New Tablet is lagging

chewie_waaaa · 03-10-2009, 05:45 AM

Hi TSF, I recently bought an IBM / Lenovo X41 tablet that had been sitting in a corporate inventory for up to a few years. This ultracompact notebook/tablet was released in 2005 and since the price has really come down to the $300-$400 range. It's not a great tablet by today's standards, but with a 1.5 GHZ P4 Centrino and 1.5 GB of RAM (1 GB added) it shouldn't be as cumbersome as it becomes at some times. I noticed that there are a great deal of active programs, many more than on my desktop pc. Most do not show up individually in msconfig startup and services tab.

Could anyone please take a look at my HJT log and help me identify any programs or processes that I can disable to conserve computing capacity? Every so often (every other day) the system reaches 100% capacity and grinds to a halt, even if I'm just using IE and say Microsoft Word in the foreground. Hope someone can help, Thanks!

Mikhalkov · 03-10-2009, 12:15 PM

If you haven't already, run anti virus and anti spyware scans. Is the tablet new(or rather, un-used) or used?

chewie_waaaa · 03-12-2009, 03:26 AM

Thanks, it is un-used but not quite new. It came from a corporate inventory that had been shelved for two years. I maintain AVG antivirus and have used Malwarebytes, HJT, and Abexo registry scanner, and I've gone through and looked up processes online to see what they are. I've cut what I can but there are many things showing up in HJT like BHOs and other weird things that don't show up on my ruggedly used desktop pc.

03-10-2009, 05:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
chewie_waaaa Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win XP SP3	New Tablet is lagging Hi TSF, I recently bought an IBM / Lenovo X41 tablet that had been sitting in a corporate inventory for up to a few years. This ultracompact notebook/tablet was released in 2005 and since the price has really come down to the $300-$400 range. It's not a great tablet by today's standards, but with a 1.5 GHZ P4 Centrino and 1.5 GB of RAM (1 GB added) it shouldn't be as cumbersome as it becomes at some times. I noticed that there are a great deal of active programs, many more than on my desktop pc. Most do not show up individually in msconfig startup and services tab. Could anyone please take a look at my HJT log and help me identify any programs or processes that I can disable to conserve computing capacity? Every so often (every other day) the system reaches 100% capacity and grinds to a halt, even if I'm just using IE and say Microsoft Word in the foreground. Hope someone can help, Thanks!

03-10-2009, 12:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mikhalkov Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 403 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: New Tablet is lagging If you haven't already, run anti virus and anti spyware scans. Is the tablet new(or rather, un-used) or used? __________________ "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -1957 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -1949

03-12-2009, 03:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
chewie_waaaa Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win XP SP3	Re: New Tablet is lagging Thanks, it is un-used but not quite new. It came from a corporate inventory that had been shelved for two years. I maintain AVG antivirus and have used Malwarebytes, HJT, and Abexo registry scanner, and I've gone through and looked up processes online to see what they are. I've cut what I can but there are many things showing up in HJT like BHOs and other weird things that don't show up on my ruggedly used desktop pc.