Windows 10: Win10 slow to run executables

This is particularly noticeable on small apps I am used to seeing open the moment I click them. The best way I Can describe it I suppose its kind of lag a heavy a/v lag, but it even does it if I disable real time checking in defender.

I still have my win8 on another boot device I can boot to on demand and here is some figures, I did these by recording and slowing down the playback to estimate a time, the time is based on the app window appearing. Rounded to nearest tenth second. Both are from SSD, I also tested from spindle on win8 and it was faster than ssd on win10. Other performance metrics seem ok, there just seems to be some odd overhead on starting up programs.

Also office 365 is super fast so its not applying to every executable, I think the pattern seems to be "older" programs.

Securecrt
Win 8 0.1 seconds
Win 10 1.9 seconds

Keeppass
Win 8 0.1 seconds
Win 10 0.7 seconds

:)

 

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,

 

Laptop is running very slow

Hi Thomas,

What all troubleshooting steps have you performed?

As an initial troubleshooting step, I would request you to execute the System Maintenance troubleshooter and check if there is any improvement in the speed of laptop.

To perform common maintenance tasks in Windows, such as cleaning up unused files and shortcuts, try using the System Maintenance troubleshooter to automatically find and fix problems. For example, the System Maintenance troubleshooter looks for unused files
and shortcuts that you can clean up or remove so that your computer can run faster.

Please follow the steps to run System Maintenance troubleshooter
on the computer:

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  Type “Control Panel” on the search box.
  
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  Click on Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on View all option on the left side of the Windows.
  
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  Click on System Maintenance option.
  
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  Click on Next and follow the onscreen instructions to troubleshoot the issue.
  

Please revert if you face any issues with slow speed of laptop.

Thank you.

 

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.