Posted on 10/12/2015 6:09:37 AM PDT by GregB
After I upgraded to Windows 10 my computer slows down slowly after I start it.
Could be a memory leak.
Reboot it, then start up Resource Monitor and minimize it.
When it starts to slow down, bring it back up and see that’ll tell you what’s gone gibsmedat.
Ages old Freeper response for any pc related tech question.
The laptop is running smoothly now. The older box still gets some lockup/blue screen problems. The main problems I had with both upgrades had been drivers. In the old box the video driver is still a little shaky (newer nVidia PCIe card). The laptop which was purchased earlier this year had a complete network adapter meltdown and required a clean install. If you can't fix your issues, I would probably take this route. You probably have some stuff that is in conflict and Windows needs a Heimlich maneuver to cough up the hairball.
Back up your data and word files and be prepared to reinstall all your programs.
On a positive note, it is easy to get used to. Much more so than 8, which I despised. Navigation is a little different but much more intuitive.
I have tried many Linux distros in the past but have found that they are not ready for prime time. I am an enterprise user and need to use legacy software.
Ultimately the OS will become much less important if the Software as a Service (SAAS) model becomes more dominant. This is where you access the software via the web without needing to install it. For example, Office 365 works this way.
Right click on the Start button then click on Command Prompt (Admin) then type: SFC /scannow <- space between SFC and the /
See if that helps. It worked for me when I did an upgrade.
Type: SFC /? to see what it does along with other commands.
I eventually did a clean install. If you do that then back up all files including your bookmarks and email.
Being chronically annoyed wathcihing the spinning circle knowing it is a bunch of crap starting I do not care about, I will give your idea a whirl.
Far as picking from a list, most all I have seen are rather cryptic in name, so hard to tell what they are if worth enabling.
I know too many "update" checks are going on at startup that I do not give a crap about.
Also try Speccy to monitor the temperature. Maybe you have some cobwebs in the computer. It happens around this time of year.... https://www.piriform.com/speccy
I know that XP is not supported. It works, while the new ones do not.
Linux will not run Eagle, Alibre, and other applications.
I use a firewall and don't search.
Hey, if Microsoft would honor their commitment to backwards compatibility, I would be all over that new crap. The point is, I can no longer earn a living because Microsoft rendered important third party software useless.
I also find that the new younger set of Microsoft programmers do not know how to handle hardware. Their new USB mouse drivers they foisted upon me without my permission interpret single clicks as a double click. It seems they forgot all about contact bounce.
Get Microsoft to return to the old, better, common dialog boxes and hardware drivers.
Listen, I'm not being a doomsayer or a negative Nancy. You are seriously at risk online with XP. I'm sorry that your products don't work in newer operating systems, but you might want to consider deploying XP in a confined virtual environment without Internet connectivity. There are open, active, and well-published exploits out there for XP now. You are technically playing with fire by using the operating system.
This is VERY well-documented. Please do your research. Do NOT become a statistic.
I am aware of the problems. I require the use of my tools. Microsoft is working really hard to deprive me of those tools AND make my computer into an imperial slug.
Is there a way to return to the original behavior of the common dialog boxes and the classic pane layout in the Windows Explorer?
Without knowing the specific ask, I can’t say for sure. Microsoft has maintained the “Classic” look for Windows Explorer all the way up to Windows 10. You just have to configure the folder to look the way you want it and set the default folder behavior as such.
I’m using Windows 8.1 and require many of my folder views to look a specific way. I am able to customize and maintain that view, but I’m so far removed from using Windows XP, I honestly couldn’t tell you how the interface looked to tell you definitively that you could do it. I’d bet you could get pretty darn close, though, if that’s your only ask.
BOOKbump
Dang key board.
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