Re: [nlug] Sluggish performance under Windows

2020-09-17 Thread Kent Perrier
You can try https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater and see what happens. On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 3:12 PM Csaba Toth wrote: > I also use process explorer as a partial malware deterrent. Many malware > writers know that it's better not mess with developers. So I've seen > multiple malware

Re: [nlug] Sluggish performance under Windows

2020-09-17 Thread Csaba Toth
I also use process explorer as a partial malware deterrent. Many malware writers know that it's better not mess with developers. So I've seen multiple malware code which does not infect if it senses the presence of the process explorer, because that can be a precursor of a stubborn developer like

Re: [nlug] Sluggish performance under Windows

2020-09-17 Thread Csaba Toth
Task manager is quite lame. Use Mark Russinovich's Process Explorer. It's a Microsoft tool bc Mark joined MS. Doesn't need installation, download it only from MS. It's also part of the sysinternals group of tools with which you can monitor disk IO, network and registry activity in details as well

Re: [nlug] Sluggish performance under Windows

2020-09-17 Thread Chris McQuistion
It the sluggishness caused by the CPU? You’d be able to see CPU usage in Task Manager. Could it be I/O issues causes by hard drive activity or a slow hard drive? You can see that in Resource Manager. Chris Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 17, 2020, at 8:04 AM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: > > 

[nlug] Sluggish performance under Windows

2020-09-17 Thread john
I have an older, dual-boot laptop that is responsive when booted into Linux, but noticeably sluggish when booted into Windows 10. It has plenty of RAM, and I have virus-scanned it both from within Windows and from within Linux, without finding malware. Does anyone have a suggestion of how to find