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
    2020-03-15T07:49:35+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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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-22T12:54:18+00:00

    Yes If You Are Update You Windows OS then it will be slow but is this essential because of security

    Solution

    1. Upgrade to SSD  
    2. Download New Windows OS From Microsoft Website (Create an Installation Media or Download ISO file)

     and I suggest you download a new os image from Microsoft 

    How to Use Windows Media Creation tool

    The OS Recovery App will help you access a Microsoft Windows

    recovery image that has already been installed on yours. OS Recovery app.

    Follow the following steps to download the ISO Image, create USB

     recovery media and reinstall Microsoft Windows on your Laptop & Desktop.

    1. DownloadWindows 10 Media Creation Tool from Microsoft’s official website.
    2. Run the Media Creation Tool. To run this tool, you need to be an administrator.
    3. Then, check the second option Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC and click Next.
    4. starts to download the latest Windows 10 installation files on your computer or device.
    5. the download is completed, it will start to create Windows 10 media.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-17T22:08:16+00:00

    Update: I still can’t do these. Now, the problem is that I can’t even get out of the lock menu. The date is backwards, its laggy, and it kicks me out of the login screen for taking long. Sometimes it will even freeze with a background or it just goes black.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-22T13:30:56+00:00

    New Installation of OS is best option because of when new big update is coming every time window is stuttering

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-18T02:06:47+00:00

    This is the first you mentioned the hard drive is failing. Your post was about Windows Updates slowing Windows, but if you have a failing HDD then that should have been checked first and replaced which would have solved the problem.

    Test the hard drive or SSD with diagnostics:

    https://www.lifewire.com/free-hard-drive-testin...

    https://mashtips.com/ssd-health-test-and-perfor...

    HP and Dell have hardware diagnostics triggered by tapping the ESC or F12 keys respectively as you power on.

    Best is to use the HDD/SSD manufacturer's own if there is one, otherwise use Seatools bootable long test: http://blog.nowherelan.com/2013/04/04/boot-seat...

    Follow this up with a full Disk Check from the Command Prompt in Repair Mode or from bootable media: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/check-hard-dri... if necessary from the Command Prompt at boot: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2294-advanc...

    If the drive is failing, I'd replace it with an SSD which is the best Upgrade one can have - lightning fast, faster than a new higher-end PC without one - especially if you do the gold standard Clean Install in this link which compiles the best possible install which will stay that way as long as you stick with the tools and methods given, has zero reported problems, and is better than any amount of money could buy: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

    Even if the drive isn't failing I'd still do the Clean install above because on most older PC's that particular Clean Install will make it as fast as a new PC which comes loaded with all the bloatware that slows it. I keep older laptops running 10 years faster than brand new ones with much better specs. As with everything in Windows 10, it's all about the install.

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