I am a big fan of Avast, and have been a user for over 10 years, but it seems to have an issue with Windows 10 at the moment – so for this reason, I’ve had to source an alternative. Once I removed Avast, my computer was like new again. My problem was solved! Or at least for a couple of weeks… When the issue arose again, I realised the only thing I had done was install Avast Antivirus. I didn’t go for anything flash, but it has an i3 CPU and 6GB RAM.
Granted I was running on old hardware (Dual core CPU with 4GB RAM with HDD) and he was running on something virtually brand new (i5 and 16GB RAM with SSD), I still didn’t think that granted my computer taking 48 times longer than his to boot, and that was on a good day.Īfter countless virus scans, hardware checks and reinstallations I decided to upgrade my laptop. A friend of mine managed a 5 second start time after installing an SSD. I thought this was odd, as Windows 10 was supposed to cut start-up times even more than Windows 8/8.1 had. I’m not just talking a minute from pressing power to logon screen either, I’m talking 4 or 5 minutes from actually pressing the power button to being able to use the computer. Since upgrading, I have constantly experienced issues with Windows 10 slow start-up of my PC.
