11 Ways to Speed Up a PC Running Windows 11
As everyone is aware, Windows 10 comes with default settings that are ideal for all users worldwide. Our systems’ performance gradually declines as we download and install more software. We can increase our systems’ efficiency by fine-tuning a few Windows 10 settings.
Some of the methods that’ll make our Windows 10 work much faster are as follows:
Use Disk Cleanup to get rid of unnecessary files.
Step 1: Type “disk cleanup” into the taskbar’s search box.
Step 2: – To open it, click on it now. Choose the drive you wish to clean now.
Step 3: Give it a few seconds to examine the disk.
Step 4: Right now. Click OK after selecting every file.
Turn off background apps
Disable any unwanted background apps that are using up your CPU and data by going to Settings -> Privacy -> Background apps.
turn off background apps
Turn Off Startup Applications
Step 1: Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to launch the task manager.
Step 2: Next, select the startup tab.
Step 3: Right-click on any program or application that you wish to prevent from starting automatically.
Delete unwanted temporary files
Step 1: Perform a right-click on the taskbar’s Windows icon.
Step 2: Select “Run.” As an alternative, you can open the run command box by pressing the Windows key + R.
Step 3: In the run command box, type %temp% and press Enter.
Step 4: Go ahead and erase every file in this folder.
Step 5: Right-click the Windows key once more and select “Run.”
Step 6: Enter temp and press Enter in the run command box.
Step 7: At this point, remove every file from this temporary folder.
Remove Prefetch files
Step 1: From the menu, select “Run” by performing a right-click on the Windows 10 taskbar.
Step 2: Enter prefetch into the text field and press the Enter key.
Step 3: At this point, remove every file within this folder.
Select the High-Efficiency Power Scheme.
1. Select Power and Sleep under Settings > System.
2. Select Additional Power Configurations.
3. Select a Power Plan with High Performance that Optimizes Performance
If Your Windows 10 PC is Still Slow, You can try the tweaks below
Adjust the system for the best performance
This method helps to remove unnecessary features of the PC which include animations as well as other visual effects.
Step 1:
Right-click on the “This PC” icon on the Desktop. Click on “Properties” to view the “System Settings” window.
System Properties
Step 2:
Click on “Advanced System Settings”.
Step 3:
Under “Advanced” settings, click on “settings” below the Performance section.
Step 4:
Choose the “Visual Effects” tab section.
And then Choose Adjust for best performance.
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Step 5:
Click on “OK” to confirm to apply your changes.
Edit registry for mouse and menu delay settings
Step 1 – Right-click on the Windows key and click on run.
Step 2 -Type regedit and hit enter.
Step 3 – Once registry editor windows open up, browse to the following location.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Control Panel
Mouse
Step 4 – Now, Double click on MouseHoverTime from the right side.
Step 5 – Now, change the value data to 10.
Mouse Hover Time
Step 6 – Then again browse to the following location given below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Control Panel
Desktop
Step 7 – Now, click on MenuShowDelay from the right.
Step 8 – Now, change its value data to 10.
Menu Show Delay Registry Editor
Uninstall Unwanted Programs and software
Some resource-hogging software that you may have installed in the past may be the sole cause of the sluggishness of Windows 10 OS. Just go to uninstall program and uninstall any undesirable program without which you can live on.
Enable Fast Startup
Step 1: – Search “Power options” in the Search bar of the taskbar and click to open it.
Step 2: – Now select “Choose what the power buttons do” from the left-hand side of the window
Step 3: – A new window called System Settings will open. Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable;
Step 4: – Simply uncheck the checkbox under this category that says “Turn on fast startup (recommended)”.
details on How to turn on a fast startup
Disable Search Indexing
Search indexing, though improves search responses, can deteriorate your Windows 10’s performance, which can be sometimes noticeable too. Hence, if you don’t do lots of searches now and then, disabling the search indexing feature is a better option.
To stop/disable the search indexing process, please follow the below steps:
Right-click on ‘This PC’ or My Computer and Choose ‘Manage’.
Now, Go to ‘Services and Applications’ -> ‘Services’.
Find ‘Windows Search’ and double-click on this.
Choose ‘Startup type’ and change it to disabled. Then press OK.
Turning off UAC
The User Account Control (UAC) prompts the user every time before initiating any manual program executed by the user. This is the default setting in Windows 10. You can change the setting to install programs easily. The steps required to turn off UAC are:
Step 1:
Click on the Windows Search bar positioned at the bottom left corner of your screen. Type “UAC” and click on the first option provided.
Step 2:
Slide the bar to the “Never notify” section and click on “OK”.
Note: Now, your PC will not prompt for installation of new software or any modifications related to your computer.
Update Device drivers
Update any outdated drivers in your system if any. Just search update device drivers in the search box.
Now, click select your computer name from the list and then choose Action -> Scan for hardware changes.
Optimize Folder Options
Step 1: – Search file explorer options in the Windows 10 search box of the taskbar.
Step 2: – Now, once it opens, click on the view tab.
Now, uncheck the given options below
Always show icons, never thumbnails
Display file icon on thumbnails
Display file size information in folder tips
Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
Show pop-up descriptions for folder and desktop items
Show preview handlers in the preview pane
And Finally, check the following options given below:
Hide empty drives
Hide extensions for known file types
Hide folder merge conflicts
Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
file-explorer-options
Finally, Click OK.
Disable Unwanted extensions and add-ons of Browsers you use
If you are using Chrome, then go on and uninstall extensions to make it fast and put the least load on the system. In the case of Mozilla disable add-ons to make Mozilla fast. You can also reset browsers to make them fast. If you are using Edge, you can also customize Edge to make it fast.
Cleaning Temporary Files every time by Clicking on a Batch file
Press windows + r and open the run command box. Now, enter %temp% in it and hit enter. Now, delete all temp files in the folder. You can also create a batch file and keep it on your desktop so that when you click it at any time, it clears all temp files in your system.
The temporary files in Windows 10 can be cleaned by creating a batch file. Execution of that file will result in cleaning all the cookies, cache, and any other temporary data. The steps to create the file are as follows:
Step 1:
Right-click on the screen, go to the new section, and click on “Text Document”.
Step 2 – Just Copy and Paste the Code Given Below in the Notepad File.
@echo off
del /s /f /q c:\windows\temp\*.*
rd /s /q c:\windows\temp
md c:\windows\temp
del /s /f /q C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch
del /s /f /q %temp%\*.*
rd /s /q %temp%
md %temp%
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree /y c:\windows\temp
deltree /y c:\windows\tmp
deltree /y c:\windows\ff*.tmp
deltree /y c:\windows\prefetch
deltree /y c:\windows\history
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies
deltree /y c:\windows\recent
deltree /y c:\windows\spool\printers
cls
Step 3:
Save the file as “speed.bat”.
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Note: Now click and Run the file from time to time and optimize the performance of your PC
Clear all kinds of Windows 10 cache
Hide all Non-Microsoft services
Step 1 – Right-click on the Windows 10 taskbar and click on run.
Step 2 – Now, write msconfig in the run command box and press enter.
Step 3 -Now, click on the services tab.
Step 4 – Now, check the option saying hide all Microsoft services.
Hide All Non-Microsoft Services
Step 5 – Now, press OK.
If Nothing else works, you can rest your PC without losing files
This will make your PC ultra-fast for sure and you will also not lose files in this case. It will give a new birth to your OS and will surely make it fast. Just try resetting your Windows 10 PC.
Go to Settings -> Update & Security -> Recovery -> Get started
Now, choose Keep my files, if you do not want to lose them.
The reset process takes about a few hours, so be patient.
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