PC is almost completely unusable today, is this MS recent bug fix???

sdowney717 · 12 Feb 2018

It refused to open a new tab in the browser.
It was running way beyond slow.
I managed to power down and it claimed going to install updates.
then on boot said wait while installing, hit4%, then 100%, it barley manages to finally boot.

Everything is unusably slow now.
Seriously, load a web page and walk away, eventually after about 5 minutes the page displays.

Is this that fix for those 2 serious bugs? If so, this PC is now an unusable piece of crap.
I am typing in on a linux PC, no way I could do this on the affected PC. Yesterday the PC worked fine.

Cpu is core2duo E6550.

Bree · 12 Feb 2018

sdowney717 said:

Is this that fix for those 2 serious bugs?

We cannot say without knowing which update it was. What does your 'installed update history' say it was?

sdowney717 · 12 Feb 2018

ok, I dont notice a very recent update, except adobe flash.

I do notice a reset pc option, is it worth trying? As it is, the pc is worthless.

indianacarnie · 12 Feb 2018

You're spec.'s say you are running Win7. Is that the case? If so, while we have some very good people here with much knowledge about 7, I would venture to say that you might get faster help for your problem at our sister site sevenforums. Here's a link in case you haven't been there before. Many of us migrated here from there years ago.

Windows 7 Help Forums

sdowney717 · 12 Feb 2018

I am running win10 pro, the picture shows a win10 screen too. I have many pc's running various OS, I keep using the same login to various forums

indianacarnie · 12 Feb 2018

Yeah I saw that after I posted. Have you tried a system restore to a point before this happened?

sdowney717 · 12 Feb 2018

indianacarnie said:

Yeah I saw that after I posted. Have you tried a system restore to a point before this happened?

No, have not yet. I suppose wirth trying, HOWEVER!, that ms bug fix for those 2 serious CPU bugs may be silent, meaning it wont show in a list. DOES anyone know??

indianacarnie · 12 Feb 2018

Did you update anything else? Third party programs/app.'s? Have you tried running your A/V? Malware scans?

sdowney717 · 12 Feb 2018

All I use is the MS built in malware that comes preloaded.

No updates that I did.

indianacarnie · 12 Feb 2018

No , no word about those yet. Ones been "fixed" for awhile, meltdown, and I have it installed with no problems. Not sure if they've released the Spectre fix yet.