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Okay when I first got my laptop, it was obviously quick as it was new.

Then I stopped using it for months, and then recently went back on and completed all the updates and now it's the slowest piece of shit and it's a fairly decent laptop. It's not high end etc but yanno!

Is there anything I can do to speed it up? I do have WoW installed which takes up alot of space. It's also a 1TB and I don't have anything else that big installed. I'm clearly no computer whizz but it would be good to gain some general knowledge.
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Trying clearing your registry, usually a lot of junk files can pile up and slow your computer down, that's where I would start.


You can use something like CCleaner to do that.


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Seam wrote Trying clearing your registry, usually a lot of junk files can pile up and slow your computer down, that's where I would start.


You can use something like CCleaner to do that.


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I'll give this a try when I'm home and let you know. Thanks mate!
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Microsoft breaking things again with updates ey?

I wouldn't opt for CCleaner as it's literal aids.

Malwarebytes, disk cleanup, check over startup programs in msconfig or task manager.

Even a reset in Windows 10 upgrade suite can help a lot.
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Ok who do I listen to?
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-Lewy wrote Ok who do I listen to?
Disk cleanup comes with Windows, it's a feature and does what CCleaner does effectively.
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Replace the mechanical drive with an SSD. Spinning disks don't belong in laptops.
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Can try running the clean up tools and see what the outcome is, how old is the laptop if you know??
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When you put the computer away was it on a previous windows from when you started it up months later and did those updates you were talking about. If your laptop is "old" and when I say old I mean the parts in it which are most likely outdated. Say you were on Windows 8 before and you updated to Windows 10. Windows 10 could be making your laptop running slow because of all the updated UI's and such.
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Agree with Seam. Clean that out and it should help alot.
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