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@ Bigsexy022870 - Well,,, in the meantime i kind of upgraded my RAM to the idiotic amount of 64GB... The issue is that for the first...

System Restore is not a reliable backup resource. If you manually set a Restore point, and then install an App and run it a couple of...

Well, hasn't this been fun... Thursday evening i was doing some work in MS Access when it started to behave goofy. I would get "out of...

Then there is something completely screwed up with your pc. Defender does no such thing on any of my laptops or tablets. BTW, it's...

Again, this is common bs that an MS account slows down pc. What slows down a pc is lots of apps running in the background as...

Create a new local account Settings>Accounts>Scroll down and click on Other Users. Select add account>select I don't have this person's...

You can convert your User Profile to a Local Account, you don't need to create a new one...

@ glasskuter: Thank you! @ Spunk: Would you be so kind as to briefly advise what capabilities i would be losing by converting to local...

@ glasskuter: I'm on it! First step, research how to set up that local user account. I have read that W11 is designed to avoid that...

@glasskuter - i appreciate your attention to detail! I am most focused upon CPU (i would think) with my primary use being MS Office...

If i may impose one more time (for now...) on this issue - I know that i saw the slow down hit rather dramatically when it hit back...

Do NOT disable or try to remove Windows Security (Defender) It is a part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled without causing issues...

My two cents, either your OS drive of data drive is infected which is causing the slow down. Try running without the data drive and see...

1. Disable Defender, Disable Defender, Disable Defender, Disable Defender! Did I mention to Disable Defender?! 2. Disable Dumb app...

(snip) You might try just typing "startup" into the search box. That'll offer "startup apps". I've used that to disable most. You...