9 Ultimate Tips and Tricks To Speed Up Windows 10 PC

9 Quick Ways to Speed Up Windows 10 PC

Speed Up Windows 10 PC efficiency with these top tips-

Tip 1: Delete temp Files

Temp files are files that only need to exist temporarily and will become useless later. It’s unreasonable to keep these files stored on a disk that has limited space.
Does deleting temporary files really speed up your computer? Definitely. Many users have reported noticeable performance improvements by deleting their temp files.
Step 1: Hit the Windows Key, type ‘run’ and click Run shown in the list.
Step 2: Type %temp% and click OK. Then you will be directed to the Windows Temp folder.
Step 3: Select and delete all the files within the folder.
Step 4: Go to the Run box again, type ‘temp’ and click OK.
Step 5: When you see a notification saying you don’t currently have permission to access this folder, click Continue.
Step 6: Select and delete all the files.
Step 7: Go to the Run box and enter ‘prefetch’. Click Continue, then delete all files within the folder.

It will enhance the speed of Speed Up Windows 10.

Tip 2: Clean up the disks

Unlike disk defragmentation, which rearranges the files, Disk Cleanup works to remove unnecessary files on the hard drive and help to reclaim your disk space.
Step 1: Open This PC, right-click on your system drive and choose Properties.
Step 2: Click Disk Cleanup under the General tab and the utility will start scanning your drive and calculating how much space you can free.

Step 3: When it is done, choose Clean up system files in the window to let the tool scan your disk again.
Step 4: After the second scan, click OK in the new window. Then you will see a notification asking you “Are you sure you want to permanently delete these files?”. Click Delete Files. Since these operations just remove unnecessary files in your system, you don’t need to worry about losing important files.

Tip 3: Defragment and optimize drives

With the built-in disk defragmentation utility in Windows, you can rearrange the files on a disk to occupy continuous storage space, which will speed up file access. To optimize your drives:
Step 1: Hit the Windows Key, type ‘defragment’, and click Defragment and Optimize Drives when you see the option.
Step 2: Select your system drive (generally C drive) and click Optimize.

Defragment and optimize drives

Tip 4: Disable 

If you have too many programs starting up automatically, your boot time will increase dramatically. Also, too many apps are running in the background will make Windows 10 run sluggishly. Thus, by disabling unwanted start-up programs, you can also speed up your Windows 10 tremendously.
Warning
Don’t disable Microsoft programs that are necessary for booting nor the anti-virus software that protects your computer from virus attacks.
Step 1: Right-click anywhere on your taskbar and choose Task Manager.
Step 2: In the Task Manager window, go to the Start-up tab.
Step 3: Select the programs you rarely use, or don’t always need on start-up, and click Disable to remove it from the start-up programs.

startup programs

Tip 5: Check computer for malware or viruses

Sometimes the reason why your computer is slow is because of malware, Virus, spyware, adware, and other malicious programs are known to take up a lot of system resources (such as memory, hard drive, and processor) turning a device unusable.
Although every installation of Windows 10 comes with Windows Defender Antivirus, it’s still possible for malware to infect your computer.
If you suspect that your device is infected, you should try running a full virus scan with these steps:
1. Open Start.
2. Search for Windows Security and click the top result to open the app.
3. Click on Virus & threat protection.
4. Under the “Virus & threat protection updates” section, click the Check for updates option.

threat protection updates

1. Click the Check for updates button.

2. Click on Virus & threat protection from the left pane.

3. Under the “Current threats” section, click the Scan options link.

Virus Scan options

4. Select the Full scan option.

fulltime-scan

5. Click the Scan now button.
After you complete the steps, Windows Defender Antivirus should be able to detect and delete any malware impacting performance.

Tip 6: Remove unused software

Many PC vendors ship their machines with bundled third party software, which due to its large size and unnecessary nature is sometimes referred to as ‘Bloat ware’. Many computer users also install software for a specific purpose and never use it again e.g. designing a newsletter.
Redundant programs take up space on your hard drive and can reduce performance. To check your installed apps go to ‘Control Panel’>’Programs’>’Programs and Features’>’Uninstall a Program’.
Right-click on any programs you no longer need and select ‘Uninstall’. Windows 10 will ask for permission to make changes to your system. Click ‘Yes’ to continue.

unused software

Tip 7: Disabling transparency effects

To disable Fluent Design visual effects on Windows 10, use these steps:
1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Personalization.
3. Click on Colours.
4. Turn off the Transparency effects toggle switch.

After you complete the steps, Windows 10 will not only feel faster, but your device will free up some system resources for more important tasks.

Tip 8: CCleaner

Open CCleaner then Click on analyze after that click on Run cleaner.

ccleaner

Tip 9: Emptying your recycle bin

Emptying your recycle bin can speed up the computer’s performance and add room to your hard drive.

Follow these steps after that It will help you to Speed Up Windows 10, PC.

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