Processor Issues
 

I have some more issues.

So my processor is acting up... I check my speed often by right-clicking My Computer in the Start menu (I'm running Windows XP Home). Recently my speed has been particularly low. Usually it's around 1.99 GHz but now it goes as low as 450 or so which is dreadful.

I'm on Service Pack 3 also, which I think might contribute to the issue.

I have an AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+
and
ATI Radeon Athlon Xpress 200 Series

It's an HP laptop: Hp Pavillion zv6000

I'm all up to date on the drivers, I think. Any ideas?

Additional Spam:
I guess I forgot to mention my actual issue: my computer is acting super slow for some unknown reason.

Sounds like thermal throttling to me, what are your temps on load?