Computer incredibly slower than what It previously was.

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SparkleFarts219

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Recently, my 8.1 has been at least twice as slow as a month previous, and I've downloaded almost nothing other than basic things such as Steam, AVG, etc..

Skype would crash and I would need to restart it, upon booting it back up, it would need another restart.

Chrome would lag and tabs would open with a huge delay, pages would go unresponsive like crazy, and all downloaded things on my PC such as Steam would crash and require a reboot.

Please, any suggestion would help.

I don't have a good enough income to afford a new PC without saving up for at least two years, so that means I can't buy a new PC for a while, or until a holiday such as Christmas. But it's very unlikely.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
CCleaner might help by cleaning up caches and similar.
If you use AVG Free, disable linkscanner and email scanner.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo E525
    CPU
    AMD A4-3300M @ 2,0GHz
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 6480G 512MB shared
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 465GB
    Cooling
    Fusion Tweaker
    Keyboard
    Logitech K360
    Mouse
    Logitech M705
    Internet Speed
    50/50 MBps
    Browser
    Yandex
    Antivirus
    No AV & No Firewall
    Other Info
    Headphones: Sennheiser RS170
I always run sfc /scannow in such situations just to be sure the core system is OK.

Then there is making sure your drive is up to par. A chkdsk /r from Administrator command prompt may help. It can take hour(s) to run though. I was having random problems months back, ran it and haven't had problems since.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer V3 771G-6443
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer VA70_HC (U3E1)
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD4000 + GeForce GT 730M
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Generic PnP Display on Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250 GB
    ADATA SSD SP900 128GB
    PSU
    90 watt brick
    Mouse
    Bluetooth
    Antivirus
    Comodo
    Other Info
    Asus RT-AC56R dual-band WRT router (Merlin firmware). Intel 7260.HMWWB.R dual-band ac wireless adapter.
What are the specs of this computer? Have you looked at what programs/processes are running in the background? You might have picked up malware from somewhere.

I would uninstall AVG and use something else. It was a great program in its day, but is now a huge resource hog. Don't know anything about Steam, but looking at their website, it seems a likely way to end up with toolbars and other junk you don't need.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
My two neighbours had the same problem, partly due to older computers. However after running Ccleaner and removing unwanted programs and removing their 3rd party A/virus program( which can be quite hungry beasts) and replacing with the inbuilt Windows Defender they both had a marked improvement in speed. Keeping things as slim as you can and run Ccleaner and defragmentation to ensure the best possible performance.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64 bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    pcspecialists. Fusion450
    CPU
    AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core. 3.60GHz.
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD7700 series
I would try booting into safe mode and seeing if it's still very slow. IF it is, then I would suspect hard drive problems -- especially since attempting to download stuff causes the PC to crash.
 

My Computer

System One

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