Extremely slow computer

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I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. It takes forever to boot up my computer and it is full of lag. It takes about a whole minute in the loading windows 7 screen, and after logging in (entering password), it takes about another 30 seconds to load up my desktop. I also have a black screen for 10 seconds. I'm completely going crazy with such lag. It lags a bit during use as well. Solution? (Note: It worked really fast when I had Windows 8.1 but I do not like the UI on it).

Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10 GHz RAM: 2 GB System Type: 64 bit.

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Abandoned Account

Posted 2014-09-12T12:45:57.093

Reputation: 113

Does this happen when you configured Windows to boot into a minimal configuration? We really need more information. – Ramhound – 2014-09-12T12:52:23.803

@Ramhound I am not sure about all that. Can you guide me on how to check that? I will tell all information you need. – Abandoned Account – 2014-09-12T12:55:12.543

I don't remember doing such a thing though, but I'll update my post with my specs – Abandoned Account – 2014-09-12T12:55:40.813

There are tons of tutorials that explain how to configure Windows in such a state that only the bare minimum applications it normally will start upon user login will be started. – Ramhound – 2014-09-12T13:11:21.753

How do I do that @Ramhound – Abandoned Account – 2014-09-12T13:12:22.400

If you researched how to do what I am asking you would find dozens of tutorials on how to do it. – Ramhound – 2014-09-12T14:45:36.480

capture a boot trace and share it: http://pastebin.com/CYGqRZXE

– magicandre1981 – 2014-09-12T17:26:17.137

Answers

Well, without more information I think that the problem could be really simple: The RAM. 2GB of ram are really little for a Windows 7 ultimate especially for a 64bit version. Even Windows says,that 2GB are the minimal requirements to run windows 7 ultimate.

Also Windows 8 needs less RAM than Windows 7 so that would be an explanation why Windows 8 ran better.

I would highly recommend to upgrade your RAM. For the interim you could trim your startup by following this tutorial.

Christian

Posted 2014-09-12T12:45:57.093

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Possible solutions (as others have said, without more information a real diagnosis is hard)

Needs more RAM (or an OS that requires less) as stated by others.
Ensure that you don't have lots of unnecessary processes and programs starting at boot time - even the ones just running in the background that you might not know of.
Ensure you don't have a malware infection of any kind (I'd recommend running an AV scan like MSE as well as an active protection scanner like MalwareBytes).

jeffreylees

Posted 2014-09-12T12:45:57.093

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