skeetermcbee
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Running Windows 8.1 on Lenovo G505s with 6 GB ram and 2.4 GHz 4-core CPU.
For the past week or so, I noticed that my laptop has been running slightly slower, has gaps or pauses where no user input is accepted, and my battery has not been lasting as long. Today, I looked at my task manager to kill a non-responsive app, and noticed 80% of my memory was in use, and 70% of my CPU was used up. Turns out both the top spots are taken by "Service Host: Local Service" which is using 15.9% CPU and 359.3 MB RAM. I use this laptop every day for school where for about an hour, I don't have access to a charger, so I need to have as many high profile tasks killed as I can safely do so. The processes running inside Local Service are:
The high CPU usage gets worse when I don't have a separate mouse plugged in because my Touchpad drivers take up anywhere from 13-50% CPU, which has been slowing me to a crawl. Is there anything I can do to keep my computer running, but with more available resources short of going out an buying more? I have to be at school with this machine in 2 hours.
For the past week or so, I noticed that my laptop has been running slightly slower, has gaps or pauses where no user input is accepted, and my battery has not been lasting as long. Today, I looked at my task manager to kill a non-responsive app, and noticed 80% of my memory was in use, and 70% of my CPU was used up. Turns out both the top spots are taken by "Service Host: Local Service" which is using 15.9% CPU and 359.3 MB RAM. I use this laptop every day for school where for about an hour, I don't have access to a charger, so I need to have as many high profile tasks killed as I can safely do so. The processes running inside Local Service are:
- DHCP Client
- HomeGroup Provider
- Security Center
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
- Windows Audio
- Windows Connection Manager
- Windows Event Log
The high CPU usage gets worse when I don't have a separate mouse plugged in because my Touchpad drivers take up anywhere from 13-50% CPU, which has been slowing me to a crawl. Is there anything I can do to keep my computer running, but with more available resources short of going out an buying more? I have to be at school with this machine in 2 hours.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo G505S
- CPU
- AMD A10 4-core APU
- Memory
- 6 GB 800 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD 8650G
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1) 1366x768 2) 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB WD
- Keyboard
- Dynex generic keyboard
- Mouse
- Dynex generic mouse
- Internet Speed
- 20 Mbits/s up, 5 Mbits/s down
- Browser
- Chrome x64
- Antivirus
- AVG Free 2015