Originally Posted by
Zeppelin
A couple of months ago purchased a new laptop running Win 7.
Initially everything loading quickly, though naturally added a few programs and things have slowed... not massively but noticeably so questions are..
1. Something is slowing the loading of start up and pages on internet, is there a way of knowing what it is?
Not anything that'll tell you without a little investigative work. However, this investigative work isn't too onerous usually. Basically, a combination of MSCONFIG for startup tweaking, Tools->Manage Add-Ons for Internet Explorer, and a copy of Task Manager / Resource Monitor running should help
2.I recently upgraded to IE9 and thought this coincided with the problem. Previously on xp if you wanted to restore there was a choice going back maybe 3 months, on win 7 it only gives about 4 days, am i missing something?
System Restore is a function of the amount of disk space allocated to it. To change this, go into Control Panel -> System -> System Protection-> Configure.
3. I've been into 'action centre'> maintanance and check for solutions and always get ' ms will notify when a solution is found'. Does this mean my problems are unique!?
Possibly. It mostly means Microsoft haven't managed to investigate and/or write their conclusions to whatever error has triggered the Dr Watson report. It's not something to rely on IMHO.
4. Sometimes when I open a window it is minimized and I have to use the expand icon, is there a way of always making a window full screen on opening?
How do I get a Windows program to always open maximized?
Finally, sorry guys! In outlook 2010, I have the boxs ticked so that it checks for emails every 5 mins and is meant to notify me when an email is incoming (offline and online) however when outlook is minimized nothing seems to happen as when it is reopened suddenly there are 10 emails . My thinking was that as each email is recieved it would notify. I do have a sound alert activated.
Minimising Outlook won't stop it from doing a send/receive. Have you hidden the envelope icon?
How to restore the Envelope icon in the notification area in Outlook
Any thoughts on my problems? .... Computer related will do for the mo, thanks
Take 2 aspirin and call me in the morning
