Installed Windows 10 on PC WordPress very Slow.

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  celticsession · Member · Sep 22, 2015 at 11:53 pm

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  Just install Windows 10 on my PC and WordPress has become very slow. My other computer still has Windows 7 and WordPress is OK works fine – What can I do?

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  jameswelbes · Member · Sep 23, 2015 at 1:37 am

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  Downgrade back to Windows 7?

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  celticsession · Member · Sep 23, 2015 at 6:16 am

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  Not really an option with new computers having Windows 10 and Windows 7 losing support in a few years. WordPress needs to update their software not use a community blog to answer questions for them. And it seems, WordPress have no direct contact to discuss such issues so they will lose over the next few years as I am about to do and others will – change venue.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 23, 2015 at 7:13 am

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  Hi there. Websites run in a browser, not in Windows, so Windows won’t make a website run slow, a browser would. Upgrading Windows could have messed up your browser. I’ve heard of this happening to many who’ve upgraded. Additionally, Windows 10 is still very bug-ridden, so you can expect to still have problems with it for quite some time. Specifically, Windows 10 has a lot of driver issues, so it could be your network card’s drivers are incompatible.

  Try clearing your browser cache and cookies, and if that doesn’t make a difference completely uninstall and reinstall your browser. Also make sure your network settings in Windows are correct. A likely cause of the slow speed is that Windows 10 uses your bandwidth to download updates for other people on a peer-to-peer network. This feature is enabled by default, and especially if you have a slower connection can make a noticeable difference.

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  celticsession · Member · Sep 24, 2015 at 9:55 pm

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  Thanks kokkieh for the insight to check out the browser used. Problem partially solved by using “Microsoft Edge” in Windows 10 and not “Internet Explorer”. WordPress works up to speed. However navigating Microsoft Edge to personalize is tough to remove the subjects and stuff that you are not interested in.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 25, 2015 at 4:35 am

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  Ah, IE would be the culprit. There’s a reason Microsoft decided to drop it for Edge. However, keep in mind that Edge is also brand new, and thus likely to still have a few bugs.

  If you’re up to trying a different browser, both Firefox and Chrome work very well, and they’re both completely compatible with WordPress.com. You can download either of them here: http://browsehappy.com/

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  celticsession · Member · Sep 25, 2015 at 4:07 pm

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  Thanks for your interest and support.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 25, 2015 at 4:42 pm

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  You’re very welcome :)