Windows 10: Help needed - Windows 10 slows down and becomes unresponsive after 1-3 hours

Hey all,

Over the last week I'm encountering issues with Windows 10 and I'm at my wits end on how to solve it. In short, anywhere between 1-3 hours (although sometimes faster, sometimes slower) after turning on my pc, Windows 10 just becomes unresponsive - The taskbar freezes out, webpages refuse to load, shortcuts on my desktop stop working. File browser becomes totally unresponsive, and if I'm able to select the shutdown option, absolutely nothing happens. I've no idea whats causing it or how to stop it.

Brief overview of system specs:

• 8700k / Asrock Fatality Z370
• Windows 10 64bit OS build 18362.778
• 32gb Ram
• 1080i
• 250gb boot SSD (with approx 150gb free)
• 500gb SSD
• 3TB HDD

I've never really had any issues with this PC and I've no idea what to do. At a guess it may have something to do with the windows update from around 2 weeks ago? But I had a few days of no issues after the updating before things started going wrong.

Some other things to mention

• I have about 150gb free on my boot disk
• I use Iobit Advanced System Care (Pro version) regularly and it isn't reporting any issues that could be connected.
• Have done Disk Cleanup, trim SSD, registry clean up but still having the issue
• The pc was cleaned out about 3 weeks ago, although I didn't replace the thermal paste. My CPU temps are well below anything concerning.

Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing it? Happy to give more information if it'll help!

Cheers

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Windows 10 super slow and unresponsive

Hi,

The slow or unresponsive performance of Windows 10 may be due to a third-party program or other factors like outdated drivers and system issues. For us to better assist you, we would like to ask for additional information. Please answer the following:

• Aside from manually shutting down your laptop, have you also made any recent changes or installed updates prior to this issue?
• What build and version of Windows 10 are you using?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• Have you encountered an error message/code?

We hope to hear from you soon.

 

windows 10 unresponsive

Hi,

This issue could occur due to
missing/corrupted system files
that happened while upgrading/updating Windows 10 and
outdated drivers that causes your computer to be unresponsive/slow. We suggest that
you perform these following methods of troubleshooting:

Method 1: Update the drivers.

To know how to update your drivers, please click
here.

Method 2: perform a clean boot.



To know how to perform a clean boot, click this
link.

If the issue persists, proceed to
method 3 and method 4.

Method 3:
Run SFC Scan.

To run an
SFC scan, follow these steps:

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.
  
• 
  Type
  sfc /scannow
  and hit
  Enter.
  

This will check and run an auto-repair on the issue.

Method 4:
Run DISM Tool.

After running the
SFC scan
and the issue still persist, run the
DISM
to check the system health and to try restoring the files. To run
DISM tool, follow these steps:

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.
  
• 
  Type the following command:
  
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /scanhealth
    
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
    

NOTE:
This might take a while to finish scanning.
Do not cancel.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

installed windows 10 slow and unresponsive hate it

ever since installing windows 10 slow/unresponsive have done suggestions nothing helped wish I didn't install it. Can not get help with it. Newer laptop, was running great until download. Feel very irritated and might go to Mac.