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July 21, 2026
Question

Illustrator slows down automatically

  • July 21, 2026
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This happens usually when my laptop gets any windows 11 updates or any firmware updates. 

I am not sure how both are connected but whenever such thing happens, post updates Illustrator starts working very slow. It lags tremendously.

I tried almost all the solution available, like resetting preferences, turning on/off GPU etc.

The only solution which works for me is to completely uninstall the entire creative suit through Adobe Cleaner and re-install everything as fresh.

After this, illustrator again works fine. But this event causes a lot of time loss and I have readjust my workspace again and again.

I have a high end laptop, with 32gb ram, core ultra 9 processor, 5070 Ti GPU.

Help needed to fix it!

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    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 21, 2026

    When Windows updates, it often messes with the printer driver. This could affect Illustrator. You can try and after each Windows update reassign the default printer.

    What you can also try instead of reinstalling: reset the Illustrator preferences. https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/troubleshoot-preference-issues.html