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    Question Absurdly high memory usage, memory in task manager doesn't "add" up correctly

    Modest laptop but used to work very well until a few weeks ago: Intel core i3-3217U 4 gb ram intel hd graphics 4000 My issue is that even 4 tabs on google chrome prompts a memory alert. I can't use an IDE while having browser tabs open anymore. At idle the computer is about 40% memory usage...
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    windows 7 not booting past startup screen occasionally

    Now it's having problems opening up executable files so I did the common registry trick and restarted it but it's been "shutting down for 10 mins already"
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    windows 7 not booting past startup screen occasionally

    Recently as i was just about to fall asleep but it did load up surprisingly...it was about 8 or 10 mins at that windows starting screen....I wonder why it used to be so fast....
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    windows 7 not booting past startup screen occasionally

    My laptop has recently been having problems. The strange thing is when I get to windows it's fine but obviously sometimes I have to restart my comp especially since it's a fresh install...just got drivers etc. It's an msi gs70 2pe with an 870m gpu. It had recent problems because prior to this...