I had to get a new laptop. HP Windows 11. Sludgy as anything, and the CPU shows as 100%. There’s pretty much nothing added to this machine; we went through the set up and that’s about it. My wife has spent the afternoon setting it up again and running updates again. We think Avast One may be the culprit but I read online that there may be other junk slowing Windows 11.
As we continue to poke it with a stick, do you know any fixes, or can you point me toward a reputable site that will walk us through what to do that isn’t trying to sell us something and isn’t trying to get us to screw up the laptop even more?
I’m about ready to put it in the box and send it back where it came from.
Well if you go to Task Manager look at the Details section, assuming this is the same as Windows 10. Each Process is listed with a CPU and Memory. Click on the CPU column to sort it. Which processes have the big numbers?
While I agree with the others on how to check, I would definitely suspect the Avast antivirus and try uninstalling it. Windows 11 has the same built-in antivirus that Windows 8 and 10 had, and it works fine.
So you might as well get rid of any other antivirus. It’s just bloatware that probably let them sell you the laptop for a bit cheaper.