Windows 10 slowdown after the upgrade.

[GregB]

After I upgraded to Windows 10 my computer slows down slowly after I start it.

[GregB]

I had Win 7.HP S5510y. AMD Athlon(tm)11 x2 240 processor 2080 GNz 4.00 GB memory

[GregB]

64 bit operating system.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Are you logged in?

[GregB]

?

[P-Marlowe]

Does it speed up when you shut it off?

[Paul46360]

Heard that is happening to Win-blows 7 computers. Sounds as tho u have the same as we have.
May have to buy new and change existing laptop to Linux

[Falcon4.0]

My wife upgraded to Windows 10 and it developed many problems.
We could not even roll it back to Windows 7 as we could not access the "Windows Settings".
The only way to fix it was to do a clean install and that will wipe out any files you have saved on your system.
We did manage to copy most of what she wanted by dragging to a thumb drive before we did the install.
Good Luck.

[GregB]

When I restart it it is all good.

[knarf]

They gave you the candy, but it was laced and you didn't know you were poisoned .... immediately

(non geeks opinion ... basically worthless .... disregard me)

[Paladin2]

Mint Linux takes 12 sec. to get going after 14 sec of POST and BIOS booting.

It shuts down in 4 seconds!

[C210N]

The following applies to W7, perhaps the equivalent applies to W10, YMMV:

I had a VERY slow W7, until I heard and applied the following tip: Run MSCONFIG.exe (from the start menu, and type that app into the edit box). Select the startup tab, and click on “Disable All”.

Typically, you don’t need all that startup crap, and it slows you down. IF/when you do need one of those apps, it can start up dynamically when you need it... not always running at startup. Optional: look thru the list, and re-enable anything that sounds like you want to run from startup.

[TomGuy]

You might try running a registry cleaner. Registries can get loaded with junk.

The freeware version of CCleaner is pretty good for that.
https://www.ccleaner.com/

Also, 4 GB of memory might not be enough. When I got my first Win7 desktop, I put 12 GB in it, and 8 GB in my Win7 laptop.

Additionally, the install may be heavy on security/virus checkers/etc and the Windows indexing. They can slow a computer significantly.

[TomGuy]

Linux

So simple.

How many DOZENS of distros of Linux are there?

[RBStealth]

Doooh! You should have installed PC-Matic now with SuperShield.

[GingisK]

I began to have lots of trouble with WIN7. First, the mouse began to have the affect of double clicking with a single click. The mouse settings were correct. Then common dialog boxes began to have different behavior with each download. Expensive applications I have purchased for my work don't work right any longer. It seems to be a stealth upgrade to WIN10.

I reloaded XP, turned off updates and killed all update services. I loaded the premium version of MalwareBytes to protect the system. I'm a happy camper.

[rarestia]

Click Start and search for “Reliability Monitor.” In there, you’ll see a list of events that are generated for errors. That might help you to identify the culprit. You can also open Task Manager and click the “Startup” tab to identify what’s starting up on boot and what’s affecting the boot process the most.

[GingisK]

Registries can get loaded with junk.

The registry is a bad idea. Everything in it is junk. My strongest beef here are the controls that are not documented.

[Dalberg-Acton]

I like Mint.

[dayglored]

Fellow FReeper Windows 10 tech help? ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[MrB]

Well, at least it slows down slowly.

It would be a real bummer if it slowed down quickly.