I am using a Sony laptop with a i7 and 8GB ram which is not even a year old. I have been using regularly for the from Nov 2014 which was fine But since this Jan i have been trying to install Visual Studio 2013 on this which opened a can full bugs. System keeps on getting blue screen and i have been refreshing/factory re-installing like every day for the past 6-7 weeks trying to make it work for me.
1. First of, why does the HD free space disappear every and every time I install any program like VS 2013 or update through windows updates or through Sony ( 60 GB minus the installation space required for the program or the update itself) .
2. Noticed after one of these windows updates, the processor speed is stuck at way more then the max. ( like at 2.39 GHz compared to reported speed of 1.8 GHz or the max. i have seen at ~2.1 GHz on an i7 4500U before the update). luckily, processor is not toasted hot but the fan ramp up more often.
3. worst of all, each time i install VS, it starts whole recipe for bugs. without the installation of VS laptop works fine other than the first two issues but with VS its more or less like comedy of errors, I guess. I have tried VS 2013 pro , community edition but its the same every time. Fortunately I all i do is to open templates from new project window and wait for crash with a day.
I really need to get VS running on this laptop (cant afford to get a new one now), any suggestions/work-around is appreciated.
please help.
Thank you.