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my pc has become abnormally slow

Anonymous
2022-07-02T20:47:04+00:00

Hi, i have this problem for about 3 weeks, i tried to do many things about it including pc recovery, virus scan and so on. Starting with the assumption that however I have a rather old pc (dell precision m4700) it seems strange to me to have undergone such a drastic change from one day to the next, does anyone know what could cause the problem?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. John DeV 162.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-07-02T21:50:33+00:00

    Hello Daimon_q,

    Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

    Please try the following methods below.

    **Use your Antivirus software to scan your computer for any virus or malware.

    Please try to scan your system using the free edition of Malwarebytes.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

    **Set PC to best Performance

    Press Windows key+R to open Run then copy paste the following:

    %windir%\system32\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

    Press Enter. Under Visual Effects, select "Adjust for best performance"

    Click Apply then Hit Ok

    Note: You'll notice that this will reduce appearance on your system but will greatly improve the performance of your computer.

    **Perform a Clean Boot

    Determine whether a background program or a software conflict is causing the issue.

    Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: msconfig

    Select System Configuration > go to the Services tab.

    Select and make sure to put a check mark on "Hide all Microsoft services"

    Click Disable all.

    Go to Startup tab > Open Task Manager > Disable all the unnecessary services running there. Restart your computer.

    You can check and try the suggested methods in the support article below if it helps.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/tip...

    Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

    Independent Advisor

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