Ways to improve your PC's performance
If your PC isn't responding well or doing things as quickly as you think it should, you can try some of the tools included with Windows to help improve performance.
Perform tasks that can help improve performance
The tasks in the left pane of Performance Information and Tools can help you improve your PC's performance.
Open Performance Information and Tools by swiping in from the right edge of the screen, tapping Search
(or if you're using a mouse, pointing to the upper-right corner of the
screen, moving the mouse pointer down, and then clicking Search), entering Performance Information and Tools in the search box, tapping or clicking Settings, and then tapping or clicking Performance Information and Tools.
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Adjust visual effects
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Some visual effects can slow down other tasks on your PC. You can turn these effects on and off and view more options.
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Adjust indexing options
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If
it's taking too long to search for things on your PC, you can narrow
your search to focus on the files and folders that you most commonly
use. For more info, see Indexing and Search: Frequently asked questions.
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Adjust power settings
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Some
power settings on your PC are designed to use less power from your
battery to make it last longer. You can view and change settings to
balance your PC the way you want to between higher performance and
longer battery life.
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Open Disk Cleanup
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This tool deletes unnecessary or temporary files on your hard drive so you can increase the amount of free storage space.
For more info, see Delete files using Disk Cleanup.
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Advanced tools
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If
you feel comfortable using them, you can run advanced system tools such
as Event Viewer, Optimize Drives, and System Information. You can also
view notifications about performance-related issues and what to do about
them. Issues at the beginning of the list are impacting your PC more
than issues listed further down.
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View details about your PC's performance in the Windows Experience Index
The Windows Experience Index provides a summary of
your PC's capabilities. It shows you which parts of your PC are
performing best and which might be slowing things down. For more info,
see What is the Windows Experience Index?
Stop an app from running automatically when Windows starts
Using Task Manager, you can improve your PC's performance by preventing unnecessary apps from running automatically when Windows starts.
- Open Task Manager by swiping in from the right edge of the screen, tapping Search (or if you're using a mouse, pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen, moving the mouse pointer down, and then clicking Search), entering Task Manager in the search box, tapping or clicking Apps, and then tapping or clicking Task Manager.
- Tap or click the Startup tab.If you don't see any tabs, tap or click More details.
- Tap or click the name of the app you want to disable, and then tap or click Disable.
Speed up your PC with ReadyBoost
ReadyBoost can
speed up your PC by using storage space on most flash memory cards and
USB flash drives. If you have a storage device that will work with
ReadyBoost, you'll see an option to use ReadyBoost when you plug it
into your PC. If you select this option, you can choose how much memory
on the device to use for speeding up your PC.
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