndyPix

Download and run malwarebytes free version

and then do the same with the free "ADW cleaner"

andygb

Cheers guys, this thing is so much slower than my Argos Zoostorm desktop, I will carry out those checks ASAP.

andygb

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

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

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