Laptop is too slow swift 3 (SF314-58)

Slow2021

Hello Everybody. My acer swift 3 (SF314-58) laptop is slower than a 2004 pentium 4. It is a core i3 10th generation but it is really slow to start, really slow to open apps, slow in general to do anything. I am having a heck of a time with it. I am flabbergasted. A celeron is doing much better than this. I guess if its windows 10 home that's behind all this or is it the core i3 10th bla bla bla that's doing this. 

If i screen record this laptop's performance you can get astonished. I get even more astonished when i really need to work but it wants to update or it does not want to shutdown because it wants to update by any means before shutting down. 

Can anyone help please? Thanks

Thread was edited to add model name to the title

Commodore_1995#

your laptop has little amount of ram. i advise increasing the amount of ram. does this model come with an ssd?

William_mk2

Slow2021

Here are some of the steps to speed up your computer.  

Try windows + r -  on the run window - type msconfig  - click ok  
click on services
check - hide all microsoft services 
click on disable all
click on startup 
disable all the startup items 
click on apply - ok  - restart the computer.     Loading process will be very fast now.. 

Try windows + r - on the run window - type appwiz.cpl  - click ok  
it will show you the list of programs
remove all the unwanted third party programs. 
Please dont remove any drivers.  
If you are not sure , please dont remove it.  

Try windows + r - on the run window type temp - click ok -  it will show you the bunch of files -  try ctrl + a - select all files - press the shift key and click on delete files 

Try windows + r - on the run window type  %temp%  - click ok  - It will show you the bunch of files -  try ctrl + a - select all files - press the shift key and click on delete files 

If you are not able to remove some files - click on skip and then click click on continue.. 


Try windows + r  - on the run window - type cleanmgr - click ok
click on all the boxes except recycle bin and thumnail
Delete the items which are checked 

Try windows x - on the menu - chose command prompt admin or power shell admin 
click on yes 
on the blue or black window  type sfc /scannow 
It will be running till 100 %

Try to do a chrome reset 
open chrome
click on three dots on top right corner 
click on settings
Scroll down - go to advanced
click on restore setting to default
you will see reset settings - cancel
click on reset settings 
Open chrome 
it will work faster now

If it is still not working then we have to do a refresh and reset


click on start - settings - uddate and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 

or 

on start - type here to search - type reset this pc - click on reset this pc on the top  - click on get started 

It will show you keep my files and remove every thing


chose keep my files 
chose the account - type the password - click on local reinstall - click on reset 
It will be in progress.. 
login to computer and start using the computer. 

If it is still not working 

click on start - settings - uddate and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 
chose remove everything 
click on local reinstall - just remove my files - click on reset

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billsey

There are so many things that can slow a computer down, I suggest not trying to fix everything until you find what the biggest issues are currently. Use Task Manager and Resource Monitor to help see what is going on. The most likely culprits right off hand are the antivirus, the HDD (if one is installed) and the memory. So, what is your configuration right now? We know you have the 10th gen i3 processor and 4GB of memory. What size is your drive? IIRC if you have a 1TB or 2TB drive, it's a HDD, if 128GB, 256GB or 512GB it's a SSD. Did you keep the trial version of the antivirus, or uninstall that to use a different one? If you kept the trial, did you purchase the license when the trial ran out? Running one of the fuller featured AVs after the trial has completed without purchase will really, really slow things down.

In general, your computer will be at it's fastest when it is running off a SSD, with enough free memory to never have to swap out to disk and when there is little running in the background.