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Boggin:
Can you go Start - type run and press enter then type cleanmgr in the box and press enter.

This will clean out various temp files.

If it reports a large amount to clean, that may be the problem as it is running out of swap files which can make a computer crawl.

P7RRF:
Boggin

Many thanks for your response and suggestion.  I invoked cleanmgr in Administrator mode.  This offered the report you can see in the attached Word doc.  Relative to the disk space available, I can't gauge if the original 788MB figure is a large amount to clean.  So just in case it's relevant, I included the C: drive properties in the doc file.

I've let Cleanup remove all bar the Recycle bin taking the 788MB down to 414MB.

Boggin:
I have seen a lot more than that cleaned out which prior didn't impact on performance.

What are you keeping in the Recycle Bin that you haven't included in the clean out.

As you can see from the Properties, you can also run Disk Cleanup from there which the cmd cleanmgr runs.

Have you checked to see if you get the same slow when in Safe Mode with Networking ?

Overheating first came to mind on this but recovery wouldn't have occurred so quickly after a reboot.

When you start to get the slow browsing, can you open Task Manager and under Performance look to see what the CPU and Memory usage is.

If those are high then under the Processes tab, click on Memory and that will sort to the highest usage first.

Depending upon what that is (not your browser) - right click on it and select Go to services and whichever is highlighted will be the hog.

However, have you run a chkdsk /r from the Command Prompt and when was the last time that you defragged the HDD ?

P7RRF:
Boggin

Once again many thanks for your in-depth analysis.  You've provided me with much to think about, and I will go through each of your points with care, hopefully a little later in the day.

In the meantime your reference to overheating made me wonder.  Firstly, my machine has overheated in the past.  We're living in the house we are still building.  The environment is very dusty despite our attempts to restrict dust to the work area.  Seconly, I've noticed that the problem seems to be worse later in the day rather than first thing in the morning when I switch it on and leave it running.  So my first task will be a good clean!

I'll report back later.

P7RRF:
Good morning Boggin

I cleaned inside my PC this morning.  Strangely, no fluff.  Just dust that I carefully vacuumed.  Too early to see if this has improved the situation.  So in the meantime I'll work my way through the other items you identified.

Regards

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