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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 - Dec 29, 2010 at 08:46 AM
Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Jan 4, 2011 at 04:09 PM
Hello,

I have an Alienware M17x. It's a powerful laptop with an Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 processor, 8GB DDR3 Primary Memory, 2 Nvidia 280m graphic cards in Hybrid SLI configuration. So rarely, new games don't give me a problem with lag. About a week ago, it starting causing some problems. The games randomly freeze for a few seconds, if i was walking forward, it wouldnt stop when i let go for a few seconds..sometimes it would be fine..when i steer a car, it sometimes doesnt stop when i stop, shooting a gun. I also noticed while im typing this very message, the letters freeze and its like im not typing but the cursor blinks like im not typing so its not only in games, but the whole OS. If the only way is to re-install vista then i will but if this can be avoided, it would be exceptionally helpful. Its never done this before and it's a really irritating problem. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Dec 30, 2010 at 03:40 PM
Hi,

You may be right, certainly not a virus.

If I were you, I would clean-up the registry and defragment the hard disk.

There are two very good tools I usually recommend which are free but they are for us 32 bit majority.

Please look at the download system.

Regards
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 30, 2010 at 04:20 PM
oh ok, i thought it might have been a virus. When you defragment a hard disk, does it change the location of anything? I have CCleaner which can clear the registry but im not sure exactly what i'll need to keep. Thanks
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Dec 30, 2010 at 04:29 PM
CCleaner does only a partial job.

Defragmenting only put things where they belong, with the sister files. Sometimes computer take long because they get one file and they must look for the other at the other end of the disk.

See if this defragmentor will work on your system:

https://ccm.net/download/download-1454-defraggler

This registry cleaner may also work

https://ccm.net/download/download-13339-eusing-free-registry-cleaner

But begin with the cleaner.
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 30, 2010 at 04:35 PM
what i heard was defragmenting re-arranges your files, so i have some music files on my desktop, pictures on the desktop, etc. Will these be moved to the default locations? Many thanks for the assistance and fast replys
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Dec 30, 2010 at 04:56 PM
I defragment every two weeks. Never had any problem. Defragmenting help to regain space and makes your applications run faster. It only puts them in order on the hard disk, you will not notice a visual difference in anything.

If you have never defragmented before, it's about time you did.
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 30, 2010 at 05:53 PM
ok thats really good then. It'll help alot because i am low on space. I cleaned the registry but same problem, hope the defrag helps. And yeah, ivenever before, only disk cleanup. I hopethis works, thanks and happy new year
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Dec 29, 2010 at 04:35 PM
Hello,

Vista has no relation with game lags, so reinstalling it would serve no purpose. Do you have this lag with all games or just the one you are talking about?
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 30, 2010 at 08:15 AM
its all games, its also in the operating system..typing this message now freezes the same way, then everything i type while its frozen comes types out when it unfreezes really fast...also adjusting volume for music jams for a few seconds..but playback is fine, and maybe im wrong but when i play a game with a controller connected, it doesnt have the same problem..but i havent tested this much...thank you for the response
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 30, 2010 at 11:01 AM
and one more thing that might help....i have 2 user accounts, on the other account it works perfectly, no problem...so it won't be a hardware problem or general OS problem, must be a conflicting software, right?
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Dec 31, 2010 at 05:18 AM
A lot you say! It's abolutely gigantic! Your hard disk was a bunch of dried-up bread crumbs.

And how is your system performing now!
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 31, 2010 at 08:37 AM
oh right...well i've left it defragging for a few hours, its got just over 91, 500 total fragments left. It'll be done by next year i guess. =) 3% done..97% left. My hard drive was full to the brim, 4.4GB free out of 451GB. Hope this works
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Dec 31, 2010 at 09:05 AM
Yes I know! If you have never defragmented that the consequence. It take a very long time but you will see a world of difference in greater performance.

Insure the machine does not go to sleep from boredom, also avoid using it, it will speed the process.

Now is the time to read Tolstoy's War and Peace, watch a rerun of "Gone with the Wind", knit a pair of slippers, take a trek on top Mount Kenya.

I am anxious to get the results. If you used Defraggler, you will be able to see a report showing the files which were not defragmented, but that may not be until next year, 2011.

Carry-on laughing and if we do not contact before midnight, I wish you the very best.

Signing out till later.

Regards
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 31, 2010 at 09:21 AM
That will definitely be handy then. Does it make more space on the C: drive aswell?
I have ensured it does not sleep unless i make it, which ofcourse i won't do.

Haha, agreed. yeah im using Defraggler, hopefully it'll complete by perhaps the 2nd. I'll be sure to fill you in on what happened, and if it helped with the jamming error. The driving game, when i connected the controller, it worked perfectly. 1 minute before connecting the controller, without a restart, it was jamming as usual. The controller and other accounts eliminate the problem. It must be with the keyboard..i don't find the mouse to have he same problems.

Thanks, i wish you the best aswell. Take care, hope to hear from you again soon, friend.
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Dec 31, 2010 at 01:03 PM
Yes, more space on C and more efficiency. Let's wait and see for the other problems after
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Dec 31, 2010 at 10:25 PM
Alright then, because i would love some more space. Thanks again, ill be sure to update you as soon as its done but its only done 10%. Thanks, and happy new years
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vista.ultimate.64 Posts 211 Registration date Sunday October 3, 2010 Status Member Last seen October 18, 2013 38
Jan 4, 2011 at 07:55 AM
Hi again, the Defrag isnt complete, i got about 42000 fragments left but the error has gone. It must have helped, thank you so much for this!
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,168
Jan 4, 2011 at 08:03 AM
You are welcome

Sometimes you must run defrag several times to get them all. I suggest you do because you may get into trouble again very soon as your processor will keep running around like a chicken with its head cut off, looking for files. You can also try with your Vista defragmentor situated in your control panel
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