The Official Windows 7 Discussion Thread
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
yeah, use any browser, google the laptop's model number and get its official support page.Hello everyone!
Is/are there (a) software application(s) that can be used, post Windows 7 installation, to concretely ascertain the manufacturer/maker of various hardware components, such as the Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Audio, LAN, Chipset, etcetera, of a laptop?
any software like speccy or Sandra Lite should be able to give that info:
System Info Downloads - FileHippo.com
System Info Downloads - FileHippo.com
Thank you, @SaiyanGoku. Without any intention of disrespect, what about that circumstance when the official support page of the laptop manufacturer, does not provide concrete information/details through the often downloadable e-manuals, let alone provide drivers for a said operating system platform?yeah, use any browser, google the laptop's model number and get its official support page.
The most recent example I am citing is, the ASUS X552EA-SX006XD laptop, where the e-user manual does not even enlist the product's specifications, and ASUS' support portal does not provide drivers for Microsoft Windows 7.
Thank you, @whitestar_999. I will try either one, or both of the applications you have suggested.
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
but the standalone device manager can do that too
Some times, the driver package contains the drivers for previous windows version too. have you tried installing them?
Thank you very much, @SaiyanGoku. Admittedly, yet shamefully, I was unaware that the standalone Device Manager could point out the manufacturer/maker of various hardware components.but the standalone device manager can do that too
I will suggest my teammate to try the drivers for Microsoft Windows 8.1 on the aforementioned laptop.Some times, the driver package contains the drivers for previous windows version too. have you tried installing them?
Check in windows event viewer.right click my computer icon--select properties--on new opened page click on Performance information & tools on left side--on new page click on advanced tools on left side--on new page now select view performance details in event log.You may have to wait for some time(adding snap-in to console message may appear during this).Check for events preceding/following shutdown event(id is 200 i think but it is all mentioned in various columns).
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
Thanks Friend, actually I am now on my laptop/ultrabook,writing here. Problem occured in Desktop-PC(Win 7).
Shall definitely,follow your guide and inform you about the status/position of Win 7 ,tomorrow at here.
Instead of going through event viewer, just run whocrashedme. It'll automatically give you the result after analysing the mini dump.
His system is not crashing,just taking a long time to shut down.In any case having some experience with event viewer is always beneficial in the long run.
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
What are your startup times (post BIOS till login screen)
mine is 1 minute and 6 seconds. (using stop watch)
mine is 1 minute and 6 seconds. (using stop watch)
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
No problems with startup. Haven't verified with stop watch,but time takes nearly as yours,may be a little more.
Again no problems in startup or booting...only problem in shutdown. It is not at all shutting down ,only the shutting down screen is displayed and the mouse pointer icon as usually/normally which rotates in a circular motion is going on rotating forever.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Another important thing:
Out of a total of 350GB HDD space allocated for Windows7,only 53GB remains free.Yes I have downloaded quite some apps. and stored music,photos &videos,but according to my estimate,disk should be filled up to ~180GB or so. Why the HDD seems to be filled up?
Is it due to some Trojan or malware or alike?
Which folder is taking up the space ?
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
Will check up at evening,after returning home from office.
The above updated comment written through my SWIPE MTV Slate,during lunch session...
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
delete old restore points. some applications don't remove their previous versions after update like chrome. go to their folder and delete the previous versions.
i suggest using 360 Total Security to perform a disk cleanup.
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
In that case do I need to,uninstall the Avast! antivirus loaded onto my Windows 7 OS?
No need to go through so many steps to do a simple task,just right click & select properties of C drive & run disk cleanup wizard.after it finishes & opens a new window select cleanup system files.from there select all but the most recent restore point.also empty recycle bin periodically.
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
Culprit found,after your guidelines. The disk space was consumed by Touro Backup ,and I need to do a SYSTEM RESTORE before I had installed that program/apps. from Hitachi 500GB external HDD, system CD taht came with.
Eventually,I also uninstalled avast! and installed 360 Total Security,
Windows 7 shutting down normally....