Computer Problem?

[Geaney]

I offer the following suggestion purely on the basis that it happened to me and it's easy to check.  A few years ago I had a HP laptop that suddenly became so slow as to be unusable.  I keep my PC's in good shape so I figured this was either a malware infection or a hardware problem.   Since the PC was running too slow to troubleshoot for malware I decided on some very basic stuff.   I removed the battery and ran the PC direct for the charger.  The PC was instantly restored to it's former speed!  A new battery and all was well once again.   I don't know the details but the little monitoring circuit inside each battery can cause various problems including bringing the PC to a virtual halt.

Not all laptops will power up with the battery removed but luckily mine did.  It takes no time to check and might help out.

Cheers,   John