Upgraded from W7 to W10 ( 19043.1165 ). Since then, in tasks as simple as editing plain text, everything will freeze for a few seconds.
I read some tip sheets, removed Slack, and have been watching Task Manager. Plenty of unused space on the HD. The only consistent hog is Chrome taking 1GB.
Installed WinDirStat but nothing there seems to say Here is the problem...
1. The cause MAYBE Avast
I suggest you try as a first step uninstalling it and use the included Windows Security centre
2. Upgrades from 7 to 10 sometimes produce slow performance problems
Now you have upgraded if Windows 10 reports it is activated then if nothing else solves the problem a clean install often does, however you will of course need to consider which apps you have if any that you need to keep. Your personal data can of course be copied to an external before you make the clean install and then copied back.
You are not at that stage yet, but it may come to this. Windows 7 was more than likely installed MBR and the upgrade will also be MBR - if the Dell XPS has UEFI firmware a clean install in UEFI and GPT is recommended against the MBR
3. On the upgrade the old 7 installation is saved for 30 days to allow you to return if necessary. The deletion of that old installation sometimes solves the sow performance. This is done on disk cleanup
4. If you have only just made the upgrade you MAY find that various updates may solve the problem.
Have you checked the Dell site for the upgrades - drivers - especially chipset for 10 if the system is new enough to offer those. Of course LAN, wireless, audio and BIOS are also worth checking on.
5. I should not bother too much about Chrome, as of course each tab opens a separate process on Chrome.
6. Finally for this post I would be going with AVAST at this early stage as the likely cause
Third party AV appas were OK on 7 but are often problem causations on 10
Re my post above if I have the correct Dell
10 is not supported by Dell on that computer
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...-l702x/drivers
so you will have to search individually for your drivers or rely on windows/microsoft updates.
Wow quite a lot of good info there, including the "not supported" bit.
For some reason, I thought most of the boots on the ground was handled by the MS Windows installer. It's the first time I've ever had hardware not be OK for an OS upgrade.
I'll also fold in all the info from your first reply. And thank you so much!
The not supported = simply means Dell do not support it for 10
It is uneconomic for them to provide drivers for 10 on that model
It does not mean you will not find the drivers OR that as I said Windows will not provide them, but of course in the latter case they are - a little bit of a make do - driver.
Open device manager. Is there any yellow alerts of missing drivers?
Make a drive image and save it on another drive in case you decide to go back to win 7 after the 30 days.
Personally I still think Win 7 is a better and safer OS.
Better - maybePersonally I still think Win 7 is a better and safer OS
Safer - I cannot agree
How can an OS without any security updates - at least in the normal way of using 7 be safer than 10.
From Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/wind...rity%20updates.
I am not suggesting that 7 cannot be run with reasonable safety by those who know what they are doing, but IMHO to suggest that 7 is safer than 10 on that short statement, could be very misleading.As of 14 January 2020, your computer running Windows 7 will still function but Microsoft will no longer provide the following:
Technical support for any issues
Software updates
Security updates or fixes
While you could continue to use your PC running Windows 7, without continued software and security updates, it will be at greater risk for viruses and malware. Going forward, the best way for you to stay secure is on Windows 10. And the best way to experience Windows 10 is on a new PC. While it is possible to install Windows 10 on your older device, it is not recommended.
What is safe computing?
- Data has a backup (depends on user)
- Computer is shielded (depends on a good firewall and Antivirus)
- Computer is reliable (you start and it runs)
- No telemetry
- No Privacy violation
I never seen in SevenForums someone complaining that after a update he can't boot or lost his data or computer is slow etc etc.
I've seen here many people that had a un boot able computer after an update (it happened to me). Have seen many that had to do a reinstall, fix boot files etc, etc.
And there is the telemetry and privacy violation.
That is why I say that Win 7 is safer to use than Win 10.
Regarding the Win 7 updates, M$ still provide them for those who pay for them or you can disable WU and use Simplix to be updated without the telemetry and other garbage.
Please accept my apologies I read your post as safer to use in respect of the security risk
as against - more reliablePersonally I still think Win 7 is a better and safer OS.
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