Windows 10 extremely slow after upgrade to version 21H1

TURN OFF BROWSER "hardware acceleration when available" - especially for systems with larges amount of RAM.

I have two windows 10 computers with almost identical specs (both of 64Gb RAM). One is a laptop the other a mini desktop. the laptop works great, and the browsers are all normal and responsive. But on the mini, ALL the browsers are slow - slow to open, slow to load pages, even after open, button clicks are slow to respond. Often, something is gets hung and you see the "(not responding)" appear near/in the url address bar.

Side by side, I would open the same websites on both systems...test on chrome and test on edge. The laptop opens immediately while on the mini it could take 10 to 15 seconds for the page to open.

I disabled all extensions and removed any and all software that could be impacting the mini's browsers. No change.

I compared all browser settings on the laptop to those on the mini....EVERYTHING was identical except ONE setting. On the laptop under "Advanced/System" settings, the "Use hardware acceleration when available" was turned off, but on the mini it was turned on.

I turned that off on the mini, on both Chrome and Edge - and at the moment it seems to have fixed ALL of by browser headaches. I will post back if I observe any more problems. But that one setting, assuming it is final fix, on the Mini has caused me fits for months.

I think I might know what this problem is. Mainly, I'm experiencing it when running any of the web browsers, and I think it's the new News and Interests tab on the taskbar at the bottom constantly running in the background. If you right click on the taskbar, highlight "News and Interest" and then turn it off, you might see a significant improvement in response time. I did this, and it seems to have helped a lot.

Michael

Yes, I agree with some of what you said. But, MS has a history of this. I had issues on the lock screen with not displaying "what the photo is", after an update. Then another update, it came back, then another update is disappeared. It's like they are using wrong versions of the code.

And I thought the whole "WHQL hardware drivers", etc. was supposed to take care of the hardware issue? MS does a call to "Save Data", and the driver code handles that for the specific hardware manufacturer? And I am not taking hardware manufacturers off the hook either. They look for any advantage over other hardware. So they may skirt proper calls to make their hardware seem better. Sigh.

I have also tried disabling hardware, like sound, etc. But no luck. When 20H1 had the issue, I found a post linking sleep settings in the NIC card. I disabled them, problem disappeared. Now, with the new update, they are back again. I have reinstalled the latest build several times. Formatting the drive each time, erasing everything prior. Still same issue. I don't have the money right now to get a new computer, or even a new drive, or I would have done that before.

The problem I have noticed, that I can't resolve is, I run the Task Manager and sort by CPU. The highest it shows is like 30% usage, when system is freezing. But, I have a program, TrayStatus Pro 4.5, that I can view CPU status as well. And when the slow downs and freezes happen, its CPU usage is pegged at maximum, not 30% like in Task Manager. If I could get that info, maybe I could narrow down the issue causing my problem.

Thank you for your the information.

Good Day Munier786,

I appreciate your time getting back to this thread, first, try to perform cleanboot.

1. Open the run box by pressing the Windows Key + R and type msconfig
2. System Configuration Utility box will open and by default you are on general tab.
3. On the General tab, click the selective startup and make sure that load system service and load startup items both have checked mark.
4. Click on services tab
5. Put a check mark on Hide All Microsoft Services
6. Once Hide all Microsoft Services have checked mark on it, click on Disable All
7. Click on the Startup Tab and click open task manager. This will open another window which contains all your startup applications on the administrator account.
8. Disable all application that you're not using. You can simply just click on them and select disable.
9. Click OK, Apply and close the configuration utility
10. Restart your pc and observe the performance.

If the issue persists, perform Repair Upgrade, this will re-install the Windows without affecting your files and apps, it will repair and replace any corrupted system files.

Step 1: Download Media Creation Tool from Microsoft.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

Click “Download Tool Now”

Step 2: Run MediaCreationTool.exe.

Step 3: Choose "Upgrade this PC now".

Step 4: Select "Keep personal files and apps".

Step 5: Let it install

I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

Good Day Munier786,

My name is Carlo, I'm an Independent Advisor and community member like you.

I am also using Windows 10 pc. Let us work together to sort this out.

First, can you please check what are the services and processes running in your computer in the task manager.

-Click Start, type Task Manager and open it

-Click Processes Tab

Take a screenshot and post it here.

I'll look forward for your response so that I can provide an accurate recommendation.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.