Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Why is my computer loading slow after installing a HP Printer?

I recently installed hp printer software. But now it takes about 5 minutes longer for my computer to fully load. I am running vista home premium.Why is my computer loading slow after installing a HP Printer?
hp is loading every time you start up its probably digital Imaging monitor that comes with the software you installed nothing to be worried about


start your pc up and walk away for 5 minutes then come back but if it really take five minutes defrag your hard drive that could be the problem you should always defrag after installing software or un- installing Hp takes up a lot of space delete so stuff you don't need by running a disk clean upWhy is my computer loading slow after installing a HP Printer?
Computers can run slow for many reasons but before looking for hardware causes or reinstalling your computer from scratch you might want to run through these steps first to eliminate some of the common causes of slow performance.





Check for and eliminate any malware (Spyware, virus', trojans, rootkits...) download and scan your system with a quality spyware scanner such as malwarebytes, hijackthis, spybot, Ad-Aware) AND a quality virus scanner (they are NOT the same thing).





Anti virus


http://www.kaspersky.com


http://www.avira.com


http://www.avg.com


http://www.malwarebytes.org/





anti spyware


http://www.kaspersky.com


http://www.superantispyware.com/


http://www.malwarebytes.org/


http://www.hijackthis.de/











run MSCONFIG (from the run line) and check the ';startup'; tab, Remove the check box from programs you don't need running on startup.





Run ';Disk Cleanup'; (from ';start/programs/accessories/system tools/disk cleanup'; and let it remove all the unnecessary junk that tends to pile up over time. A more thorough tool for cleaning disk clutter is “ccleaner” which you can download here - http://www.ccleaner.com/





Run a Disk Diagnostics (from ';start/programs/accessories/system tools/disk Defragmenter';





Run a Disk Defrag (from ';start/programs/accessories/system tools/disk Defragmenter'; and let it defragment your drives.
Maybe the HP software is opening on startup in the background. You don't need the HP software to use the printer. Just uninstall the HP software and just install the driver for the printer (available on the HP website)

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