Slow PC, Health Report says Device Disabled but Dev. Mgr. says its ok


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    Slow PC, Health Report says Device Disabled but Dev. Mgr. says its ok


    My PC has slowed to a crawl. Performance monitor says CPU is constantly 50-60% busy with nothing happening on the screen. System Health Report says A device is disabled preventing it from working properly.Details:The device, Officejet 4500 G510n-z, is disabled. If this device is no longer used it may be intentionally disabled. The Plug and Play ID for this device is ROOT\MULTIFUNCTION\000

    Yet Device Manager says device is working properly.

    When I Googled the problem, many sites suggest that malware is to blame. I have had McAfee Security Suite running all the time and McAfee system scans say no problems exist. Can someone suggest a course of action?
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    What processes are using up the CPU cycles as shown in Resource Monitor? Rank them from most to least using the CPU column header.

    I wouldn't necessarily trust McAfee here and would download and run something like Malwarebytes.

    Does the Officejet in fact work OK and does this problem go away if it is disconnected?
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  3.    #3

    One of the worst infections we see here is MucAfee AV. I would replace it now with Microsoft Security Essentials and your problems may go away.

    If not work through these troubleshooting steps.
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  4. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks to those who replied as the problem appears solved. Malware Bytes did not find any problems but seemed to eliminate the slowness anyway.
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