The problem I have is that when I use my mouse to open something, there is hesitation before it opens the command. Sometimes it's worse than others. I try to restart my computer, and sometimes it seems to help, and other times it doesn't.
There are a number of things that can cause this problem, the most likely being that something is using 100% of your CPU cycles. Since you are a novice, we will take a slightly more circuitous route that, still, will get us to a useful place.
Start by doing a "three-fingered salute"--that is, press the
[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] key combination
once. This will bring up the
Task Manager window. Copy down the list of running programs that appears there, and post it.
How do you hook to the Internet? Which anti-virus program are you running? Has your son scanned your system for adware or spyware lately?
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