My wife's PC (win 10, 22H2) is awfully slow. Every single app on the task bar takes about 10 seconds to react and then it takes another 10 to 15 seconds until it's ready to be used. I ran a defrag but it didn't make a difference. Are there any suggestions where I could start looking? She's breathing down my neck.
Does she have One Drive installed? If she doesn’t use it, then uninstall it in control panel. I’ve found it can make things lag a lot if running in the background.
Also as Samuria said - it depends on the processor and amount of ram etc. But to speed up a slow computer
1) Uninstall one drive
2) Go to personalisation and turn off transparency
3) Settings - type background apps in the search box. Open background apps - turn off everything except the essentials (eg Mail and clock you can leave on). This stops all the apps running in the background - if you want to use then they just start up anyway when you open them.
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Also - check how full the hard drive is - is there much space left?
History please... (so often not given)My wife's PC (win 10, 22H2) is awfully slow.
- when was it last not 'slow'?
- what change occurred that might have resulted in this? (update, installation, cat walked on keyboard...)
Resource usage.
Log in as normal. Wait 3 minutes, Then please post a screenshot of the task manager, Processes tab, showing any columns of high usage organised high to low by clicking on the appropriate column header.
Boot to Safe Mode.
Is the PC still 'slow'?
Boot time
How long does it take to boot from power up to the lock screen?
And as asked, full specs please, including the disk(s). Make, model, approx age
Click My Comupters below my post for an example.
- and the forum prompted you to give the full windows build number (why? so we don't have to keep asking). Eg. 19045.3930
Does the computer still has a HDD?
Please give us ALL the hardware hardware specs. It will help us to help you
System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
chkdsk c: /f
It will say your disk is in use and ask if you want to schedule to next start = yes
Restart
Back to Windows, open a CMD window as administrator and type:
sfc /scannow
If it finds any corrupted files, fixing or not, reboot and run again
Then run
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
and
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
Check disk log Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer
OK, here are the specs:
Inspiron 3655, 8GB RAM, AMD A8-7410, HDD-25% free, Build 19045.3930.
No OneDrive installed
The computer is +- 12 years old, correct?
Did you run the repair commands I've posted?
I would say that the HDD is dying. Please make a backup of all the personal data on it on an external drive.
Check your disk- Crystal Diskinfo, Hard Disk Sentinel.
Note: if you don't or can't give us info requested, you'll make no progress.
The PC was purchased new about 5-6 years ago.
I tried the chkdsk command but it's not running because the volume is used by another process.
There's no app running at all.
FYI. Also it's worth trying a clean boot.
Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts
Disable third party programs from running at startup if they're not needed all the time,
Add, Delete, Enable, or Disable Startup Items in Windows 10
Run a cleanup.
Open and Use Disk Cleanup in Windows 10
Free Up Disk Space Now with Storage Sense in Windows 10
Check background apps.
Turn On or Off Background Apps in Windows 10
If it's still slow after that let us know and ask for more help.
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