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Why is my laptop so slow?

rararomara · 2010-03-20 14:32:54

A week ago my laptop just began working really slow, it takes ages to open up a program; impossible to browse the net or even use Microsoft Word. Sounds like some sort of virus, but I have Bullguard which is all the time scanning everything and updating itself. Any way something could have gotten through Bullguard? Or if I…

20-03-2010 2:32pm

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rararomara

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A week ago my laptop just began working really slow, it takes ages to open up a program; impossible to browse the net or even use Microsoft Word.

Sounds like some sort of virus, but I have Bullguard which is all the time scanning everything and updating itself.

Any way something could have gotten through Bullguard?

Or if I just like, rebooted my laptop, would it help?

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#2 20-03-2010 2:44pm

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You might check MyComputer->Properties to check it can access all the RAM it should have, and TaskManager can tell you how busy the CPU is

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