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Hi ceyermann.

Lets see what is going on with your machine. Follow these steps to help make your computer run faster and more efficiently.

1. Click Start< Control Panel< Uninstall a Program and uninstall any programs that you do not use.

2. In Control Panel under Programs and Features click the link that says Turn Windows Features On or Off and uncheck all the checkboxes except for .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0), .NET Framework 4.5 Advanced Services, Internet Explorer 11, Media Features, Windows PowerShell 2.0, XPS Services and XPS Viewer. Click Ok when you are done and then click on the Restart Now button when prompted. (If you use a Windows Feature that is listed then don't uncheck its checkbox)

3. Download and run ATF Cleaner. Save the program to your desktop. After the download completes, right click on the ATF Cleaner program and select Run as administrator. When it opens select all the checkboxes in the program then hit the Empty Selected button.

4. Run Disk Cleanup. Click Start< All Programs< Administrative Tools< Right click Disk Cleanup and select Run as administrator. When it’s done calculating how much free space you can save make sure you check all the checkboxes on the Disk Cleanup tab. Now click the More Options tab and under System Restore click the Cleanup button. When it asks you if you want to delete all but the most recent restore point click Yes. Now click Ok on the Disk Cleanup window to allow Disk Cleanup to remove unnecessary files from the computer.

5. Download and run the portable version of CCleaner. Save the zipped folder to your desktop. After you download the zipped folder on your desktop, right click the zipped folder and click Extract All. After the folder has been extracted open the regular folder. Run the CCleaner.exe program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator. When you open the program, on the Windows tab select the following boxes:

Temporary Internet Files
History
Cookies
Recently Typed URLs
Index.dat files
Last Download Location
Empty Recycle Bin
Temporary Files
Clipboard
Memory Dumps
Chkdsk File Fragments
Windows Log Files
Old Prefetch Data
IIS Log Files

Once those checkboxes have been selected, click on the Applications tab and deselect all the checkboxes on that tab. Then click on the Analyze button. After CCleaner has finished analyzing how much hard drive space you can free up, click on the Run Cleaner button. CCleaner will tell you that this process will permanently delete files from your system, and are you sure you want to proceed? Click on Ok to have CCleaner remove all the junk files that it found. CCleaner will then remove those files and when it’s done it will tell you that the cleaning has finished. You can now close the CCleaner program.

6. Disable any Windows Services that you don't use by following, Black Vipers Services Guide.

7. Remove any scheduled tasks that you do not need running on the machine by following the instructions in this link, Descriptions of the scheduled tasks in Windows 8.

8. Download Auslogics Disk Defrag. Save the program to your desktop. After the download completes, run the installer. Make sure to uncheck/decline any extra items in the installation wizard as they are not needed. After the installation finishes, run the program by right clicking on the Auslogics Disk Defrag shortcut and selecting Run as administrator. When you open the program click on Settings< Defrag Priority and select High Priority. Then click on Settings< Program Settings< Integration Tab. Select the Use Disk Defrag as your default defragmentation program checkbox. Now click on the Algorithms Tab. Select the Move system files to the beginning of the disk checkbox and select the Optimize file placement by Prefetch layout checkbox. Then click on the Disk Cleanup Tab. Select all the checkboxes on that tab EXCEPT for the Permanently wipe files that are being deleted checkbox. When done, click Ok to close the Settings window. When you are ready to start the defragmentation process select the small down arrow next to the word Defrag and select the Defrag button. The process could take a long time so please be patient.

9. Download Auslogics Registry Defrag. Save the program to your desktop. After the download completes, run the installer. Make sure to uncheck/decline any extra items in the installation wizard as they are not needed. After the installation finishes, run the program by right clicking on the Auslogics Registry Defrag shortcut and selecting Run as administrator. When the program opens click the Analyze button. When the process finishes analyzing the registry, if there is registry fragmentation click the Defrag Now (Reboot Required) button and click on Yes to confirm the action to finish the registry defrag process. If Auslogics Registry Defrag reports that your registry is not fragmented then you can close the program and move onto the next step.

10. Click Start< Right click Computer and click Properties. In the System Properties window click the Advanced tab< Under where it says Performance hit the settings button. In the Performance Options window click the Advanced tab and under Virtual Memory click the Change button. In the Virtual Memory window make sure your hard drive is selected and select the option that says System Managed Size and click the Set button. Now click Ok on the Virtual Memory window to close it. Now in the Performance Options window click the Data Execution Prevention tab and select the option that says Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select. After that's done click Ok on the Performance Options window to save the changes. Then in the System Properties window on the Advanced Tab under Startup and Recovery click on the Settings button. Under the System startup section uncheck both checkboxes that say Time to display list of operating systems and Time to display recovery options when needed. When done, click on Ok on all the windows to close them out and then reboot the computer.

11. Click Start< Control Panel< System and Security< Power Options. Once the Power Options open select the High performance power plan.

12. To improve your Windows shutdown time, as well as decrease the delay time when opening up menus, click Start< All Programs< Accessories< Notepad. Once Notepad opens, copy and paste the text in bold red below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks "= "1 "
"HungAppTimeout "= "2000 "
"MenuShowDelay "= "1 "
"WaitToKillAppTimeout "= "2000 "
"LowLevelHooksTimeout "= "2000 "

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse]
“MouseHoverTime”=”1”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout "= "2000 "

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout "= "2000 "

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout "= "2000 "

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks "= "1 "
"HungAppTimeout "= "2000 "
"MenuShowDelay "= "1 "
"WaitToKillAppTimeout "= "2000 "

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks "= "1 "
"HungAppTimeout "= "2000 "
"MenuShowDelay "= "1 "
"WaitToKillAppTimeout "= "2000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
“VerboseStatus”=”1”

Then click on File< Save and save the file with the attributes as illustrated in the below area.

Filename: Name.reg
Save as type: All Files
Encoding: ANSI

When done click on Save. Now close Notepad and navigate to where you saved your registry file. Double click on the registry file to run it.

Click on Yes and then click on Ok to confirm that the file has been imported into the registry.

13. If you find the secure desktop functionality in User Account Control annoying then you can disable it for a speed improvement. Read this link, Make User Account Control (UAC) Stop Blacking Out the Screen in Windows 8, 7, or Vista or you can disable User Account Control for administrators only by reading this link, Disable User Account Control (UAC) For Administrators Only.

14. Run Check Disk on the hard drive to repair any errors in the file system. To do this click Start< type Command Prompt, right click on the Command Prompt shortcut in the search results and click Run as administrator. After the Command Prompt window opens type chkdsk C: /r and hit enter.

You will then receive the following message: Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in the use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) Type Y to confirm the change and hit enter. When you hit Y and hit enter you will receive the following message: This volume will be checked the next time the system restarts. After you receive that message you can close the Command Prompt window and restart your computer to allow Check Disk to run.

15. Keep Windows up to date by following this guide, Using Windows Update. Once Windows has all the latest updates from Microsoft installed, follow this guide for Securing Internet Explorer.

16. Download MiniToolBox and save it to your desktop. Run the program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator. When the program opens select the following boxes:

Flush DNS
Reset FF proxy Settings
Reset IE Proxy Settings
Report IE Proxy Settings
Report FF Proxy Settings
List content of Hosts
List IP configuration
List Winsock Entries
List last 10 Event Viewer log
List Installed Programs
List Users, Partitions and Memory size
List Devices (problems only)

Click the Go button and if asked post the MiniToolBox log in your next reply.

17. After that, please download AdwCleaner and save it to your desktop. Run the program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator and when the program opens click on the Scan button. Then when the program has finished scanning, click on the Clean button.

The program will reboot the computer when it has finished cleaning all of the items that it found. Once the computer reboots, a text file will open after the restart. If asked, post the AdwCleaner log in your next reply.

18. Next, download the Junkware Removal Tool and save it to your desktop. Run the program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator and when prompted press a key on the keyboard to allow the program to start scanning your system.

When the scanning process completes, a text file is saved to your desktop and will open. If asked, post the Junkware Removal Tool log in your next reply.

19. Then download Adware Removal Tool and save it to your desktop. Run the program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator and when the program opens click on the Scan button. After that process completes a new window will open with items that the program found. Make sure all the items are selected and then click on the Repair Selected Objects button.

You will get a confirmation saying that the items have been removed. If asked, post the Adware Removal Tool log in your next reply.

20. Once that tool has completed, download ZHP Cleaner and save it to your desktop. Run the program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator and when the program opens click on the Scan button. After the scan completes, click on the Repair button. At the end of the process you will be asked to reboot your machine so please do so. After you reboot the computer, a report will open on your desktop. If asked, post the ZHP Cleaner log in your next reply.

21. Once that is done, download HitmanPro and save it to your desktop. Run the program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator and click on the Next button. You must agree to the terms of the EULA. Then select the option that says No, I only want to perform a one-time scan to check this computer and click on the Next button. After the initial scan is done click on Next and click on the Activate Free License button. Once that is done, the program will scan the computer and once it has finished you will be able to remove all the items that the program finds. On the Scan results page click on the Save Log button and save the logfile to your desktop. Then make sure the Delete option is selected for all the items that the program found and click on the Next button to remove all the items. If prompted, reboot the computer to complete the removal process. If asked, post the Hitman Pro log in your next reply.

22. Please download Zoek.exe and save it to your desktop.

• Close all running programs including Internet browsers.
• Then temporarily disable your AntiVirus program. If you are unsure on how to do this then
  follow this guide, or read this guide.
• Run Zoek.exe by right clicking on the program and selecting Run as administrator.
• Zoek may take some time to start, this is normal!

Once Zoek loads, copy the text in bold red below:

createsrpoint;
StandardSearch;
emptyfolderscheck;delete
emptyclsid;
emptyalltemp;
ipconfig /flushdns;b
netsh winsock reset;
netsh int ip reset >> %temp%\log.txt;b
iedefaults;
resetIEproxy;
autoclean;
installedprogs;
uninstall-list;

Then paste the text into the Zoek window.

Zoek does take some time to complete, even on a new machine so let it run, this is normal. Once Zoek has completed your machine will be rebooted, to complete the removal process. If asked, post the results of the zoek-results.txt log in your next reply. You can find the log if you click Start< Computer and double click on your C drive.

23. Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop.

• Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
• At the end, be sure to uncheck Enable free trial of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro. Make sure Launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is checked, then click Finish to close the setup wizard.
• When Malwarebytes Anti-Malware opens on the Dashboard section, next to the Database version area click on the Update Now button to allow Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to download the latest database version.
• Once the latest database version has finished loading, select the Scan section, then make sure Threat Scan is selected then click Start Scan.
• When the scan is completed, be sure that everything is checked, then click the Quarantine All button to remove the items.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will ask you to reboot the computer to complete the removal process. Select Yes to reboot the computer.
• After the removal process completes, a Malwarebytes log will open in Notepad.
• If asked, post the results of the scan in your next reply.

24. Please download Autoruns. After you download the zipped folder on your desktop, right click the zipped folder and click Extract All. After the folder has been extracted open the regular folder. Run the autoruns.exe program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator. When you open the program click the Logon Tab and remove any items that you do not need running on startup. Then post a screenshot of all the startup entries on the Logon Tab in your next reply.

25. Download and run TCP Optimizer. Save the program to your desktop and then run the program by right clicking on it and selecting Run as administrator. When the program opens, on the General Settings tab under Network Adapter selection click the option that says Modify all Network Adapters. Then at the bottom of the window where it says Choose settings, select the Optimal setting and click on Apply Changes. Click on Ok to confirm the changes and when prompted, reboot the computer for the changes to take effect.

26. Finally, please download SecurityCheck and save it to your desktop. Right click on SecurityCheck.exe and select Run as administrator to run the program. Follow the onscreen instructions. Post the results of the checkup text file in your next reply.

27. State how many processes are running in the Windows Task Manager.

Let me know how the computer is running after performing the above steps.

 

If you have an older version of those programs installed then update them and re-run them again. If you have the latest version of CCleaner, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and the Auslogics programs and you already ran them recently, then just skip those steps.