Slow Timeline

Question

Task view / timeline become slower until it lags so much and must restart the pc to make it smooth again

already disable superfetch

disable timeline

still same

Answer 1

I have the exact same problem on my Windows 1803 - if you press Win+Tab or click Task View button on the taskbar, you have to wait up to 2 seconds until it actually opens. I have Timeline + its sync with MS account enabled, and use MS Edge actively so it creates hundreds of [useless] records. It's likely the culprit of the performance degradation, but anyway, it shouldn't lag that much on my AMD Phenom X6 6-core processor and Samsung 950 SSD. MS please fix!

Answer 2

Same on Surface Laptop, new and updated. Wait. Even more, all Windows animations is choppy and is not close to smooth.

Answer 3

Hello 

In tablet mode, Changing between Running apps is very slow .

When I pass my finger from left to right, timeline starts and freezes for seconds , without being able to choose any running program.

need help.

thanks in advance.

(I'm using surface pro 2017)

Answer 4

I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 8 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

Update the Display driver from the PC's Support Downloads web page. While there check also for newer chipset, BIOS, network, sound, USB3 and other drivers, comparing to the ones presently installed in Device Manager reached by right clicking the Start Menu.

if this doesn't give you the latest or ideal driver for what you need, compare it to the driver offered by the Intel driver update Utility here: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/...

or the Nvidia Update utility here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx?lang=e...

or the AMD autodect utility here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/P...

Then you will know you've tried everything in addition to Windows Update drivers.

Go over this checklist to make sure the install is set up correctly, optimized for best performance, and any needed repairs get done: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

Start with Step 4 to turn off Startup freeloaders which can conflict and cause issues, then Step 7 to check for infection the most thorough way, then step 10 to check for damaged System Files. Then continue with the other steps to go over your install most thoroughly.

If nothing else helps I'd do a Repair Install with the release version when it's released within about a week by installing Media Creation Tool and choosing to Upgrade this PC Now. The version you're runnning is a test build.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

Answer 5

If you are using the Windows 10 1803, please file a bug report.

Press Windows key + F

This will open the Feedback hub

Proceed to submit your report.

Feedback:

You can reach out to key folks on the Windows Engineering team through Twitter

https://twitter.com/donasarkar

https://twitter.com/brandonleblanc

https://twitter.com/jenmsft

https://twitter.com/northfacehiker

Make sure you send short link to them. They are known to be very responsive and might be able to point it in the right direction.