Something that you can try - works surprisingly often, but not always.

If you have an admin account on the laptop, try making another, new user account and logging into that newly created account.

if things seem OK, just srtart using that new login instead.
You should be able to copy all of your documents, vids and photos across if you want.

Very often makes fairly minor problems go away.
Not always, but worth a go before giving up.