Noticable Slowness on Opening and Running Program

"Have you:

Done a full malware scan?

Done a Windows Update to latest 1809?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software...

Updated all drivers - IObit’s “Driver Booster 6” work well for me?

Of course it can be a hardware fault, and never dismiss that possibility, but over the years (30+) I have found that drivers, especially video drivers, are the main culprit."