Windows 10: Why has my Laptop suddenly started running slow

Hello

Why has my laptop (Samsung Series7 ULTRA) suddenly started running very slow?
e.g.
- opening Firefox takes 12 seconds (with no tabs open)
- opening Google Chrome takes about 12 to 20 seconds
- opening Outlook takes about 23 to 30 seconds
- Even CLOSING outlook can take 10 seconds

Basically, everything I do seems to have become incredibly 'laggy'.

Background
- My hard disk still has plenty empty space: 136GB of free space (out of 451GB on 512GB SSD)
- I have run C: [properties] ==> Error Checking ==> but it found no errors
- It has all the latest patches. It started running very, very slowly about 2 weeks ago.
- I have run Samsung Magician
- I never run any games
- Out of desperation I have uninstalled everything I don't need (using RevoUninstaller)

What should I do?

J

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Lenovo laptop suddenly slow

I have a new Lenovo E580 laptop (bought January 2019) which suddenly started to run very slow. I have especially noticed it with build times in Visual Studio and loading times for a local website in IIS.

I have tried to reinstall Windows 10 Pro by formatting the entire computer but it’s still slow.

Laptop spec:

• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
  
• CPU: i7-8550U 2.00GHz
  
• 16 GB RAM
  
• 512 SSD
  

Software where I really notice the slowness:

• Visual Studio Community 2019 Version 16.3.9
  
• IIS to Windows 10
  

I have tried to setup an older laptop with the same software installed as the new laptop, to compare the loading times. The old laptop has a very similar spec. (i7-4700MQ 2.40GHz, 16GB RAM, 256 SSD). The load time for a local website on the new laptop is 78 seconds where on the old is 30 seconds. On the new laptop it used to be around 30 seconds as well.

It’s not just Visual Studio and IIS that is slow it’s the entire laptop. I thought it would be fixed by reinstalling Windows but there were no improvements. I suspect it’s a hardware issue, but I don’t get any errors, and everything looks fine.

Does anyone have suggestions to what I can try to pinpoint this issue or is it better to contact Lenovo support, as the new laptop is still under warranty?

 

laptop suddenly so slow

my laptop has suddenly slowed down to a crawl. I cant do anything with it being as slow as it is.

 

HELP! My Laptop has gone into SLOW MOTION!

Should be able to get a "step-by-step here;

http://support.dell.com/?~ck=mn