General Slowness troubleshooting...

[rx7ingsdrifter]

I have a 7200 rpm HDD

Windows is up to date

Lenovo updates are current

No SD card

Have firefox 5

no showing of any infections

I have symmantic endpoint protection and I looked to see if was any boot settings but I couldn't find any.  Does anyone know where to find any at?

I did turn off a few Intel things that start up and that helped a little.  Still not as fast as it should be.

[ColonelONeill]

Which defragger do you use?

[rx7ingsdrifter]

Nothing yet I just got it 2 weeks ago.

[jspark]

I've installed Microsoft Security Essentials -- this anti-virus suite is free on Microsoft's website.  (Note: this is different from Windows Defender.)

It requires a little bit of searching.

Compared to my not-too-extensive experience with AVG/McAffee/Norton, I've had no problems with it in terms of performance.  YMMV in terms of security.

I'm assuming that it should be better optimized/integrated for Windows performance.  -- Although it may make Microsoft's lawyers worry about anti-trust lawsuits, if it significantly dented the 3rd party anti-virus sales.

If your 3rd party anti-virus is scanning the PC at the same time that Windows Defender is scanning, then that would be another slow-down factor.

Another thing to look into: power settings may be throttling back CPU -- if it is configured that way.

... And/Or hard drive encryption does require some CPU and IO also, if it is active.

[ColonelONeill]

Defrags are really necessary early on in the life of a computer as you install al of your programs, migrate all of your music, etc., which puts the files in a less than optimal arrangement.

After the first while, defragging becomes a regular thing that Windows 7 should handle automatically every Wednesday at 1AM.

[afarikofi]

Hello,

I have an X220 tablet windows 7 professional, i7 2.7GHz, 8GB ram, 320GB 7200rpm HDD. 

I have a similar problem. When i startup my machine the PLEASE WAIT of the fingerprint software comes on and takes about 1 min 30 seconds before the SWIPE ON GREEN comes.

This sometimes causes me to escape and type in my password rather.

Is this a problem with the fingerprint reader software?

Thanks