Recent content by haku100

Hi everybody, Good news. My problem was taken care of by the humble but still efficient chkdsk /F coupled with some tweaking of the startup files. And Microsoft support confirmed - as it has done in the past - that my, to some eyes and minds, modest system is more than enough to support Windows...

And now I'm going back to sleep. H

Hi thanks, Just installed CrystalMark. Everything is okay and healthy. See screenshots. Please note that the main SSD C: drive has 74% left of its total 240GB (172GB) - an amount occupied by progs, Windows etc., leaving 70-GB (much less than half) free. The remainder of the SSD (about 60-GB)...

Yep, it is slow. But it does its task beautifully. Actually, on my other devices, it runs like a dream. And now I'm definitely turning in.

Before turning in, I'll try this... Thanks. HK

SFC/scannow done. Upgrading RAM won't be too big a problem. I'll bet back to everybody when that's done. Mind Done, of course. Will get back to everybody when I upgraded RAM. But it's still a mystery why everything is so slow at startup, then, once everything is truly up and running, no...

Too many infos from too many sides. My thanks to all of you, all the same. Going to sleep. Bye

Hi, Thanks for your suggestions. Can you upgrade the ram? I think so. Inquiring now. For your information: installed processor is Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 CPU @ 1.10GHz 1.10 GHz Check to see how full the SSD drive is - if it's more than half full, put a bigger one in. The SSD C...

Thanks. Deep virus scan is done on a regular, weekly basis.

Hi, thanks. Got a SSD, of course. Plenty of space and a SSD HD - even more space... Running a different OS... Linux?! Actually, I have a desktop still running on Win 10. Never a problem. Unfortunately, it's too old to update to Win 11...

That could be. But it means I have to buy a new computer. I'm sure it would resolve lots of problems, including no need to update to the atrocious 24H2 version, I guess. But, before going into that drastic measure, maybe we can find a simple way to get out of this conundrum.

No. Thoroughly checked...

Hi again, No change whatsoever...

Yes, a stick containing lots of files. I never thought about that as a possible culprit. I'll disable it, then try to restart and get back to you. Thanks!

Hi Jacee, Windows Defender. And all that comes with it. Scan at startup? Not that I know of. Where can I check this? Anyway, the latter would only explain the slowness of startup itself, not of the apps. Be that as it may, how can I check that Defender would be doing something untoward? Thanks...