My Windows 7 has been running really slowly all of a sudden

I have a mid-2012 Macbook Pro (2.9Ghz, 8GB, 750GB) with 10.9.2.
I recently installed Windows 7 Professional with bootcamp, and everything was fine at first. I was running my games and applications with no problems. However, all of a sudden, things have been running very slowly. I can no longer run my games as they take forever to load, and everything is too laggy to be practical in general. It's not an illegal copy of Windows 7 so that's not the problem.
I have no clue how to address this, as things were running perfectly fine before. Is it a bootcamp problem, a windows 7 problem, or what...? I've googled but found nothing specific to my problem. Any help would be appreciated.

Unsure, my solution would be to delete then reinstall windows

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I upgrade my mid 2007 IMac to Yosemite and it has been running very slowly since then. I have 3GB of ram. Should I go back to Mavericks?

I upgraded my mid 2007 IMac to Yosemite and it has been running very slowly since then. I have 3GB of ram. Has this been a problem for anyone else?

Your iMac year and model is low on RAM.
3 GBs is really not enough RAM to operate your Mac under OS X Yosemite OR Mavericks smoothly and efficiently.
New Macs now ship with 8 GBs of RAM as minimum, base installed amount of RAM.
Your Mac model can take a maximum amount of 6 GBs of RAM.
I strongly recommend purchasing and installing the necessary RAM amount to meet the 6 GB RAM total.
If you live in the U.S. , Correct, compatible and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
OWC (macsales.com) has the proper RAM module or kit needed to get your Mac to the 6 GB RAM total limit.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/5300DDR2S6GP/
RAM is user installable and is, relatively, easy to install be newbie and novice Mac users.
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2007_mem_h/
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Hi. I tried using Pinterest tonight and got a message that I have a bot in my network..what is this, and how do I get rid of it? My phone has been running really slow too on Safari (but not on Google Chrome)

Hi. I tried using Pinterest tonight and got a message that I have a bot in my network..what is this, and how do I get rid of it? My phone has been running really slow too on Safari (but not on Google Chrome)

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My MacBook Pro has been running very slowly. I've run EtreCheck and will append the results below.

My MacBook Pro has been running slowly, and I'm trying to find a solution to it. I've run EtreCheck and have put the output below. Any help would be appreciated as I'm not a computer expert.
Hardware Information:
    MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,3
    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information:
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
    AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
    OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:20:51
Disk Information:
    Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (308.41 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information:
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Logitech USB Receiver
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
    [not loaded]    com.MCCI.SAMSUNG_A307_Driver_Net_NCMCtrl (2.1.7b7) Support
    [not loaded]    com.MCCI.SAMSUNG_A307_Driver_Net_NCMData (2.1.7b7) Support
    [not loaded]    com.MCCI.SAMSUNG_A307_Driver_Serial (2.1.7b7) Support
    [not loaded]    com.MCCI.SAMSUNG_A307_Driver_USBSendCmd (2.1.7b7) Support
    [not loaded]    com.MCCI.SAMSUNG_A307_Driver_sdmp (2.1.7b7) Support
    [kext loaded]    com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
    [kext loaded]    com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Support
    [not loaded]    com.flipvideo.IOUSBCameraMassStorage (1.0.1) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDIPSupport (1.0.0) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (1.0.7) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSRSupport (3.0.0) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraHSRSupport (3.0.0) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraIPDirect (1.1.4) Support
Launch Daemons:
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.avast.init.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.avast.uninstall.plist Support
    [running]    com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist Support
    [running]    com.flipvideo.FlipShareServer.launchd.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.sierrawireless.SWoCTool.plist Support
Launch Agents:
    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
    [failed]    com.AT&T.attcm_AppStart.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.avast.userinit.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist Support
    [running]    com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist Support
    [running]    com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
    [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
    [loaded]    com.avast.home.userinit.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support
User Login Items:
    GrowlMenu
    AT&T Communication Manager
    FontExplorerXAutoload
    Dropbox
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer
    Wondershare Helper Compact
    RealPlayer Downloader Agent
    TmLoginMgr
    TmLoginMgr
Internet Plug-ins:
    DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.6r636 Support
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.1.18536 Support
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 Support
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.1.18536 Support
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 Support
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Check version
Safari Extensions:
    Facebook Cleaner: Version: 3.2
    Better Facebook: Version: 5.941
    clea.nr Videos: Version: 3.2.0
    avast! Online Security: Version: 8
    AdBlock: Version: 2.4.33
Audio Plug-ins:
    BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
    AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
    AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
    iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
    Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
    AppTrap Support
    avast! Preferences Support
    Carbonite Support
    Flash Player Support
    Growl Support
    MacFUSE Support
Time Machine:
    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
         3%    WindowServer
         1%    fontd
         0%    RealPlayer Downloader Agent
         0%    CarboniteDaemon
         0%    System Events
Top Processes by Memory:
    127 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent
    119 MB    Google Chrome
    98 MB    Finder
    82 MB    Dropbox
    66 MB    Dock
Virtual Memory Information:
    580 MB    Free RAM
    1.63 GB    Active RAM
    785 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.03 GB    Wired RAM
    1.08 GB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs

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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Startup in Safe Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
Repair Disk
Steps 1 through 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Increase disk space.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806
Remove Avast.
http://apple-macintoshsupport.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-do-i-uninstall-avast-free -antivirus.html
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I have a desktop iMac that has been running very slowly lately. I turned off the computer yesterday to initiate a restart and when it came on, the screen was all white and has stayed that way. Please help!

I have a desktop iMac that has been running very slow lately. I turned off the power yesterday, thinking a restart may help. When I turned the power back on, the screen turned white and stayed white. Any ideas???

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My macbook pro has been running really slow out of nowhere

Problem description:
Macbook pro is all of a sudden being extremely slow. Anytime I click anywhere and even whenever I start typing something, the spinning rainbow beachball appears for like 15 seconds before anything happens. And even loading applications and internet webpages also takes a long time. After the problem arose, I upgraded to Yosemite thinking that it would resolve the problem, but it’s still hasn’t changed anything. Just a few months ago I changed my HDD to an SSD, and my mac was working perfectly fine until a few days ago. What’s going on and how can my mac work like normal again? Thanks.
Below is my EtreCheck report
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 16, 2015 at 3:26:40 PM EST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 323
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:25:35
Disk Information: ℹ️
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Samsung 840 EVO (disk1) / : 248.83 GB (232.13 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 249.20 GB Online
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.pharos.notify.plist [Support]
[running] com.pharos.popup.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Caffeine Application (/Applications/Caffeine.app)
Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.6 [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
None
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      7% mds
      5% WindowServer
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
      0% opendirectoryd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
155 MB loginwindow
146 MB Google Chrome
129 MB mds_stores
103 MB Spotify
94 MB Spotify Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
5.20 GB Free RAM
1.99 GB Active RAM
446 MB Inactive RAM
945 MB Wired RAM
1.16 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 16, 2015, 03:02:08 PM Self test - passed

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If you have anti-malware software installed please uninstall it.
Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Yosemite: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.
5. Reinstall Yosemite from Scratch:
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
How to Clean Install OS X Yosemite
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
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My MacBook's Safari is running REALLY slow all of a sudden

I bought my MacBook at the start of this year and it's been all I could have hoped for a more.
In the past day or so, it has been taking a really long time for web pages to load, and especially for clips to download on YouTube (which has not been the case in the past at all). I use broadband internet, but it hasn't passed its download limit.
When i googled this question I saw a post that said someone might have a rootkit (??) installed on their computer, is that at all relevant? Sorry for the hazy questions but I'm not super computer literate and I'm a new mac user.
Thanks!

*Hi Johanna, Welcome* to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
I won't be too much help but if you can still make the thread a question it will attract more attention.
In the mean time:
Check DSL config.
Repair Permissions from Utilities on the HD.
Repair Disk by Utilities on the Install Disk.
Good Luck, JP

Why is my macbook pro running so slowly all of a sudden?

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If you have more than ten or so files or folders on your Desktop, move them, temporarily at least, somewhere else in your home folder.
If iCloud is enabled, disable it.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except keyboard, mouse, and monitor, if applicable. Launch the usual set of applications you use when you notice the problem.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the page that opens.
Select the CPU tab.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Step 2
Launch the Console application in the same way as above, and select “kernel.log” from the file list. Post the dozen or so most recent messages in the log — the text, please, not a screenshot.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Do not post many repetitions of the same message.

Running really slow all of a sudden

what could be the problem. all of a sudden it is running very slow and occasionally even Finder is not responding. is there a disc clean up or something that i could run to help clear up this issue?

Derek,
Open Activity Monitor in your Utilities folder, and let us know what process is hogging your CPU.
;~)

My ipod touch 4g has been running really slow, lagging, and a ton of apps are running slow and crashing, does anyone know what's wrong?

Its not jailbroken, does anyone know whats wrong?

Did you try to reset the device by holding the sleep and home button for about 10sec, until the Apple logo comes back again? You will not lose data by resetting.
If this does not work, set it up as new device, explained here:
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MacBook Pro has been running slow after installing Yosemite

Hey,
I have a MacBook Pro and recently updated from OS 10.6.8 to Yosemite. My computer has been running really slow lately.
Here is my EtreCheck Report:
Problem description:
Mac has been running very slowly
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 18, 2015 at 10:42:01 PM EST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 989
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 2:48:14
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (78.83 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist [Support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
Spotify UNKNOWN (missing value)
uTorrent Application (/Applications/uTorrent.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.1.102.55 [Support]
OVSHelper: Version: 1.0 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 11.1.102.55 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.257
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Searchme [Installed] Adware! [Remove]
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video> [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
DivX [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
MacFUSE [Support]
Perian [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      24% Google Chrome
      12% WindowServer
      4% coreaudiod
      3% Google Chrome Helper EH
      2% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
279 MB Google Chrome Helper EH
176 MB Finder
150 MB Google Chrome
77 MB WindowServer
69 MB Pages
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
171 MB Free RAM
1.28 GB Active RAM
1.14 GB Inactive RAM
821 MB Wired RAM
4.60 GB Page-ins
135 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 18, 2015, 07:54:30 PM Self test - passed
Jan 18, 2015, 06:51:08 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photo Booth_2015-01-18-185108_[redacted].crash

Back up your Mac, if you have not already done so. To learn how to do that read Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac.
You inadvertently installed adware. Eradicating it is simple and you don't have to download or install anything to fix it. For an explanation or how this may have occurred, how to avoid it in the future, and for Apple's recommended solution read How to install adware.
Google Chrome is known to run notoriously poorly on Macs. If you want to run Google Chrome, you may need to install more memory, upgrade your Mac to a newer model, or both. Use Safari or Firefox, both of which will run well and do not litter a system with a plethora of resource - hungry "helpers" and other constantly running intrusive processes such as those Google insists upon installing.
Adobe Flash Player is outdated. If you need to use Adobe Flash Player, you must keep it up to date. New versions appear very frequently.
You are running a torrent client. Doing so will leave you vulnerable to malware, data theft, or both.
Some users have resolved otherwise inexplicably poor performance with an SMC reset. Read and follow all the steps including those that may appear to be inapplicable or trivial.
If your Mac still performs poorly, please determine if the same problems also occur in "Safe Mode":
Safe Mode or "Safe Boot" is a troubleshooting mode that bypasses all third party system extensions and loads only required system components. Read about it: Starting up in Safe Mode
You must disable FileVault before you can start your Mac in Safe Mode.
Starting your Mac in Safe Mode will take longer than usual, graphics will not render smoothly, audio is disabled on some Macs, and some programs (iTunes for example) may not work at all.
Merely starting your Mac in Safe Mode is not intended to resolve the problem, it's to observe its performance without certain additional components.
To end Safe Mode restart your Mac normally. Shutdown will take longer as well.
If none of the above resolves your concern, more information is required. To augment the information you already provided, follow the instructions below.
If your Mac is momentarily unresponsive, consider the following.
Launch the Console app - it is in your Utilities folder. You can find it by selecting Utilities from the Finder's Go menu.
If the log list column on the left is not already displayed, show the log list by selecting Show Log List from Console's View menu. Select Show Toolbar if it is not already shown.
Locate system.log in the list and select it. Many date and time-stamped entries will appear, hundreds of them, and you must find the entries relevant to your Mac's problem.
To do that click the Clear Display button in the Toolbar. All previously displayed log entries will be disappear.
Next: Perform whatever actions cause the Mac to exhibit the slow behavior. If the problem is caused by errors logged by the system, the Console window will show them being recorded in system.log.
One or more of them, along with their time stamps, may reveal the reason for the problem you describe.
Copy and paste those log entries in a reply. If hundreds of the same repetitive messages appear, please edit them before posting. There should be no need for more than a few log entries.
Most of the entries will be cryptic but will contain information you might consider personal such as your Mac's name. If you do not want that information to appear, delete or obscure it when posting your reply. Leave enough information so that the entries can be deciphered.

I have just updated my iMac to Mountain Lion and it is now running really slowly. Is this expected? I feel the functionality is unusable in many places.

Ever since I installed the Mountain Lion update to the OS, my iMac has been running very slowly. I have to wait 25 seconds to come out of a sleep mode. This and a number of other issues makes the machine unusable. Please tell me how I should try to address this.

Man, do you have Sophos antivirus? If that so, you need to uninstall it the right way:
For Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X version 7.x , go to Macintosh HD|Library|Sophos Anti-Virus.
Select 'Remove Sophos Anti-Virus.pkg'.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
NOTE, if you are running Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X version 4.x, the path in step 1 is Macintosh HD|Library|Application Support|Sophos Anti-Virus.
It seems that Sophos antivirus is crashing ML. They have an update but I'll wait some time becuase I've really had a painful time these days.

After rebooting my Windows Vista 64 bit system, could not access iTunes; after uninstalling I tried reinstalling, but it has been running for more than 24 hrs. Should I cancel installation?

I had been updating my Windows Vista 64 bit system and as a result of a problem, had to reboot my system. Afterwards, I was no longer able to access iTunes. I got a message stating that there was a problem with some of the files associated with the application. A phone rep at Apple's Customer Service provided me with emails linking instructions on completely uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes. I did the uninstall, then checked for lingering iTunes files and couldn't completely remove some, but tried intalling the latest version of iTunes. It has been running for roughly 24 hours. The status bar is green all the way across, and when I try to cancel, I get the following message: "Are you sure you want to cancel iTunes installation?" I keep hitting "no," but am staring to wonder if there is a problem with the install. Should it take this long if I have roughly 134 gigs of music? I can still see the music in my computer's C drive, so I am worried that there is an error, perhpas because I didn't clear out all the lingering C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\ and all the lingering C:\Program Files\iTunes\. Any thoughts?

It is not just the HP. I have 3 HP computes and 2 Dell computers. 2 of the HP and 1 Dell suffer the iTunes internet block. Took me a while to figure it out also. But, the one thing that is different on the Dell, is that I can leave iTunes installed and not open it and everything works. As soon as I open it, internet access goes down. BUT secure sites (https:) works fine.

After Firefox has been running a while, every link opens a new window

After Firefox has been running for a while, every link starts opening in a new window. Until today, if I closed Firefox and restarted it, it would stop happening ... until it started happening again. Then today, I closed it down and restarted it, and it was STILL happening. So either I find a solution, or I stop using Firefox on my Mac.
This is a vanilla installation - both for the Mac and Firefox. I don't use the Mac as my main computer. The Mac is running OS X 10.5 8. The problem has existed through many upgrades of Firefox. I always upgrade as requested. This last time, however may have been the killer. A new upgrade was installed right before the problem became unfixable by shutting down and restarting. I'm running Firefox 15.0. I just rebooted, however, and now (for now), it's working properly.
I have no add-ons installed in Firefox.
My only plug-ins are iPhotoPhotocast, QuickTime, SharePoint, and Shockwave Flash.
I've seen multiple reports of this problem on this Web site, but no solutions. Just a generic recommendation to disable add-ons to see which one is conflicting. But I'm running no add-ons. I think there's a bug in Firefox.

If it were an extension or theme or a Mac driver, wouldn't it cause the problem consistently? This only happens after Firefox has been running for a while. I'm using Firefox to type this reply right now, and the problem is not happening.
And it's not because I suddenly start using some offending software. As I said, I don't use the Mac as my main computer. Usually I'll have been using my PC, I'll go back to the Mac to check my email on Firefox, and suddenly the link problem is happening. I only use the Mac to check email on the server before I download it with Outlook (on the PC) so I can delete spam on the server first.

I have Lookout 6.5 running with Windows 7, the process has been running for about 2 months with no problems, but today the Citadel stopped working! I am having a hard time getting it started again, need help!

I have Lookout 6.5 running with Windows 7, the process has been running for about 2 months with no problems, but today the Citadel stopped working!
How could this have happened and what can I do to get it running again?

Didnt realize there was a response, late getting back to you.
Save your process files outside of the NI progam directory (you should have external backups already right ). THey should not be deleted.
Any customizations to the lookout.ini and lookout.sec file may be lost.
Mike
Forshock - Consult.Develop.Solve.

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