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re: Slower than molasses!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:17 pm
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Posted by Bobcat (254 messages posted)


Some computers in a recent Comodo update are being effected in the way you describe. 
I have 3 out of 4 computes that when I uninstalled Comodo, returned to normal. Not 
saying this is your problem, but it was mine and that's what did it.






On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 1:31 pm, hyphenate wrote:
>The laptop is running slower than molasses in winter! I don't know if I have a
>bug or something else slowing me down.


>
>The anti-virus (Comodo) isn't showing any problems, but I feel there is something
>going on!


>
>I checked the start-up config, and there are some things I'm not sure should be loading,
>but I don't have enough confidence to delete them [from the start menu]. The only
>things I have that I want to load from start-up are my Stickies, my Getright, and
>my Tivo apps, as I use them quite frequently. But there are, I believe, other things
>which load that are just sapping my memory.


>
>If I take one of my devices off its USB port, it takes almost a minute to have the
>audible tone to sound off. It takes about 5-7 minutes for Firefox to load after
>I have hit the button, and lately, it just seems to be like walking in mud.


>
>I do transfer quite a few of my Tivo TV shows, and then send them to an external
>drive for safekeeping, And I try to keep about 10-20 GB free on the hard drive at
>all times. (It's a 160 GB HD).


>
>I can post the HJT logfile ASAP if it will help. Thank you most kindly!




Written in response to:
Slower than molasses! (hyphenate: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 1:31 pm)

Responses to this message:
*Thank you--I uninstalled Comodo and it's running faster! (hyphenate: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 11:39 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Slower than molasses! (hyphenate: Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 1:31 pm)
*re: Slower than molasses! (MartinM: Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 3:16 pm)
-re: Slower than molasses! (Bobcat: Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 8:17 pm)
-Thank you--I uninstalled Comodo and it's running faster! (hyphenate: Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 11:39 pm)
*re: Thank you--I uninstalled Comodo and it's running faster! (JimmyK: Fri, Oct 30, 2009, 10:02 am)
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