My first distinct experience of WTF slowness was when Windows needed to verify Start Menu shortcuts to URLs or local network addresses. One machine having a ba

My first distinct experience of WTF slowness was when Windows needed to verify Start Menu shortcuts to URLs or local network addresses. One machine having a bad day could wreck the start menu for everyone on the local business LAN. Nowadays, I still largely blame network. Seems as though everything is either verifying something over the internet before showing you the UI and/or posting telemetry on your action after you click something.