Anybody else finding Windows 10 laggy and unresponsive?

[darael]

I have a laptop, which was happy running Windows 8.1. It has an Atom N270 processor, 2GB of memory and a 128GB SSD drive. I will hold my hands up now and admit it isn't a lightning fast machine - but for what I want it for (IM, light internet browsing) it's just fine.

I now have Windows 10 on it. The Welcome screen is shown for about a good 25 seconds before the desktop finally loads. I could probably live with that, but not with the start menu sometimes not appearing when I click on the start button or press the start key on the keyboard. Sometimes when I try to find any processes hogging the CPU, I try to open Task Manager - which can take a few tries, only to find nothing is hogging the CPU.

I've tried updating the drivers and various other tweaks, but I'm just finding Windows 10 infuriating when you need it most.

 

[darael]

To be honest, I'm keen to see if there is update released which addresses the laggines. Going by my Googling, I'm not the only person to find this.

I am growing to like Windows 10 and how some things have changed. This installation on the laptop is pretty much a test before I consider Windows 10 on my main PC, where I doubt I'll experience any lag.

There isn't too much installed, so perhaps a clean installation might be what's needed. But I'd rather not.

 

[darael]

I did a clean install of Windows, by secure erasing the SSD with Parted Magic before installing Windows 10.

Perhaps it's just the age of the laptop and I'm expecting too much from it.