Alright, I'm sure there's an easy solution, but I have no idea what it is or what the problem is. I'm out of fresh keywords to use on Google searches, so I'll just ask it here.
I put my Windows 10 computer to sleep so I could go get something to eat. It's got an AMD 8-core processor and is always pretty darn fast. Always. So I got back from lunch, turn the computer back on, and out of the blue it is unbearably slow. I don't mean it's just slow, I mean literally nothing works. I can't start programs, I can't even press the Start button. It's just unresponsive. After getting past the login screen it now takes 10-15 minutes to load the desktop (which only has, like, five icons).
I managed (after literally 20 minutes of trying) to open Task Manager, and it said that basically everything was just idling. CPU usage was less than 10% and so was RAM. I tried restarting the computer, turning it off and unplugging it, everything, and it was still slow. It hardly even boots now.
I then turned it on in safe mode and, sure enough, it works perfectly. I ran a few malware scans and stuff and it came up 100% clean.
I know from my searching that this question has been asked before, but I've tried all the answers I've found and they simply don't apply. I'm just not sure what the problem is since the transition between perfectly normal and unusable was virtually instant. The fans aren't too dusty, there's no malware or viruses - absolutely nothing changed while it was off. I was out eating lunch!
I use this computer to run my marketing company, and I have backups of everything so I'm not really concerned about data loss, but I am really concerned with getting my computer back into commission ASAP. Figuring it out and trying to diagnose it has cost me a lot of time and I'm still coming up with nothing, so I'd really really appreciate any of the very kind and professional help the people on this website have to offer. I'm happy to answer any questions about the computer if it would help. Thank you all very much!
I put my Windows 10 computer to sleep so I could go get something to eat. It's got an AMD 8-core processor and is always pretty darn fast. Always. So I got back from lunch, turn the computer back on, and out of the blue it is unbearably slow. I don't mean it's just slow, I mean literally nothing works. I can't start programs, I can't even press the Start button. It's just unresponsive. After getting past the login screen it now takes 10-15 minutes to load the desktop (which only has, like, five icons).
I managed (after literally 20 minutes of trying) to open Task Manager, and it said that basically everything was just idling. CPU usage was less than 10% and so was RAM. I tried restarting the computer, turning it off and unplugging it, everything, and it was still slow. It hardly even boots now.
I then turned it on in safe mode and, sure enough, it works perfectly. I ran a few malware scans and stuff and it came up 100% clean.
I know from my searching that this question has been asked before, but I've tried all the answers I've found and they simply don't apply. I'm just not sure what the problem is since the transition between perfectly normal and unusable was virtually instant. The fans aren't too dusty, there's no malware or viruses - absolutely nothing changed while it was off. I was out eating lunch!
I use this computer to run my marketing company, and I have backups of everything so I'm not really concerned about data loss, but I am really concerned with getting my computer back into commission ASAP. Figuring it out and trying to diagnose it has cost me a lot of time and I'm still coming up with nothing, so I'd really really appreciate any of the very kind and professional help the people on this website have to offer. I'm happy to answer any questions about the computer if it would help. Thank you all very much!
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