Computer is running slow

[cyrocksmypants]

Or more specifically, it’s kind of hiccuping. It’s not necessarily slow, but when it will occasionally like, “freeze” for a few seconds. Always when I pull up my web browser. Chrome suddenly became unusable for me a few weeks back. Just kept timing out as it loaded. Downloaded Firefox and it works fine, other than the occasional hiccups, but it’s not always when I’m in my browser.

I’ve run a full scan for viruses and malware and all that’s popped up is a couple of trackers. Did the power eraser and if found no threats. More than enough space still in my hard drive. There’s nothing running in the background that takes up a ton of space or usage. Any suggestions on what it could be or what to try to do to fix it?

 

[Sigmapolis]

Or more specifically, it’s kind of hiccuping. It’s not necessarily slow, but when it will occasionally like, “freeze” for a few seconds. Always when I pull up my web browser. Chrome suddenly became unusable for me a few weeks back. Just kept timing out as it loaded. Downloaded Firefox and it works fine, other than the occasional hiccups, but it’s not always when I’m in my browser.

I’ve run a full scan for viruses and malware and all that’s popped up is a couple of trackers. Did the power eraser and if found no threats. More than enough space still in my hard drive. There’s nothing running in the background that takes up a ton of space or usage. Any suggestions on what it could be or what to try to do to fix it?

This site and forum is really helpful...

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

 

[MeowingCows]

How old is the machine? I've seen behavior like this caused by age issues -- old spinning drive losing it, CPU works hard and thermal throttles due to needing repasted, Windows install could need a refresh, etc.

Unfortunately for you, it could be a lot of things.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Sounds like someone clicked on some links in the thread about the toilets in the basement of Parks Library.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

How old is the machine? I've seen behavior like this caused by age issues -- old spinning drive losing it, CPU works hard and thermal throttles due to needing repasted, Windows install could need a refresh, etc.

Unfortunately for you, it could be a lot of things.

Not that old. Bought it brand new in the fall of 2017.

 

[Trice]

Check your hard drive health, make sure it's not about to die. I'm sure there are better products out there but I've used this. (Weird looking web site but it's legit.) And whatever you do, make sure your data is backed up.

 

[derpyherky]

 

[JHUNSY]

Did you try turning it off and turning it back on?

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Check your hard drive health, make sure it's not about to die. I'm sure there are better products out there but I've used this. (Weird looking web site but it's legit.) And whatever you do, make sure your data is backed up.

Should I get the standard edition or the hentai edition?

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Sounds like someone clicked on some links in the thread about the toilets in the basement of Parks Library.

All CF browsing is done on my phone, thank you!

 

[Trice]

Should I get the standard edition or the hentai edition?

Lol, if it helps lend it credibility I originally found it through either Lifehacker or Ghacks which are both legit sites.

 

[MeowingCows]

Check your hard drive health, make sure it's not about to die. I'm sure there are better products out there but I've used this. (Weird looking web site but it's legit.) And whatever you do, make sure your data is backed up.

CDI is good software. It's partner CDMark is a well-known drive benchmarking tool.

Not that old. Bought it brand new in the fall of 2017.

Recently have a Windows update that it's coincidentally been pissy since doing?

 

[cyrocksmypants]

CDI is good software. It's partner CDMark is a well-known drive benchmarking tool.

Recently have a Windows update that it's coincidentally been pissy since doing?

I did a Windows update that was a real pain in the ass (took like 6 hours to do) but I did the update BECAUSE it was acting up seeing if that would fix it.

 

[Prone2Clone]

HAWK STD

 

[ArgentCy]

Windows 10? Because I've had a bunch of problems with Chrome on WIndows 10. I hate that I had to install it because I bought the wrong processor. Anyway I do think that I got the problem fixed last week but involved editing the registry.

 

[MeowingCows]

I did a Windows update that was a real pain in the ass (took like 6 hours to do) but I did the update BECAUSE it was acting up seeing if that would fix it.

Whip up Task Manager and go about your normal business. Is anything unusual taking up memory or CPU usage? Is the disk locked up at 100%?

 

[ArgentCy]

There is a known issue with the Cryptographic Services in Windows 10. It gets into an infinite loop. Pull up the Task Manager with Ctrl-Alt-Del. Scroll down and look for anything eating CPU time. On mine the Service Host: Cryptographic Service would always be at 10-15% when the internet went down. You can test it by just end the service and boom internet is fine. The fix is more complicated but seems to have worked.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Whip up Task Manager and go about your normal business. Is anything unusual taking up memory or CPU usage? Is the disk locked up at 100%?

CPU usage is about 10% but that’s with a full scan by Norton going on right now. Memory is 39% with 121mb from Norton and 114mb from superfetch?

 

[MeowingCows]

CPU usage is about 10% but that’s with a full scan by Norton going on right now. Memory is 39% with 121mb from Norton and 114mb from superfetch?

Norton could be the source of your slowness if it automatically tries to scan files that are accessed by Windows (i.e. when you open Chrome, it scans out Chrome for baddies). Superfetch is a Windows background process.

SSD or HDD, do you know?

 

[ArgentCy]

Norton could be the source of your slowness if it automatically tries to scan files that are accessed by Windows (i.e. when you open Chrome, it scans out Chrome for baddies). Superfetch is a Windows background process.

SSD or HDD, do you know?

Norton is **& awful.