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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #90 on: January 27, 2013, 11:01:02 PM »
If there's any great tech person on the forums that could help me, then it would be greatly appreciated...

So over the Christmas break, I bought a new ASUS 15.6" touch-screen laptop with 8GB memory and 750GB hard drive.  If you read the "Slow and lagging" thread in the Site News,  you may have noticed that I complained about a typing lag.  Well, this is a problem that really annoys me and greatly upsets me on a computer with this much memory.  (My old HP computer with only 4 GB of memory did not have this problem.)  The lag seems to happen on programs such as Word, or when I'm typing e-mails on Outlook.  It will happen every 30 seconds to one-minute.  Strangely enough, the typing problems I had on the forums was a first-time, and at this point, one-time occurrence.

Anyway, Zach, taking heed to your advice, I opened the task manager and see that I have 81 background processes running.  Is that a lot?  I don't even know what half of them are but don't want to turn some off in case they are subtle programs that I need.

Bottom line is: If someone could help me either figure out what background programs I can turn off, or figure out another way to stop this horrible typing lag, then I would greatly appreciate it. :thumbsup:
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #91 on: January 27, 2013, 11:30:20 PM »
That's a lot of processes, Andy.  I only have 49 running on mine, including having a web browser open to reply to you.  I would start looking at what exactly the processes are and consider disabling some unnecessary programs and services.  You may want to do some updates on any of the programs and drivers that you do want to keep to see if it helps.  Look online for ways to speed up Windows 7, too.  I'm sure more members can give you better details, but I'll let this advice be a starting point for you.
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #92 on: January 28, 2013, 01:16:26 AM »
I have this many:

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USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00 [kthreadd]
root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:08  \_ [ksoftirqd/0]
root         5  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [kworker/0:0H]
root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [kworker/u:0]
root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [kworker/u:0H]
root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [migration/0]
root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:11  \_ [rcu_preempt]
root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [rcu_bh]
root        11  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [rcu_sched]
root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [watchdog/0]
root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [cpuset]
root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [khelper]
root        15  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [kdevtmpfs]
root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [netns]
root        17  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [bdi-default]
root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [kblockd]
root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [khungtaskd]
root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [kswapd0]
root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   10:00   0:00  \_ [ksmd]
root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [fsnotify_mark]
root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [crypto]
root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [kthrotld]
root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:09  \_ [kworker/0:2]
root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [deferwq]
root        43  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [ttm_swap]
root        54  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [khubd]
root        56  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [ata_sff]
root        57  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [scsi_eh_0]
root        58  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:00  \_ [scsi_eh_1]
root        66  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [kworker/0:1H]
root        79  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:01  \_ [jbd2/sda3-8]
root        80  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:00   0:00  \_ [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root        86  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:00   0:09  \_ [kworker/0:3]
root       120  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:01   0:00  \_ [rpciod]
root       122  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsiod]
root       164  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:01   0:00  \_ [kpsmoused]
root       183  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:01   0:00  \_ [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root       252  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [lockd]
root       253  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd4]
root       254  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd4_callbacks]
root       255  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root       256  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root       257  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root       258  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root       259  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root       260  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root       261  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root       262  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:01   0:00  \_ [nfsd]
root      1336  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:05   0:00  \_ [nfsv4.0-svc]
root      1451  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    21:49   0:00  \_ [flush-8:0]
root      1453  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    21:57   0:00  \_ [kworker/u:2]
root      1475  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    22:08   0:00  \_ [kworker/0:0]
root      1476  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    22:13   0:00  \_ [kworker/0:1]
root         1  0.0  0.4   4988  2132 ?        Ss   10:00   0:01 /sbin/init
root        98  0.0  0.2  10488  1036 ?        Ss   10:00   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
root       102  0.0  0.6  46152  3236 ?        Ss   10:00   0:08 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
root       190  0.0  0.1   5044   784 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/crond -n
root       193  0.0  0.3   6548  1776 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
root       194  0.0  0.5   7556  2824 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F
root       196  0.0  0.1   2200   668 ?        Ss   10:01   0:04 /usr/sbin/acpid -f
dbus       198  0.0  0.2   3020  1108 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation
root       201  0.0  0.2   3336  1208 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
root       202  0.0  0.2   3680  1396 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 login -- woddf2     
woddf2     275  0.0  0.2   5428  1500 tty1     Ss+  10:01   0:00  \_ /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
woddf2     295  0.0  0.1   3612   700 tty1     S+   10:01   0:00      \_ xinit /home/woddf2/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.JarWNFxeVm
root       296  1.8  2.3  45764 11812 ?        S<s  10:01  13:50          \_ /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.JarWNFxeVm vt1
woddf2     299  0.0  0.2   5300  1384 tty1     S    10:01   0:00          \_ sh /home/woddf2/.xinitrc
woddf2     300  0.0  0.1   3712  1000 tty1     S    10:01   0:08              \_ xautolock -time 1 -locker slock
woddf2     307  0.0  0.1   3600   844 tty1     S    10:01   0:08              \_ /home/woddf2/apps/dwmstatus
woddf2     308  0.0  0.4   6548  2264 tty1     S    10:01   0:14              \_ /home/woddf2/.dwm/dwm
woddf2     312  0.0  0.7   8764  3860 ?        Ss   10:01   0:13                  \_ /home/woddf2/.st/st
woddf2     313  0.0  0.5   6752  3024 pts/2    Ss   10:01   0:00                  |   \_ /bin/zsh -i
woddf2     315  0.0  0.5   7032  2804 pts/2    S+   10:01   0:06                  |       \_ ssh -tC woddf2@66.175.208.202 screen -dRR
woddf2     321  3.5 27.9 503488 142988 ?       Ssl  10:13  25:29                  \_ firefox
woddf2    1483  5.3  2.4  54888 12608 ?        S    22:14   0:00                  |   \_ /usr/bin/gvim -f +1 +sil! call cursor(0, 1) /tmp/pentadactyl.txt
woddf2    1485  3.0  0.2   4912  1168 pts/4    Rs+  22:15   0:00                  |       \_ ps awwfux
woddf2     614  0.0  0.9  10428  4972 ?        Ss   11:12   0:07                  \_ /home/woddf2/.st/st -e tmux attach-session -d
woddf2     615  0.0  0.1   3512   996 pts/1    Ss+  11:12   0:00                      \_ tmux attach-session -d
woddf2     210  0.1  0.3   3856  1704 ?        Ss   10:01   0:48 tmux new-session -d
woddf2     216  0.0  1.2  10208  6168 pts/0    Ss+  10:01   0:02  \_ -zsh
woddf2    1394  0.0  1.2  14828  6628 pts/3    Ss+  20:33   0:00  \_ mutt
root       241  0.0  0.0   2420   428 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpcd -q -w eth0
root       244  0.0  0.1   2680   596 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/bin/rpcbind
ntp        245  0.0  0.3   5608  1604 ?        Ss   10:01   0:03 /usr/bin/ntpd -g -u ntp:ntp
root       269  0.0  0.0   2744   288 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd
root       270  0.0  0.1   3400   920 ?        Ss   10:01   0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd
woddf2     627  0.0  0.5   6852  2616 pts/0    S    11:13   0:00 ssh -x -a -oClearAllForwardings=yes -2 maharani.meskarune.com -s sftp
woddf2     628  0.0  0.0  30952   428 ?        Ssl  11:13   0:00 sshfs maharani.meskarune.com:/home/woddf2 /home/woddf2/mnt/maharani-home

That is about 88, I think.
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #93 on: January 28, 2013, 03:42:09 AM »
I currently have 119 running with little to no issue...  :dunno:
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #94 on: January 28, 2013, 10:53:26 AM »
I have 102 processes on mine and no issues either. What CPU and GPU does your lappy have? I'd imagine those touch screen laptops aren't as powerful as traditional notebooks.
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #95 on: January 28, 2013, 02:45:52 PM »
Quote from: Mike M on January 28, 2013, 10:53:26 AM
I have 102 processes on mine and no issues either. What CPU and GPU does your lappy have? I'd imagine those touch screen laptops aren't as powerful as traditional notebooks.

Mike,

If I can answer your questions without looking stupid, my CPU says it's Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20 GHz.

And I know I have Intel(R) Graphics.

Again, thanks for your help guys.
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #96 on: January 28, 2013, 04:17:07 PM »
Do you have any third party anti-virus/firewall software installed?
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #97 on: January 28, 2013, 04:30:50 PM »
Quote from: Mike M on January 28, 2013, 04:17:07 PM
Do you have any third party anti-virus/firewall software installed?

I've got Kaspersky Anti-Virus installed.  I also have Malwarebytes Anti-malware, and SUPER Anti-Spyware installed.  My parents talked to GeekSquad (I think) and they recommended the malwarebytes and super anti-spyware for maximum security.  (If you think they could be causing the problem, however, I could try removing them.)
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #98 on: January 28, 2013, 04:57:40 PM »
Recently upgraded my 21.5" Late 2009 iMac so it has 12 GB of RAM now...huge difference.
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #99 on: February 06, 2013, 04:49:27 PM »
Is there much of a difference between a cheap DVD burner over an expensive one?  Quality wise?
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #100 on: February 06, 2013, 10:15:21 PM »
You pay for what you get, really. That's how it has gone for me, at least. I bought a HP dvd1270 and it works perfectly well for me. Very fast, burns discs properly, etc. Usually Toshiba drives have failed on me, but I've always had great luck with Lite-On and HP. Oh, and another warning from personal experience... if you go used, do not get a Matshita/Panasonic. They have all failed on me so far.

As for the quality aspect, I am fairly sure most of them will have a plastic face plate. I don't see any other substitute. The metals aren't the strongest, but if you don't drop the drive or put a ton of pressure on the thing, it should be fine. My main concern would be about the optical lens and the gears. That varies model from model, so just do some research before you buy to see what people have to say about the quality.
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #101 on: February 09, 2013, 01:00:05 PM »
I have an AMD Radeon HD7450.  I've downloaded the latest package for this and it's installed on my PC, but none of the drivers have been updated.  There still in 32 bit and not 64.  Do I need to uninstall the old ones first and then re-install?
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #102 on: February 10, 2013, 02:34:03 PM »
How and where do I find and open the Catalyst Control Center?
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #103 on: February 10, 2013, 02:46:07 PM »
Quote from: Bryan on February 10, 2013, 02:34:03 PM
How and where do I find and open the Catalyst Control Center?

Should be able to right click on your desktop.
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Re: Computer and Hardware Chat
« Reply #104 on: February 11, 2013, 05:57:35 PM »
Quote from: TWCCraig on February 10, 2013, 02:46:07 PM
Quote from: Bryan on February 10, 2013, 02:34:03 PM
How and where do I find and open the Catalyst Control Center?

Should be able to right click on your desktop.

This is what I get.  Nothing for me to adjust the graphics card for gaming purposes. :dunno:
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