PC is slow

4 steps · PowerShell, Windows · 4 commands

Find the heavy process

Get-Process | Sort CPU -Desc

SafeProcesses in PS

How to tellCheck top CPU/memory

Get-Process details →

Check memory and disk

systeminfo

SafeDump system info

How to tellLook at free memory/paging

systeminfo details →

Kill the offender if needed

taskkill /PID <PID> /F

CautionKill a process

How to tellVerify the PID first

taskkill details →

Sanity-check system files

sfc /scannow

CautionRepair system files

How to tellIf corruption is suspected

sfc details →

Commands used here

Get-ProcessProcesses in PS
systeminfoDump system info
taskkillKill a process
sfcRepair system files

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