Solved Windows 8.1 Pro x64 Slow and Freezing

Kenter5500

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Hello,

So I bought a Acer Laptop (Acer Aspire E1-570G) that comes with 4GB of ram (2 months ago).
First problem I'd like to tell is that when I right-click to desktop, it loads for ~15sec untill it opens "Right-Click" menu up, and after that it loads about ~5sec, when I right click any icon, then it loads for ~5sec and when finally this right-click menu opens and I click "Open File location" then it loads for another ~10sec to open it's location. I saw that when you go to Device Manager and disable your graphics card and enable them, it would fix problems, also I tried ShellView, none of them helped.

Second problem
is that after I updated my graphics drivers (NOT BETA) then after that at one time, all my 4GB will be used causing pc to freeze and I have to force restart it. Now I went and opened Task Manger and processes that "ate" my RAM were System and Service Host: Local System (Network Restricted) (8), first it's okay but after some time I was ablet to see how ram usage from normal, 1,8GB went up to 3.9GB in ~1min.

My friend has same problems and he has 8GB of ram, so me having 4GB can't be the issue.

I would be very thankful if you would reply me ASAP because it's pain in the ass to force restart, also I would mention that restarts are VERY slow, it loads the boot screen, then this white circle goes round and round, then I get black screen for few minutes and then it's useable.
I already minimized my startup programs!

Thank you for your time reading this and I hope you can answer my problem.

Greetings,
- Kenter.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-570G
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz, 3MB L3 Cache
    Motherboard
    Acer something..
    Memory
    4GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT820M 1GB Dedicated VRAM
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-In
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB 5200rpm
    Keyboard
    Built-In
    Mouse
    Built-In
    Internet Speed
    20mbps down, 5mbps up
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET NOD32
Look at your Indexing Options in Control Panel, if you don't use Windows Search much, pare down the number of files and folders being indexed... :geek:
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    17074 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv7 3173nr
    CPU
    M520
    Memory
    5GB
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Internet Speed
    120Mb/s
  • PC2
    HP A12 R7 17074
Look at your Indexing Options in Control Panel, if you don't use Windows Search much, pare down the number of files and folders being indexed... :geek:

I do use Windows Search quite often, but I'll give it a try.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-570G
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz, 3MB L3 Cache
    Motherboard
    Acer something..
    Memory
    4GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT820M 1GB Dedicated VRAM
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-In
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB 5200rpm
    Keyboard
    Built-In
    Mouse
    Built-In
    Internet Speed
    20mbps down, 5mbps up
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET NOD32
For these types of problems and considering this is a fairly new laptop I'd be forced to uninstall all the bloatware and all the other Acer related software they installed. This can take considerable time and requires a degree of patience.

After that I'd remove which ever trial version of anti virus software they installed for you using the special tool which you can find online for most of them. These really need to be completely removed.

Make sure all the pending Windows updates are installed then run CCleaner to remove all the temp files and old registry entries from all the bad stuff that was removed.

Or you can do nothing and live with slow and freezing but if you are like me and everyone else then you want a fast machine with no freezing. :dinesh:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
For these types of problems and considering this is a fairly new laptop I'd be forced to uninstall all the bloatware and all the other Acer related software they installed. This can take considerable time and requires a degree of patience.

After that I'd remove which ever trial version of anti virus software they installed for you using the special tool which you can find online for most of them. These really need to be completely removed.

Make sure all the pending Windows updates are installed then run CCleaner to remove all the temp files and old registry entries from all the bad stuff that was removed.

Or you can do nothing and live with slow and freezing but if you are like me and everyone else then you want a fast machine with no freezing. :dinesh:

My laptop came with Linux which I deleted and installed Win 8.1 Pro x64, no acer software installed or whatsoever.
I got license for Advanced SystemCare which already deleted my temp files, fixed registry etc.. I just start to think that it's about OS..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-570G
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz, 3MB L3 Cache
    Motherboard
    Acer something..
    Memory
    4GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT820M 1GB Dedicated VRAM
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-In
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB 5200rpm
    Keyboard
    Built-In
    Mouse
    Built-In
    Internet Speed
    20mbps down, 5mbps up
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET NOD32
It seems like there is a memory leak happening somewhere that is eating up all your RAM. Can you boot into safe mode?

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2269-system-recovery-options-boot-windows-8-a.html

This link will show you how to boot into safe mode.

Do that and look at memory usage and see if it is the same as it is when started normally. If it isnt, I would look at and drivers you recently installed or updated. If it is, then something else is going on. Try running sfc /scannow.

http://www.eightforums.com/performance-maintenance/46941-sfc-finds-errors-but-fails-repair.html

Look at the second post in this thread if you have trouble getting it to work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.3-3.7 Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI Z77-G41
    Memory
    16 GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GT 730
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 20 Inch Dell
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB
    Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB
    PSU
    Thermaltake 550W
    Case
    Antec Nine Hundred Two
    Cooling
    Arctic Freezer i30 CO
    Keyboard
    Logitech K330
    Mouse
    Logitech M215
    Internet Speed
    60 Mbps
    Browser
    Comodo Chromodo
    Antivirus
    Comodo Internet Security Premium
For these types of problems and considering this is a fairly new laptop I'd be forced to uninstall all the bloatware and all the other Acer related software they installed. This can take considerable time and requires a degree of patience.

After that I'd remove which ever trial version of anti virus software they installed for you using the special tool which you can find online for most of them. These really need to be completely removed.

Make sure all the pending Windows updates are installed then run CCleaner to remove all the temp files and old registry entries from all the bad stuff that was removed.

Or you can do nothing and live with slow and freezing but if you are like me and everyone else then you want a fast machine with no freezing. :dinesh:

My laptop came with Linux which I deleted and installed Win 8.1 Pro x64, no acer software installed or whatsoever.
I got license for Advanced SystemCare which already deleted my temp files, fixed registry etc.. I just start to think that it's about OS..

That could be the problem, the PC isnt meant to run Windows.
Also, is your copy of Windows original?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo G400
    CPU
    Intel Celeron
    Motherboard
    I dont know
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD
    Sound Card
    I dont know
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1366x768
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB
    PSU
    wat is dis
    Case
    black
    Cooling
    fan
    Keyboard
    built in
    Mouse
    Lexma
    Internet Speed
    2Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    McAfee
    Other Info
    I love it!
I have to say also...I found advanced system care to cause more problems than it ever fixed when using it to scan and fix the registry , especially if you have it running all the time in the background...that really slowed the system it was installed on down for me.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Memory
    6 GB
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    12 TB in 6 disks
    PSU
    TX650
    Keyboard
    G15
    Mouse
    Intellimouse 3.0
    Internet Speed
    100 Mbits
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Trend Micro
Seems like I fixed the problem somehow by going to msconfig and decreasing amount of services (non microsoft) and disabling startup programs, advanced system care was turned off and I'm sure that Advanced System care was the problem. Most of "System Care" programs cause more problems than without :p
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-570G
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz, 3MB L3 Cache
    Motherboard
    Acer something..
    Memory
    4GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT820M 1GB Dedicated VRAM
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-In
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB 5200rpm
    Keyboard
    Built-In
    Mouse
    Built-In
    Internet Speed
    20mbps down, 5mbps up
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET NOD32
Hello,

So I bought a Acer Laptop (Acer Aspire E1-570G) that comes with 4GB of ram (2 months ago).
First problem I'd like to tell is that when I right-click to desktop, it loads for ~15sec untill it opens "Right-Click" menu up, and after that it loads about ~5sec, when I right click any icon, then it loads for ~5sec and when finally this right-click menu opens and I click "Open File location" then it loads for another ~10sec to open it's location. I saw that when you go to Device Manager and disable your graphics card and enable them, it would fix problems, also I tried ShellView, none of them helped.

Second problem
is that after I updated my graphics drivers (NOT BETA) then after that at one time, all my 4GB will be used causing pc to freeze and I have to force restart it. Now I went and opened Task Manger and processes that "ate" my RAM were System and Service Host: Local System (Network Restricted) (8), first it's okay but after some time I was ablet to see how ram usage from normal, 1,8GB went up to 3.9GB in ~1min.

My friend has same problems and he has 8GB of ram, so me having 4GB can't be the issue.

I would be very thankful if you would reply me ASAP because it's pain in the ass to force restart, also I would mention that restarts are VERY slow, it loads the boot screen, then this white circle goes round and round, then I get black screen for few minutes and then it's useable.
I already minimized my startup programs!

Thank you for your time reading this and I hope you can answer my problem.

Greetings,
- Kenter.

Hey you gotta watch these videos maybe they really help
Usman Jabbar - YouTube
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq Presario CQ45-702TU
    CPU
    Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz
    Motherboard
    HP 1859
    Memory
    2GB DDR3 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics (800MB)
    Browser
    Mozilla Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast Free Antivirus
Seems like I fixed the problem somehow by going to msconfig and decreasing amount of services (non microsoft) and disabling startup programs, advanced system care was turned off and I'm sure that Advanced System care was the problem. Most of "System Care" programs cause more problems than without :p

I don't have issues with ASC myself, and I know others who use it without issue as well. Who knows, it may only be a problem with certain systems or hardware.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.3-3.7 Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI Z77-G41
    Memory
    16 GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3-1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GT 730
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 20 Inch Dell
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB
    Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB
    PSU
    Thermaltake 550W
    Case
    Antec Nine Hundred Two
    Cooling
    Arctic Freezer i30 CO
    Keyboard
    Logitech K330
    Mouse
    Logitech M215
    Internet Speed
    60 Mbps
    Browser
    Comodo Chromodo
    Antivirus
    Comodo Internet Security Premium
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