This has been true of Windows for a long, long time. I did a few benchmarks back in 2006 and installing 1000 fonts had a comparable effect on boot time to Norto

This has been true of Windows for a long, long time. I did a few benchmarks back in 2006 and installing 1000 fonts had a comparable effect on boot time to Norton Internet Security. This carried into GDI starts but caching made that painful to benchmark. Reliably. Does make you wonder how much Windows 95 code or even just idioms are still clanging around inside Windows 10. https://thepcspy.com/read/what-slows-windows-down/#codecs-and-fonts https://thepcspy.com/read/what-slows-windows-down/#codecs-an...