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H Kalsi View Member Profile	Sep 7 2009, 05:33 PM Post #1
New Member Group: New Member Posts: 1 Joined: 7-September 09 Member No.: 87,783 Operating System: XP	Hi I have a dell vostro laptop - worked fine up until around a month ago. Suddenly, occasionly there is now ridiculously high cpu usage. Im not sure if this coincides with the high cpu usage, but from time to time the laptop will start behing seriously slow - being reall jerky. Not sure what this is - malware, virus? Help please! Thanks in advance..

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appleoddity View Member Profile	Sep 25 2009, 08:25 PM Post #2
SuperMember Group: Tech Team Posts: 1,941 Joined: 7-January 09 From: Flint, Michigan Member No.: 83,485 Operating System: Windows XP, Server 2003/2008, Linux	bump

jephree View Member Profile	Sep 25 2009, 08:48 PM Post #3
Advanced Member Group: Tech Team Posts: 813 Joined: 10-March 05 From: Key West Member No.: 27,393 Operating System: Win 7_64 Ultimate	Sorry for the slow response. See what you can find of interest in your Event Viewer as seen here: http://forums.whatthetech.com/How_use_Even...wer_t83541.html

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