IT Queries: Computer problems answered

Over the last couple of months, my outlook has become very slow — so slow that when I go to type a reply – I have to wait for the letters that I type to appear on the screen.
I have XP Pro SP2 and have even gone to the trouble of doing a clean install of all my disk. I have Norton up to date and running as well as using Window Defender and Spybot with no viruses etc found.
I don’t seem to have the same problem at different times of the day or even on weekends.
Any clues??

The quickest way of finding what is tying up your system is to press the Ctrl, Alt and Delete keys at the same time to bring up the Windows Task Manager.

In the Task Manager box, there is tab marked as Processes. The two right hand columns on that list show what is using the memory and the CPU processes.

Once you’ve identified what processes are hogging the system, you can then search the net for those processes to find if they are legitimate and what the problem might be.

One problem we have encountered is the Windows Update service which we have covered previously. It might be worthwhile checking this is not affecting you.

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