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Dell Inspirion 8000 performance issue

Mar 22, 2005 8:48AM PST

Have a wierd problem with this laptop that I've had since new (about 5yrs old), which has only recently cropped up. Every time I go online (dialup), after about 5min the processor peaks at 100% usage and the system slows to almost a halt. Even after I get off-line, the processor continues this way until I reboot.

I ran updated virus (AntiVir) and Spyware (AdAware and Spybot) get nothing beyond a few tracking cookies. It's a 750mz Celeron w/128 mem. I run Hijack This to check runnning processes -- nothing out of the ordinary. Any thoughts?

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