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americancritic

americancritic

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Hello all

My computer has been acting crazy for the last 3 weeks, it takes almost a little over 3 minutes to power up, if I walk away and it goes into sleep mode I have to do a hard boot to get it back and shutting down I timed it last night took 4 minutes 10 seconds for it to shut down.

I have run all the usaul full AV, Malwarebytes, defraged, sfc just like always etc you all know the things we do.

Now my concern and I am a very trusting father, my computer always have problems after my adult son comes over then he leaves then the problems I ask him where he was searching the net like the kind of sites he goes to, I get no straight answer, I have not found anything but I think he is going to those sites I think you know what I mean how can I find out is there anything that I should look for in my computer. I had to shut him off 2 days ago and changed my password so he can not use the admin account no more, Thanks for any help

Tom
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz) Modem: 56K WinModem/ Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader Media Drive
Hello Tom,

Just to be extra safe, I would recommend to use Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper at boot to run a full scan on your system to see if it may be able to find anything as well. Since it scans outside of Vista, it may be able to find something that the other scanners didn't.

I'd also check your startup programs to see if something may be there that shouldn't be.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Have you tried Soluto Tom?

Soluto

Its a great tool that Keith introduced to me. It shows you what's in the startup files and how long each of those takes to start. You can remove entries or delay them

Tom
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Build #1
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Integrated on motherboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" LG LCD/LED IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung EVO 128GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 2x500GB Seagate FreeAgent 5400rpm
    PSU
    Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
    Case
    NZXT Phantom 410
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
    Mouse
    Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload
Is there a way with suluto to permanantly to make the changes??? I went to uninstall it and it put all my stuff back... cccleaner did it to me too..

I would reccomend getting K9 web protection...If he tries to go the page, it will bark, and you have control of what is safe and what is not... I do go to those sites and I need to stop so I had installed K9....It is free software, unless some one can reccomend other site blockers for tom it would be great... And don't tell your son..untill he tries to open a site...he he..let him find out for himself you are taking action......

OK that last part was a little out there, but you need to take the bull by the horns and take charge of your computer again... I am Glad for this forum because I had and still has issues with my machine and The people here have been very friendly and helpfull...So americancritic Also Ask these people for a recommended virus etc cleaner....I cant recommend one because I am still looking, but for now I am using the Microsoft Security Suite and MalwareBytes myself...

Brink is the real expert, he is my friend and is an expert and can do wonders for your computer....

Mine was almost dead, and now it is working tops, with the exception of a few little bugs I need to fix..
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 5315
    Memory
    2 gb
    Hard Drives
    C drive D Drive
    Case
    Standard Acer Aspire Case
    Cooling
    Cooling Pad and USB Desklamp/fan combo
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    DSL 20mb/s
    Other Info
    I run a 60watt speakers from my headphone jack, and I got 10port USB HUB USB Wireless adapter foer the internet
Hey Brink I tried twice to make a cd but didnt work... my cd drive is a cdw/dvd drive...does that matter???? I will try USB mode, see if that works Microsoft sweeper one..

I got it Brink...I put it on one of my USB Drives
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 5315
    Memory
    2 gb
    Hard Drives
    C drive D Drive
    Case
    Standard Acer Aspire Case
    Cooling
    Cooling Pad and USB Desklamp/fan combo
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    DSL 20mb/s
    Other Info
    I run a 60watt speakers from my headphone jack, and I got 10port USB HUB USB Wireless adapter foer the internet
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