simon43

As mentioned, there are absolutely no issues with the SSD - it is maybe 95% empty.....

The SSD is a recent upgrade to the old HDD and it was formatted and installed with Windows 10. It runs much faster than the old HDD and there are very few apps installed on this SDD.

It's a SSD. SSD or HDD is irrelevant for my post. I already mentioned that the memories are under very light load - the laptop is not having to write/read from the SDD (or HDD) because it has enough RAM for continuous operation. The only item under heavy load is the CPU - see my screengrab below. When I say that it is my backup laptop, it is used every day and so it's not a question of waiting for Edge/Microsoft to load/update - the computer is running for maybe 18 hours every day. Thanks for the Slimjet suggestion - I'll try this.

The RAM is not a problem - the RAM usage/load is never more than 50%.

Yep, that may be it >> Windows 10 running on an older machine. For the apps that I need I could run something like puppylinux. Perhaps I'll install Puppy on a USB stick, boot from that stick and then look at the task window (is there one in Puppy?) to show the CPU load.

The app you linked to is useful and I downloaded it. But it doesn't seem to show what services I can disabled without any negative effect on my laptop. For example, there are more than a dozen ServiceHost services running. Can I disable any of them? How do I know which are not needed (if any)?

My SSD has about 80% free space and the load on it is about 5%. As for service running in the task bar, of course there are many, but I have no ideas which ones need to be running for correct laptop operation. (Is there an app that will disable any services that are not needed?)

Naturally I have already checked the task bar for active apps. Apart from Microsoft Edge, there are none. (Is there an alternative browser that uses less CPU resources?)

This is my back-up laptop. It has an Intel Celeron N3060 CPU at 1.6GHz, 2 core, an SSD hard disk drive and 4GB of RAM. There are no start-up apps running and I am only running Microsoft Edge browser. My antivirus software finds no viruses.... However, although the memory and disk usage is very low, the CPU load is typically between 80-100% and I'm not sure why! Surely a laptop of this type should be able to run an internet browser without hitting 100% CPU load. Any suggestions what might be causing this problem or things to check etc? Thanks.

I've still got some XRP that I bought in 2018. This recent price increase means that I'm only 50% down on my investment!

I have the same problem, so it might be useful for you to link to the other thread if you can.

Please explain, especially with reference to the density of fresh water, salt water and the human body (with and without air in the lungs) etc.

I thought the Welsh only liked sheep.....

No problem, no onward ticket required, get your 30-day visa on arrival at Vientiane immigration.

Luckily, apart from excluding the 8-year condition, my cover was accepted at normal rates.

When I recently applied for medical insurance, (after my existing provider cancelled my policy for failing to declare a pre-existing condition from some 8 years ago), I declared EVERY medical condition and treatment that I have had from 11 years old........ ????

(Also just added one idiot who is trying to mess up this positive thread to my ignore list)

Amateur radio (I'm living in Laos right now, so am about the only shortwave radio ham) Building and testing different antennas Receiving pictures from the various weather satellites and international space station.

Just out of interest, If you started posting in 2003, why are you member 261,089? From Simon43 (member #174 from 2003)

He would probably accused the OP of trying to b*gger him!!

My understanding is that in order to extricate the woman from the escalator, the trauma team decided to amputate her leg, but that this was then reattached in the hospital.

I don't play golf, never have. I wasn't aware that one was even allowed to use any form of mechanical or electronic aid. IMHO, ALL such devices should be banned. If you can't estimate the distance, go get some better glasses!

It seems from close friends' comments that he died of an aneurysm, which is a very unlikely way at 30 years old unless one were taking steroids. Steroid freaks on this forum might disagree but trust me, you are taking a huge risk of following in Jo's footsteps. Seems to be the Chang guys have found the right solution for living to a reasonable old age...

Ah, good British eccentricity!

As a Brit with absolutely no interest in USA politics, I'd say that it looks/sounds like President Biden is simply displaying the gradual loss of brain function that many (most?) elderly people experience. It's time he was replaced with his vice-president - he's simply too old and can no longer do his job effectively. Now whether Harris is up to the job or any other US politician, all I can say is that ALL (100%) of US politicians seem to be total nutjobs anyway, similar to the majority of the US population in fact ???? I guess there are some mentally-stable and intelligent yanks out there somewhere, but IMHO few and far between!