18 ways to speed up Windows 10

4 weeks ago AndyC

Change your power settings in Control Panel to give your PC a performance boost. (Click image to enlarge it.)

You can use the Task Manager to help get information about programs that launch at startup and disable any you don’t need.

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Change your power settings in Control Panel to give your PC a performance boost. (Click image to enlarge it.)

You can use the Task Manager to help get information about programs that launch at startup and disable any you don’t need. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Going to a restore point can help speed up your PC if you’ve recently installed drivers, software, or updates that have slowed down your system. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Turn on ReadyBoost from this screen to speed up your PC. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Turning off Windows’ suggestions for you should help things run more smoothly (and give you back a measure of privacy). (Click image to enlarge it.)

Here’s how to turn off OneDrive syncing temporarily, to see if that boosts system performance. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Use this dialog box to turn on OneDrive Files on-Demand

Here’s how to turn off Windows 10 indexing. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Here’s how to customize the way Storage Sense works, and to tell it to delete old versions of Windows. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Auslogics Registry Cleaner scans for and fixes problems in your Windows Registry. (Click image to enlarge it.)

The Performance Options dialog box lets you turn off effects that might be slowing down Windows 10. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Turning off Windows 10’s transparency effects can help speed up performance. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Updating your device drivers with the Device Manager can give Windows 10 a speed boost. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Windows Update finds drivers you might want to update. (Click image to enlarge it.)

You can designate a time each day for Windows to run its maintenance tasks. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a useful application that will scan for and fix Windows 10 PC problems. (Click image to enlarge it.)

You can set Windows 10’s built-in disk defragmenter to run automatically on a schedule. (Click image to enlarge it.)

Turning off Game Mode can give your PC an instant boost. (Click image to enlarge it.)

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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