Recent content by Skulblaka

Are the games standalone or do you use Steam?

If your card was damaged then the performance would be the least of your problems. Try doing what basher has suggested. Laptops tend to suffer form heat problems, especially if they're clogged with dust.

I'm running the "official" version at the moment. I like it so far, a definite improvement. Although, there's no way I would pay for this much needed update. A ton of customization options have been added.

Interesting, I'm downloading 8.1, which is offered through my school, at this moment. Honestly, I'm looking forward to it; a much needed update.

Hello Razer2k13 and welcome to EightForums. Right now, I can only think of real-time strategy games. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Civilization V Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Age of Empires Supreme Commander Warhammer 40,000...

Click the Start and R keys on your keyboard to start the "Run" prompt. Then type services.msc to start a "Services" window which will display your computer's services. Then you need to find Windows Management Instrumentation service. Right click it, then select Properties. Set Startup...

With all due respect, I strongly suggest against using this software. At first glance it appears "fishy". It will probably nag you into buying it. Just use free software or, like David Bailey has suggested, do a restore point or a refresh.

I encourage you to install Malwarebytes in Safe Mode, then do a full scan. That should resolve your issue.

People tend to resort to piracy when the delivery is bad. For example, people in certain countries cannot buy or watch certain things so they resort to piracy to get the content they want. If the delivery system is good, then piracy tends to decrease. Source.

I gave up on that sound card centuries ago. Drivers were absolutely terrible in addition to the insult to software programming that the control panel is... I have no idea how anyone can deal with that. I thought about getting a different sound card but don't see why I should bother. The...

Here is their help page. It shows you how to enable or disable various security components. Right click the anti-virus icon on your taskbar, you should find the appropriate options there.

You can capture a screenshot by clicking "Print Screen" on your keyboard, then pasting it into Paint and saving it.

Curious, why use three different scanners to accomplish one thing? One complete scan with Malwarebytes should accomplish what you want.

A disk defrag won't produce very noticeable results today. Our hard drives are fast enough not to be bogged down by "clutter". It's worth trying though... How much free space does your hard drive have? A hard drive can slow down when there isn't much free space available on the hard drive.

I agree. I would hesitate to do that unless I covered all possible options. Honestly, aside form a clean install, I'm a little stumped. Hardware is fine, running processes are good. I don't believe you have an infection that you're not aware of. Another guess I would consider is you running...