{"id":7172,"date":"2020-02-06T06:28:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T19:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7172"},"modified":"2020-02-10T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T04:42:50","slug":"help-my-laptop-is-running-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your Laptop device is suddenly running much slower then expected but you can&#8217;t work out why.\u00a0 \u00a0That&#8217;s the issue facing Ben right now, so he emailed in to ask about how to fix it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-92x55.jpg 92w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ok, so while this issue can be tricky to diagnose without having the actual device to look at but before you take it in for a professional to inspect properly here\u2019s what I suggest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly do a full scan with internet security software for any nasties&#8230;then check your hard drive space (make sure you have plenty available)&#8230;see if any programs are <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/help\/4026268\/windows-10-change-startup-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unnecessarily starting up when the computer boots<\/a>&#8230;and if it\u2019s just your internet connection that\u2019s slow&#8230;well that\u2019s actually a completely different set of problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re not a confident at changing settings on your PC&#8230;take it to a professional for help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Laptop device is suddenly running much slower then expected but you can&#8217;t work out why.\u00a0 \u00a0That&#8217;s the issue facing Ben right now, so he emailed in to ask about how to fix it. Ok, so while this issue can be tricky to diagnose without having the actual device to look at but before you take it in for a<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824,825],"tags":[857,1932,552,1931,1122],"class_list":["post-7172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tips-2","tag-antivirus","tag-pc-help","tag-slow-boot-up","tag-slow-pc","tag-windows-10"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help. My Laptop is Running Slow! - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow! - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Your Laptop device is suddenly running much slower then expected but you can&#8217;t work out why.\u00a0 \u00a0That&#8217;s the issue facing Ben right now, so he emailed in to ask about how to fix it. Ok, so while this issue can be tricky to diagnose without having the actual device to look at but before you take it in for a[Read More...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-05T19:28:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-10T04:42:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Wells\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andy Wells\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\"},\"headline\":\"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow!\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-05T19:28:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-10T04:42:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"antivirus\",\"pc help\",\"slow boot up\",\"slow pc\",\"windows 10\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/\",\"name\":\"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow! - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-05T19:28:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-10T04:42:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tech Daily with Andy Wells\",\"description\":\"Your daily fix of Consumer Technology - as heard on radio\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\",\"name\":\"Andy Wells\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/techdailyradio\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/techdailyradio\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/author\\\/administrator\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow! - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow! - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","og_description":"Your Laptop device is suddenly running much slower then expected but you can&#8217;t work out why.\u00a0 \u00a0That&#8217;s the issue facing Ben right now, so he emailed in to ask about how to fix it. Ok, so while this issue can be tricky to diagnose without having the actual device to look at but before you take it in for a[Read More...]","og_url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/","og_site_name":"Tech Daily with Andy Wells","article_author":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio","article_published_time":"2020-02-05T19:28:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-10T04:42:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Andy Wells","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Wells","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/"},"author":{"name":"Andy Wells","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d"},"headline":"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow!","datePublished":"2020-02-05T19:28:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-10T04:42:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/"},"wordCount":154,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg","keywords":["antivirus","pc help","slow boot up","slow pc","windows 10"],"articleSection":["News","Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/","name":"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow! - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-05T19:28:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-10T04:42:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/slowlaptop-300x180.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/help-my-laptop-is-running-slow\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Help. My Laptop is Running Slow!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/","name":"Tech Daily with Andy Wells","description":"Your daily fix of Consumer Technology - as heard on radio","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d","name":"Andy Wells","sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio","https:\/\/x.com\/techdailyradio"],"url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/author\/administrator\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7188,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172\/revisions\/7188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}