laptop help

**neill** · 10th August 2011, 00:10

hi guys, my laptop is struggling to play full screen movies and games of late. Used to be fine but has started playing up real bad.

I have been looking around for some software that i can use to test each part of the laptop, can anybody recomend somthing i can use to do that?

cheers

**Big Knox** · 10th August 2011, 06:45

I would look to do some house keeping on your disk first. Defrag it, uninstall unnecessary software etc. Windows is well known for grinding to a halt over time. Doubt it'd be a hardware issue.

**nikroc** · 10th August 2011, 06:52

I use advanced systemcare,free download. Its a good housekeeping programme and works well.

When was the last time you did a clean install? ie took off what you want to save and reinstalled windows?..i do mine every 6 months.

**farley2708** · 10th August 2011, 09:51

im running AVG,for a de-frag i use 'tune-up utilities' free for 30 days,or a good scan say with maybe 'spybot'

**s31num** · 10th August 2011, 11:10

Lol easy solution spill a full cuppa tea on it as I did last night and hey presto laptop useless,next stop currys lol

**tony-1977** · 10th August 2011, 11:15

Use this ... http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Works great for me, and all the machines I have in for repair

**tony-1977** · 10th August 2011, 11:18

Originally Posted by nikroc

.i do mine every 6 months.

Shouldn't be any need for that mate. One of my machines is a bog standard Packard Bell desktop, from 2003, with Windows XP. Never been reformatted yet, just "tidied up" every few months, runs as smooth as a machine that age does

**Al 22 dti** · 10th August 2011, 11:43

i bought a mac and all my pc woes went away.

**nikroc** · 10th August 2011, 11:44

Originally Posted by tony-1977

Shouldn't be any need for that mate. One of my machines is a bog standard Packard Bell desktop, from 2003, with Windows XP. Never been reformatted yet, just "tidied up" every few months, runs as smooth as a machine that age does

We all have our little ways..

**Big Knox** · 10th August 2011, 12:20

Originally Posted by tony-1977

Shouldn't be any need for that mate. One of my machines is a bog standard Packard Bell desktop, from 2003, with Windows XP. Never been reformatted yet, just "tidied up" every few months, runs as smooth as a machine that age does

Depends how you use your machine however Windows is notorious for not cleaning itself up properly.