Johnny wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:32:11 -0600
Ken1943 wrote:

When I say slow, I mean when I click on Control Panel, it takes 10
seconds for it to open. I just have to watch this little spinning
wheel until it opens. Same with File Explorer or anything else.

I assume you have run Ccleaner, defrag , antivirus, Malwarebytes and
Superantispyware on it ?

In other words all the usual trouble shooting ?


KenW

I just scanned it with McAfee and it didn't find a virus.

The computer is new, and hasn't been used very much.



Use Disk Cleanup.

Examine all the options. One option controls the
removal of Windows.old, after a major update.

Once you remove around 13GB of unneeded stuff,
Windows Defender will have less stuff to scan,
and the machine will settle down sooner.

I run Windows 8 on a hex core CPU, and the "wheel of death"
doesn't go away any faster on that, than on a less
capable computer. So you can't always blame the CPU.
I can watch that wheel spin, while watching Task Manager
and see virtually no CPU activity. I'm not even convinced
that upgrading my hard drive to an SSD in that machine,
is going to help.

You can try:

1) Be prepared for a long session.
2) Open Task Manager and watch as one maintenance
action after another runs.
3) Disable Windows Defender.
4) Disable Indexing Options and the search indexer.
5) Look into how to disable Windows Update, things
like tiworker.exe or wuauserv.
6) And so on, until the machine regains some
composure.

And since this is *not* solved by buying a giant
processor (I tried that), you'll have to find some
other solution.

There's got to be *some* way to keep that spinning
wheel, in the drawer.

Paul