How to speed up the operation of your windows pc

If your Windows 10 computer is slower than it should be, some good solutions are to add a little more RAM or get a faster SSD, however that requires an investment. Therefore, before spending money, it is always advisable to put into practice tips and tricks like the following to speed up the operation of your computer. They are free and you may not have to invest a single euro cent.

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Make your computer "fly" with these simple free tips

Your computer works very slow, so much so that despair invades your body while you are forced to wait for a new application to start, for changes to be saved to a file or, simply, you can no longer play your favorite game. Well, follow the tricks and tips that we show you below and so you can speed up your PC, and best of all, you will achieve it without spending a single euro.

Reboot

It may sound a little absurd to you, but sometimes the solution is so simple and simple that we ignore it. If your computer is very slow, try restarting the system. The suspension saves energy and allows you to continue with activity in a faster way, however, only the restart will end everything that is slowing down your PC. And if it goes too slow, restarting on a daily basis will take almost no time at all and in return you will save a lot of time.

Activate high performance

Microsoft has created Windows so that it assumes that you want a computer efficient from the point of view of energy consumption, however, you may prefer to change electricity for speed. Only if you are willing to take on an increase in your bill and a decrease in battery performance (if you use it this way) should you activate the high performance mode. For it:

1. Right-click the Start button and from the on-screen menu select Power Options. In the resulting new control panel window, drop down the option to show additional plans and select the high performance one.

eye! Because some low-end computers do not have that option. In that case, don't worry, the environment will thank you, go on to the next trick.

Make some adjustments to the appearance options

Windows has a design and configuration that is easy for your eyes, however, if your computer is not very powerful, you may prefer to sacrifice aesthetics and gain some speed. For it:

1. Right-click the Start button and select System. In the left pane of the control panel, select " Advanced System Settings ". A new dialog box, System Properties, will open with the Advanced Properties tab already selected. Click the Settings button in the Performance box (the first of the three "Settings" buttons on this tab). This will open a dialog box. You can uncheck some of the options, or simply select the "Adjust to get the best performance" option.

Reduces the programs that start with the startup of your PC

If you have many programs that start automatically when you boot your PC, each of them slows down the startup process a bit, and some even continue to do so afterwards. So if you have many that start automatically, imagine!

Therefore, a good advice is to reduce the programs that start with the boot, although some, such as the antivirus, it is convenient to keep it, and also others like OneDrive or DropBox if you use them to work.

To manage the programs that start with the startup of your computer:

1. Right-click on the taskbar and select “Task Manager.” Click on the Start tab (if you don't see a tab at the top of the window, tap on More details in the lower left corner). In "Start" you will see all the programs with automatic start. Check this list thinking about the ones you don't really need to work at all times. Right-click on it and select Deactivate.

Stop processes that make excessive use of CPU

There are tasks that make great use of the CPU:

1. Right-click on the taskbar and select “Task Manager” (just like before, if you don't see any tabs at the top of the window, click More details) On the Processes tab, tap in the CPU column heading to sort by processor usage. The top items are the ones that consume the most CPU. EYE! If the processes at the top are using 0%, their order is incorrect, so you must click again on the column heading to display them in the correct order. To end a process, select it, click " Finish task ”and confirm your decision.

Two additional tips:

• Avoid terminating processes / tasks whenever possible Do not assume that a process / task placed at the top is necessarily negative because there are applications of great weight and quality that require significant CPU usage. Just close them when you stop using them.

Turn off Windows suggestions

Windows 10 can give you useful tips so that you can make better use of your computer, however, for this you must be observing what you do and this slows down your computer. If you're concerned about that (and your privacy), turn off Windows suggestions. To do this you simply must follow the following steps:

1. Click Start → Settings. Select the System option Then select Notifications and Actions in the left pane. At the bottom of the Notifications section, disable the "Get tips, tricks, and tips while using Windows" option.

Also, since you're here, you can also take a look at the rest of the notification options and disable some of them. They do not consume many resources so not slowing down your PC however, they can be very tiresome.

Turn off search indexing

It is wonderful to search all the files for a word and that the results appear almost immediately however that comes at a price. It is called indexing, it is necessary to be able to perform these searches quickly but slow down the computer. Therefore, if you wish, you can disable indexing:

1. Open Windows Explorer, right-click on the C: drive and select Properties. On the General tab, uncheck the option "Allow files on this drive to be indexed…" In the warning box that appears, select "Apply changes to C: \ drive, subfolders and files."

Indexing can take awhile to be completely disabled by Windows so either continue with something else or take a breather, which is always welcome.

Clean up your hard drive

Whether it is an HDD or an SSD, if it is almost full it could be slowing down your computer. On the contrary, if your storage unit has a lot of free space, you can skip to the next tip, although I would also review you.

Start with the Windows disk cleaning tool, wait for the examination of your HDD or SSD to complete and press the option to clean system files for which you will need the administrator password.

Also examine the options and if you find a call " Windows Pre-installation " delete it, you will gain a lot of space. Similarly, check other items to get rid of them and uninstall programs you no longer use.

Check for the possible presence of malware

It is not usual, they say out there, that the malware slows down your PC since the evildoers do not gain anything from it and also, it would be a very obvious clue. But that it is not habitual, does not mean that it is not possible. In fact, it may be that some malicious code is causing your PC to slow down, even without the criminal's intention.

Therefore, it executes the antivirus software that you use in a habitual way and eliminates any "strange thing" that you can find. This is something you should do regularly, not only if your PC runs slower than usual, that's why we include it last, because it is something that, for your safety, should already be done.

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And so far our special tips and tricks to speed up the operation of your Windows 10 computer without spending a single euro cent. If after following all the previous points step by step, your PC still does not take off as it should, then it may be time to expand the RAM and / or update your storage unit with an SSD. Another tip: if you consider that your computer already has enough RAM or the maximum that it supports, then jump straight for a good SSD, you will freak out with the difference.