windows 10 VERY slow when trying to open Devices & Printers?

[jsfitz54]

It's not a printer problem. Don't respond to a thread if you can't even be bothered to read the first post.

I read ALL the posts. As I always do. And your solution is shit.

HP software is temper mental. If this was Epson or some other brand I would say W10 drivers.
Because it's HP, that's more the issue. (lack of support(slow) on new and old platforms)

You should try reading what you write and move up a grade.

 

[Dethroy]

I read ALL the posts. As I always do. And your solution is shit.

HP software is temper mental. If this was Epson or some other brand I would say W10 drivers.
Because it's HP, that's more the issue. (lack of support on new and old platforms)

You should try reading what you write and move up a grade.

Whatever. What do I care ...

 

[BrewIT]

Hello All
I work in IT and have been trying to figure this slow devices and printers problem for a while now. Being in the enterprise version might be slightly different but I decided to try a few things today.
The new Devices\Printers and Scanners interface introduced in Windows 10 goes and tries to discover everything on the network before letting you take control. For our network that includes hundreds of printers etc. Going to Devices and printers poses the same sort of delay while windows hunts for every device on the machine and network.
I decided to turn on Network discovery from Network and Sharing Center\Advanced Sharing Settings. Once I enabled Network Discovery the Devices and Printers loaded much faster - more like Windows 7 used to. I suspect the initial discovery might somehow be remember in the registry since I disabled Network discovery after opening Devices and printers the first time and even after rebooting the control panel\Devices and printers was quick to load. Turning on File and printer sharing also under Sharing Options also speeds up loading even after you turn it back off again.
I tend to think the newer devices interface caused the problem by using auto discovery for network devices even though it wasn't turned off under sharing options. Likely a bug somewhere that's fixed once it's turned on one time.

Try it and see if it helps in other versions of Win 10

 

[jboydgolfer]

Hello All
I work in IT and have been trying to figure this slow devices and printers problem for a while now. Being in the enterprise version might be slightly different but I decided to try a few things today.
The new Devices\Printers and Scanners interface introduced in Windows 10 goes and tries to discover everything on the network before letting you take control. For our network that includes hundreds of printers etc. Going to Devices and printers poses the same sort of delay while windows hunts for every device on the machine and network.
I decided to turn on Network discovery from Network and Sharing Center\Advanced Sharing Settings. Once I enabled Network Discovery the Devices and Printers loaded much faster - more like Windows 7 used to. I suspect the initial discovery might somehow be remember in the registry since I disabled Network discovery after opening Devices and printers the first time and even after rebooting the control panel\Devices and printers was quick to load. Turning on File and printer sharing also under Sharing Options also speeds up loading even after you turn it back off again.
I tend to think the newer devices interface caused the problem by using auto discovery for network devices even though it wasn't turned off under sharing options. Likely a bug somewhere that's fixed once it's turned on one time.

Try it and see if it helps in other versions of Win 10

Although I appreciate your offer for suggestions as you can see by the post dates, this thread is a bit long in the tooth. The issue was resolved with one of the updated builds of windows 10. Although in my opinion it's still not as fast as Windows 7, it's nowhere near as slow as it was in summer 2016 when I posted this issue.

Thread issue resolved

 

[P4-630]

it's nowhere near as slow as it was in summer 2016 when I posted this issue.

Thread issue resolved

That's why I always add [Solved] to the thread title once a problem is solved!

 

[BrewIT]

Although I appreciate your offer for suggestions as you can see by the post dates, this thread is a bit long in the tooth. The issue was resolved with one of the updated builds of windows 10. Although in my opinion it's still not as fast as Windows 7, it's nowhere near as slow as it was in summer 2016 when I posted this issue.

Thread issue resolved

I'm working with the latest builds and since we have sharing and network discovery turned off by default I felt someone might benefit from the info anyway.
Thank You
Bob

 

[jboydgolfer]

That's why I always add [Solved] to the thread title once a problem is solved!

TBH, i totally 4got about the thread.

I'm working with the latest builds and since we have sharing and network discovery turned off by default I felt someone might benefit from the info anyway.
Thank You
Bob

I agree, but i thought id ler u know just the same.i run the newest builds. i.e 15014.100

 

[OneMoar]