So, do take a stroll through your installed programs and consider if you truly need all of them.
Delete unnecessary programsĪpplications can also take a lot of disk space and we do tend to install a lot of random programs. You can clean-up your temporary files by searching for "Disk Clean-Up" on your Windows search bar and clicking on the Disk Clean-Up program. By temporary files, I am mostly referring to old Windows Updates which you no longer need, temporary internet files, etc. Other than that, do clean-up the temporary files of Windows as well. So, do make sure that you absolutely need every file that you have got on your main drive right now. Running out of space is one easy way to slow down your computer. If you click on the "optimize" button for an SSD, Windows will send a "Trim" command on the drive which is an entirely different thing that has nothing to do with this article. SSDs are different than HDDs and do not need to get defragmented because they contain no moving parts.
There is the option of setting this tool to automatically defragment the drives manually, weekly, or monthly.
To defragment a drive, open your Windows search bar and type "Defragment", then choose the "Defragment and optimize" option. Regularly defragment your HDDĭue to the way that they work, HDDs can get fragmented over time and that will increase your loading speeds, thus making your computer feel slower. To disable start-up programs, right click on your taskbar -> Task Manager -> Start-up tab, then select the program of your choice and click on "Disable". Just be careful not to disable anything of importance. This can provide a significant boost on your boot times and the overall performance of your computer. They can all be started when you need them at any time, just not at boot time. Disable unwanted startup programsĬhances are that there are lots of apps starting up automatically when you boot your system, are you sure that you need all of them?įor an example, if you do not use Steam, One Drive, and Google Drive you can disable them from launching automatically. Needless to say, that your main drive is likely much slower than your RAM memory. If you run out of RAM, your PC will become unbearably slow as it will have to rely on your main drive for RAM storage.
Have you tried turning it Off and On? Windows computers do need a reboot every now and then to clean up on RAM.
So, here are 10 ways to make your Windows 10 computer faster. The good thing is that for every problem there is always a solution. However, there are still many ways for us to unwillingly slow down our system. Windows 10 is considered one of the most lightweight and optimized versions of Windows up till now. Watch Video: Windows 10 tricks to try today