Windows 10: Computer UNBEARABLY SLOW After Anniversary Update

My computer is unbearably slow after the Anniversary Update. Tried everything I can think of, which is basically CCleaner and SFC /SCANNOW. Nothing has seemed to work. What should I do?

My version of Windows 10 x64 is a free upgrade from Windows 7, if that means anything at all.

I don't really see a point in using System Restore, I could be wrong, since System Restore might had taken me to a point before the Anniversary Update.

:)

 

Microsoft Clock

The computer is unbearably slow after the update. Every program is very slow to open and very slow to run. The only one I have tried to run that refused to run was the clock program. I have all of my data on a separate, encrypted hard drive which I have
been unable to access following the update.

 

Windows 10 slow after February 2018 update.

My laptop has become unbearably slow in the startup after Microsoft's recent forced update. I wish Microsoft would not force such an inconvenience on its customers.

 

Hi, basics first:
1. Please post a screenshot (or even a photo!) of your task manager showing anything of interest at the top of the relevant column (click on the relevant tab to order the column).
2. Is it the same after a clean boot?
3. How is it in Safe Mode?

Can you confirm the result of SFC /Scannow was clear?

Your comment about System Restore puzzles me- restore points are cleared and restore usually left off after the upgrade- unless maybe you had received some updates subsequent to the upgrade (there are some).

 

1. I don't see a "Relevant Column" or "Relevant Tab" in the Task Manager. Do I need to enable something?
2. I've never done a clean boot and am unfamiliar with how to do this.
3. How do I get to Safe Mode in Windows 10?
4. When I run SFC /SCANNOW, I get this error message: Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.

Regarding my comment about System Restore, well, nevermind. To be honest, I don't think that would have helped in this case, considering the problem started and continued with the Anniversary Update. I'll see if I can edit my post to avoid confusion and just either omit that comment or I'll just edit it like I'd just said.

 

Hi, the message from SFC is indicative, and probably means anything else is irrelevant.

Lets go back a step and check your disk.
What sort of disk(s) do you have in your system?

1. chkdsk
From an admin command prompt
[Windows key + X, click command prompt (admin)]
chkdsk C: /F
Your PC will need to restart.
Make sure the result is clear or fixed.
Post back the result, which you can get after a restart as follows:
How do I see the results of a CHKDSK that ran on boot? - Ask Leo!

2. Download and install Crystal Diskinfo and run it.
Please post a screenshot like this (or more of its window if you wish)




3. Task manager screenshots:
'relevant tab' - that's just English. Long version:
If you see high CPU use, the relevant tab to click is the CPU tab. If you see high disk use, its the Disk tab. By clicking the appropriate tab you organise the processes, so those using the most resources can be displayed at the top, and are thus visible in the screeenshot. Unfortunately many post screenshots with high CPU use, but the processes using the time aren't shown.

The rest for now is just for interest and explanation responding to your comments. Do nothing with this.

From the Tutorial Section here which I've searched for you (or you could find it by a general web search)

Safe Mode - Start Windows 10 in - Windows 10 Forums

Clean Boot - Perform in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts - Windows 10 Forums
(Ignore the troubleshooting sections)

 

This is from CrystalDisk Info. I did do the chkdsk, I left my computer and heard it reboot a few times, then it went to the troubleshooting blue screen, as I just continued to Windows 10. I tried to get the log but the Event Viewer kept freezing.


Code: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------CrystalDiskInfo 7.0.3 (C) 2008-2016 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : Crystal Dew World ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 14393] (x64) Date : 2016/09/07 2:17:38 -- Controller Map ---------------------------------------------------------- + Standard SATA AHCI Controller [ATA] - ASUS DRW-24B1ST i - ASUS DRW-24B1ST i - Standard SATA AHCI Controller [ATA] + Intel(R) 9 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [ATA] - HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 - SAMSUNG HD103SJ - Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller [SCSI] -- Disk List --------------------------------------------------------------- (1) SAMSUNG HD103SJ : 1000.2 GB [0/2/0, pd1] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) SAMSUNG HD103SJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model : SAMSUNG HD103SJ Firmware : 1AJ10001 Serial Number : S246J9FB201134 Disk Size : 1000.2 GB (8.4/137.4/1000.2/1000.2) Buffer Size : 32767 KB Queue Depth : 32 # of Sectors : 1953525168 Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM Interface : Serial ATA Major Version : ATA8-ACS Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 6 Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/300 Power On Hours : 19783 hours Power On Count : 3694 count Temperature : 35 C (95 F) Health Status : Good Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ APM Level : 0080h [ON] AAM Level : FE00h [OFF] Drive Letter : C: -- S.M.A.R.T. -------------------------------------------------------------- ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name 01 100 100 _51 000000000227 Read Error Rate 02 252 252 __0 000000000000 Throughput Performance 03 _77 _68 _25 000000001C1C Spin-Up Time 04 _97 _97 __0 000000000E00 Start/Stop Count 05 252 252 _10 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count 07 252 252 _51 000000000000 Seek Error Rate 08 252 252 _15 000000000000 Seek Time Performance 09 100 100 __0 000000004D47 Power-On Hours 0A 252 252 _51 000000000000 Spin Retry Count 0B 252 252 __0 000000000000 Recalibration Retries 0C _97 _97 __0 000000000E6E Power Cycle Count BF 100 100 __0 000000000001 G-Sense Error Rate C0 252 252 __0 000000000000 Power-off Retract Count C2 _64 _60 __0 002800100023 Temperature C3 100 100 __0 000000000000 Hardware ECC recovered C4 252 252 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count C5 252 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count C6 252 252 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count C7 100 100 __0 00000000001D UltraDMA CRC Error Count C8 100 100 __0 000000000067 Write Error Rate DF 252 252 __0 000000000000 Load/Unload Retry Count E1 100 100 __0 000000000E87 Load/Unload Cycle Count -- IDENTIFY_DEVICE --------------------------------------------------------- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 000: 0040 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000 010: 5332 3436 4A39 4642 3230 3131 3334 2020 2020 2020 020: 0000 FFFF 0050 3141 4A31 3030 3031 5341 4D53 554E 030: 4720 4844 3130 3353 4A20 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 4000 2F00 050: 4000 0200 0200 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 0110 060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000 070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 1706 0000 004C 004C 080: 01FF 0028 746B 7F69 4123 7469 BC49 4123 407F 004B 090: 004B 0080 FFFE 0000 FE00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 100: 6DB0 7470 0000 0000 0000 0000 4000 0000 5002 4E92 110: 047F 1D08 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 401C 120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0029 0000 130: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 140: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 150: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0002 0000 170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000 210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1C20 0000 0000 220: 0000 0000 101F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0400 0000 0000 0000 0000 240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 C4A5 -- SMART_READ_DATA --------------------------------------------------------- +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F 000: 10 00 01 2F 00 64 64 27 02 00 00 00 00 00 02 26 010: 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 23 00 4D 44 1C 020: 1C 00 00 00 00 00 04 32 00 61 61 00 0E 00 00 00 030: 00 00 05 33 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 2E 040: 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 24 00 FC FC 00 050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 32 00 64 64 47 4D 00 00 00 060: 00 00 0A 32 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 32 070: 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 32 00 61 61 6E 080: 0E 00 00 00 00 00 BF 22 00 64 64 01 00 00 00 00 090: 00 00 C0 22 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 02 0A0: 00 40 3C 23 00 10 00 28 00 00 C3 3A 00 64 64 00 0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C4 32 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 0C0: 00 00 C5 32 00 FC 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C6 30 0D0: 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 36 00 64 64 1D 0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C8 2A 00 64 64 67 00 00 00 00 0F0: 00 00 DF 32 00 FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E1 32 100: 00 64 64 87 0E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CC 24 00 5B 170: 03 00 01 00 02 9D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3C -- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ---------------------------------------------------- +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F 000: 10 00 01 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 19 00 00 00 00 020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 030: 00 00 05 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 33 040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 0F 00 00 00 00 050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 060: 00 00 0A 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 00 070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00 080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 BF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 090: 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 00 0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 00 00 00 00 00 0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C0: 00 00 C5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C6 00 0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 00 00 00 00 00 0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F0: 00 00 DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E1 00 100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3B[/quote]

 

2. Download and install Crystal Diskinfo and run it.
Please post a screenshot like this (or more of its window if you wish)




Let's try just this please.

 

*Smile that's ok then

Download install and run Macrorit diskscanner. This will check the surface of your HDD.
Post the result.

If clear, proceed, else you have a drive problem.

Now go to Safe Mode- how responsive is your system?

In Safe Mode open an admin level command prompt
(Windows key + X. command prompt (admin) ) and run
SFC /Scannow
and post the result. (You may get the same result).
Post the end of the CBS.log file - the last 40 lines or so, say.

 

Firstly, the Macrorit Diskscanner checked out just fine. Every box was green.

Code: Macrorit Disk ScannerDevice: SAMSUNG HD103SJ (931.5 GB) Scan area: 0 Byte ~ 931.5 GB Macrorit disk scanner has checked the storage device and found no problem.[/quote] Secondly, I booted into safe mode. I didn't check system stability much, I immediately got into command prompt (admin) and ran sfc /scannow. I got the same problem, it stopped at 12% again, with the same message as from Post #3, which WASN'T in Safe Mode.

EDIT: I renamed the old file and did a new scan.

Code: 2016-09-08 09:06:17, Info CSI 00000006 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:06:17, Info CSI 00000007 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:06:55, Info CSI 0000006f [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:06:55, Info CSI 00000070 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:06:55, Info CSI 00000071 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:07:23, Info CSI 000000d7 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:07:23, Info CSI 000000d8 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:07:23, Info CSI 000000d9 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:07:48, Info CSI 0000013f [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:07:48, Info CSI 00000140 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:07:48, Info CSI 00000141 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:08:06, Info CSI 000001aa [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:08:06, Info CSI 000001ab [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:08:06, Info CSI 000001ac [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:08:40, Info CSI 00000212 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:08:40, Info CSI 00000213 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:08:40, Info CSI 00000214 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:08:56, Info CSI 0000027f [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:08:56, Info CSI 00000280 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:08:56, Info CSI 00000281 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:09:03, Info CSI 000002e6 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:09:03, Info CSI 000002e7 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:09:03, Info CSI 000002e8 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:09:14, Info CSI 0000034d [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:09:14, Info CSI 0000034e [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:09:14, Info CSI 0000034f [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:09:33, Info CSI 00000352 [SR] Cannot verify component files for dual_c_dot4.inf, version 10.0.14393.0, arch amd64, nonSxS, pkt {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, type [l:14]'dualModeDriver', manifest is damaged (TRUE) 2016-09-08 09:09:44, Info CSI 000003b7 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:09:44, Info CSI 000003b8 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:09:44, Info CSI 000003b9 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:10:33, Info CSI 00000420 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:10:33, Info CSI 00000421 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:10:33, Info CSI 00000422 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:10:47, Info CSI 00000487 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:10:47, Info CSI 00000488 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:10:47, Info CSI 00000489 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:11:04, Info CSI 000004ef [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:11:04, Info CSI 000004f0 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:11:04, Info CSI 000004f1 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:11:37, Info CSI 00000558 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:11:37, Info CSI 00000559 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:11:37, Info CSI 0000055a [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:12:07, Info CSI 000005c0 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:12:07, Info CSI 000005c1 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:12:07, Info CSI 000005c2 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:12:36, Info CSI 00000628 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:12:36, Info CSI 00000629 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:12:36, Info CSI 0000062a [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:12:55, Info CSI 00000690 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:12:55, Info CSI 00000691 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:12:55, Info CSI 00000692 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:14:18, Info CSI 0000070a [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:14:18, Info CSI 0000070b [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:14:18, Info CSI 0000070c [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:14:38, Info CSI 00000774 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:14:38, Info CSI 00000775 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:14:38, Info CSI 00000776 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:14:52, Info CSI 000007dc [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:14:52, Info CSI 000007dd [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:14:52, Info CSI 000007de [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:15:09, Info CSI 0000084f [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:15:09, Info CSI 00000850 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:15:09, Info CSI 00000851 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:15:20, Info CSI 000008b9 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:15:20, Info CSI 000008ba [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:15:20, Info CSI 000008bb [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:15:34, Info CSI 00000920 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:15:34, Info CSI 00000921 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:15:34, Info CSI 00000922 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:16:50, Info CSI 000009a2 [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:16:50, Info CSI 000009a3 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:16:50, Info CSI 000009a4 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2016-09-08 09:18:02, Info CSI 00000a2f [SR] Verify complete 2016-09-08 09:18:02, Info CSI 00000a30 [SR] Verifying 100 components 2016-09-08 09:18:02, Info CSI 00000a31 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction[/quote]