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Forum Editor:   Windows Help    Programs using extra CPU/100%
CPU usage   Likes # 0  Hello, a friend of mine recently went
back to using their laptop after their main computer died
(Doesn't receive power, getting it fixed soonish possibly).
Their laptop uses Vista, and they used to mainly use the laptop
around 1 year ago. Since then, their parents sometimes use it to
watch videos/movies, but that's about it.  The issue they are
encountering is, after about 15 minutes of being turned on, the
CPU usage shoots up to 90-100%, even while idle. This makes the
computer, and anything she is running, start to stutter/freeze.
This goes on indefinitely (tested over night, so at least 10+
hours). The laptop has 3 gigs of ram, and has played much more
graphically intense/system heavy things before with minor to no
stuttering/lag. We have both tried looking up possible fixes
(listed below) but so far, nothing has helped.    • Running
multiple virus scans   •