12 ways to speed up Windows 10
12 best ways to speed up windows 10
1. No special effects
For
Making stylish and attractive Start menu, taskbar, and transparent action
center in Windows 10. it uses special effects. It has a lot
of other stylish and attractive effect and built-in special effects.
It takes a lot of Background Process and make the system busy. we need here the
best performance by the system, So right-click the Start button
and click System.
Click Advanced system settings to
open the System Properties menu. On the Advanced tab
under Performance, click Settings...
This will open the Performance Options menu. In the Visual
Effects tab, either choose Adjust for best performance to
turn off all unnecessary animations and special effects, or choose Custom: and
deselect the visual effects. When you're
finished, click OK to apply your changes.
2. Disable Transparancy
Disable the transparency effects that Windows 10 uses for the Start menu,
the Taskbar and the Action Center. It takes a surprising amount of work for
Windows to create these transparency effects, and turning them off can make a
difference in system performance.
To do it, from Settings, choose Appearance
and Personalization >Task and Navigation> Personalization
>Colors, scroll down to “Transparency effects” and move the slider
to Off.
3. Disable Startup programs
If your PC is taking a long time to boot
up.It is caused by too many programs starting up when you turn
on your computer. To fix this, right-click on the Start button
and click Task Manager. Click the Startup tab
and peruse the list of programs that start up with your computer. If you
see a program that doesn't need to be there, right-click it and click Disable.
You can also arrange the list of programs by Startup impact.
4. Defrag your hard disk
The more you use your hard disk, the more it
can become fragmented, which can slow down your PC. Windows 10 has a
built-in defragmenter you can use to defragment your hard disk. You can even
tell it to run automatically so it stays constantly defragmented.
To do it, type defrag into
the search box and press Enter. From the screen that appears, select
the drive you want to defragment. Click the Optimize button to
defragment it. Select multiple disks by holding down the Ctrl
key and clicking each you want to defragment.
If you want to disks defragmented automatically, click
the Change settings button, then check the box next to “Run on a
schedule.” Now select Frequency Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
(Weekly will be best ) From this screen you can also choose multiple drives to
defragment.
5.Stop OneDrive
from syncing
Microsoft’s cloud-based OneDrive file
storage, built into Windows 10, keeps files synced and up to date on all of
your PCs. Here’s how to turn off OneDrive syncing temporarily, to see if
that boosts system performance.
To do so, right-click the OneDrive
icon (it looks like a cloud) in the notification area on the right
side of the taskbar, then click the Help & Settings button at the
bottom of the screen. From the popup screen that appears, click “Pause syncing”
and select either 2 hours, 8 hours or 24 hours, depending upon how long you
want it paused.
If you want to turn off syncing, right-click
the OneDrive icon, and from the popup, select Settings >
Account. Click “Unlink this PC,” and then from the screen that appears,
click “Unlink account.”
6.Find and fix the problem
Windows 10 has a built-in performance
troubleshooter that can help you find and fix any problems that might be
affecting your PC's speed. To open the troubleshooter, right-click on the Start button
and click Control Panel. Under Security and Maintenance at
the top, click Troubleshoot common computer problems. Next,
under System and Security, click Run maintenance tasks.
7.Reduce the Boot Time
When your computer starts up, the boot menu
is displayed for a certain amount of time before the operating system loads.
This gives you time to do things like start Windows in Safe Mode. You can shave
a few seconds off your startup time by changing the boot menu time-out, which
is set to 30 seconds by default.
To do this, right-click on the Start button
and click Control Panel. Go to System > Advanced system
settings, and, under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
Next to Time to display list of
operating systems: change the value from 30 seconds to 10 seconds
and click OK.
8. No tips
Windows 10 will sometimes give you tips on
how to get the most out of the OS. It scans your computer in order to do this,
a process that can have a slight impact on performance. To turn off these tips,
go to Start > Settings > System > Notifications & actions and
toggle off Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows.
9. Run Disk Cleanup
It'll improve performance and free up space
on your hard drive. Disk Cleanup has been around forever, but this trusted
Windows utility can still help clean out the temporary files, installers and
other junk littering your hard drive. To run it, just search for Disk Cleanup,
run it and click the button labeled Clean up system files.
10. Uninstall unwanted Programs
Right-click the Start menu,
choose Control Panel and under the Programs header,
click Uninstall a program. Peruse the list from time to time and
select the programs you no longer need and click Uninstall at
the top of the list.
11. Power plan
Open the Control Panel and
go to Hardware and Sound > Power Options to see which power
plan you are currently using. For better performance, make sure you are using
a High Performance or Balanced plan.
12. Restart your PC
Restarting your PC clears out its memory and
stops any processes that might be taking up resources. restarting your PC
is the only way to fully clear the memory and shutdown processes.
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