Dear Computing.net, the above system runs very slowly & takes 5 minutes to boot up. Looking in Task manager shows 100% cpu usage with no programs running, svchost.exe is taking 41% with google desk top 60%. I am also running PC-Cillin v14. Do I have some undetected spy/worm/viral activity? Can any body help before the whole thing goes out of the window? Thanks.

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Uninstall Google Desktop and see if the problem goes away.