Windows 10: Windows Defender does not start at boot, and Windows Explorer slow

Hello

I wonder if anyone can help? I am running Windows 10 on an old PC which has not caused any trouble until recently. But all of a sudden, when the PC boots up:

1. Windows Defender does not start: The System Tray icon appears but is not displaying green to indicate that all is well, and it vanishes. In Services, Windows Firewall is not started.
2. Windows Explorer is sluggish: Explorer works very slowly and often needs to be restarted in Task Manager because it does not respond.
3. Resolving host: This dire message sometimes appears in Chrome whereupon the browser is useless pending a hard reboot. Other browsers, apart from Opera, are also affected. This may be unrelated to the above.

The PC in question currently has Windows 10 Pro 1909 at Build 18363.900. The PC also has Malwarebytes 4.1.0.56 installed.

Thanks

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Windows Defender does not start at boot, and Windows Explorer slow

Hello

I wonder if anyone can help? I am running Windows 10 on an old PC which has not caused any trouble until recently. But all of a sudden, when the PC boots up:

1. Windows Defender does not start: The System Tray icon appears but is not displaying green to indicate that all is well, and it vanishes. In Services, Windows Firewall is not started.
2. Windows Explorer is sluggish: Explorer works very slowly and often needs to be restarted in Task Manager because it does not respond.
3. Resolving host: This dire message sometimes appears in Chrome whereupon the browser is useless pending a hard reboot. Other browsers, apart from Opera, are also affected. This may be unrelated to the above.

The PC in question currently has Windows 10 Pro 1909 at Build 18363.900. The PC also has Malwarebytes 4.1.0.56 installed.

Thanks

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windows 10 slow boot

I was having a slow boot issue on my Windows 7 install a little while back. It would take about 30 - 40 extra seconds to boot up for whatever reason.

I would try following these steps, while this didn't solve my issue, it did increase Read/Write to where it should be.

10 Tips for SSD Optimization in Windows 7 - Part 1

Looks to be similar to this: SSD Optimization for your Windows Gaming PC and Tips and Tricks


In the end, I had to reinstall my Windows 7 entirely to fix the booting issue. It was taking around 35 seconds to boot, and after the fresh install it takes about 7 seconds to boot.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.