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Only work in safe mode!
I have read multiple other posts that are similar to this issue but seem to be a different issue. Here is what I have done thus far.
- Reinstall windows
- Disable all startup items before and after the reinstall
- start in safe mode
The only way that I am able to do anything with the computer (Laptop) is to have it in safe mode. Otherwise it is so slow that I can't even click on the start menu. When I press CTRL + ALT + DEL it will wait a moment and then bring up the screen to select shutdown, restart, task manager and some other things or cancel. If i select task manager it will bring it up and I can click on performance and see no unusual memory or CPU usage however; when I look at the CPU indicator light it is almost 100% solid. Another thing that I noticed is that the time is wrong. This tells me that there is a BIOS issue. Not sure if it would tell you the same thing. I went over the BIOS and saw nothing that appeared to be out of place. So my thinking is it could be a BIOS virus. I have read that there are a few of those now that impact windows 7. Essentially a rootkit for windows. One last thing I wanted to add is that it works fine in safemode with networking. That is actually how I am posting right now.
Again this is just where I have gotten on my own, any thoughts on what it could be? All help is appreciated.