gigan9000 :
Every time I properly shutdown my pc (as in clicking shutdown vs a forced shutdown via the power button), the next time I start it up and log in it is absurdly slow (the slowness does not happen until I enter my password and hit enter). Like upwards of 10 minutes and still slow, after it actually logs in 10 minutes later everything is slow, even trying to shutdown takes a ridiculous amount of time.
So I power off the machine (by holding down the power button), and the next time I start up (I still startup normally, I'm not in safe mode or anything) the pc runs at the speed I expect.
Note: This has only been happening for a week or so, maybe not even that long.
There have not been any hardware changes in my machine recently, and I haven't installed any new software recently. I always have bit defender running and browse the web with ublock origin, so it shouldn't be a virus.
How do I go about diagnosing the cause of this slowness?
Start> Control panel > look in the upper path bar, click on the arrow ">" after "control panel."
this opens a drop down menu
Then click "All control panel items"
Click: Power Options
Click: Show Additional Plans
Click: The arrow, check the box that says "high performance."
Click: Change Plan Settings
Turn Off Display: Never
Put Computer to Sleep: Never
Click: change advanced power settings
Hard Disk : turn off hard disk after: Never
Wireless adapter Settings: power saving mode Setting: Max Performance
Sleep: sleep after: Never
Allow Hybrid Sleep: Setting: Off
Hibernate After: Setting: Never
Allow Wake Timers: Setting Disabled
USB Settings: selective suspend setting Setting: Disabled
PCI Express Link Power State Setting: off
Display: turn off display Setting: Never (turn off monitor manually if desired)
Multimedia Settings
When sharing media : prevent idling to sleep
When Playing video: Setting: optimize video quality
Now: Click "OK"
Computer> system properties > Now open the Device Manager
Click On: mice and pointing devices ">" click on the arrow
Double Click on HID complaint Mouse
Click: power management tab
UN-check the box that says: "allow computer to turn off this device to save power"
Now open all devices on the list, and turn OFF all power savers, for every device, as above.
Now Click " OK"
Antivirus: set for "multimedia mode."
This prevents updating from interrupting your media. If you do not have an antivirus with this feature: get a different antivirus.
Set ALL updates to: manual. This prevents an update from eating resources that you would otherwise be using.
Free antivirus from internet: I do not recommend that you install any "free" security tools.
I do not recommend installing "cleaner," "sweeper," "driver helper,"or any free junk from the internet.
Avoid any download which claims to "fix" your computer.
I recommend that you use a professional all-in-one security application - not a free download.
Please consider, when you install multiple security programs, they can conflict with each-other. That's why you should use "all-in-one" professional security.
Restart the computer
Open Bios
Turn off Cool and Quiet (if AMD processor) Save and exit bios settings.
Restart Computer
Problems should be fixed now.