Enforcer574
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The new Win8 touch laptop I just got is running ridiculously slow. Apps take minutes to open sometimes because the disk is constantly being used by several processes, even when idle.
The main culprits showing in Task Manager are "Service host: Local system", "Windows Modules Installer Worker", and "Antimalware Service Executable". Between them they are using 97+% of the disk and about 50% CPU constantly. It's gotten a bit better since I uninstalled all the trialware garbage that came on it, including McAfee, which was a massive slowdown. I plan on just using Windows Defender for security but it still says it's turned off, could that be the problem?
But for real, I'm pretty sure McAfee slows down the system more than the viruses.
The main culprits showing in Task Manager are "Service host: Local system", "Windows Modules Installer Worker", and "Antimalware Service Executable". Between them they are using 97+% of the disk and about 50% CPU constantly. It's gotten a bit better since I uninstalled all the trialware garbage that came on it, including McAfee, which was a massive slowdown. I plan on just using Windows Defender for security but it still says it's turned off, could that be the problem?
But for real, I'm pretty sure McAfee slows down the system more than the viruses.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3770k @4.2 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-V LK
- Memory
- 16GB DDR3-2133
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 Gigabyte OC Edition
- Sound Card
- Realtek on-board sound
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 23" LED
- Screen Resolution
- 1080p
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SSD 840 PRO 128GB (Boot drive)
Samsung SSD 830 256GB (Games)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (Everything else)
- PSU
- Ultra X4 Modular 750 Watts
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 912
- Cooling
- Intel BXRTS2011LC Liquid cooler
- Keyboard
- Razer Anansi
- Mouse
- Razer Naga Left-Hand Edition
- Internet Speed
- 95-97mbps (Chattanooga ftw)