MachineInformation stopped working/ Laptop very slow

Hello,
I tried out the things that I found for this Problem, but it still doesn't work. When I boot my Thinkpad Edge E145 I always get a message that MachineInformation doesn't work. In general the Laptop is very, very slow and a lot of programms stop working sometimes. What can I do?

You can download a free copy of Windows 7, 8, 10 from Microsoft's site and run Windows repair.

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Welcome and Thank you for posting your query on HP Support Forum
It looks like you are facing difficulties with the Touchpad of your Notebook
We will surely assist you with this
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