Toshiba Satellite C55D-B5310 running SLOW

I purchased this laptop 3 months ago.  When I first login with password, and try to open any programs, including Word, Excel, or my Quicken program, they're VERY slow to load.  Even after I get one of those programs loaded, Word for instance, opening a existing Word document is slow. Also, when I first get onto the web, every click to open a website is slow.  I don't have much in the way of music on my computer, and have no movies.  Any ideas?  Time to send it to Toshiba for repair? 
This is a Toshiba Satellite C55D-B5310, AMD Quad-core (A8-6410),  Part No. PSCN4U-00T019
Thanks!!!

Satellite C55D-B5310
This is an experiment to learn more. What happens in Safe Mode with Networking? Are things still slow?
Open the System Configuration utility (msconfig.exe), set it this way, OK out, and restart Windows.
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