Sudden System Slowdown

[Digerati]

This is intentional behaviour with Chrome.
You can enable/disable this in settings:

Yeah, I am aware of that option, and have had it disabled from the beginning. But sadly, disabling that option does not always end multiple Chrome sessions when you exit Chrome. I have one extension enabled (ABP). I don't use hangouts or other Chrome apps. There have been many times when I have found dozens! :eek4: of Chrome processes running after I exit Chrome. It actually got to the point I created a Chrome Taskkill shortcut on my desktop (C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe /F /T /IM chrome.exe) just to make sure all processes ended.

 

[slims875]

In response to the original post, how does the system perform after doing a clean boot? https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

Thanks for the post regarding Chrome settings. I changed my settings accordingly.
There was no difference in performance when I did a Clean Boot.. Of note, there are two Windows splash screens at startup with one saying Please Wait....and the other being the Welcome screen. While the 'Please Wait' screen will normally just flash on your screen and the Welcome screen lasting a second or two, on my slowed down system 'Please Wait' is visible for 8 to 10 seconds and the 'Welcome' splash screen lasts 34-36 seconds. Also, it takes on aver 20 seconds for 'Shutdown'.
Other noticeable changes:
1. Any item on the Desktop that I right click and then click Properties, the Properties window will open instantaneously with the exception of right My Computer. Its Properties window takes a minimum of 20 seconds to open.
2. Depending on the program, it takes 10-15 seconds for any program to launch after its shortcut has been clicked.
3. I attempted a System Restore back to a date that I know for a fact that the system was operating normally. Each time I try I get the error message "Failure Configuring Windows Updates" and the restore fails with everythin reverting back to the current, slowed-down system.
4. Web-pages have never been slow to load. Regardless of browser used it takes approx 5-6 seconds for pages to load.

 

[Tekno Venus]

This is odd. Normally I would suggest hardware, but since the system behaves fine in Safe Mode I don't think that's the case. Let's get some more detailed information.

Download and install the Windows ADK from here: Download and install the Windows ADK | Microsoft Docs. When installing, uncheck all the features except for Windows Performance Toolkit. Once that has installed, open the Windows Performance Recorder and select the following options:

Performance Scenario: Reboot Cycle
Number of Iterations: 1

First Level Triage
CPU Usage
Disk I/O Usage
File I/O Usage

Then click Start and enter a location to save the results. Your computer should then reboot.

Once it has finished, zip up and share the report with me.

-Stephen

 

[slims875]

I apologize for the late response.....

I went to the ADK site and downloaded the version for Windows 7. Turns out to be a 1.7 GB ISO Image. I don't think this is what you have in mind.

 

[Tekno Venus]

Hi,

Use the version here: Download Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows 8.1 Update from Official Microsoft Download Center

-Stephen