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Why is Windows 10 so slow?

Cy-Fy
By Cy-Fy
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Hey guys my mom's laptop had windows 8.1 and it ran so smooth on an intel atom and 2gb of RAM but after upgrading to Windows 10 the laptop is soo slooow and laggy and takes up to a minute to open a folder from the desktop.

 

Do you guys have any ideas why Windows 10 is so slow on this particular laptop? because it seems that everybody else's Windows 10 is fast and snappy.

Dell XPS 15 9560 - Nikon Z5 - Galaxy S10+

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maybe its still downloading stuff and uses the HDD?

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Hey guys my mom's laptop had windows 8.1 and it ran so smooth on an intel atom and 2gb of RAM but after upgrading to Windows 10 the laptop is soo slooow and laggy and takes up to a minute to open a folder from the desktop.

 

Do you guys have any ideas why Windows 10 is so slow on this particular laptop? because it seems that everybody else's Windows 10 is fast and snappy.

Do a clean instal....

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maybe its still downloading stuff and uses the HDD?

I'm not sure but it's weird because I opened the task manager and even scrolling up and down took 64% of the cpu usage.

 

Do a clean instal....

do you think that will fix it?

Dell XPS 15 9560 - Nikon Z5 - Galaxy S10+

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could be the 2gb of ram. Not sure though.

yeah I thought of that but the ram usage seems alright.. it's mostly the cpu usage that worries me because it is on 64% after simply scrolling up and down the task manager

Dell XPS 15 9560 - Nikon Z5 - Galaxy S10+

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do you think that will fix it?

In-place upgrades can cause all kinds of problems. A clean install usually fixes them.

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In-place upgrades can cause all kinds of problems. A clean install usually fixes them.

I'll definitely consider this then, thanks!

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