"Not responding" and slowness

Eyalnow · Dec 30, 2013

Hey guys,
I've been having "not responding" errors and slowness for a few months.
I believe it started after windows updated network card driver (atheros).
it doens't happen so often when the card is disabled.

some things i did:
i installed the latest drivers from atheros
uninstalled all unnecessary programs
full scans of bit defender and malwarebytes, the latter in safe mode
remove device from device manager, restart, let it install.
sfc error - corrupt files but unable to fix some of them.

my windows installation is legal and registered.
I can't re-install windows as I have neither the original CDs, nor a dvd drive.

Windows 7 home on Asus Creative Zen UX31e (the best electronic thing i ever had, after iphone)

Thanks,
e.

darthur18 · Dec 30, 2013

Try running ccleaner. I've helped a few people with generic "slow" computer and ran ccleaner and it made a big difference.

Eyalnow · Dec 30, 2013

darthur18 :

Thanks. Already did run ccleaner.

more info:
windows performance set to custom with only 3 options checked.
index service not running.
disabled many other services
hard disk is SSD, so it's not that.
looking at task manager, nothing is hogging the CPU for the duration of the freeze.

when it happens, the task bar still responds.

i did many other things to try to fix this - please keep asking/suggesting.

thanks,
e.

sfc log doesn't show anything interesting, as far as i can tell.

Eyalnow · Jan 2, 2014

Anyone else has any other suggestions please ?

darthur18 · Jan 3, 2014

You can always backup your files, blow away the hard drive and re-install windows

Eyalnow · Jan 7, 2014

darthur18 :

Thanks bro. as i've mentioned. i can't do that. but i would have loved to.

any other ideas?

Karenas · Jan 7, 2014

try reinstall driver or just use older version.

Eyalnow · Jan 9, 2014

Karenas :

hey.
i've clicked your answer as "best answer" by mistake.

i already did that and it didn't help.

thanks anyway.

my computer now does beep beep when it's getting stuck, and after a few seconds resumes responding again.

other ideas?

Karenas · Jan 9, 2014

Well you need to clean your pc,disable programs you don't use and maybe you can try clear out your hard disk,do defragmentation and disk clean up.

Eyalnow · Jan 18, 2014

Karenas :

it's a laptop.
ssd drive so no need to defragment.
disabled all possible programs services etc.
hard drive has enough space.

other ideas?

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