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pspfreak
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I am having a problem where recently my computer feels sluggish. Click down below to view specs. I don't know why but windows sometimes take longer than normal to maximize. My CPU usage isn't above 30% and my GPU has less than 20% usage on it. What could be going on? Games still play fine, and it still boots fast.

 

EDIT: For example when I was hitting post there was a cut in the music im listening to. I have avg installed and malwarebytes. 

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What programs are running in the background when this sometimes occurs?

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But what about programs in the notification area?

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

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Try closing some of the unnecessary ones. Some of them may be interfering with Windows.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

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I looked in task manager and javaw.exe was consuming 13% cpu (a lot for a i7 3770k) so I looked around, well I was deleting stuff in my downloads folder, and low and behold somehow a minecraft server was running on my computer... confusing.

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I looked in task manager and javaw.exe was consuming 13% cpu (a lot for a i7 3770k) so I looked around, well I was deleting stuff in my downloads folder, and low and behold somehow a minecraft server was running on my computer... confusing.

 

Yeah, that's weird. Did you close the server? If so, was the problem fixed?

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You should go through your start up items and " un-check " programs because most of them dont need to start when you power up. In case you dont know how, heres a basic run through.

-start button

-run>type in msconfig

>hit enter

that brings you to the configuration page.

-click selective start up 

-click the start up/menu TAB then go through the list and un-check the programs you dont need at power up (which is most of what you have running in the pic)

-hit apply

-exit and re-start

It should now be much better.

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You should go through your start up items and " un-check " programs because most of them dont need to start when you power up. In case you dont know how, heres a basic run through.

-start button

-run>type in msconfig

>hit enter

that brings you to the configuration page.

-click selective start up 

-click the start up/menu TAB then go through the list and un-check the programs you dont need at power up (which is most of what you have running in the pic)

-hit apply

-exit and re-start

It should now be much better.

i've known that since i was 10.

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If you already knew that, then why have so many un-needed programs running?? No wonder it seems sluggish lol  :rolleyes:

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 A10-6800k, Asrock Extreme 6, 16GB Kingston Hyper X 2133Mhz RAM, Asus 2GB 7770, OCZ vertex 4 128GB SSD, 2TB Barracuda HDD, Rosewill Hive 750 watt supply, and CM Storm Trooper case.

 

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