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Various questions on computer performance?

If you have recently upgraded the browser(s) or runtimes (Flash for youtube, etc) you might consider downgrading them to see if the problems go away. There have been widespread complaints with newer versions of most runtimes and some versions of Firefox. I had to downgrade to (an older) Flash 10 on my laptop, the audio/video playback from most websites was jittery and annoying. The newer version of Flash works fine on another system with near identical specs.

If you are concerned about possible hardware issues I would start with hardware diagnostics - hard drive & memory. I would probably unplug the external drives for a period of time long enough to ascertain whether the problems still exist. There -could- be some behind-the-scenes read/write operations happening to those slower device channels which may explain some performance loss. I would be less inclined to jump right to this explanation in most cases.

Thanks for the reply, psafux! I've already attempted the software rollback with no change but I will give the hardware diagnostics a try.

I do not know if it matters but I have had this OS install across two HDDs. The original install, after my tweaks was basically copied from the original HDD to the SSD when I upgraded. I am thinking about doing a fresh install of windows then restore my data and programs individually instead of using the entire image which was created in August 2011 and updated since. May do this if nothing else works/helps.
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A fresh reload is always recommended when upgrading to a SSD. As a sidenote, make sure you turn off defrag entirely if its enabled.

reply to george357
Two things that I have done to combat the problems you refer to...

- Turn off all the Phishing and similar functionality if you have another utility that takes care of that for you (I do).

- Purge the cache each day.

These two things helped immensely.
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How old is your windows load?

I find that my performance degrades over time and daily usage (installing games/programs/deinstalling,etc). For that reason, I never run an install of windoze much after a year. Helps to keep my backups fresh as well..

I read somewhere a while back that compared a windoze load to a pair of underwear.. You change your underwear relatively often eh?

note- I dont apply this method to server type machines that have a definite purpose, but only to machines that are used for daily tasks.

edit-- do NOT use any OEM provided 'reload' disk, you will not start at square one, but at a much more bloated level...

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reply to george357
Make is your make on the SSD? Crucial V series can cause issues similar to what your seeing.

»forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State···p/105744

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