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64 bit browsers not running right on 64 bit system
I am having severe problems with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit ,on my Toshiba satellite C870-11H laptop.
It has become more slow and erratic, espesially when using browsers and Windows notepad.
I get long delays when addind new tabs or searching online.
I have tried
IE11, Firefox, Google Chrome, Pale Moon, and Opera all with the same results
All versions were 64 bit.
Apart from when using the above and Windows Notepad, the laptop behaves itself.
I have performed all the recommended solutions,ie full AV scan (Kaspersky TotalSecurity, ADWCleaner, Spybot Search and Destroy, with no infections found.
I have run sfc /scannow, and CHKDSK with no problem.
Just as a test I removed all the browsers, and just installed Pale Moon 64 bit.
The problem remained, but when I replaced PM 64 bit with the 32 bit version,all the slowness disappeared.
(Notepad still plays up though)
The Laptop has 8GB of memory, and plenty of HDD free space.
So it seems that 64 bit browsers are the problem, but I can't see why.
Any ideas anyone?