I have had my laptop a month and it has slowed to a crawl?

I have had my laptop for a month now, and it has suddenly slowed to a crawl. i dont download excessive amounts of music/ software but last week, it was quick like it normally is? can anyone help me or let me know if they have had the same thing?
thanks.

Most tech enthusiasts will not run the factory preinstall with all of the sponsored bloatware and duplicate OEM utilities which have much better versions built into Win7. Instead they Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 to free up the OS to run in it's native feather-light, instantaneous state.

Until then you can Clean Up Factory Bloatware to achieve close to the same thing. Just establishing a Clean Boot may solve much of it.

If not work through these Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.