Anybody else finding Windows 10 laggy and unresponsive?

darael · 14 Aug 2015 at 13:03

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.

ED209 · 14 Aug 2015 at 13:12

have you tried a OS reset? might be worth a try.

I haven't got any issues with W10 on my PC

linktoinsanity · 14 Aug 2015 at 13:12

I would just roll back to 8.1 to be honest, if that runs fine and 10 doesn't. Or try doing a reformat or refresh.

darael · 14 Aug 2015 at 13:19

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.

cuke2u · 14 Aug 2015 at 17:15

I have upgraded one intel compute to win 10, quad core atom z3735f, 2gb ram, 32gb storage. Was running it on a 65" touch screen display today, boots up quickly, apps like word 2013 open rapidly and all at a resolution of 1920x1080. Only it does run warm, unsurprisedly..

Glaucus · 14 Aug 2015 at 17:25

No, w10 is fastest windows ever. Do you do a fresh install or an upgrade. If upgrade that a probably the issue. Upgrade works for some, causes havoc for others.

darael · 14 Aug 2015 at 19:13

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.

Rroff · 14 Aug 2015 at 19:24

Don't think Windows 10 likes single core CPUs - while multi-threading has improved a lot in 10 over older OSes and it runs nicely on 2 or more cores if I stick my VM down to 1 it chokes quite a bit especially when trying to do stuff like working with an application while opening a folder with a lot of files in it, etc.

EDIT: Hmm I actually have almost the same spec laptop in my spare parts (N270) only 3GB and a 320GB mechanical HDD instead of SSD as I don't use it any more might trying chucking 10 on it to see how it fairs.