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Need help with drivers?
- Thread starter DKdeadly
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It will greatly depend on what if anything was slowing it down. If you were having a hardware not software issue like memory errors, cpu and other device temps climbing, or even a failing supply updating drivers alone won't really help that much. With memory errors however it can readily be drivers as well as bad dimms causing errors. The difference will be the errors seen. If you are into serious gaming then running a good diagnostic lke memtest every so often is a good idea especially if you start having problems.
With everything updated and besides any hardware problems the two main things that will slow a system down is a heavily fragmented hard disk and a load of startups added since the Dell was first bought. Defragging the drive, maybe adding memory as well as reducing startups with the msconfig utility can help Windows run better and even faster at times.
i did both i removed the starup programs that are not needed and did the disk but what else i was doing the drivers but i am telling you i dont see any diffrence i change the graphic card driver and i think motherboard and some chipset one an that is it
What else could i do?
What else could i do?
Another thing besides high temps that can cause slowdowns is referred to often in various articles as "orphans" in the system registry. An occasional crosslink to a protected system file or invalid registry value instructing Windows to load an orphaned driver can interfere with normal operation. Since most rarely have the experience to locate and remove these some software writers have managed to come up with cleaning utilities for just that.
One used here on a regular that is less intrusive and easier for beginners to use is called the RegCleaner found among others at: http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads15.html Some prefer and recommend others like Registry Mechanic(retail) or a few others. The RegCleaner was found easier here since all you do after installing it is open it with the usual double click on the desktop icon and go up to the "tools" dropdown list and select the second item "regcleaner". This opens a second menu to the right where the last item on the bottom there is the "do them all" option. Give it a try to see if you see anything there.
Microsoft includes a utility for repairing/replacing protected system files called the system file checker which can be started by typing in sfc /scannow at the Run prompt off of the Start menu. It will prompt for the install disk in order to verify the protected files while it looks for damaged or missing ones to repair and/or replace.
One used here on a regular that is less intrusive and easier for beginners to use is called the RegCleaner found among others at: http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads15.html Some prefer and recommend others like Registry Mechanic(retail) or a few others. The RegCleaner was found easier here since all you do after installing it is open it with the usual double click on the desktop icon and go up to the "tools" dropdown list and select the second item "regcleaner". This opens a second menu to the right where the last item on the bottom there is the "do them all" option. Give it a try to see if you see anything there.
Microsoft includes a utility for repairing/replacing protected system files called the system file checker which can be started by typing in sfc /scannow at the Run prompt off of the Start menu. It will prompt for the install disk in order to verify the protected files while it looks for damaged or missing ones to repair and/or replace.