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====== Slow PC ====== | ====== Slow PC ====== | ||
- | Slow PC is a symptom with many causes. Determining why the PC is slow requires analysis. | + | This page is going to be a "work in progress" |
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+ | ===== HD (Hard Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive) and Slow PC ===== | ||
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+ | For many years PC's were delivered with a Hard Drive. The electrical mechanical components in a HD contribute significantly, | ||
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+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
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+ | Slow PC is a symptom with many causes. Determining why the PC is slow, requires analysis. | ||
If the PC will get to the point of letting you log in, then the next step might be: | If the PC will get to the point of letting you log in, then the next step might be: | ||
- | Observe what the PC is doing with the Task Manager. The Task Manager is like the dash board of a car. It can indicate what part of the PC is overheating or running low on resources. Here is some knowlege about [[https:// | + | Observe what the PC is doing with the [[https:// |
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+ | If you need to "drill down" or develop a deeper understanding of a single program, the [[https:// | ||
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+ | Things the Help Center volunteers frequently discover with the Task Manager | ||
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+ | - Multiple instances of antivirus programs. Typically they all want to do similar activities at system boot time, and the result is a lot of resource consumption that degrades the user experience. The typical solution is: uninstall the extra antivirus programs. | ||
+ | - The system is configured to invoke/ | ||
+ | - The Windows Task Manager also has a Tab labeled Startup, that allows enabling and disabling programs that start at boot time. | ||
===== How do you invoke the Task Manger? ===== | ===== How do you invoke the Task Manger? ===== | ||
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===== Now What? ===== | ===== Now What? ===== | ||
- | You should see something like this: ** **//**I need to figure out how to capture and import an image**.// | + | You should see something like this: |
- | Make sure the " | + | // |
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===== Tell Task Manager to sort on CPU or Disk ===== | ===== Tell Task Manager to sort on CPU or Disk ===== | ||
- | Clicking on the **CPU** | + | Clicking on the **CPU** |
- | Clicking on the **Disk** column will sort the data and the Process using the most Disk resource will be at the top of the list. | + | Clicking on the **Disk** |
+ | Most performance problems exhibit high disk consumption. | ||
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+ | ===== Windows Resource Monitor ===== | ||
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+ | A next step in developing an understanding of "what is my computer doing" might include Windows Resource Monitor. Resource Monitor can provide more details about what resources an individual process is consuming. If you want to see all the servers that one web page needs, use Resource Monitor. The internet is truly a // | ||
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+ | Here is one item about [[https:// | ||
===== References: ===== | ===== References: ===== | ||
- | | + | Do a Google |
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- | [[https://www.pcworld.com/article/224448/windows_task_manager_troubleshooting_tips.html|Windows 7 Task Manager]] | + | An alternative to Windows Task Manager is [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/ |
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