PC lagging at startup

[atom608]

Well when i start my pc and log into windows it lags like shit as in it takes like 2 mins to open a app intill like the pc warms up or some shit after 10 mins after i loged in the pc is fine but before that the hard drive load indicate LED is a solid white which means its doing something and im just wondering if its my hardrive causing it? its a wd 1tb black probably the hdd causing it since its slow compared to a ssd right? or my anti virus? I use microsoft security essentials 

[Dani360c]

try to check how much ram is used

well had that kind of problem earlier today too and a clear CMOS seemed to work, no more lag and no more 96% ram usage at start up

[atom608]

try to check how much ram is used

well had that kind of problem earlier today too and a clear CMOS seemed to work, no more lag and no more 96% ram usage at start up

Il try that

[Benjio]

Check your items in the start-up with either msconfig or Ccleaner and delete any unnecessary entries. Your antivirus shouldn't be the problem, it's one of the least resource intensive antiviruses.

[Bonsai99]

Well when i start my pc and log into windows it lags like shit as in it takes like 2 mins to open a app intill like the pc warms up or some shit after 10 mins after i loged in the pc is fine but before that the hard drive load indicate LED is a solid white which means its doing something and im just wondering if its my hardrive causing it? its a wd 1tb black probably the hdd causing it since its slow compared to a ssd right? or my anti virus? I use microsoft security essentials 

Sounds like you have way too many programs loading at startup.

[atom608]

I only have skype/utorrent/ms essentails

[Benjio]

I only have skype/utorrent/ms essentails

Wouldn't hurt to do a scan with Malwarebytes and MSE and run Combofix.

[atom608]

Wouldn't hurt to do a scan with Malwarebytes and MSE and run Combofix.

Combofix got flageged by MSE lol

[atom608]

try to check how much ram is used

well had that kind of problem earlier today too and a clear CMOS seemed to work, no more lag and no more 96% ram usage at start up

My board has no clear cmos button its a gigabyte z87 HD3

[Benjio]

Combofix got flageged by MSE lol

It's safe, probably just because it is more... powerful (for lack of a better word), than most security scans. Before you run it you should disable MSE (it sometimes can conflict with anti-viruses) and not run any programs. It may seem sketchy, but its a perfectly legit program, I use it at work on every single computer I fix.

 

Edit: Also if you want a safe download site, I always download it from Bleepingcomputer.com (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/)

[Dani360c]

My board has no clear cmos button its a gigabyte z87 HD3

then it should have a CMOS jumper, 2 pins you have to short out

[atom608]

then it should have a CMOS jumper, 2 pins you have to short out

What does clearing cmos do?

[Dani360c]

What does clearing cmos do?

basically resetting Your bios to default, but seems to fix other problems, not sure why 

[brob]

Well when i start my pc and log into windows it lags like shit as in it takes like 2 mins to open a app intill like the pc warms up or some shit after 10 mins after i loged in the pc is fine but before that the hard drive load indicate LED is a solid white which means its doing something and im just wondering if its my hardrive causing it? its a wd 1tb black probably the hdd causing it since its slow compared to a ssd right? or my anti virus? I use microsoft security essentials 

 

This can happen when updates are being downloaded in the background. If you have automated backups or av scans, they may start/restart if they were interrupted/missed because of a shutdown.