Recommended AV?

[froggyboy604]

I think flashy graphics/animation, and the built-in antivirus programs like Windows Defender are making OS require so much storage space, RAM, and a fast CPU.

Online video players on websites can use a lot of RAM and CPU resources which slow down a cheaper PC in my experience. I don't have Slow down problems when I use Windows Media Player to play a offline HD video file or DVD movie disc.

[Skeithex]

It is flashy stuff, and mostly what W11 is which makes AVs run longer. OS should get simpler like it was back in the old days.

[froggyboy604]

I think OS were faster because a lot of programs are not running in the background, and automatically updating.

[Skeithex]

You can disabled a lot of them in W10 by searching background apps in the search bar, sadly this feature was mostly taken away in W11.

[froggyboy604]

I think some people also used programs like MSconfig, autoruns, taskmanager, and services.msc to disable background programs.

I read on a tech blog that there is a Windows Defender bug which is slowing down Intel CPUs by 6%.

[Skeithex]

Good old MS at work with that one. But the background apps is different from the task manger stuff and really does help.

[froggyboy604]

I imagine turning off Cortana, voice recognition, Windows Store Apps, and touchscreen features could make Windows use less RAM.