Windows 10: Dell 9200 running slow

I have a Dimension 9200 Intel Dual core CPU 6600 2.4 GHz
Service TAG 58XXR2J .. though had HDD changes, dropped RAID and increased RAM to 4 GB

Since upgrading to W10 the PC has become painfully slow ..... gives these timings as a clue.


Press start - Dell splash screen then, goes black and around 2 min before login screen arrives
Then 40 sec after entering password - again goes to black screen for 90 sec, then desktop starts arriving .. another 60 secs before anything can be opened.
So start up is at least 5min before you can start ..... opening anything i.e a browser is a big delay before it arrives and you can use.
This is not WiFi issues it is on a physical Ethernet with 70MB broadband.
I have tried a PC 'service'
# removed all excess items form Startup
# run CCleaner to clean out rubbish
# run CCleaner to clean registry
# run Malwarebytes to check for nothing nasty (PC has KIS for security)
# run Disk Defrag to get HDD in order
# OS & user priles on 1 HDD and files storage on 2nd HDD
# W10 is fully up to date
It is so slow its painful

The PC was upgraded to 4 GB RAM ..... 4 x 1GB DDR2 DIMMS
Thinking of 2 options
RAM
Can this motherboard support more RAM, if so I could go to 4 x 2 GB or even 4 x 4 GB
Is this a good option ? ..... what is maximum speed RAM I should buy ?
Seems to be plenty of used (guaranteed) RAM on sale, so not too expensive
HDD
Currently OS & user profiles on a standard HDD (which came with PC)
I could change OS drive to SSD ...

:)

 

AMD A6-9200 APU, what is this thing?

Did you read? It's listed as A6-9200. Not 9210 or 9220. 9200 DEAD.

 

windows 10 running slow

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft community.

I would suggest you to run System maintenance troubleshooter.

Try the followings steps:

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  Click "Search" and type "Troubleshooting" without quotes and hit enter.
  
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  Select "System maintenance"
  
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  Click next to run the troubleshooter.
  

Hope this helps.

Regards,

 

WHY IS WINDOWS 10 RUNNING SO SLOW?

Hi Sven,

Thanks for showing interest on Windows 10.

I would suggest you to Run Maintenance task

The Run maintenance task checks issues that might slow down your computer's, such as how many users are currently logged on to the computer and whether multiple programs are running at the same time.

Follow the below steps.

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  Press Windows + X on the keyboard.
  
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  Select Control Panel.
  
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  Select Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on Run maintenance task under
  System and Security.
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.