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andrei186
Brass Contributor
Nov 15, 2021

Win10 Home on HP Pavilion Processor 3.2 GHz, 8Gb RAM takes up to 5-7 min to

Win10 Home on HP Pavilion Processor 3.2 GHz, 8Gb RAM, 500Gb HDD (343Gb free) since recently started taking up to 5-7 min to allow any activities after booting.  Task manager does not show any overload of processor time or memory. After thay delay it works fine. Virus check found nothing.

What might be the reason?

 

  • SalmanAhmed's avatar
    SalmanAhmed
    Nov 20, 2021

    Hi andrei186,

    Yes, It is possible to disable Windows Update from the registry, please copy the below registry values in notepad, save as NoUpdate.reg, and double-click on the file to merge into the registry.

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001
"AUOptions"=dword:00000002

     

  • SalmanAhmed's avatar
    SalmanAhmed
    Steel Contributor
    Nov 17, 2021

    Hi andrei186 

    1. Go to Task Manager, than Startup tab, and disable some applications (unwanted) from the startup. These applications consume a massive amount of resources that causes system the performance to slow down.

     

    2. Please run cmd in elevated mode (Run as Admin), and execute the below command to check the system file corruption:

     

    sfc /scannow​​

     

    3. Run Windows update.

     

     

    Please share your feedback, and do not hesitate to contact me for any further assistance.

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      andrei186
      Brass Contributor
      Nov 17, 2021

      SalmanAhmed 

      Thank you very much.  On my Startup I have only 5 applications enabled (screen is attached):

      AgzrtCryptProviderEx.exe (for some reason there are two copies running)

      AgzrtCryptProviderEx.exe

      BIFIT Signer

      Realtek WOWL Utility

      Windows Security notification

      The first three have to do with electronic signature which I installed as soon as I bought this computer and initially they caused no problems.

       

      As to running cmd as Admin. I bough this computer with Win10 preinstalled and when run it for the first time it offered me to create a password. So now I have just one account on that mashine and it is the Admin account. I.e. I am logged in as the Admin.  Yet an attempt to run sfc /scannow aborts saying  the Admin rights are needed.

      Google search for "windows 10 how to run cmd as administrator" tells that I need to use Cortrana. I never used it. Entering "Cortrana" into Windows10 search box I am getting "Cortrana is not accessable in your region" - I am in Moscow, Russia.

      How shall I procced from here?​​

       

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