Computer Slowness Solved
Douglas Greca
Leveraging technology to create positive social impact and empower underserved communities
System slowness can be caused by a variety of factors, including hardware issues, software bugs, insufficient system resources, and network congestion. However, in many cases, system slowness is due to uptime issues.
When a system is left running for an extended period of time, various processes and applications running on the system may accumulate memory leaks, system resources may become exhausted, and background processes may consume excessive CPU and disk I/O, all of which can lead to degraded performance.
While shutting down the system and restarting it may seem like a quick fix, it is not always the best solution. When a system is shut down, any running processes are terminated abruptly, potentially leading to data loss or file corruption. Additionally, if the system is hosting critical services, shutting it down could result in service downtime and negatively impact users.
Instead of a complete shutdown, it is often better to perform a system reboot or restart specific services or processes that may be causing the slowness. This allows the system to release any accumulated resources and reset processes that may have become stuck or unresponsive. Additionally, implementing regular maintenance and monitoring processes can help identify and mitigate uptime issues before they impact system performance.
IT Support Engineer bij Hubrecht Institute / Westerdijk Fungal Bio Diversity Institute
2 年This post is so true! This is why I absolutely hate the Windows Fast Boot option. I usually turn this off if I have the change. End users who just shut down and restart the next day, boot into a more fresh environment this way. Started doing this back in my Chemours days, when users had specific issues with certain software that wouldn’t resolve with just a shutdown. Restarts often did the trick though. Now you try and explain the above to them..! Good luck! So instead I’d just disable fast-boot. After disabling fast-boot on an end user’s device, shutdown and booting back up would also resolve the issues they were having.
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