When a computer starts running extremely slow and a simple restart fixes it, what is really happening?
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Most of the time, the slow-running computer is laboring under a lot of background programs that the user hasn’t shut down.
Restarting closes those programs so the rebooted system runs quicker since it’s doing less.
If the computer has a lot of start-up programs, though, it’ll start slowing down again.
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