Windows 8 Win 8.1 on a new PC is sluggish.

BudVitoff

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That's what my grandson calls it. He's got 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive in an Asus PC. System info is attached here as a .pdf file. 95% of his activity is Minecraft, but even before that comes into play, the OS is slow to load and if he should enter an erroneous password at the start, "slow" becomes "ten minutes" after entering the correct password.

I have a hunch that msconfig is loading a whole bunch of unnecessary stuff. Although I wouldn't know what to disable, GeekSquad can probably help me on that. I'm just wondering if any of you can offer other thoughts on the matter.
 

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One comment I'd like to make here too, is a rule of thumb guide many of us "old guys" use. If the computer your grandson is using (it would be helpful to know the make/model) doesn't boot up in less than 5 min. it needs to be serviced. You can do a lot of this stuff yourself as mentioned by others above, however, this is tricky stuff. To be clear, from the time you turn on the power-on switch on your grandson's computer until the time Windows boots up and you can bring up a browser (IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.) to a home page; this is bootup time, and on a PC that came with Win8.1 it should not exceed 5 min. total time. Otherwise it's a combination of Windows corruption, possible virus/malware...
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Hi! How about the reliability Monitor @Neemobeer ?? How's come no one uses it!
Reliability Monitor is the Best Windows Troubleshooting Tool You Aren’t Using

Reliability Monitor tracks the history of your computer — any time an application crashes, hangs, or Windows gives you a blue screen of death. It also tracks other important events, like when software is installed, or Windows Updates loads a new patch.


It’s an extremely useful tool. And yes, it’s in Windows 7 and 8… and even 8.1. It might be in Vista, but who uses that anymore?
 
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Well it provides the same information as EventViewer just in a different format, plus working in a corporate IT environment there is no way to see the Reliability monitor of a remote computer without some kind of remote solution in place or rdp which will kick the user off. EventViewer allows you to view a remote systems event logs. That would be why I don't use it.
 
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OK Thanks! I really like the Reliability Monitor and I check it daily. I really had a rough day on patch Tuesday!
Check this out!
 

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