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My PC has suddenly become so slow it's unusable

Anonymous
2019-05-10T07:19:57+00:00

So my PC was running fine up until last week. All of a sudden I went to turn it on, when it starts up it is too slow and laggy to do anything. I can't even open my settings. Is this a Virus or is there some other problem?

My specs are still fairly up to date and my storage has plenty of space left so that shouldn't be the issue. Do you guys have any advice for me? Thank you

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-05-10T07:29:29+00:00

    Hi Stephen

    Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

    Choose the Processes Tab

    Leave that window open to monitor your system

    When your system is slow/lagging, is your Hard drive, CPU or RAM overly busy at that time?

    If so, click on the appropriate column header, so the arrow faces down

    What are the top 5 processes at that time?

    The problem is that I can't even open the task manager, its that slow.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-05-10T08:24:46+00:00

    This sounds like you have some 3rd party program that is using your memory.

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  3. DaveM121 874K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-05-10T07:22:25+00:00

    Hi Stephen

    Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

    Choose the Processes Tab

    Leave that window open to monitor your system

    When your system is slow/lagging, is your Hard drive, CPU or RAM overly busy at that time?

    If so, click on the appropriate column header, so the arrow faces down

    What are the top 5 processes at that time?

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  4. DaveM121 874K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-05-10T07:30:57+00:00

    Hi Stephen,

    Press the Shift Key and click Restart

    Your PC will boot into the Windows Recovery Environment

    Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Option - Startup Repair

    See if Windows startup can repair itself

    If the above does not resolve this, go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Option - System Restore

    Check to see if you have a restore point you can go back to

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-05-10T08:09:02+00:00

    How much RAM does the computer have?  If only 4 GB increase to 8 GB or more.

    Its 8GB 😥

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