My beloved lappy is acting strange. CPU is consistently running 90% or higher (though after I wake it up, it will bounce around like crazy) with ~50% RAM usage. And it takes for.ev.er. to open anything. I actually timed it this morning. It took nearly an hour to open my web browser, and then 30 minutes later still hadn't loaded the page. Opening the Control Panel took a good 5 or so minutes and then it got stuck so I couldn't get to what I wanted to do with it. Malware and virus scans haven't picked up any bugs and I've uninstalled just about every program I feel comfortable getting rid of.
Lappy is probably 5 or 6 years old at this point, so I'm wondering if the darn thing's just old and crotchety. Still, I'd like to keep using it cuz I can't exactly afford to replace it right now. So short of opening it up and installing more RAM or a new hard drive, is there anything else I can do? Anyone know of a good (preferably free) clean up program?
Lappy is probably 5 or 6 years old at this point, so I'm wondering if the darn thing's just old and crotchety. Still, I'd like to keep using it cuz I can't exactly afford to replace it right now. So short of opening it up and installing more RAM or a new hard drive, is there anything else I can do? Anyone know of a good (preferably free) clean up program?
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