Should I let a friend reset my slow laptop before a deadline?
Technology“I can wipe it on Saturday and it’ll feel new,” my friend said. My Windows 11 laptop takes nearly six minutes to settle after sign-in, but once my drawing app is open, it handles my poster work reasonably well.
I have a print deadline on Monday. My friend means well and has fixed computers for relatives. I am tempted because every morning begins with a parade of little windows I do not remember asking for. But I have not checked which programs start automatically, and I would have to reinstall the drawing app and printer after a reset.
He says I am making a simple job complicated. I think he is offering the right sort of help at the wrong moment.
Would you investigate the startup delay first or take the clean start he is offering? I can live with six slow minutes until Monday; I cannot spend Sunday discovering what the poster depended on.