Windows 10 Quick Tips: New Ways to Speed up Your PC Windows by Osman Ali - December 26, 2019 If you want to speed up Windows 10, take a few minutes to try these tips. Your device will be more agile and less prone to performance and system problems. Upgrading the following big features for Windows 10 comes soon, so it’s time to discuss what’s new – and think about why the slow pace of operating system innovation. Do you want to run Windows 10 faster? We have help. In just a few minutes you can experience these ten tips; your device will be more flexible and less prone to performance and system problems. For More Learn: Windows Tips 1. Change your power settings If you are using a power-saving plan in Windows 10, you slow down your computer. This plan reduces the performance of your computer in order to save energy. (Even desktop computers typically have a power-saving plan.) Changing your power plan from power saving to high or balanced performance will provide an immediate boost to performance. To do this, start Control Panel, and then select Hardware and Sound> Power Options. You will usually see two options: Balanced (recommended) and Power Saver. (Depending on your model and model, you may also see other plans here, including some brands by the manufacturer.) For the High-Performance setting, click the down arrow by showing additional plans. To change the power setting, just select the setting you want, then exit the control panel. The high performance gives you maximum gravity, but uses greater power; the balanced find a medium between energy use and better performance. The Power Saver provides everything you can to give you as much battery life as possible. Desktop users have no reason to choose to save power, and laptop users should consider the “balanced” option when not connected – and high performance when connecting to the power source. 2. Disable programs that run on startup One of the reasons why your Windows 10 computer is slow is that you have many programs running in the background – programs you may never use, or rarely use. Prevent them from running, and your computer will run more smoothly. Start Task Manager: Press Ctrl-Shift-Esc or right-click on the lower-right corner of the screen and choose Task Manager. If Task Manager is running as a compact application without any tabs, click More Details at the bottom of the screen. The Task Manager will then appear in all of its full-featured magazines. There’s a lot you can do, but we’ll just focus on killing unnecessary programs that run at startup. Click the Startup tab. You’ll see a list of programs and services that start when you start Windows. The list includes the name of each program as well as its publisher, whether it is enabled to start at startup, and the Startup Effect, which is the amount of Windows 10 slowing down when the system starts. To turn off a program or service at startup, right-click it and choose Disable. This does not completely disable the program; it only prevents it from starting at startup – you can always run the application after launch. Also, if you decide later that you want to run it at startup, you can return to this area of Task Manager and right-click the app and select Enable. 3. Shut Off Windows Tips and Tricks While using a Windows 10-based computer, Windows monitors what you do and provides tips on things you might want to do with your operating system. My experience, I rarely found these tips useful. I also do not like the privacy effects of the Windows system to constantly take a virtual look at my shoulder. Windows can see what you do and provide advice that makes your computer work more slowly. So if you want to speed things up, tell Windows to stop giving you tips. To do this, click the Start button, select the Settings icon, and then go to System> Notifications and Actions. Scroll down to the Notifications section and turn off. 4. Stop OneDrive from Synching The Microsoft-based OneDrive-based volume storage, built into Windows 10, keeps files synchronized and up-to-date on all computers. It’s also a useful backup tool even if your computer or hard disk is dead, you still have all your files intact, waiting for you to restore them. Here’s how to temporarily turn off OneDrive sync to see if that will boost your system’s performance. It does this by constantly synchronizing files between your computer and cloud storage – which can also slow down your computer. That’s why one way to speed up your computer is to stop syncing. Before you turn it off permanently, you’ll need to check if it’s already slowing down your computer. To do this, right-click the OneDrive icon in the notification area on the right side of the taskbar. (The OneDrive icon looks like a cloud.) From the pop-up screen that appears, click Turn Off Temporary Sync and select either 2 hours, 8 hours, or 24 hours, depending on how long you want to pause. During that time, measure whether you see a noticeable increase in speed. Also Read: Pro Tip: Making images accessible to screen readers doesn’t need to be hard