A quick and easy way to speed up a slow laptop is to adjust the way Windows looks and moves.  This can quickly speed up how quickly new windows and tabs load up and generally speed up the laptop in any other aspect.

Don’t worry about doing this; you won’t lose any work or make it harder to use Windows it’ll just look a little different that’s all…

Find the system icon on the control panel - the control panel will be in the start menu (where you turn the computer off)

Find the advanced settings for your computer - this may be on a tab for earlier versions of Windows

Select the performance option

Now select "adjust for best performance" and press OK

Now you’ll notice that everything have been simplified on the look of Windows and things move around and open much faster.  If you don’t quite like the (admittedly boring) look of the new performance options then perhaps you could only speed up certain aspects with the “custom” settings.