Good morning geeks,
For some months now, my computer slowed down considerably. I often observe (in the Windows Task Manager) CPU usage of 50-60% and higher, even when the CPU tab displays mostly 01's and 00's. A separate (or related?) problem is the Firefox which consumes too much memory to the point it has to be restarted a few times per day.
The machine is not new and has only 3GB RAM, but it was not like that before. I am not sure if it is possible for hardware to “degrade” over time, or it needs cleaning-whatever that means, or it the machine was hijacked.
What can be done to check and fix the problem(s) ?
Few details:
Computer: Compaq CQ5320F; about 5 years old;
OS: Win 7, SP 1;
RAM: 3GB;
Paging fie: 3959MB;
Thank you!
Edited by BerDov, 25 June 2015 - 07:00 AM.