New Windows 10 update making everything slow

Anonymous
2020-01-17T00:52:20+00:00

So apparently Windows decided to automatically update itself while I was away from the PC. When I’m trying to log in, it takes ridiculously long (around 30-40 minutes). So I tried restarting, but startup is SUPER slow to the point that I’m stuck waiting for a black screen of death. Why is my PC slow after this recent update?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-27T03:47:47+00:00

    I don't understand why everytime Microsoft has an update it is trash out of the gate and takes forever. 

    I am so done with windows at this point.

    New gaming computer and nothing but **** from Microsoft.

    I'm buying a Mac.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-20T07:28:43+00:00

    I ended up fixing my systems. Your probably not going to like it though.  I ended up reinstalling Windows 10 Pro (Version I Own), the update that originally caused the problem was a part of the complete installation. So I didn’t have to worry about updating it after the fact.

    When it was installed as a whole, it resolved my issue. Literally it was taking close to 30 minutes before I was completely logged into windows.

    That all went away with a complete fresh Windows installation, as I previously stated, the update was a part of the whole installation, so once Windows 10 was installed, that was it, it runs like a champ now.

    More then likely not what you or anyone's else wants to hear, I know I didn’t want to wipe my machine and reinstall, but I had tried everything I knew and it was consuming to much time. So wipe it did and a complete re-installation and now I’m happy I did it.

    Good Luck, I hope you get the same good results I did.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-15T07:49:35+00:00

    Windows 10 updates have become worse than the viruses they are meant to be stopping.

    Does anybody test them? The 2020 updates have all been disastrous. What a joke.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-10T10:33:02+00:00

    I also have the same issue on two PCs at work. Both have recently had updates installed. One is an HP desktop and the other is an Asus laptop, so on first look it doesn't seem to be a hardware issue. 

    Both computers installed updates KB4497165 and KB4537572 on the 1st of March. This was about a week prior to the issue starting so it's unlikely this was the direct cause. 

    My laptop has Office 2013 and the other PC is still running Office 2010, but both of them installed a bunch of updates on the 8th of March, so Sunday before I noticed the issue on my PC. The following updates were installed on my laptop: KB4022226, KB3172522, KB3039756, KB4011281, KB3114946, KB4484097, KB3039798, KB3039720, KB4464548, KB3172545, KB3178640.

    The commands SFC /SCANNOW and DISM /ONLINE /CLEANUP-IMAGE /RESTOREHEALTH were literally the first thing I tried and the system is still slow. My laptop has a 4th Gen i5 with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SATA SSD. While this is happening, the performance tab on Task Manager shows the processor barely breaking a sweat at 25%, the memory about 55% full and the disk activity mostly sitting at 0% with occasional bursts of 5%. 

    I'm about to try an in-place upgrade of Windows 10. I started the process yesterday and have just arrived at the "Install" button 24 hours later. 

    Is anyone else suffering from this exact issue? Is there a fix for this?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-02-29T15:31:52+00:00

    sfc scan now, dude!    isn't that the answer for everything on here?  or the other popular one is that it's your fault man.   you are doing everything wrong.    

    do what the rest of us have already done.   WIPE YOUR DRIVE AND DUMP WINDOWS 10 AND INSTALL LINUX MINT.

    5 months and counting for me and i haven't had one single issue since!   the best part is coming back on this "expert" site and seeing the mounting complaints about what is the worst os of all time.  

    just get rid of it dude.    linux mint is a thousand times less hassle.    do it!   your life will be so much happier!

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