Multiple Microsoft Visual C++ causes lag

Jaydee Ramos

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Recently I've installed Photoshop 2013 on my laptop and few days after I experienced lag every minute on my games, I ran system restore (the photoshop will uninstall) and I tested and the lag is gone after it I install the Photoshop again and the lag came back, and I think the multiple Visual C++ it installs is the cause of lag. After I installed Photoshop I ran some diagnostics by removing older Visual C++ I noticed that Visual C++ x64 is the only one photoshop needed, so I only left installed is Visual 2012 x64 and Visual 2013 x86 and no lag. After some days again one of the game installed Visual 2005, I uninstalled both my new game and the visual 2005 but after it the lag came back. An tips to get rid of this ?
 
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Sounds to me like you need to run CCleaner. They offer a free version, and it will cleanup many parts of your system.

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

I am a programmer. In addition to many other things. And the one thing Microsoft Visual C++ really needs is memory. If you have 4GB of memory, this is probably a big part of the slow down you are experiencing.

The other thing is this. Very few games need Visual C++ on the hard drive anymore. Where are you getting these games?
Sounds to me like you need to run CCleaner. They offer a free version, and it will cleanup many parts of your system.

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

I am a programmer. In addition to many other things. And the one thing Microsoft Visual C++ really needs is memory. If you have 4GB of memory, this is probably a big part of the slow down you are experiencing.

The other thing is this. Very few games need Visual C++ on the hard drive anymore. Where are you getting these games?
 
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