Does performance improve when the network is disconnected?
When connected, but not doing much, run taskmgr.exe, go to the networking
tab, does the graph show more than nearly no traffic?
If you computer seems too "busy" when you aren't doing anything, then your
computer may be a botnet zombie.
~~James
On Nov 13, 2009 6:53pm, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
MORE likely is that your Windows box has become a node in a spam botnet,
Nick.
--Doug
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:09 PM, [email protected]> wrote:
A more likely reason for slowness (since your drivers have always been
your drivers... why would they slow things down now?) is registry
fragmentation.
You may wish to use the free Auslogics Registry Defrag.
PS: Note that it is in DD's best interest to report as many drivers "out
of date" as possible.
~~James
On Nov 13, 2009 4:06pm, Nicholas Thompson [email protected]>
wrote:
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> Does anybody have anything kind or unkind to say about Driver Detective
for a year at 30 bucks.
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> My computer runs like doing aerobics in a swimming pool full of
molassas. DD's free scan says i have 59 out-of-date drivers and offers to
fix them. I assume that if I allow a piece of software to correct 59
drivers on my computer, the chance that it wont work when it is done are
pretty high.
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