Please! God almighty! Someone help. Cpu always at 100%

Raffiah

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Mar 1, 2017
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Cpu always at 100% from startup. Nothing really seems to be clogging it up. Im having trouble just opening the fileexplorer. Theres like a 1 minute plus lag with everything I do.
 
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What CPU is it?

It could be windows update working in the background.

It could be a virus. download malwarebytes free, install, go to safe mode and run a scan.

bentejas10

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Feb 16, 2017
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Have you opened task manager to see what was using the CPU? It gives percentages and tells you how much percent each program is drawing. It might be hidden malware so try scanning with an Anti Virus if you didn't get anything from the task manager. You can just uninstall or make it so that the program isn't allowed to run in the back round if you find out whats doing it.
 

cbag

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What CPU is it?

It could be windows update working in the background.

It could be a virus. download malwarebytes free, install, go to safe mode and run a scan.
 
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