Hello Reble,
Sorry, for the delay.
Thanks, for posting the Speccy results.
In reviewing this thread, I see you have not addressed many of my questions. For me/us to properly diagnose the issues your having with your Presario C700 Laptop, I/we need you to answer my/our questions or we go nowhere with getting your issue resolved in a timely manner.
Speccy results show your Laptop is running very hot. The amount of memory installed is not adequate to property run Windows 7. A 32-bit system is only capable of running a maximum of 4GB of Ram. Windows 7 needs a minimum of 3GB of Ram to properly run. You have 2GB of Ram installed, not enough.
Zone Alarm is a resource hungry program, and should not be used on your system. You would be better off to use a light weight AV with Windows Firewall. This will help considerably with your limited amount of system resources.
Please, go to Crucial.com, download the memory scanner, then post the results here.
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Questions:
1. Do you know your Laptops history? Did you buy it used or upgrade the operating system to Windows 7 yourself?
2. What method are you using to reinstall your OS, from a HDD partition, Installation OEM software from your System Builder, store purchased OEM software, or a Windows ISO installation?
3. After you reinstalled the OS, what programs have you added back? This is important.
We will need to look into Device Manager and MSCONFIG more later.
4. Do you use a Malware program?
5.Do you have any external USB devices attached to your Laptop?
To address your earlier question in regards to your CPU being overclocked. The answer is no, without going into the details, your Laptop is not capable of adjusting CPU speed.
Please, address each question to the best of your ability, thanks.
John