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Amanda Caswell

I asked Gemini what was slowing down my Windows PC—here’s what it found

A silver Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro Windows laptop.

Like most people, I don’t spend much time thinking about what’s happening behind the scenes on my Windows PC. As long as my laptop boots up, opens Chrome and lets me get work done, I’m happy.

But after noticing my system feeling a little sluggish lately, I started wondering how many background processes were quietly running without me ever realizing it. That’s when I came across a list of Windows services that many home users don’t actually need.

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