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--- computerclub:helpcenter:slowpc [2022/11/22 11:06] – [Now What?] phillip
+++ computerclub:helpcenter:slowpc [2023/05/05 11:12] (current) – phillip
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-==== Experience says.... ====
+====== Experience says.... ======
 It has been a couple of years since the Help Center started replacing HD with SSD, as a common practice, to resolve performance and/or broken HD issues. The results have been good, given I have not had anyone come back and indicate the result was not acceptable. Recently, while observing "updated, newer, faster" machines with Windows Task Manager, there are indications Microsoft and other software vendors have chosen to use your computer as a source of data and information and sometimes that collection process degrades the performance of your computer. My opinion… Older and and probably slower computers are more heavily impacted by unnecessary data collection and communication. Some of the processes that collect and forward your data (over the internet) can be turned off. There are at least two tools that can "turn off" some of the Microsoft data collection.
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 An alternative is the set of scripts from [[https://christitus.com/windows-10-scripts/|Chris Titus]]. The scripts from Chris might be considered "pieces of Tronscript". The Chris Titus scripts are written in Windows Power Shell. There is a video about the scripts.
+ <font inherit/inherit;;#e67e22;;inherit>//**Update: July 22, 2022**//</font> : Chris Titus has evolved/improved the tool for Windows. Reference this: [[https://christitus.com/windows-tool/|Chris Titus, ultimate.]] Be CAREFUL, this tool has a lot of features!!
-Update:  July 22, 2022:   Chris Titus has evolved/improved the tool for Windows.    Reference this:   [[https://christitus.com/windows-tool/|Chris Titus, ultimate.]] Be CAREFUL, this tool has a lot of features!!
 Using either of the scripts mentioned above implies the need to use a "cmd" window or a "power shell" window. BE CAREFUL!.
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 //{{.:capture.png?nolink&1024|Task Manager}}//
-Make sure the "Process" tab is selected. Now you should see columns for CPU, Memory, Disk and Network. If the system is SLOW then one of those columns probably indicate something close to 100%. A system that is //**not** //exhibiting slow behavior, usually indicates values below 10% for CPU and DISK. It is not uncommon for just a couple of programs to be contributing to high utilization of CPU or Disk.
+Make sure the "Process" tab is selected. Now you should see columns for CPU, Memory, Disk and Network. If the system is SLOW then one of those columns probably indicate something close to 100%. A system that is //**not**// exhibiting slow behavior, usually indicates values below 10% for CPU and DISK. It is not uncommon for just a couple of programs to be contributing to high utilization of CPU or Disk.
 ===== Tell Task Manager to sort on CPU or Disk =====