HP Compaq CQ2903 slow W10

[butch72]

I installed a new ssd with w10 home x64 because the pc was very slow with w8.1 and the default hd. But it stays slow, cpu s often 100%, cpu is a AMD E1-1200 APU.

anyone who can help me on this? the cpu 100% is caused by windows processes, not by installed programs.

[mdklassen]

> I installed a new SSD with W10 home x64 ...

Which release of Windows 10 did you install? 

Was it the '1607 Anniversary Update', from July 2016?

Was it the '1703 Creators Update', from March 2017?

Either way, the first time that you connect a "fresh" Windows 10 installation to the Internet, Windows Update will run in the background, to download, virus-scan, & apply all the security-updates from that "base" including the security updates released on August 8, 2017. 

This task consumes resources:

* CPU (your mobile AMD processor is only 1400 Mhz)

* Internet

* Disk-drive

* RAM

Thus, all "foreground" tasks run more slowly.

Launch Windows Update, to confirm that it is updating, and let it complete, and then reboot your computer when prompted.  When your Windows is "up-to-date", it should run at "best" speed.

Have you installed an anti-virus product?  It may be consuming more resources than the built-in "Windows Defender".

[butch72]

many thanks for youre reply. the computer is fully up to day with Windows updates, freshly installed. Noticed the 

WmiPrvSE.exe seems to be causing the problems.

[mdklassen · Accepted solution]

From: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/wmiprvse-using-high-cpu/ea1b...

WmiPrvSE.exe is not a virus or a malware. Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a component of the Microsoft Windows operating system that provides management information and control in an enterprise environment.

Run the Windows "Event Viewer", to see if an unusually-large amount of events are being generated & logged, e.g,. an imminent disk-drive failure could cause many events, and, of course, slow performance, as the events are being logged to that "failing" disk-drive.

[Huffer]

That computer will always be painfully slow with the AMD E1 processor. Many cell phones and tablets have more processing power. You are banging your head against a brick wall trying to make it better. It is not the hard drive.