Wolf K wrote:

1. The CPU was at 100% whenever I browsed (more on that later)
2. The RAM is pretty much at 90% almost all the time (give or take)
3. The NETWORK isn't doing anything (but Windows update on the side)

That means there's very little room for adding and removing OS/program
modules and data as needed.

I was wrong on the RAM percentage.

I installed SpeedFan and watched the CPU with a Chromium-baed browser,
which predictably hit 100% when in use and 0% when not, where the RAM in
Task Manager only hovered around 60% to 68% while the CPU temperature was
from about 151dF to 167dF in SpeedFan.

Everything is better though, now that I deleted all the Google stuff, all
the java stuff, all the updaters, and anything else I could, like Avast.

It still hits 100% every time I use a Chromium-based browser, but it is
barely useable. As someone said, it 'walks' but it won't run.

Here's a screenshot at 0%
https://s18.postimg.org/iuyuw3np5/image.jpg

And, a few moments away from that at 100%
https://s18.postimg.org/acpersjrd/100.jpg

The only thing that changed between them was the web browser.