something running in the background?

shaun40400

use ccleaner and malwarebytes regularly

shaun40400

found it trustee endpoint protection

agrinnall

You can sort the services by CPU Use to see which ones are taking the most processing power, although you may have to keep your eyes peeled as the list is likely to keep changing.

Knarf44

Shaun

Here's a simple guide to reducing the number of programs starting up every time you boot your computer.

http://www.howtogeek.com/74523/how-to-disable-startup-programs-in-windows/

If you have questions after reading it just post them here and someone will offer help.

GunJack

ey up shaun :wave: - first off, you have ccleaner.

open it, go to Tools on the LHS menu, and select Startup. Right-click and set to Disable on everything EXCEPT your anti-virus and reboot the pc.

Firefox and Flash plugin has been having many problems recently, I had to go back to Opera for streaming radio as it kept screwing up FF. Make sure you check for flashplayer updates (note:- recently, you've needed to uninstall flashplayer before being able to install the latest version) but also check that your FF plugin is updated...