Company laptop running extremely slow
A slow laptop is caused by too many programs running at startup, a full hard drive, or OneDrive/Microsoft backup running in the background. Restart the laptop first. This clears RAM and stops background tasks. If it's still slow after restart, check how much hard drive space is free.
Your laptop slows down when the hard drive is too full, when too many apps start automatically, or when cloud backups are running in the background. A restart fixes it because it stops all those background tasks. If the problem comes back after restart, the hard drive is probably too full or an app like OneDrive is continuously syncing files. We'll find the cause and fix it.
- ✓Have your laptop plugged in and plugged into power while troubleshooting
- ✓Keep the laptop running normally for 15 minutes after each step to see if slowness improves
- ✓Make sure you're not in the middle of a big file transfer or backup
- ✓Know your company's policy on which files can be deleted from your laptop
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Skip, I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Deleting files from Program Files or Windows System folders. Only delete personal files from Downloads, Desktop, and Documents
- Disabling Windows security or antivirus to speed up the laptop. This makes you unsafe, not faster
- Downloading fake PC cleaner software to fix slowness. These are malware themselves and make it worse
- Not restarting the laptop for weeks. A simple restart solves most slowness problems
Signs you need professional help
- Hard drive is less than 5% free and you're not comfortable deleting files. We can clean it up safely. The laptop is slow even after restarting and the hard drive is not full. You see an unfamiliar process in Task Manager using high CPU or memory. The slowness started suddenly after installing a new application. We'll help you uninstall it.
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