To whomever can help!
I seem to have a number of issues with my HP laptop :banghead:
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/x23SNLKtzHrqDYFY1A8sMYo
I cannot remember whether these all started occurring at the same time, but I have definitely had enough. Not sure if they are to do with Windows 8.1 or a virus or just software/hardware issues. I have run AVG virus scanner and malware scanners but all seems fine when I run them. Same with defrag and the windows admin tools. Have also tried to uninstall/reinstall all programs I mention below but nothing works.
Problems:
1. Synaptics touchpad 7.5 always freezes, hangs, or doesn't start working straight away, especially when trying to scroll pages on chrome/firefox. I have tried to reinstall/delete driver but problem remains. Also tried to update a new/old driver but would not install.
2. Adobe flash always crashes when browsing the internet but updating does not help.
3. Most likely related - any video I try to play whether it's youtube or elsewhere either does not work, or especially in chrome, will take at least a minute to start. It will play the first 6 seconds without sound, then stop for a minute or 2 even though it has buffered, then finally start playing.
4. VLC media player also has this problem, whereby it will not start playing for at least a minute or 2 (irrespective of the version of VLC). Not sure if the video issues are somehow related?? VLC seems to always have a tough time opening any video these days; used to be immediate.
5. Chrome pages keep crashing, telling me either to wait or kill the page. It is happening at an increasing rate.
6. Computer just generally seems to be running noticeably slower.
Apologies if this should have been posted in a different category (ie hardware/software/internet)
Thanks!
I seem to have a number of issues with my HP laptop :banghead:
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/x23SNLKtzHrqDYFY1A8sMYo
I cannot remember whether these all started occurring at the same time, but I have definitely had enough. Not sure if they are to do with Windows 8.1 or a virus or just software/hardware issues. I have run AVG virus scanner and malware scanners but all seems fine when I run them. Same with defrag and the windows admin tools. Have also tried to uninstall/reinstall all programs I mention below but nothing works.
Problems:
1. Synaptics touchpad 7.5 always freezes, hangs, or doesn't start working straight away, especially when trying to scroll pages on chrome/firefox. I have tried to reinstall/delete driver but problem remains. Also tried to update a new/old driver but would not install.
2. Adobe flash always crashes when browsing the internet but updating does not help.
3. Most likely related - any video I try to play whether it's youtube or elsewhere either does not work, or especially in chrome, will take at least a minute to start. It will play the first 6 seconds without sound, then stop for a minute or 2 even though it has buffered, then finally start playing.
4. VLC media player also has this problem, whereby it will not start playing for at least a minute or 2 (irrespective of the version of VLC). Not sure if the video issues are somehow related?? VLC seems to always have a tough time opening any video these days; used to be immediate.
5. Chrome pages keep crashing, telling me either to wait or kill the page. It is happening at an increasing rate.
6. Computer just generally seems to be running noticeably slower.
Apologies if this should have been posted in a different category (ie hardware/software/internet)
Thanks!