[NBJack]

I got hit by this fact hard on the first (and only) device I upgraded, a Surface Pro 6. Second(s) lag on just opening the Start menu with nothing else running, long delays when loading the file Explorer, I suffered through it for a bit just assuming it was "warming up" with post upgrade operations.

After suffering through it long enough, I downgraded it back to 10 with a fresh install and it felt like a different device.

I feel a little bad for Microsoft. They clearly believe they have to find new things to add to their OS for the sake of adding things and justifying the upgrade. And this is likely just from teams that want to show impact (i.e. keep their jobs).

Win 10, for all it's faults, has served me well. I'd be happy to continue using it for a long time. But that doesn't make the stock price go up.

[chiph]

Try disabling the Bing integration. Add DWORD registry key and value DisableSearchBoxSuggestions = 1 to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

Classic case of a network call being slower than staying on the local computer (someone in Redmond should have known better)