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    Mysteriously slow, relatively new, Dell tower, Intel Core 5

    The "hardware errors" reported in Reliability Monitor all appear to have signatures like this. I believe they are associated with applying the win+ctrl+shift+B hammer to the display subsystem. Source Windows Summary Hardware error Date 5/12/2026 4:34 PM Status Not reported Description A...
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    Mysteriously slow, relatively new, Dell tower, Intel Core 5

    I will follow through with the additional suggested actions but there is a possibility of interaction with this PC's other annoying problem: sporadic and then frequent failure to wake the display on keypress or mousemove. At first my workaround was to unplug and then plug back in the DisplayPort...
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    Mysteriously slow, relatively new, Dell tower, Intel Core 5

    UPDATE: 1. Get-PhysicalDisk reports: FriendlyName MediaType HealthStatus OperationalStatus ------------ --------- ------------ ----------------- NVMe 2500 Micron 1024GB SSD Healthy OK WD My Passport 0730 Unspecified Healthy OK 2. Quick...
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    Mysteriously slow, relatively new, Dell tower, Intel Core 5

    Homework in progress. Instructions for "Check SSD health and Dell hardware diagnostics" appear to be wrong. There is no such choice "SupportAssist Pre-Boot System Assessment."
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    Mysteriously slow, relatively new, Dell tower, Intel Core 5

    I hope this big community can help me with what seems to be a jinxed Dell tower running Win 11, bought Jul 2025. My main issue now, is sluggish performance showing up just a few hours after a cold start or restart. This poor performance started probably this January. Application launches take a...
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    Introduce Yourself

    OK, I guess I just Reply since there is no New Post button. PC user for many decades but not working now, instead using at home. I have a tech background but Windoze can still drive me batty.
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