re setting laptop to factory settings help

[Ian Johnston]

neil did you try installing malearebytes Anti malware

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-A … 04572.html

i had a pc with the same problems, found about 40 different wee buggers that the antivirus missed.
up to speed now

Also install avast onto it , seem to be the best at the moment

[Neil Speirs]

I’ll give it a try right now Ian, cheers

[David Rowland]

sorry ian, malware anti slows the pc down considerably and you should never install 2 programs.

when u finished with the programs, dump them off for a bit of speed.

i use http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html for most of my cleanups… but to go to factory will be a case of googling the model number and following the instructions (unless you remember formatting the machine which may have removed the hidden partition)

[Ian Pople]

If its a Windows 7 laptop press f8 on boot up and you can reinstall the software off the hidden partition. also try preessing the space bar on boot up if the option is not shown after f8 is pressed.

Ian

[Ian Johnston]

quote Dave Rowland:

sorry ian, malware anti slows the pc down considerably and you should never install 2 programs.

Have to disagree on this occasion Dave, i’m not a complete techie, but having used it now for a few months, what had turned into complete go slows are back to normal speed.
I know it might not be the best there is to buy but Neil has stated it his daughters computer, so most likley used on Bebo, facebook etc, catching all the common day viruses and Malwares.
this will cure these. might not be recommended for a multinational server based system, but i’d say Neil will get good results.

Ian

[David Rowland]

well ian, if u remove the software u gain a few % in speed.. trust me… program is crap

i had bought 5 licenses last year for a number of machines after a school techie had installed it all over the network, but after complaints i had to remove it as it was slowing down the computers, only a few weeks ago i removed it from the accounts computer as that was just slooow, it did make some difference.

Any virus/malware checker will add a small amount of delay to harddisk writing and reading as it scans the files for infections, as most PC’s use temporary files it can slow it up a fair bit. Another checker by the name of "Eset" claim theirs is the quickest recently when I was at a pro-gaming exhibition where they exhibited but I believe in installing something, do the job and then get it off!

The best solution to speed up a computer is to reinstall windows but thats not always easy,

[Steve McAdie]

I have used malbytes but like Dave I uninstall after it has scanned, I also use revo unistall a free uninstaller. Beats windows uninstall hands down, Windows leaves quite a bit behind. If the os is messed up inside a bit no amount of tuning or scanning will get it running right.

[Ian Pople]

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

[Neil Speirs]

well tried above suggestions but its still running like crap, need to do a windows reinstall I think 🙁

[Ian Pople]

F8 it is then