Why did Windows 11 suddenly become slow?

Anonymous
2022-05-02T00:02:31+00:00

I received notification from Windows a few months ago and upgraded to Windows 11. It was fast and smooth in the beginning, but in the last two-three weeks, it has become significantly slow. It annoys me a lot, simply file browsing has been painful. It takes forever to open a web site on Chrome. This never was the case before, my laptop used to be really fast. I am suspicious that this is because of recent Windows 11 updates. I just want to go back Windows 10 and have my laptop speed back.

Another issue in Windows 11 that annoys me a lot is the tabs in taskbar. They frequently disappear. For instance, if I have 5 apps open, suddenly all the icons in taskbar disappear and I have to restart file explorer to fix it.

How do I fix all these permanently, or go back to Windows 10?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-09T17:12:24+00:00

    I wanted to try Google Chrome but I had to get out of "S mode" to do it. I took a chance because the change is permanent. My computer is sooooo much faster now!

    😁

    That's great 😃 your computer is fast so awesome 💯%

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-09T17:02:51+00:00

    I wanted to try Google Chrome but I had to get out of "S mode" to do it. I took a chance because the change is permanent. My computer is sooooo much faster now!

    😁

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-09T16:27:30+00:00

    I built a very fast $2,500 desktop. Windows 11 made it the slowest PC I ever had. Basically Windows 11 is junk. Don't spend your money on Microsoft. I will change over to Linux.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-23T21:20:51+00:00

    Doesn't matter, the Edge browser is still there in the background. In fact it will continue to try to get you to make it the default browser. Try removing it and see what is does to your windows 11 system. Hope you know how to reset / reinstall!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-23T20:46:30+00:00

    I use Google

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