Locked Slow Windows

[ScroogeMcBabbar]

Hello,
First of all, BIG FAN!!!!!

Coming to my problem now, I am using windows 8.1 on a laptop with the following details:-

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_ltsb_escrow.200127-1700)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
System Model: X550LC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3980MB RAM
Page File: 2514MB used, 5560MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.17415 64bit Unicode
NVIDIA graphics 2GB 730M

Every OS I use, it kind of slows down my laptop. But, if I use the same OS on other similar type laptops, they work perfectly fine.
What shall I do ? Or should I look for an OS with no useless features only ? Or to remove/uninstall unwanted features and stop services forever that arent of any use ?


Please help.

Thanks a Lot

 

[Yash Dedhia]

As i see you have the same specs as i have on my HP Laptop running Windows 8.1.. However why not give try to this

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customized versions made by experts here.. Useless things are removed & there are even lite versions but might cause issues as it has many things removed..

 

[ScroogeMcBabbar]

Ehich

As i see you have the same specs as i have on my HP Laptop running Windows 8.1.. However why not give try to this

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customized versions made by experts here.. Useless things are removed & there are even lite versions but might cause issues as it has many things removed..

SO are you able to use Windows 10 on it ? or still windows 10 ?

 

[Yash Dedhia]

I rarely use it as i have a PC too with good hardware.. But im sure modified OS can help you... Please check the customized OS from the link you'll understand how good they are reading the description.. Try & see shouldnot hurt you in anyways

 

[ScroogeMcBabbar]

I rarely use it as i have a PC too with good hardware.. But im sure modified OS can help you... Please check the customized OS from the link you'll understand how good they are reading the description.. Try & see shouldnot hurt you in anyways

yups I will be downloading windows 10 lite for now. lets see how it works. btw, any suggestions which Browser to use ? Chrome and Firefox been using tons of resources these days for me.

Thanks

 

[William Galeano]

do you use HD ou SSD?

 

[Uncle Mac]

When your problem is resolved, let us know so we can close this thread.

Btw, my Toshiba Satellite laptop has somewhat similar specs, except it has an i7 (4 cores, 8 threads) 8 gigs ram, nVidia GeForce GT 330m 1gig and 512 gig SSD. Despite it's age at 10 years, it still runs the full Windows 10 OS with no problems and no slowness. Drivers are also up to date.

I kinda suspect that maybe your drivers weren't up to date as you didn't mention anything about them. Outdated drivers can cause slowness.
You may want to consider updating them when you install your OS again.

 

[Yash Dedhia]

When your problem is resolved, let us know so we can close this thread.

Btw, my Toshiba Satellite laptop has somewhat similar specs, except it has an i7 (4 cores, 8 threads) 8 gigs ram, nVidia GeForce GT 330m 1gig and 512 gig SSD. Despite it's age at 10 years, it still runs the full Windows 10 OS with no problems and no slowness. Drivers are also up to date.

I kinda suspect that maybe your drivers weren't up to date as you didn't mention anything about them. Outdated drivers can cause slowness.
You may want to consider updating them when you install your OS again.

I guess actually that time windows 10 was not that stable... People used to use windows 8/8.1 which i guess is a troublesome OS according to me.. Windows 10 is way to go for now stable & amazing...

 

[ScroogeMcBabbar]

When your problem is resolved, let us know so we can close this thread.

Btw, my Toshiba Satellite laptop has somewhat similar specs, except it has an i7 (4 cores, 8 threads) 8 gigs ram, nVidia GeForce GT 330m 1gig and 512 gig SSD. Despite it's age at 10 years, it still runs the full Windows 10 OS with no problems and no slowness. Drivers are also up to date.

I kinda suspect that maybe your drivers weren't up to date as you didn't mention anything about them. Outdated drivers can cause slowness.
You may want to consider updating them when you install your OS again.

Drivers are the biggest issue with Asus. They dont provide long term support for their software. I have to manually find them one by one.
The usual way of updating drivers via Device Manager never works for me. It says: Everything is up to date.
Also the graphics driver is a mess. I cant use the usual Intel Driver. I have to use so Asus Build that too expired like a couple years ago

btw, I just downloaded Win10 Lite and Win8.1 Lite. Will start with 10 first. then let you know

Thanks

do you use HD ou SSD?

The traditional Hard Disk only. no SSD.

 

[Uncle Mac]

Drivers are the biggest issue with Asus. They dont provide long term support for their software. I have to manually find them one by one.
The usual way of updating drivers via Device Manager never works for me. It says: Everything is up to date.
Also the graphics driver is a mess. I cant use the usual Intel Driver. I have to use so Asus Build that too expired like a couple years ago

btw, I just downloaded Win10 Lite and Win8.1 Lite. Will start with 10 first. then let you know

Thanks


The traditional Hard Disk only. no SSD.

I'm willing to bet that the sentence I underlined is the cause of your problem.
From what I read in your first post, you have nVidia graphics -

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Why are you using Intel drivers for your nVidia graphics?
I grab my updated nVidia graphics driver direct from the nVidia site. Works every time. Try using the proper drivers for your nVidia graphics card and see how that works.

 

[ScroogeMcBabbar]

I'm willing to bet that the sentence I underlined is the cause of your problem.
From what I read in your first post, you have nVidia graphics -

You must be registered for see links

Why are you using Intel drivers for your nVidia graphics?
I grab my updated nVidia graphics driver direct from the nVidia site. Works every time. Try using the proper drivers for your nVidia graphics card and see how that works.

It asks me to install intel drivers first. then only I can install Nvidia Driver. Also, if I download and install em directly from their respective websites, I get the some OEM error and it stops their installation. So now, I allow windows update to search and install them for me on their own.

 

[ScroogeMcBabbar]

I am finally using the windows 8.1 lite edition. Turns out, there were some issues with windows 10.1 lite edition.
Thanks for all the help

 

[vdogeek]

Sounds Like the user is happy... closed, locked and tagged as completed. Thanks all