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

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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?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel Core i5, M460 @2.53 ghz6gbIntel HD Graphics
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion dv6 notebook
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core i5, M460 @2.53 ghz
Motherboard
HP
Memory
6gb
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel Display Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP
Hard Drives
Hitachi
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?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Thanks to those who replied as the problem appears solved. Malware Bytes did not find any problems but seemed to eliminate the slowness anyway.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel Core i5, M460 @2.53 ghz6gbIntel HD Graphics
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion dv6 notebook
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core i5, M460 @2.53 ghz
Motherboard
HP
Memory
6gb
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel Display Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP
Hard Drives
Hitachi
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