View Startup items. Press and hold or right-click in the blank area on Taskbar and select Task Manager. Tap or click More details in the lower-left corner of Task Manager. Under the Startup tab in Task Manager , you can view a list of applications that start automatically every time you turn on your device and sign in to Windows.
If you see any programs in this list that you do not want to run when Windows starts, tap or click the application and then tap or click Disable. Note: Disabling a program from running at startup doesn't stop the program from running if you need it. If you tap or click the program after startup, it will start and run normally.
Sometimes, by adding or removing certain program options, you can prevent a program from running at startup. Note: If you cannot stop the program from running on startup and the program does not have the option to change the configuration, you must talk to the program manufacturer for a solution.
To change the configuration of a program, follow these instructions:. Tap or click a program, and then tap or click Uninstall , Change , or Repair. Note: If prompted, type an administrator password or confirmation. Clean up disk errors. Over time, your device may create errors on its hard drive. These errors can slow your device. The Check Disk program identifies and cleans any errors. To run Check Disk , follow these instructions:.
Press and hold or right-click the drive you want to repair, and then tap or click Properties. Under Error checking , tap or click Check. Depending upon the size of your hard disk, this may take several minutes. For best results, don't use your device for any other tasks while it's checking for errors. Optimize Drives , previously known as Disk Defragmenter, is a Windows feature that helps optimize different types of drives. The feature runs automatically on a weekly schedule, but you can also run Optimize Drives manually.
To run Optimize Drives manually, follow these instructions:. Tap or click Optimize under Optimize and defragment drive. Under Status , tap or click the drive you want to optimize. The Media type column tells you what type of drive you're optimizing. To determine if the drive needs to be optimized, tap or click Analyze. After Windows finishes analyzing the drive, check the Current status column to see whether you need to optimize the drive.
If the drive is more than 10 percent fragmented, you should optimize it. Optimizing a drive can take anywhere from several minutes to several hours to finish, depending on the size of the drive and degree of optimization required.
You can still use your device during the optimization process. Try to repair the drive first, then return to Optimize Drives to try again. Tap or click Change settings. To turn off scheduled optimization, clear the Run on a schedule check box. To change the frequency of scheduled optimization, tap or click the drop-down list next to Frequency , and then tap or click Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. The default schedule for optimization is weekly and runs during Automatic Maintenance.
To select the drives you want to include or exclude in scheduled optimization, tap or click Choose next to Drives. Select or clear the check boxes next to the drives and then tap or click OK.
You can also clear the Automatically optimize new drives check box if you don't want new drives added to scheduled optimization.
If Windows can't optimize a drive, it won't offer the drive as an option for Automatic Maintenance. Disk Cleanup reduces the number of unnecessary files on your drives by deleting temporary files and system files, emptying the Recycle Bin, and removing a variety of other items that you may no longer need. To clean your hard disk, follow these instructions:. Tap or click Free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files on the left side of your screen. In the Drives list, tap or click the drive that you want to clean up.
To clean up system files associated with your account, follow these instructions:. In the Drives list, tap or click the drive that you want to clean up and then tap or click OK. In the Disk Cleanup dialog box, tap or click Clean up system files. The More Options tab is available when you opt to clean up system files from your device. This tab includes two additional options for freeing up space:. Programs and Features. This option opens Programs and Features in Control Panel, where you can uninstall programs that you no longer use.
The Size column in Programs and Features shows how much space each program uses. System Restore and Shadow Copies. System Restore uses restore points to return your system files to an earlier point in time. If your device is running normally, you can save space by deleting earlier restore points. If Windows is running slowly, you can speed it up by disabling certain visual effects. You can select which visual effects to turn off one by one or you can let Windows select for you.
To turn off visual effects, follow these instructions:. Tap or click Performance Information and Tools on the left side of your screen. Tap or click Adjust visual effects.
For a less drastic option, select Let Windows choose what's best for my computer. Sometimes you can improve system performance by changing your computing behavior. Running four or more programs while leaving multiple browser windows and email messages open may be more than your device can handle.
If you find your device slowing down, decide whether you really need to keep all of your programs and windows open at the same time. Also, find a way to remind yourself to reply to email messages later instead of keeping them open until you reply.
ReadyBoost can speed up your device by using storage space on 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 device.
If you select this option, you can select how much memory to use. Windows uses an index to perform very fast searches of the most common files on your device. If it's taking too long to search for things on your device, you can narrow your search to focus on the files and folders that you most commonly use. A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings such as display, sleep, and so on that manages how your device uses power. The power plans you can use depend on the kind of device you have.
Other resources Post a question or search for solutions in the Microsoft Community forums. Microsoft community for Windows 8. Microsoft support for Windows 8. To prevent a program in the notification area from running on startup, open the program and find program options. If you see any programs in this folder that you do not want to run when Windows starts, right-click the icon for that program and click Delete.
Note: This action does not remove the program. It only deletes the options that starts the program automatically.
System Configuration helps you identify programs that run at startup and discover programs that slowdown your device. Note: If you disable programs that normally run at startup, related applications may start more slowly or not run as expected. If you are not sure what a program in System Configuration does, do not disable the program.
To run System Configuration, follow these instructions:. Double-click System Configuration. In System Configuration, click the Startup tab. Furthermore, It happens when you upgrade to Windows 10 , due to many reasons you face different issues in Windows In previous, We also discussed how to speed up Windows 7 and Windows 8. Comparatively, Windows 10 has a lot of tips and tricks , Solution of how to Speed up Windows 10 is one of the tricks of Windows Take a view minutes and follow all the below tips to make Windows 10 faster, easy to use.
There are many programs Install on your PC which are running in Background. For example, Browsers, sometimes games, files are running in the background. See h0w to remove Background Processes to make your Windows 10 faster.
Some PCs take a lot of time to shut down. Also, they remain programs open, in the result Shut down takes time. Create a Shortcut way to shut down Windows 10 faster. This shortcut not only allows to shut down Windows 10 but also speed up Windows Windows 10 has a built-in performance troubleshooter that can help you find and fix any problems that might be affecting your PC's speed.
To open the troubleshooter, right-click on the Start button and click Control Panel. Under Security and Maintenance at the top, click Troubleshoot common computer problems. Next, under System and Security , click Run maintenance tasks. When your computer starts up, the boot menu is displayed for a certain amount of time before the operating system loads. This gives you time to do things like start Windows in Safe Mode.
You can shave a few seconds off your startup time by changing the boot menu time-out, which is set to 30 seconds by default. To do this, right-click on the Start button and click Control Panel. Next to Time to display list of operating systems: , change the value from 30 seconds to 10 seconds and click OK. In an effort to be helpful, Windows 10 will sometimes give you tips on how to get the most out of the OS.
It scans your computer in order to do this, a process that can have a slight impact on performance. This one's a win-win. Fast startup is a new Windows 10 feature, which speeds up the startup time on your computer. Next scroll down to the Shutdown settings screen and check the "Turn on fast startup" option.
Part 3. Open the Start menu. This is in the bottom left corner of your computer screen. Visual effects in Windows 8 and 10 were designed for relevant brand-new machines; if you updated to one of these operating systems with an older computer, you've probably noticed some significant slow-down. Turning down the visual effects will speed up your computer's processing immensely. Open the "Control Panel" app. You can do this by typing "control panel" into Start's search bar, or you can open Control Panel manually from the "Windows System" folder at the bottom of the Start menu.
Type "Adjust the appearance" into Control Panel's search bar. The search bar is in the top right corner of your Control Panel window. Click "Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows". This should be near the top of the "System" group on the left side of the Control Panel window. Review your computer's visual effects. You have a few options in this menu: Adjust for best appearance - This will turn Windows effects all the way up, which is effectively the opposite of what you should do.
Adjust for best performance - This will turn Windows effects down considerably, speeding up your computer in the process. Custom - Un-check the box next to any feature you wish to disable. For optimal performance on an older machine, disable every feature. Click the option that best pertains to your PC. For older machines, using the Custom option to disable all visual effects is your best course of action, while the "Adjust for best performance" option will take care of most mid-range computers.
Exit the Performance Options window. You may notice a decrease in the presentation quality on your computer, but its processing speed should have increased. Part 4. Open your Start menu. This is in the lower left corner of your screen. Type "disk cleanup" into the search menu. You should see an app appear at the top of the Start screen. Click the "Disk Cleanup" app. Disk Cleanup is a standard utility on an Windows computer; it rids your computer of temporary files, processes, and other small bits of information that can slow down your PC's processing speed.
Go to source. Check every box under the "Files to Delete" heading. This will clear the following items from your computer's cache: Downloaded program files Temporary internet files Recycle Bin contents Temporary files Thumbnails You may also see other options here depending on which default apps shipped with your device. It's perfectly safe to check any box in this menu, so check these too. Click "OK", then confirm by clicking "Delete Files".
This will get rid of your computer's temporary files. If you don't perform this cleanup often, you can find several gigabytes' worth of temporary files and such here. Open Start again, then type "defrag" into the search bar.
This will locate the disk defragmentation app on your computer. Click the "Defragment and Optimize Drives" option. This should be at the top of your Start menu. When your hard drive has been around for a while, its subfolders and their respective contents get scattered around your hard drive in other words, your drives "fragment". Running the Disk Defragment tool will consolidate your files and these fragments, which will increase the speed at which your hard drive can access information.
Do not run the Disk Defragment program if your computer has a solid-state drive installed. SSDs are made to resist fragmentation, so running a defrag on them can seriously damage your files.
Select your main drive in the Defrag window. It should be labeled something like "OS:C". Click "Optimize". This will begin to defragment your drive. Depending on how long it has been since your last defrag, this can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Consider moving files to external storage. Hard drives recall the first 50 percent of storage placed on them much quicker than they do the bottom 50 percent; for example, if you have a gigabyte hard drive, the first gigabytes of information you put on your hard drive will be quicker to access.
You'll notice significantly less slow-down on your PC if you limit your file storage to half of that of your hard drive's capacity. The best way to do this is by increasing your hard drive capacity with an external flash drive or hard drive. You can also move your files to any one of several free cloud storage services e. Part 5.
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