Aspire One D255E, Intel Atom, Windows 7 Starter: Slow and Unresponsive

jasonty
jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
edited March 2023 in 2014 Archives

All,

 

I'm working on this Netbook for my parents. 

 

It has been used VERY little since new,

 

has all the Updates installed,

 

there are NO programs installed outside of the Factory Programs except for MS Security Essentials, and Maliwarebytes.

 

That said, it is VERY SLOW and sometimes UNRESPONSIVE to keyboard commands.  I know this isn't a high level PC, but is there anything I can do to speed it up so we can search eBay, Facebook and other sites.  No hard computing is needed, just basic simple functions.  It's just to slow now and basically no one will use it.

 

Thanks.

 

Best Answer

  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓

    Ccleaner fragments the registers (very bad experience and the MVP also don't recommended).

    MVP: Microsoft Expert

     

    Before to defragment HDD and to clean the registers, you can also delete the Internet temporary files.

    To help you, see these tutorials.

    France

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  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer

    Hello,

     

    Do you have 1 or 2Gb memory?

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  • jasonty
    jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
    Memory: 1GB Storage: 160GB HDD CPU: Intel Atom N450 (1.66Hz, 512KB cache)
  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer

    Could you give me the first ten characters of the serial number?

    You'll find it on the label sticked on the lower cover.

     

    Note:

    Windows 7 Starter supports up to 2Gb memory.

    France
  • jasonty
    jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
    LUSF10D175
  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer

    P/N: LU.SF10D.175

    Model: Aspire One D255E-2677

    OS: Windows 7 Starter 32 bits

     

    You can upgrade up to 2Gb - DDR2 - 800MHz.

     

    Original stick memory:

     

    KN.2GB07.003SODIMM.2GB.DDR2-800.KINGSTON.LF
    KN.2GB0B.018SODIMM.2GB.DDR2-800.SAMSUNG.LF
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  • jasonty
    jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
    Ok, Thanks for the help. Although, I recall this machine working much better when new. Makes me wonder why it acts so sluggish now.
  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer

    Have you defragmented the HDD?

    France
  • jasonty
    jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
    Actually, No- I forgot about that. I'll work on that later today, and report back. Thanks.
  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer

    You can also clean the registers with this tool (very sure):

    Wise Registry Cleaner (Download the portable version - no installation).

    France
  • jasonty
    jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
    Ok, Thanks.
  • Lucas2014
    Lucas2014 ACE Posts: 569 Pioneer

    Clean useless files using ccleaner, then clean the registry and then defragments the disk to get a Qua performance after going into Control Panel - Action Center - Reliability Monitor to check which files are preventing the operation

  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓

    Ccleaner fragments the registers (very bad experience and the MVP also don't recommended).

    MVP: Microsoft Expert

     

    Before to defragment HDD and to clean the registers, you can also delete the Internet temporary files.

    To help you, see these tutorials.

    France
  • jasonty
    jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
    I'm running " Disk Cleanup" at the moment.
  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,321 Trailblazer

    Good choice! Leave the defaults selections.

    France
  • jasonty
    jasonty Member Posts: 10 New User
    Thanks for all the input, the disk cleanup and defrag worked wonders. Much appreciated. Now if I could just wipe my head so I can remember this simple stuff!
  • Lucas2014
    Lucas2014 ACE Posts: 569 Pioneer

    If you think its kinda slow notebook and want to know what is happening with it demand for reliability monitor

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