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- | ====== Slow PC ====== | ||
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- | 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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==== 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. | + | 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 " |
- | One is known as [[https:// | + | One is known as [[https:// |
- | An alternative is the set of scripts from [[https:// | + | An alternative is the set of scripts from [[https:// |
- | Using either of the scripts mentioned above implies the need to use a " | + | Update: |
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+ | Using either of the scripts mentioned above implies the need to use a " | ||
===== Analysis ===== | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
- | Slow PC is a symptom with many causes. Determining why the PC is slow, requires analysis. | + | Slow PC is a symptom with many causes. Determining why the PC is slow, requires analysis. The past few years of experience indicates….. Most of the time, bad performance is accompanied by a very busy HD ( hard drive). |
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: | ||
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- The system is configured to invoke/ | - 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. | - The Windows Task Manager also has a Tab labeled Startup, that allows enabling and disabling programs that start at boot time. | ||
+ | - The HD ( hard drive) stays very busy (100%) for several minutes after restart. | ||
===== How do you invoke the Task Manger? ===== | ===== How do you invoke the Task Manger? ===== | ||
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- Right-click the Taskbar and click on **Task Manager**. | - Right-click the Taskbar and click on **Task Manager**. | ||
- Open Start, do a search for **Task Manager** | - Open Start, do a search for **Task Manager** | ||
- | - **Use** | + | - **Use** |
- | - **Use** | + | - **Use** |
===== Now What? ===== | ===== Now What? ===== | ||
You should see something like this: | You should see something like this: | ||
- | //{{: | + | //{{.: |
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+ | Make sure the " | ||
- | Make sure the " | ||
===== Tell Task Manager to sort on CPU or Disk ===== | ===== Tell Task Manager to sort on CPU or Disk ===== | ||
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An alternative to Windows Task Manager is [[https:// | An alternative to Windows Task Manager is [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Microsoft Software Protection Platform Services ==== | ||
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+ | This is an interesting thread at Microsoft… [[https:// | ||
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