A question about changing laptops, if you wouldn't mind coming on in....lol, UPDATED

I don't watch Netflix anymore....but I can't remember whether or not it happened when on Prime, I haven't had Prime for about two months....but I'm thinking I would remember if it did, because it's irritating.

I have reset a laptop before. It's not my favorite thing to do.

It could be the dust... that's a good possibility too.

My watercooler on my cpu died a few months ago and I was getting shutdowns too.

Hoookay, I'm downloading the free edition of CCleaner....

Let me see if it's going to find anything....

These are hard times. If you have the $170 pay it with a smile. He will appreciate it.

Good recommendation. In addition to CCleaner, also get Advanced SystemCare by IObit. It has a cleaner too, and I run CCleaner and Advanced SystemCare's cleaning in tandem, as one finds stuff the other does not. Together they are great.... and both are free.

If you know how to factory reset it, I would start there. That way you will know if it's a software or hardware problem.

Don't forget to back up your stuff before doing it.

I bought 3 used / reconditioned HP ELitebooks for around $100 each. These machines are really good and do anything you can think of.

One was loaded with malware, and I downloaded an unbelievably awesome program from Major Geeks.
You let it restart you into safe mode, then it checks... EVERYTHING. and FIXES EVERYTHING.

You just let it run and do its thing. takes about a half hour, maybe a little less.
There are lots of options. Just do the backup, then go to Fixes and accept the default combination fixup.

And it is free.

Tweaking.com

[link to www.majorgeeks.com (secure)]


They even have a video showing you the step by step details.
I guess one of the Geeks made the Video, not the program author.

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 04/04/2021 09:44 PM

The CCleaner's health check said my laptop was unhappy and they they'd do some patch work.....lol, how sweet.

There were 1,165 MB of junk removed, and 12,621 trackers removed....I don't even know what trackers are.

Is all that bad? Could those two things be making it overheat?

It also says there is one start up app that needs to be disabled, but that only happens if I pay the $20....but I also just got a notice that says there's a 14 day free trial on the upgrade. I could do that.

CCLeaner free does a good job of cleaning out the crap.

12,000 trackers is a crazy big number. Let it clean them up.

For the next step, I would run Tweaking.com

Here is their instruction video.




ANother good tool is
Malwarebytes

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 04/04/2021 09:43 PM

Since the last 2 or so updates, ccleaner always sees a problem

Even when you have just let the thing fix the errors

Buy and be rid of those comments I guess

It cleans okay, but some parts are like a PCR TEST

Last Edited by Gorgol on 04/04/2021 09:38 PM

Perhaps if I get my Stim pay this Wednesday. I've read they're going to release the pay to those on SS on the 7th....but whoever knows with the fuckery that goes on with the IRS.

Pish, it's just that I dropped my old ACER and it messed up the hard drive. A new one was needed. The machine was assessed, opened up, blown out, completely cleaned up, a new hard drive was put in, checked for viruses, all for $160 all together. That computer tech business is no longer in business, dang it.

And this guy wants $170 just to open it up, blow it out, and tell me what's wrong with it, with a further charge to fix whatever the problem is....and I don't have a clue how much those charges might be.

So yeah, I'm having a problem going to this guy.

now get yourself a can of compressed air and blow the dust out your laptop

bet ya a dollar you'll both be happy :)

You are going to have to pay money to keep your
computes running.
There's lots of Techies out there who can work remotely
on your computers for $100.
Or you can buy a 1 year service Subscription with
someone like Mcafee for $110.00 and they will
work on your computer as much as is needed (remotely) for
a whole year.
I do the Mcafee "Techmate" subscription and it works
great.
sometimes they have to work on it for 2 or 3 hrs.
so ask them if they are going to need you to sit
and watch the whole thing, or what you might need
to do for a session.

erase and reinstall the software and make sure they
check for residual malware in the....

anyway. you've got a lot to learn. so get some money
and start buying some help.

.

Thank you!...

I'll have to watch it again before running it, but that looks thorough.

My friend’s MacBook did get held for Ransome.... I think he ended up paying.

It really does put the fear of god into me when thinking of opening it up myself, because I know I have to put it back together myself.

I've vacuumed it well from the outside....but I know it's full of dust, and some other particles, and vacuuming it is like shooting in the dark.

The dust really is a problem for these machines where I live. I was looking into keyboard protectors today, and I think I'm going to get one whether it's for this HP or a new laptop.

you can blow it out through the air vents and not open it up. just might fix it.

you could also watch a vid of someone showing you how to open up your model laptop. if you can use a screwdriver you can do it

Yes, I've watched one a couple of months ago....it still scares the bejesus outta me.

I'm not afraid of demons or ghosts or timeline whoop-de-dos, but my laptop scares the hell right outta me....lol, I'm so stupid sometimes.

At least I can laugh about it....

go to repair guy, while your at it if you dont have an SSD get one, very cheap and add more RAM. i personally dont care for linux mint as it bare bones, minimalistic UI. id go with Ubuntu 20.x. if you only use it for web and email. ditch Microsoft

and quite frankly you should try to install it yourself.

download ISO from desktop ubuntu
download Rufus util to burn ISO
plug in USB stick, tell rufus where the ISO is
reboot laptop, tell it to boot off USB stick in bios, usually F2 or DEL key
install ubuntu, extremly simple, just keep in mind it may wipe yuor HD of all data. it worth a try what have you got to loose?

Last Edited by DeliRiousNomad on 04/04/2021 10:13 PM

What is a tracker?

Sending you my phone number, 'not sure if you have it.

We'll get working on it tomorrow if you'd like me to help you with it.

you can open it up. laptops are pretty simple in side. everything has its spot and its going to be locked in there. hp's are usually snapped together. use a credit card to slide in the crack once you can fit it in there. some models will have screws. i like dells because they come apart super easy.

if you have malware running it will cause more heat.

i use a few dell laptops i got years ago for about $100 a piece. linux mint is a simple install. super streamlined. very very similar to older windows products. and mac like reliability and virus free operation. for free.

Well, I'm not ready to reset it. I'll try everything else before that....but of course, I can call you tomorrow.

Neither did I. Thats the reason for the Aspire. Adding the RAM and SSD was easy, I just had to be quite careful and follow the instructions (a utube video that a guy made and did the upgrades to the Aspire 5, just put in "adding RAM to an ACER ASPIRE 5" in the utube search bar and it comes up. The guy is jasetutorials...very clear and concise).

BTW...virus protection is important. I have used a few...trying Nort*n on the laptop but i have K*spersky on multiple devices and am happy...costs $ tho

Also..utube is your friend when making specific upgrades :-)

Last Edited by Delcerro on 04/04/2021 10:22 PM

'Seen The Terminator movies?

another thing. i have had to deal with heat problems with my computer and some other peoples. I split them cleaned them but had to do reloads. and on the step sons desktop i had to under clock it to get the heat in a good range with win 10. which shouldn't be a problem because that rig has 4x the stats of my cheapo laptops. may be a manufacturer spread virus to encourage new sales.



Last Edited by OldCar on 04/04/2021 10:22 PM

Don't buy any pc that that doesn't run off SSD and don't buy any that use optane configurations. The optane will fail and the hdd link will cause you to lose data.

If any pc had windows 10 activated on it you can download windows media creation tool on any other working pc and make an installable usb flash drive for reinstalling clean win 10. It will activate like you own windows 10 for life even swapping components. Keep in mind that any systems that came optane loaded need to be configured in bios not to use it. Any used laptop sourced between 2018 and 2021 has a chance of needing that little operation to perform properly.

Malwarebytes bought ADWcleaner which is an amazing removal tool that can get things that actually get around paid Malwarebytes and other AV programs.

If you are recieving any popup about ip infection its bullshit. You need to have any browser installed loaded with a pop up blocker extension like Ublock Origin or adblock plus. Win 10 still includes ie11 which can also be used to display fake shit. Stuff can still get around pop up blockers but not for long. Back your stuff up on free 15gb google drive accounts and the most used stuff perhaps on a free one drive 5gb account. And an ip address is just like your house address except that it changes over time. It can't be hacked it can only be known or unknown.

Last note... Ram randomly goes bad. Especially ddr3 and above. Swapping may make a big difference in an old pc but using win 10 on anything thats not at least 5th gen hardware gets sketchy anyway. And a lot of problems are caused by failing batteries or windows not registering them properly in the middle of finishing updates. Whether internal or external they can be disconnected and ran off ac without issue.

Last Edited by SonOfBaconator on 04/05/2021 12:33 AM

yes. i have a solid state drive in my favorite laptop. makes it so quiet and so quick.

Nooooo.....