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Dell Inspiron 1525 - CPU high

Discussion in 'Dell' started by Paul252526, Dec 22, 2009.

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Hi

Happy Xmas first of all. I have had a Dell Inspiron 1525 for about 1 yearr now, recently it takes ages to load up (timer continues to swirl around for ages) and the IE browser is very slow. I checked the Task Manager and notice that the CPU readings seem to jump through the roof each time I open an application or programme. If just IE is open it still runs very high. This all seemed to start when AVG was running scans (which I have since disabled). I also removed the ttb broadband measure metre as this seem to put the CPU through the roof. I have Windows Vista on the machine.

Any ideas of a fix or advice on what to uninstall or install?

Regards

Paul

Paul252526, Dec 22, 2009

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indyan Notebook Enthusiast

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Why not try HIJACKTHIS once?

indyan, Dec 22, 2009

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Cooling fan. Have you checked to see if its working? Happened to me before and cooling fan was dead

Haulero, Dec 22, 2009

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Cheers lads. I'll have a look at this. Thanks for the feedback.

Paul252526, Dec 24, 2009

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