Windows 10 Anniversary Update Issues: Slow Performance and Taskbar Problems

MikeHawthorne

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Hi

My computer updated to Anniversary last night and there are some big changes right off the bat.

For one thing my computer is running really slow, and the taskbar keeps hiding itself and I can't find anyplace to turn it off.

When I right click in this window the drop down window does not appear.

So my first job is to figure out what is causing everything to run so poorly.

I've rebooted several times but it hasn't improved performance.
This seems to be throughout all programs I've tried to run, in Google Chrome or my word processor.

There are major changes in the way that the menus look.
For one thing all programs are available in the main menu, you don't have to click the all programs button, they are just there.

I think I'm going to have to reinstall Chrome, it just doesn't seem to be working right.

If I spell something wrong it tells me by underlining it, but when I right click nothing happens.

Same with Open Office.

Boot times seem normal, but software is slow to open.

I'll mess around and see if I can figure this out, I did make a system image before it updated.
So if I need to I can restore my computer to it's previous state.

Mike
 
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Hi BigBear

It seems that most of my problems were fixed by updating my video drivers, the clue was when I started seeing screen distortion when moving windows on the desktop.

Right now my computer seems to be working pretty well.
At least my right click menus are working.

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When I looked online I saw people who were having problems getting the update to complete like Neemo, but I didn't find anyone having the problems that I did, just lucky I guess. LOL

Anyway I have my fingers crossed but it seems to be...
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Hi

I think you may be right about the right click thing, I seem to have the problem in Chrome but not in Edge.
I just tried it and it works here, now that I'm in Edge, it didn't in Chrome.

Mike
 
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Hi

I think it's just some kind of glitch, I'll let it go for a while and see if it works itself out before I do anything radical.
It seem that it keeps working as long as I don't use Chrome, when I do then the right click quits working.

The only way I can get it to work again it to log out and back in, then it's OK again.

I uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled it but it still does the same thing.

Right now I'm using Edge and it's working OK.

It doesn't happen in games or anything else as far as I've seen so far.

Pretty weird, I've run sfc /scan now twice and it shows no errors.

I have to Ctrl, Alt, Delete to get out when it does it because I can't bring up the power menu that includes log out from the start button without the right click.

Otherwise my computer seems to be running at a normal speed again, doesn't feel logy like it did.

Mike
 
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Hi

I removed Chrome completely and I haven't had any problems since.
In a few days I'll try reinstalling it.

It appeared that the problems started every time I opened it.

I'd use Edge if they didn't make every thing so hard to do.
Even creating a link on the favorits bar is a pain.

And I can't find my history any place.

Mike
 
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I would also try (in case you haven't) opening the advanced settings section and at the very end is a reset button. See if that helps at all.
 
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Hi Kemical

Where exactly are the Advanced Settings Reset, I'm not finding that anyplace?

Mike

Found it, I didn't realize that you were talking about inside Chrome.
I haven't had a single problem since I uninstalled Chrome.

Now it's back in I'll see what happens.
 
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Hi

Well I've had Chrome reinstalled for a while and no problems so far.
I'll keep my fingers crossed but my computer is running really well right now.

Mike
 
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Well it turns out that I can't install the anniversary update due to the Nvidia driver I have to use is too old and not compatiable. I tried the latest update and it still has the same issue. No blue screen, everything just locks up (mouse, display, keyboard) So I said screw it and bought one of these Link Removed
 
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Hi

Looks like a nice computer, I did notice that the Nvidia driver had an impact on the performance of my Anniversary install.
When I first updated I was getting distortion when I'd try and drag a folder on the desktop and extreme logginess.

When I installed the latest driver it improved a lot, the distortion when away and everything ran faster.
But it seems to have been Chrome that caused the right click to stop working.

Everything seems to be normal now.

Mike
 
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Nice..
 
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Wow. I have a rival. My three home computers are about 8 years old, all using NVidias and running 100% with Windows 10. Yours must be REALLY old lol. My budget has run out of input.
 
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It's a gen 3 i7 so it's not that old there is just something wrong with the GPU, if I could upgrade the driver to a more current version I could install the windows update.
 
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