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Recently my laptop has become really sluggish. I have Windows 7 and Windows Explorer often freezes or the hour glass comes up and never goes away. I often can't close windows, and when I do, again the hour glass comes up and spins forever!
I will then check task manager and no programs will be running, a lot of processes are happening, but just becoming very aggravating. Often have to restart once before I can simply use the internet. I did upgrade to internet Explorer 9 (big mistake) but I can deal with Firefox, but often have the same overall issues!
I do have spyware and virus protection, and have done a few FULL scans and nothing comes up, I just downloaded malwarebytes also and did full scans and again nothing comes up.
I really would love to have this fixed, without simply formatting and reinstalling Windows.
If you want me to, I can post a HiJackThis log file, in case that would be helpful.
1First, check the task manager to see if anything is running. Be sure to check/click the "show processes from all users" box/button and sort on the CPU column. If you don't have a virus and something is running out of control, you will see it there. – e40 – 2011-09-16T00:44:55.107