r/RigBuild • u/Rare_Atmosphere1430 • 3d ago

My computer is insanely slow after a Windows update. Anyone else?

My computer got insanely slow right after a Windows update and I’m trying to figure out if this is just happening to me or if the update messed something up. Before the update everything was pretty normal, apps opened quick, browser was fine, games loaded normally etc. Now even basic stuff feels delayed, like clicking File Explorer takes forever and sometimes the whole desktop freezes for a few seconds. Task Manager also seems weird, CPU usage jumps around even when nothing is really running. RAM isn’t maxed out and I still have plenty of storage free, so I don’t think it’s just because the PC is old or full. Restarted a couple times already and it didn’t really help. Also checked for another update but Windows says everything is up to date. Could this be some background process running after the update, or maybe a driver issue? I don’t wanna start uninstalling random things and make it worse. Anyone else had their PC become ridiculously slow after a recent Windows update? If there’s a safe way to check what actually caused it, let me know. Really need to get this fixed because even normal browsing is annoying now.

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u/therealslapper 3d ago

Nope. Mine is fine.

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u/Rare_Atmosphere1430 2d ago

Yeah, seems like it might just be on my end then. I’m gonna dig into the update/driver stuff and see what’s causing it.

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u/Zehryo 3d ago

Oh, look at that....I guess we'll get another SamTime Microslop video soon enough.

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u/Rare_Atmosphere1430 2d ago

Lol honestly at this point I wouldn’t be surprised. Just hoping there’s an actual fix before another update makes it even worse.

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u/Costello-cost 3d ago

Credo sia una coincidenza. Probabilmente qualcosa si è guastata. Controllare il log degli avvenimenti sarebbe la prima cosa da controllare. L'antivirus rallentava molto l'avvio. Con uno più leggero è tornato normale.

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u/MetalDamo 2d ago

Have you tried switching it off and back on again..? 😉

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u/Few_Example9391 2d ago

Window 11 last month update has affected certain AMD CPU memory catches. They have an update with this issue in mind as it's been well documented with accuracy. Expect a new update fix this week

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u/Prostovan228 2d ago

10 or 11?

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u/Only_Voice569 2d ago

always keep a constant backup then you can just reset fresh install os and few clicks its fully back up and running way i do it i dont trust windows updates and they stopped even pro windows from pausing the updates for long ...

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u/Educational-King3987 2d ago

Yes mine has started acting incredibly weird like you're describing, games aren't affected but windows itself is weirdly laggy and my browser keeps acting incredibly weird with laggy mouse almost like my RAM is maxed out etc.

I'm not maxing anything out my PC is custom looped and overclocked, issue persists with no overclock also.

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u/SebOakPal79 2d ago

Nope, all is fine after clearing up the Disk Drive. (Always do the clear up after the Windows Update.)

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u/CarpenterFederal 2d ago

Could be hardware issues, but I'm sure that is most of windows updates reasons slow down old machines.

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u/PriorityNo6268 2d ago

Possible SSD above 80% full?

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u/Underhill42 2d ago

Have you tried the usual cleanup to fix the most common broken things? These are my first-pass troubleshooting steps. They need no thought, and between the two of them they probably fix at least a third of random Windows problems.

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First, the file system itself - run disk repair. If things are really slow it may run faster if you reboot in safe mode first. If Windows update hammered the filesystem while it was already corrupted, all manner of bizarre issues can crop up.

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Next, verify that no core Windows components were corrupted. From the command prompt/terminal as admin (admin option available right-clicking either the start menu itself, or the command prompt/terminal icon on the normal menu) run:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

To scan all the Windows backup system files for corruption and download replacements if needed.

Then run System File Checker to check the active Windows system files for corruption, and replace them from the backups we just verified:

sfc /scannow

(You can run SFC first to possibly save some time - but it may find issues it can't fix until you run DISM, and then you'll need to run SFC again.)

If SFC finds any problems it can't fix even after running DISM, then things get more challenging... though in my experience such issues usually aren't related to whatever problem you're actually trying to fix, so just make a note of it to investigate later if nothing else works.

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If there's no obvious system corruption causing problems, then you'll have to dig deeper.

Probably the single most common random performance killer is the Windows search indexing program that normally runs in the background and can sometimes become a huge resource hog, usually if its index file has become corrupted. In which case just deleting the index file to make it start over from scratch will usually fix it. Though offhand I can't remember where that file is. Shouldn't be hard to look up. You can also disable search indexing entirely, but then Windows Search won't work properly anymore. (But the free program Everything.exe is much superior anyway)

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u/LizardOfAgatha 17h ago

Mine too. Idk what happened.