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Thanks to the last “upgrade” (on a paid for not free account) this laptop is now as slow as the old XP I replaced for being too slow.
Avast version: 2014.9.0.2006
Win 7 64 bit now takes 3-4 minutes to boot (are we still in 1980 or is this 2013 and we still tolerate long boot times?)
Prior to the last “update” a 45 second boot sequence was normal.
The booting sequence after entering my password now instead of the screen showing my desktop image remains black for over a minute then the desktop Icons appear but then in a few seconds they all turn white and slowly populate back one by one by one…
I have read on other sites where Windows Essentials are all anyone needs and is much faster.
Avast has and I stress has been great but I am seriously considering just deleting it even though it is paid for.
Computers are supposed to work for us and not the other way around. When I write a program I make sure it works for the customer and they don’t have to jump through hoops, uninstalling, clicking their heals 3 times then re-installing.
I have already placed in manual every service which is not absolutely needed at boot.
I have stopped Win 7 “updates” as the last one destroyed every file association for thousands of MS Office Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint documents so I no longer trust ANY automatic update.
I should not have allowed AVAST to update this machine and make it worse than Win 98.