[dba-Tech] Slow Dell

[John Colby]

I just remember an article telling me how to stop this a few years ago.  I
tried to google it and nothing is showing up.  No idea. I'll post if I find
it.


On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:41 PM Ed Tesiny <eptept at gmail.com> wrote:

> John Colby, I remember you well and helped me be an Access programmer that
> was pretty good.  If this Windows stuff is happening, what should one look
> out for?
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:35 PM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > btw speaking of windows updates, by default windows sets you up to be an
> > update server for them, i.e. they use updates downloaded to your machine
> to
> > serve up to other windows users out there.  Find out about that and turn
> it
> > off!!!
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:48 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I think my system is reading my email -- the thing is running
> > > lickety-split fast this morning and I haven't even started! 😊
> > >
> > > Susan H.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you -- that's a lot of info!  I'll try to get to that today and
> > > share results.
> > >
> > > Susan H.
> > > Windows 10 has some things you can turn off to reduce the cludge:
> > > -The News & Interests "feature" MS snuck in. Right click on the taskbar
> > > and click on it, etc. "Turn off"
> > > -"notifications" and "suggestions" in settings - personalization and
> > > settings - system/notifications.
> > > -Set Edge to the "focused" start page or just a different web page
> > > altogether like duckduckgo.com Clear browser caches every day easiest
> > way
> > > for all 3 biggies is Ctrl-Shift-Del then choose everything except
> history
> > > and proceed.
> > > Remove any free antivirus, updaters, password managers, web protection
> > > apps except Microsoft's in Settings - Apps, I fact you can remove a lot
> > of
> > > those preloaded apps and suffer no loss. Everything is always available
> > to
> > > download again in the Microsoft Store.
> > > Never run any "driver updaters" other than Dell's Support Assist that
> > came
> > > with it.
> > >
> > > John Bartow
> > > WinHaven IT Consulting
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=
> > winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 8:44 PM
> > > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' <
> > > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > Subject: [dba-Tech] Slow Dell
> > >
> > > I have a recently purchased Dell laptop - nothing fancy. It was fine
> for
> > a
> > > few weeks, but it has continued to slow down until I'm having the same
> > > problems with the one I replaced.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I get a lot of freeze ups that take a while to resolve. Sometimes I get
> > > that "whatever isn't responding.." message.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I use Edge because originally it was fast - not it crawls.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I run MalwareBytes occasionally - it shows nothing.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Susan H.
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > dba-Tech mailing list
> > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
> > > https://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
> > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > dba-Tech mailing list
> > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
> > > https://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
> > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > dba-Tech mailing list
> > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
> > > https://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
> > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > John W. Colby
> > Colby Consulting
> > _______________________________________________
> > dba-Tech mailing list
> > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
> > https://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
> >
> _______________________________________________
> dba-Tech mailing list
> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
> https://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
>


-- 
John W. Colby
Colby Consulting