Tip#1
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Clear Startup Applications
Startup Applications runs automatically after you start your system and these applications run quietly in the background.
Who doesn’t like to use wonderful applications to make our lives easier??
We install applications over the time and even though these applications might seem closed but they might be running in the background that eats chunk of your processing power of the computer.
So, how do we clear these applications and speed-up our system?
Time needed: 5 minutes
#Tip clear these applications and speed-up our system
- Open the Task Manager
Go to the bottom bar and left click
- Simply search for the Task Manager
OR
You can use Ctrl + Shift + Esc - Go to the startup tab to see all the applications that are running
- Simply left click on the service that you want to stop.
Click on the disable option to stop the application running in the back-ground - This stops all the enabled services and makes your computer faster.
This improves the systems Performance in Windows
#Tip 2
Clear Startup services
Open Run
Type in “services.msc” and press ok
You will be able to see all the services running associated with different applications.
Go to the services that are running automatically
Move the type to manual from automatic to stop the services running after boot-up of the system.
This stops all the automatic services and makes your computer faster.
#Tip 3
Free-up disk space
If the system runs on low disk space, the performance of the system gets impacted and might be one of the causes for your systems low performance.
Step 1:- Go to windows search and open settings
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Step 2:- Go to the system and click on it
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Step 3:- In the options, Go to the storage option
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Step 4:- Click on the Storage sense option shown above to configure the settings
Step 5:- Configure the settings in the storage sense according to your requirements to clear up the unwanted data.
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Step 6:- Finally, click on the clean now button to free-up the space to improve your system performance and make your computer faster.
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#Tip 4
Drive health status
The errors in the drives is one of the factors to lower your systems performance and it is always good to check for any errors.
How do we find find the errors in the disk drives?
Step 1:- Go to CMD(Comand Prompt)
Step 2:- Run the CMD as an administrator
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Step 3:- Type the command “WMIC”
Step 4:-Then type the command “diskdrive get status” to check the status of the drives in the system .
Step 5:- If the output shown is “ok”, your drives are safe and if there are not ok, it is advisable to change them to make your computer faster.
#Tip 5
Check for the viruses
Internet has become a part of our life and as we use it, we download lot of applications, movies, files etc.
These files/ applications might contain viruses which might be running in the background of your computer that slows the PC.
You can install anti-virus applications to remove theses and stop all the viruses.
This will enable you to make your computer run faster than ever.
Happy exploring and start making your PC fast as ever.