Windows 10: Windows running extremely slowly and battery reflects 0%

My windows has suddenly started running extremely slowly and outlook and web pages take forever to load. Additionally, my battery life reflects 0% but continues to function although my laptop has been charging for 8 hours. Please help urgently! Much appreciated.

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Windows 10 running extremely slowly, programmes unresponsive

Hi folks,

My laptop has Windows 10 on it, and for the last couple of days has been pretty much unusable. It is running extremely slowly, and programmes are becoming unresponsive after a couple of minutes. The cursor is working fine, but after clicking things, it
takes several minutes to respond.

 

Dell Windows 10 laptop running very--VERY--slowly

I run Windows 10 on a Dell laptop. For the last few days, the machine has been running extremely slowly, and I can't figure out why. I'm running my usual load--Mail, Firefox, TuneIn, and the occasional Libre Office Writer. I haven't made any changes to my system, and I can't tell anything from the Task Manager--everything is working normally, as far as I can tell. So far, I've tried the following things, all with no success:

• Reinstall Windows from an .iso file;
  
• Run Microsoft Defender Offline;
  
• Run a third-party hardware checker; and
  
• Run sfc and dism.
  

(BTW, my startup is fine--it's the operation that's molasses-esque.)

I don't know what to try next; I've probably missed something in Task Manager, so any guidance in that (or any) direction would be helpful.

Thank you for any suggestions, elementary or otherwise

 

Battery Won't Charge Fully

Make sure to install all Windows important updates.

Install latest versions of your laptop device drivers you can download the latest device drivers from the device manufacturer or from your laptop manufacturer website.


Step 1

1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s ok if you only have 1).





7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.





Step 3

Reset the System Management Controller. Use one of these methods to reset the SMC, which controls battery management, battery status light.

1. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cord.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Press and hold the power button for ten seconds.

4. Reattach the battery and AC power adapter, then start up the laptop.


Hopefully one of the above suggestions will help you resolve the battery not charging problem. If battery still doesn't charge, you may need to replace your battery.