Windows 10 Laptop becomes extremely laggy for 5-20 seconds, then works as normal, when running low intensity (or no) apps.

[Hussain_833]

Roughly every 5-20 minutes, my laptop becomes unbearably slow for 5-20 seconds, then continues working as normal. The mouse becomes laggy and and any/all operations become very slow (like alt+tab to new windows, minimising windows etc).These symptoms don't depend on how long my laptop has been on; the problem occurs soon after booting or if my laptop has been on for a long time. It happens more often when my laptop is under a small amount of stress (simple games like new club penguin haha, few tabs of Microsoft Edge or Discord). My laptop is not overheating and the fan appears to be working. T

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