How can I restore the my (work) PeeCee's speed?

[Bimwad]

I know where to look in OS X to alleviate possible slowdowns.

Now my work PC is passable, but noticeably slower than it was, but I don't know the similar tricks for Win 7.

I do know Chrome, and its memory-hogging process per tab model, and not a good fit for machines with only adequate RAM.

Windows' sleep modes also seem like a pale imitation of OS X, and the machine often wakes up groggy.


Assume there is no IT dept. to handle this.

Nuke and pave is not an option.

[cbelt3]

A windows machine runs fastest when...







Thrown off a tall building .... :devil:

[bazookaman]

reboot.

plus i never put my windows machine to sleep.

it's an i7 with 16gb of RAM and an SSD and it STILL seems sluggish at times. I just reboot it. Of course have a 40 second reboot time for a windows machine is a plus. My old machine's reboot time was measured in minutes.

I'll also run Glary Utlities from time to time. http://www.glarysoft.com/

[Numo]

Call the guy in the above thread. He can fix it for you: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1762571

[anonymouse1]

If you have admin access, there are tools you can run.

Have you checked for malware?

Is it running two virus checkers simultaneously?

Can you add an SSD?

Can you add RAM?

[sekker]

Sorry, but nuke and pave is almost always going to be the easiest solution.

1) Check active processes. The last time I had to deal with a slow windows machine, I think I documented 90 different viruses running on it.

2) Can you pull the hard drive and put in a temporary boot drive? Keep the old drive around, move data via dropbox?

[Bimwad]

Unfortunately, defenestration is not an option. I'm limited to what I can clean up in software, and I certainly don't want to hassle of having to reconfigure the machine after a wipe.

I think physical RAM is an issue, especially if Chrome is running, but the thing seems bogged down even after a restart, when nothing's running.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

What seems slowest, do you have admin rights, how full is the hard drive, what are the hardware specs (model, product line, etc.)?

The bare minimum is 3 GB RAM, 4 GB is generally considered adequate. Sadly, Windows updates can be a big offender for slow startup. I think the most effective procedure might be to delete temp files, then do a backup and restore (it can be faster than doing a defrag).

[hal]

If you don't have permission to work on the computer AND there is no IT dept, you've 100% screwed. Just accept that this is your fate and continue forward.

[sekker]

hal wrote:
If you don't have permission to work on the computer AND there is no IT dept, you've 100% screwed. Just accept that this is your fate and continue forward.

Exactly.

If this really is a work machine, they have a disc image to use to rebuild the drive.

In many places, you can just buy a drive with the image pre-installed.

I would honestly abandon the hardware and get my own machine than spend all of the time needed to try to eradicate just a few of the likely viruses you have. How much is your time worth? One day of wages will pay for a downpayment on a new machine.