Asus a32-m50 laptop battery<\/a><\/strong> performance.<\/p>\nRight-click the\u00a0Start\u00a0<\/em>button and in the resulting menu, select\u00a0Power Options.<\/em><\/p>\nIn the resulting Control Panel window, pull down the\u00a0Show additional plans\u00a0<\/em>option. Select\u00a0High performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSome low-end PCs, including my Miix 310, don\u2019t have those options.<\/p>\n
3. Undo some appearance options<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWindows works hard to make the screen easy on the eyes.\u00a0 If your PC is underpowered, you may want to sacrifice aesthetics and gain some speed.<\/p>\n
Right-click\u00a0Start,\u00a0<\/em>and select\u00a0System.\u00a0<\/em>In the resulting Control Panel window\u2019s left pane, select\u00a0Advanced system settings<\/em>.<\/p>\nThis brings up the System Properties dialog box, already on the\u00a0Advanced\u00a0<\/em>tab. Click the\u00a0Settings<\/em>\u00a0button in the Performance box (the first of three \u201cSettings\u201d buttons on this tab).<\/p>\nThis brings up another dialog box. You can uncheck some of the options, or simply select\u00a0Adjust for best performance.<\/em><\/p>\n4. Remove unneeded autoloaders<\/h2>\n A whole lot of programs want to load automatically every time you boot. Each one slows down the boot process, and some continue to slow down Windows afterwards.<\/p>\n
These are not all bad. Your antivirus program should <\/em>load when you boot and keep running as long as your PC is on. Other programs that need to run in the background to work, such as OneDrive, should also autoload.<\/p>\nBut some programs\u2014even good ones that you use frequently\u2014don\u2019t really need to run all the time. You don\u2019t want to uninstall those, but you may want to stop them from autoloading.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTo see how bad the situation is, right-click the taskbar and select\u00a0Task Manager.\u00a0<\/em>Click the\u00a0Startup\u00a0<\/em>tab. (If you don\u2019t see any tabs at the top of the window, click\u00a0More details\u00a0<\/em>in the lower-left corner.)<\/p>\nThe Startup tab will show you all the autoloading programs. As you examine the list, think about what programs don\u2019t really need to keep running at all times. To stop one from loading automatically, right-click its entry on the Startup tab and select\u00a0Disable<\/em>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t recognize the name of an autoloader, right-click it and select Search online<\/em> to help you find more information.<\/p>\n5. Stop hog processes<\/h2>\n Your computer may be running a poorly written process that\u2019s hogging a lot of resources. To find out, right-click the taskbar and select\u00a0Task Manager.\u00a0<\/em>(Once again, if you don\u2019t see any tabs at the top of the window, click\u00a0More Details<\/em>.)<\/p>\nOn the\u00a0Processes\u00a0<\/em>tab, click the\u00a0CPU\u00a0<\/em>column header to sort by processor usage. The top items will be the ones hogging the CPU. (If the top processes are all using 0%, the processes are sorted in the wrong direction. Click the column header again.)<\/p>\nDon\u2019t assume that the top process is necessarily a hog. Some big applications are worth the CPU cycles. One way to manage these programs is to close them when you\u2019re done with them. Another is to switch to a smaller program.<\/p>\n
If the hog is Windows Driver Foundation, see this Windows Club article.<\/p>\n
You can close a process from inside Task Manager. Select the process and click the\u00a0End task\u00a0<\/em>button and confirm your decision. But this should be avoided.<\/p>\nWhen you\u2019re done, click the\u00a0Memory\u00a0<\/em>column header and repeat.<\/p>\n6. Turn off search indexing<\/h2>\n When you search for a word across all the files in your Documents library, the results come up almost immediately. That\u2019s wonderful, but it comes at a price. When you\u2019re not searching, the indexing needed to create those fast searches slows you down.<\/p>\n
To turn off all indexing:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0 Open Windows Explorer, right-click your C: drive, and select Properties.<\/em><\/p>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 On the General<\/em> tab, uncheck Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties.<\/em><\/p>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0 In the resulting warning box, select Apply changes to drive C:\\, subfolders and files.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWindows may take some time turning off the indexing. Get up and take a walk; it\u2019s good for you.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s another option that will let you turn off some indexing but not all of it:<\/p>\n
Type indexing<\/strong> in the Cortana field. Select Indexing Options. <\/em>Click the Modify <\/em>button near the lower-left side of the resulting dialog box.<\/p>\nThis brings up another dialog box, with two sections. And yes, it\u2019s confusing. Start in the bottom section of the dialog box, Summary of selected locations<\/em>. Click any of these options, and it changes the contents of the top section, Change selected locations<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUnchecking items in that top section will stop indexing in those specific locations.<\/p>\n
7. Turn off Windows tips<\/h2>\n Windows 10 occasionally gives you tips about how you can better use the operating system. The problem is that, in order to see what tips you need, it keeps an eye on how you\u2019re using your PC.<\/p>\n
Yes, that sounds worrying from a privacy issue, but it also slows down your PC.<\/p>\n
To turn it off, click Start > Settings.<\/em> Select System, <\/em>then select Notifications & actions <\/em>in the left pane.<\/p>\nAt the bottom of the Notifications section, turn off Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows.<\/em><\/p>\nYou might also want to explore the other notification options, and turn some of them off, as well. I don\u2019t think any of the others slow down the PC, but they can get annoying.<\/p>\n
8. Clean your internal drive<\/h2>\n If your internal storage is almost full\u2014whether it\u2019s a hard drive or an SSD\u2014that could be slowing you down. But if your drive has plenty of free room, skip this section.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nStart with Windows\u2019 own Disk Cleanup tool. In the Cortana field, type disk<\/strong> and select Disk Cleanup<\/em>.<\/p>\nWait while Disk Cleanup examines your drive. Click the Clean up system files<\/em> button (this time you\u2019ll need an administrator password). Then wait again for another examination.<\/p>\nExamine the options. If you find one called Previous Windows installation(s)<\/em>, you\u2019re in luck. By checking it and clicking OK<\/em>, you\u2019ll free up a lot of space. You can check other items to get rid of them, as well.<\/p>\nSomething else you might want to consider: Uninstall programs you no longer use.<\/p>\n
9. Check for Malware<\/h2>\n I doubt an infection is intentionally slowing down your PC. There\u2019s no illegal profits from that. Plus it’s a sure-fire way to trigger a victim’s suspicions.<\/p>\n
But some malicious code could be slowing down your PC, even if that wasn\u2019t the criminal\u2019s intention. So if you\u2019re suspicious, read Eric Geier and Josh Norem\u2019s guide on how to remove malware from your Windows PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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