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Win7 system lag in which it cannot open new processes, but already opened ones work fine

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Coming from this thread after being redirected here:

Windows 7 corruption and SURT asks for updates that do not exist

I had some Win7 corruptions that got fixed, but I now ended up with a certain type of lag that randomly appears. It consists that the computer will do nothing if new processes are started, like opening a program or a new Firefox/Chrome tab. It can last between 5-10 minutes until it unfreezes and everything on queue loads at once. However, current processes will work fine, without any lag.

I've also noticed that the computer's time will slowly slow down a bunch of seconds. There is an official time webpage for where I live that shows the current time. I have set it from there, adjusting the seconds. The last time I did that was 2 days ago, and now it runs 2 seconds behind. If I leave it, it will keep getting behind, eventually getting a minute behind.
 
Can you perform a clean boot state to find out if any one of the third-party services or startup program causing the lag problem.

Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts

You can reset the Windows Time service configurations using Command Prompt.

Open the Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe into Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.

Execute below commands one at a time:

Code: 
net stop w32time

w32tm /unregister

w32tm /register

net start w32time

w32tm /resync /nowait


Once you completed the steps, your device should now synchronize with its clock over the internet.
 
I did the clean boot, but nothing happened. Thing is, this system lag happens randomly. It can go a whole day with nothing happening and the next day it can lag every hour for 5 minutes each. It did not lag while clean booting, but the lag only happens when trying to start new processes. I cannot reproduce the lag either.

As for the time, I have a very special thing, in which my country's government sets the summer-winter time per year, which is not constant. Syncronizing to any other server that is not the official one will mess up the time. Setting Windows time and sync changed it to a time that is not correct, so I always have to set it manually.

As for the commands, I ran them anyways.

The first one said that Windows Time Service has not started. The second said Error: Denied Access 0x80070005 (I ran it with admin). The rest ran correctly and ended up with a wrong local time because Windows servers have the wrong time for where I live.
 
Type in perfmon /report in the Windows Search box and hit enter. The Performance Manager will automatically run a report and diagnose issues that are impacting your PC. Luckily for you, it will also recommend solutions for each problem found.



Execute below command to set Windows Time service to automatic startup type.

Code: 
sc config W32Time start= auto
 
Perfmon did not find anything. I also ran the command, but again Windows Server time does not have my correct timezone and syncronizing with it gives me a wrong time.
 
Have you scan your computer for malware infection if not scan with MalwareBytes.

You can also repair install Windows 7.

Repair Install - Windows 7 Help Forums


Windows uses time.windows.com as the default time server. If that time server is not working for you or if you want to use some other custom time server, you can do that too.


Open the command prompt as admin and execute the following command.

Code: 
w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:time.server.url.com

Don't forget to replace time.server.url.com with the actual time server URL. You can use the NTP Pool Project to find the time server addresses of different countries and places.


As soon as you execute the command, Windows will access that time server, gets the time and syncs it with your system.
 
I scan everyday with MBAM. It comes clean. As for fixing Win7, that's from where I came from in the link in the first post. It is now fixed.
 

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