Why do windows computers get slow after a while?

[FourCrossedWands]

So you have both a PC and a laptop with Windows 11? This means they are literally brand new with warranty? Have you tried contacting the support or asking other owners of the same model? There must be other people with the same problem.

[AION]

6 hours ago, FourCrossedWands said:

So you have both a PC and a laptop with Windows 11? This means they are literally brand new with warranty? Have you tried contacting the support or asking other owners of the same model? There must be other people with the same problem.

They are not brand new. I don't get how you came to that conclusion to be honest. 

Unfortunately no warranty left.

But even if there was warranty, it doesn't apply to problems like this. It is a software problem, so changing hardware wouldn't suffice.

 

Edited December 31, 2024 by AION

[shree]

16 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

To be clear, I don't know about reverting.

I do clean re-installs. Reverting an upgrade may cause issues. I never even bother with such iffyness.

I misphrased it. I was talking about a fresh, formatted install, not simply rolling back.

[Basman]

MS is dropping support for W10 in October 2025. I hope they iron out the issues with W11 before then.

It such a bother to having switch.

[UnbornTao]

On 12/31/2024 at 0:06 AM, AION said:

Linux is even more crap than windows from my experience. I have no time to fuck around with drivers that are not working. Last time I lost hours trying to fix my second screen or audio that is not working. There is always some annoyance with linux waiting to happen.

Your issue with Windows is currently also an annoyance. Linux can also be a good experience: free, efficient, customizable, spyware-free, stable (depending on distro). Mint is stable and great for beginners. Give live-booting a try.

As for office suites, you can use LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, and online alternatives.

Linux gospel aside, use WinUtil, do a clean install, and do some research on optimizing Windows.

Edited January 3 by UnbornTao

[Leo Gura]

23 hours ago, Basman said:

MS is dropping support for W10 in October 2025. I hope they iron out the issues with W11 before then.

It such a bother to having switch.

You don't need support. It will work just fine.

[Vibes]

13 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

You don't need support. It will work just fine.

What about the win 10 built in antivirus? Is it any good, and if they stop updating it, will my PC get vulnerable?

Edited January 1 by Vibes

[Leo Gura]

43 minutes ago, Vibes said:

What about the win 10 built in antivirus? Is it any good, and if they stop updating it, will my PC get vulnerable?

Dude, I still got PCs running Win8 that I have used for 10 years without a single virus.

Edited January 1 by Leo Gura

[Basman]

I don't know who's more annoying, crypto bros or Linux bros. You could be lowered into your grave and some fat Indian will yell at you to install Linux.

[gengar]

6 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Dude, I still got PCs running Win8 that I have used for 10 years without a single virus.

How do you know they're not infected? Hint: you don't. I wouldn't take advice from Leo on cybersecurity stuff. I remember him saying all security updates are bs or something. A bizarre statement coming from him, because it is factually and clearly false.

[Jirh]

The first thing I do after installing any Windows is disabling automatic updates (search for StopUpdates10 app), telemetry, and system restore. And I regularly clear cache and remove temp files using CCleaner.

Doing all that, my PC performance doesn't change at all after any period of time.

Of course, I also remove all Microsoft bloatware.

[Jirh]

9 hours ago, gengar said:

How do you know they're not infected? Hint: you don't. I wouldn't take advice from Leo on cybersecurity stuff. I remember him saying all security updates are bs or something. A bizarre statement coming from him, because it is factually and clearly false.

Security updates are good. But I have noticed that they slow the system down if downloaded and installed through Windows Update or by installing a package. But if they're pre-installed into the Windows installation, they don't have such a bad side effect.

I honestly don't understand the difference or why this happens, just something I've noticed.

[Buck Edwards]

1 minute ago, Jirh said:

Security updates are good. But I have noticed that they slow the system down if downloaded and installed through Windows Update or by installing a package.

I never download them. I switch off the automatic download. 

[M A J I]

It depends on how you build the computer. I researched the best parts and built mine 5 years ago, its only started to lag now, a simple re-install does the fix, but windows sucks anyway, use Linux or buy one of the new macbook pros (m-series), lag will be history, especially if you know how to use it.

[FourCrossedWands]

I think Windows 10 is at its best right now. The only case I had problems with it was because of my own stupidity. I had turned off updates for a very long time and it got slow. Made a clean install, performed about 100 updates and zero issues so far on an 8 year old desktop PC. I will keep Win 10 until something better comes out.

[Something Funny]

@Leo Gura Idk about win 8 but most apps won't run anymore on windows 7, you have to use old versions of them. Also no hardware driver updates. I imagine it  will eventually be the case for windows 10 as well. 

[AION]

By the way, I found the solution to the problem of this thread...

It was a firefox extension, 1 or more, that were causing clogging up.

I mean I still a lot of free RAM because of have 32 gb of RAM but it still jammed operations for some reason.

Firefox was using like 3-8 gb of RAM all the time which is not normal.

This whole situation didn't make sense because I was using driver updaters to update everything from bios to all software almost every week. Good anti-virus and firewall. No bloating software. But 1 had blind spot: browser extensions...

Problem got solved by deleting all the firefox extensions and installing some different ones which I suspected were causing the trouble.

Edited Friday at 10:39 AM by AION

[Vinn]

I have been using windows machines for over 15 years, both laptops and stationary. I have had same struggles and frustrations very often.

Switching to mac has been the best choice I have ever made in this domain. I have bought the 2021 M1 pro MacBook Pro and the difference compared to any Windows alternative is night and day. 

If you have the budged, the mac is worth trying out. I have gotten used to the OS and find it to be very beautifully designed. The machine itself is superb and outperforms Windows laptops in battery life, screen quality, overall built quality, speakers, ease of use and intuitiveness, ability to run multiple demanding apps.

The only regret I have about it is that it was no longer able to run the Microsoft Office 2010 version, which I have used for keeping my Commonplace book. However, there's a OneNote for mac that also does the job, and I have gotten used to it. Other than that, all my favourite apps run on Mac.

For the record, I don't recommend using Linux for personal use. It's great if you're a software developer, but not so much if you're a regular user or creative. You risk having endless driver issues and much less user friendly OS. 

I hope this helps.