Windows Vista System running slow

I have a Toshiba laptop. Running Vista and Windows 7 Computer is extremely slow. Please help.
Thanks

 

Complete System Details please.

 

So far..

I really appreciate the list of things to do to clean up the computer.

I have completed the first 7 steps...but I have a couple of questions.

Where do I download Autoruns from?

How do I determine if I have Windows Vista Service Pack 2?

There is some improvement but booting up still takes a long time and accessing the internet browser and web sites seems to go very slowly.

Hopefully once I get through all of your points it will show significant improvement.

Again your help has been great...I'm sure I've made some head way with cleaning this system up.

However, I no longer consider myself experienced but rather 'dumb as a dog'...LOL

Have a great day,

Phil (Marsha's worst half)

 

Download Autoruns.

Right click on Computer->Properties. On the main page you could see the status of Vista.

 

System Details

I don't mean to sound stupid (but sometimes I really can't help it.)

However, I looked at my system details and the information that I had entered Wednesday appears to be there.

Is their something I left out or something else I need to do.

Thanks for all help I am getting.

 

Hey everyone, this was my dad posting, he let my wife and I borrow his laptop for vacation so since I have it and he's had difficultly with the process I'll be taking over for him, I will post when I have completed all the steps, I'm knees deep in it! Thanks again, you all are amazing as always.

 

Some Quick System Specs
Running Windows Vista

Toshiba
Satellite A205
Intel(r) Pentium(r) Dual CPU T2330 @ 1.60GHz 1.60GHz
2.00 GB Memory
System type: 32-bit Operating System

 

That gives us a basic outline of the system.

Please review the suggestions made for your dad and let us know if there are any changes.

 

system is running Service Pack 1

Running the second defrager again, system crapped out on me while running the defrager and I had a busy week last week.

will update later this afternoon once complete

 

86-89 processes running

 

runs better but still taxed a bit and somewhat sluggish, what next?

 

Should be good on the system info now, sorry it took so long, that SWI program is great!

 

Process PID CPU Private Bytes Working Set Description Company Name
System Idle Process 0 < 0.01 0 K 24 K
System 4 < 0.01 0 K 780 K
Interrupts n/a < 0.01 0 K 0 K Hardware Interrupts and DPCs
smss.exe 504 288 K 712 K Windows Session Manager Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe 576 < 0.01 1,816 K 4,460 K Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
wininit.exe 620 1,368 K 3,648 K Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation
services.exe 664 2,632 K 6,256 K Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 876 3,172 K 6,096 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
igfxsrvc.exe 3956 < 0.01 1,584 K 2,580 K igfxsrvc Module Intel Corporation
ehmsas.exe 4168 1,172 K 1,104 K Media Center Media Status Aggregator Service Microsoft Corporation
WmiPrvSE.exe 3816 13,072 K 15,144 K WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation
FlashUtil10u_ActiveX.exe 4928 < 0.01 1,768 K 2,216 K Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 10.3 r181 Adobe Systems, Inc.
PresentationFontCache.exe 920 16,060 K 10,880 K PresentationFontCache.exe Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 964 < 0.01 4,240 K 6,268 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1000 66,128 K 31,412 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1132 0.76 15,044 K 11,084 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
audiodg.exe 1268 12,684 K 9,108 K Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1172 < 0.01 73,188 K 74,328 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
dwm.exe 3640 1,516 K 4,488 K Desktop Window Manager Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1192 < 0.01 74,896 K 77,284 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe 3624 < 0.01 9,456 K 8,636 K Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
wuauclt.exe 4132 2,876 K 1,172 K Windows Update Microsoft Corporation
SLsvc.exe 1304 7,736 K 10,784 K Microsoft Software Licensing Service Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1424 6,944 K 9,736 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1564 < 0.01 19,268 K 14,332 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
ccSvcHst.exe 1688 9,948 K 688 K Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation
AppSvc32.exe 1748 9,040 K 2,040 K Symantec Application Core Service Symantec Corporation
spoolsv.exe 1944 < 0.01 7,248 K 8,836 K Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1968 13,952 K 10,992 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
BelkinService.exe 1052 2,432 K 5,964 K BelkinService Affinegy, Inc.
agrsmsvc.exe 1480 836 K 2,464 K Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service Agere Systems
AluSchedulerSvc.exe 1572 2,996 K 2,436 K Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Service Symantec Corporation
BkBackupScheduler.exe 1684 < 0.01 1,712 K 3,560 K
Bkapcs.exe 1200 1,056 K 3,340 K
CFSvcs.exe 1976 2,296 K 2,488 K Service of ConfigFree. TOSHIBA CORPORATION
ccSvcHst.exe 956 4,640 K 420 K Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation
lxdicoms.exe 2092 4,228 K 5,564 K Printer Communication System
mfevtps.exe 2116 4,904 K 4,760 K McAfee Process Validation Service McAfee, Inc.
pinger.exe 2160 4,588 K 8,936 K
Ivpsvmgr.exe 12 1,772 K 1,552 K IVP Service Manager Application TOSHIBA Corporation
svchost.exe 2200 2,136 K 4,484 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 2232 3,684 K 5,360 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
TNaviSrv.exe 2252 < 0.01 1,116 K 3,012 K TOSHIBA Navi Support Service TOSHIBA Corporation
TODDSrv.exe 2352 < 0.01 2,192 K 3,424 K TDCSrv Application TOSHIBA Corporation
TomTomHOMEService.exe 2368 600 K 1,928 K Windows Service for TomTom HOME TomTom
TosCoSrv.exe 2396 1,456 K 3,004 K TOSHIBA Power Saver TOSHIBA Corporation
TosBtSrv.exe 2456 1,076 K 3,184 K TOSHIBA Bluetooth Service TOSHIBA CORPORATION
ULCDRSvr.exe 2476 444 K 1,508 K ULCDRSvr Ulead Systems, Inc.
ToolbarUpdater.exe 2496 7,560 K 6,776 K ToolbarU Application
svchost.exe 2532 676 K 2,056 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
SearchIndexer.exe 2552 < 0.01 39,948 K 12,748 K Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation
mcshield.exe 2588 < 0.01 187,552 K 82,344 K McAfee On-Access Scanner service McAfee, Inc.
mfefire.exe 2668 < 0.01 1,860 K 4,100 K McAfee Core Firewall Service McAfee, Inc.
McSvHost.exe 2764 < 0.01 34,072 K 20,312 K McAfee Service Host McAfee, Inc.
SDWinSec.exe 2812 4,820 K 7,112 K Spybot-S&D Security Center integration Safer Networking Ltd.
wmpnetwk.exe 4136 < 0.01 6,304 K 2,980 K Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation
symlcsvc.exe 5472 2,556 K 776 K Symantec Core Component Symantec Corporation
IntuitUpdateService.exe 3544 < 0.01 29,508 K 8,880 K Intuit Update Service Intuit Inc.
lsass.exe 680 < 0.01 3,680 K 7,480 K Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation
lsm.exe 688 2,116 K 3,920 K Local Session Manager Service Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe 632 < 0.01 12,024 K 10,624 K Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
winlogon.exe 732 1,920 K 4,468 K Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation
explorer.exe 3664 < 0.01 45,012 K 48,092 K Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation
hkcmd.exe 2492 < 0.01 1,684 K 1,652 K hkcmd Module Intel Corporation
igfxpers.exe 2540 1,244 K 1,824 K persistence Module Intel Corporation
TPwrMain.exe 2548 3,604 K 1,312 K TOSHIBA Power Saver TOSHIBA Corporation
SmoothView.exe 2700 1,148 K 800 K SmoothView TOSHIBA Corporation
TCrdMain.exe 2732 < 0.01 57,116 K 22,824 K TOSHIBA Flash Cards TOSHIBA Corporation
MSASCui.exe 2724 6,724 K 4,352 K Windows Defender User Interface Microsoft Corporation
RtHDVCpl.exe 2708 7,992 K 1,548 K HD Audio Control Panel Realtek Semiconductor
SynTPStart.exe 2740 4,188 K 3,456 K Synaptics Pointing Device starter Synaptics, Inc.
SynTPEnh.exe 5180 < 0.01 2,372 K 1,936 K Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements Synaptics, Inc.
SynToshiba.exe 5196 1,328 K 784 K Toshiba Custom PlugIn Application Synaptics, Inc.
NDSTray.exe 2340 < 0.01 16,108 K 4,168 K ConfigFree(TM) tray TOSHIBA CORPORATION
CFSwMgr.exe 5052 2,984 K 1,448 K ConfigFree Switch Manager TOSHIBA CORPORATION
ccApp.exe 660 6,200 K 776 K Symantec User Session Symantec Corporation
AcctMgr.exe 3356 5,008 K 9,444 K Password Manager Controller Symantec Corporation
GrooveMonitor.exe 3556 2,276 K 3,808 K GrooveMonitor Utility Microsoft Corporation
lxdimon.exe 2952 2,704 K 1,884 K Device Monitor
lxdiamon.exe 2900 16,112 K 2,496 K Device Monitor Application
mcagent.exe 2896 44,932 K 652 K McAfee Security Center McAfee, Inc.
BelkinRouterMonitor.exe 3728 < 0.01 9,396 K 10,208 K Affinegy, Inc.
Connect.exe 4020 < 0.01 5,324 K 2,480 K Belkin USB Print and Storage Center Belkin International, Inc.
BelkinSetup.exe 4004 < 0.01 35,596 K 1,732 K Belkin Setup / Router Monitor Application Affinegy, Inc.
dlnaPlugin.exe 3864 0.76 3,960 K 4,528 K Affinegy, Inc.
vprot.exe 1876 0.76 6,948 K 2,148 K VProtect Application
TOSCDSPD.exe 1084 1,080 K 628 K En-us
ehtray.exe 1728 1,644 K 1,512 K Media Center Tray Applet Microsoft Corporation
TeaTimer.exe 3156 0.76 69,256 K 45,876 K System settings protector Safer-Networking Ltd.
TomTomHOMERunner.exe 3856 2,848 K 1,380 K System Tray application for TomTom HOME TomTom
wmpnscfg.exe 3536 1,696 K 1,452 K Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application Microsoft Corporation
ONENOTEM.EXE 3912 1,148 K 788 K Microsoft Office OneNote Quick Launcher Microsoft Corporation
procexp.exe 3484 0.76 17,404 K 4,164 K Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
McSmtFwk.exe 3696 7,868 K 3,012 K McAfee Trusted Advisor Framework Exe McAfee, Inc.
McUICnt.exe 4204 12,692 K 3,164 K McAfee McAfee, Inc.
ieuser.exe 3532 15,888 K 20,696 K Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation
ReminderHelper.exe 4512 8,524 K 1,872 K WeCareReminder Helper App We-Care.com
iexplore.exe 5424 < 0.01 138,072 K 104,708 K Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation