Hi guys,
My PC is suddenly very slow and laggy. For example, it takes a few seconds of a frozen screen before the computer registers that I pressed backspace and the words that I type do not appear in the box without a small delay. Other problems include when I press the windows key, it takes me to a blank screen for a few seconds while the tiles load. If I right click on the desktop, it takes about two seconds (sometimes up to twenty seconds) to open up the little drop down menu. When I click "open new tab" on chrome, the little loading circle appears next to my mouse for a few seconds before the tab opens. I can play games and watch videos still but they are much slower and laggier than before. Also, when I two-finger scroll, my computer freezes for about 15 seconds and then scrolls instantaneously however far I swiped.
My two i7 cores are at about 55 Celsius right now while I am backing up my computer. The HD is at 43.
I'm not sure what is going on:
I have not recently downloaded any new programs.
I ran two different complete virus/malware scans and both came up negative.
I checked if my computer needed defrag and it said no.
I installed all recent updates to windows 8.1.
I restored my computer to an earlier date.
I ran CCleaner.
I disabled any unnecessary startup programs.
I have ensured that no extraneous programs are running.
My computer hovers around 5% CPU, 15% Memory, and 0-1% Disk on the task manager and all of this still happens.
Moreover, I am noticing that a lot of core systems are taking up a lot of power on startup. For example, programs like "system" and "service host:..." sometimes take up 100% of my Disk for a few minutes after startup.
Any help would be appreciated. I feel like I have to resort to a complete system wipe
Is this possibly a hardware issue from carrying my laptop around all day (college student)?
Lastly, I got a blue screen of death earlier today while browsing the web.
My PC is suddenly very slow and laggy. For example, it takes a few seconds of a frozen screen before the computer registers that I pressed backspace and the words that I type do not appear in the box without a small delay. Other problems include when I press the windows key, it takes me to a blank screen for a few seconds while the tiles load. If I right click on the desktop, it takes about two seconds (sometimes up to twenty seconds) to open up the little drop down menu. When I click "open new tab" on chrome, the little loading circle appears next to my mouse for a few seconds before the tab opens. I can play games and watch videos still but they are much slower and laggier than before. Also, when I two-finger scroll, my computer freezes for about 15 seconds and then scrolls instantaneously however far I swiped.
My two i7 cores are at about 55 Celsius right now while I am backing up my computer. The HD is at 43.
I'm not sure what is going on:
I have not recently downloaded any new programs.
I ran two different complete virus/malware scans and both came up negative.
I checked if my computer needed defrag and it said no.
I installed all recent updates to windows 8.1.
I restored my computer to an earlier date.
I ran CCleaner.
I disabled any unnecessary startup programs.
I have ensured that no extraneous programs are running.
My computer hovers around 5% CPU, 15% Memory, and 0-1% Disk on the task manager and all of this still happens.
Moreover, I am noticing that a lot of core systems are taking up a lot of power on startup. For example, programs like "system" and "service host:..." sometimes take up 100% of my Disk for a few minutes after startup.
Any help would be appreciated. I feel like I have to resort to a complete system wipe
Is this possibly a hardware issue from carrying my laptop around all day (college student)?
Lastly, I got a blue screen of death earlier today while browsing the web.