TaxmannEA Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 This morning my computer has been running very slow. It's like the processor has slowed down or something is interfering with the process. I've run anti-virus and disk cleanup, but no improvement. Any ideas ? I'm not good with Windows 10 yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I would suggest turning off your modem and rebooting with the modem turned off. That would let you know whether the problem was internet related or internal to your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Reboot! Bring up Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and see if you can find the task that's using up all your CPU or RAM. And if that doesn't help, call your IT person. It's good to reboot your computer at least once a week. Many programs that run all the time use more and more memory the longer they're running. How much RAM do you have? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxmannEA Posted January 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 This machine has 16 GB RAM. The problem affects resident programs, internet and network based programs. This is a rebuilt machine with Windows 10 Pro installed and has been quite good until today. I've re-booted several times. When i tried to access Task Manager I got a message that no apps were running at this time. Is it time to get a big hammer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 The windows 10 task manager is weird. It's saying you have no WINDOWS apps running, but if you look around you'll see a way to show all running processes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxmannEA Posted January 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I see that I have 4 DStart processes running at 24% of CPU each. The CPU is evidently running at 100% overall. Is that it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxmannEA Posted January 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I found the problem! I was having problems with the Drake program not starting when I clicked the desktop icons. Evidently when that happened DStart would start running and not stop. After several attempts, the apps would run the CPU up to 100% and slow everything down. I ended the DStart apps and re- installed the desktop icons for the 2 years of Drake that were the problem. Everything is running up to speed now. Thanks Abby for your suggestion. That got the ball rolling for me. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 18 hours ago, TaxmannEA said: Thanks Abby for your suggestion. That got the ball rolling for me. Glad you got it figured out! This job is tough enough when the computers are working fine. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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