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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 10 and 11 => Topic started by: Shaggy66 on April 20, 2020, 08:21:44 AM

Title: My Computer is Acting Weird
Post by: Shaggy66 on April 20, 2020, 08:21:44 AM

Hi

For the last few weeks my computer has starting doing this:


1. I have to press my keyboard buttons hard sometimes or it won't type. Example: Say I want to type the word 'Bugger'. If I just go about typing in a normal fashion it sometimes leaves of the 'g'.

2. My videos take a long time to load and play.

3. Sometimes I can't even see videos or images. All I see for some images is a little icon.

Title: Re: My Computer is Acting Weird
Post by: SuperDave on April 20, 2020, 12:25:09 PM

This does not appear to be malware related so I will move this thread to Windows 10 forum.

Title: Re: My Computer is Acting Weird
Post by: Shaggy66 on April 20, 2020, 12:34:00 PM

Quote from: SuperDave on April 20, 2020, 12:25:09 PM

This does not appear to be malware related so I will move this thread to Windows 10 forum.

Thank you

Title: Re: My Computer is Acting Weird
Post by: Hackoo on April 20, 2020, 01:19:46 PM

Hi  ;)
Check Disk with admin right ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcGrEcn-tV4

When you use this command, Check Disk performs an analysis of the disk and then repairs any errors it finds, provided that the disk isn’t in use. If the disk is in use, Check Disk displays a prompt that asks whether you want to schedule the disk to be checked the next time you restart the system. Click Yes to schedule this check.

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chkdsk /f C:

Title: Re: My Computer is Acting Weird
Post by: OliverYY on April 23, 2020, 09:06:36 PM

When was the last time your laptop had a virus scan or disk defragment? How about the deletion of un-needed programs that may be running the background?

My recommendation would be to do the following:

1: Uninstall undesired or unused programs (control panel>Install/uninstall programs). My general rule is that if I don't recognize the program name, I delete it. Do a restart when you are done here.

2: Defragment your hard drive. (Start menu>all programs> accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmentor>Defragment Disk). This operation can take a while so maybe make it an overnight process.

3: Try to download and install a well known virus scan program (like McAfee) and run it to make sure there aren't any obvious viruses on your computer. I would recommend uninstalling the program when you are done too, because they tend to take a fair amount of resources themselves.

If these don't work, you may try a full re-install of your OS or maybe even cleaning your laptop's internals. My old laptop ran super slow because it was over heating and it ran better after a quick clean.

Title: Re: My Computer is Acting Weird
Post by: Allan on April 24, 2020, 05:15:22 AM

Please ignore the above advice.

Boot to safe mode. Does the system have the same issues in safe mode?