19 ways to speed up Windows 10

Change your power settings in Control Panel to give your PC a performance boost.
On a laptop, Windows 10 lets you choose the precise balance between battery life and performance.
You can use the Task Manager to help get information about programs that launch at startup and disable any you don’t need. 
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.
Turn on ReadyBoost from this screen to speed up your PC.
Turning off Windows’ suggestions for you should help things run more smoothly (and give you back a measure of privacy).
Here’s how to turn off OneDrive syncing temporarily, to see if that boosts system performance.
Use this dialog box to choose which folders will be saved on your PC.
Here’s how to turn off Windows 10 indexing.
Here’s how to customize the way Storage Sense works.
Auslogics Registry Cleaner scans for and fixes problems in your Windows Registry.
The Performance Options dialog box lets you turn off effects that might be slowing down Windows 10.
Turning off Windows 10’s transparency effects can help speed up performance.
Updating your device driver with the Device Manager can give Windows 10 a speed boost.
You can designate a time each day for Windows to run its maintenance tasks.Malwarebytes is a useful application that will scan for and remove malware.
You can set Windows 10’s built-in disk defragmenter to run automatically on a schedule.
Turning off Game Mode can give your PC an instant boost.
Windows 10’s built-in troubleshooters can speed up your PC or fix computer issues.

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