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System grows slower over several hours, then I have to (force) reboot
This began about 5 days ago. System ran well until then. Had performed several updates (Windows Security, Citrix, Lenovo Utilities, etc) within iin a day or so, noticed system getting slower and slower to the point where it was so painful I had to reboot, occasionally by forcing power off. Shutdown, when successful, takes forever, too. This degradation takes several hours. Once I reboot, I have a few hours of productivity.
At around the same time, the fingerprint reader stopped working. Coincidence?
I have done a system restore (several). I tried a Safe OS boot and the same degradation happened. I've tried shutting off all system tray items. NG. Shutting off services (without reboot). With shutting off items, I did get a slight increase in performance for a few minutes but none seemed to help significantly.
Did what (limited) troubleshooting I could, but I think I'm chasing shadows.
Help (please).