It not even always clear which applications are doing so, since some programs can run in the background without displaying an icon in the taskbar. Some of these programs are also set to start up every time you boot up your computer. Now, these programs arent always malicious in nature, just resource intensive. The answer for some is to uninstall them, while for others, you want to make sure that they only run when needed. Of course, applications arent always to blame for a slow computer,...