I believe this is a Windows 11 issue. I have not been able to solve this. I want to make a fresh Windows install, but I'm waiting for release of gen 5 NVMe SSDs first.
Windows 11 Professional slow to open games and programs on NVMe
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First of all here is my system info:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name RJOHNSON11
System Manufacturer Default string
System Model X670E Steel Legend
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU Default string
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor, 4501 Mhz, 16 Core(s), 32 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends International, LLC. 1.11.AS01, 11/1/2022
SMBIOS Version 3.4
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASRock
BaseBoard Product X670E Steel Legend
BaseBoard Version Default string
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Off
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.22621.819"
Username rjohnson11\johns
Time Zone W. Europe Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.1 GB
Available Physical Memory 23.6 GB
Total Virtual Memory 35.6 GB
Available Virtual Memory 26.2 GB
Page File Space 4.50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualisation-based security Running
Virtualisation-based security required security properties
Virtualisation-based security available security properties Base Virtualisation Support, UEFI Code Readonly, SMM Security Mitigations 1.0, Mode Based Execution Control
Virtualisation-based security services configured Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity
Virtualisation-based security services running Credential Guard, Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity
Windows Defender Application Control policy Enforced
Windows Defender Application Control user mode policy Off
Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View
A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.
System specs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950, 32GB Corsair Dominator DDR5 6000KHZ, Corsair MP 600 Pro 2TB NVMe, Corsair HX1000 PSU, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 and the motherboard is an ASRock X670E Steel Legend with the latest BIOs.
Launching any game whether it is a stand alone game or an internet based game (such as Diablo 3) takes a lot of time. I believe there is already an investigation into whether or not NVMe SSDs with Windows 11 is the cause.
I have run msconfig and removed everything from startup. Still the program remains.
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Anonymous
2023-01-06T15:08:29+00:00 -
Anonymous
2022-12-15T12:06:45+00:00 Feedback given. An in-place upgrade did not improve performance in any way. I will make a fresh install when I have a new gen 5 NVMe SSD (I assume that will be January 2023).
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Lester Bernard Reyes 80,780 Reputation points Independent Advisor2022-12-14T03:52:33+00:00 Hi, thank you for the detailed reply, if none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.
Kindly follow the steps from this link:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...
In addition, if you continue to experience the issue even after trying the steps above and if you feel that this is with regards to the recent upgrade, what I can highly suggest is to post the issue on the feedback hub so that developers will also be aware of this problem and hopefully the fix will apply as soon as possible.
To send Feedback: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sen...
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Anonymous
2022-12-13T20:23:56+00:00 All of these steps have been taken per your advice and still the issue remains. If a Microsoft tech is monitoring this forum I am willing to send any info to Microsoft as needed.
If a solution cannot be found I will do a clean system install in January/February 2023 when the new gen 5 NVMe SSDs become available.
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Lester Bernard Reyes 80,780 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2022-12-12T13:56:07+00:00 Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.
I understand the issue you have, there is nothing to worry I am here to help, I know some of these steps are already done, you have just skipped it if you think it will have the same result.
Method 1. Do clean boot:
A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs, so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program.
- In the search box on the taskbar, type msconfig and select System Configuration from the results.
- On the Services tab of System Configuration, select Hide all Microsoft services, and then select Disable all.
- On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select Open Task Manager.
- Under Startup in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then select Disable.
- Close Task Manager.
- On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select OK. When you restart the computer, it's in a clean boot environment.
troubleshooting reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...
Method 2. Run memory diagnostic tool: Memory diagnostic tool is a RAM test to check if there is any issues with RAM.
- Press Windows key + R then type in mdsched.exe hit OK then restart the device.
Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.
Bernard