I have an old desk top which runs XP. For security, I stopped using it for internet access. I do a lot of word processing and church accounts, plus photos and family history using earlier versions of programs that are not happy on later operating systems. Also I do prefer it to the laptop so would like to keep it going, if possible.
Recently, it has chronically slowed down, programs open slowly and sometimes become “not responding”. Even my scanner is painfully slow.
Task manager indicates that the CPU usage is 100%, 99 of which is against svchost. As it is XP, I cannot right-click to display what this covers.
I do hope the old thing is not in its dying throes.
Any suggestions or ideas would be much appreciated, please.
Carol
Recently, it has chronically slowed down, programs open slowly and sometimes become “not responding”. Even my scanner is painfully slow.
Task manager indicates that the CPU usage is 100%, 99 of which is against svchost. As it is XP, I cannot right-click to display what this covers.
I do hope the old thing is not in its dying throes.
Any suggestions or ideas would be much appreciated, please.
Carol
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