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How to Optimize performance in Windows 8

Summary: Tips to improve performance of Windows 8

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Ways to 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

 

Task Description
Adjust Visual Effects Some visual effects can slow down your PC.  You can use the Performance Information and Tools section to turn effects on and off, and also view more options.
Adjust Indexing Options If it is taking to 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. 
Adjust Power Settings View and change settings to balance your PC the way you want to between higher performance and longer battery life.
Open Disk Cleanup This tool deletes any unnecessary or temporary files on your hard drive to increase the amount of free storage space.
Advanced Tools If you feel comfortable using these you will be able to run advanced 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.  The list is ordered with the highest impacting issues at the top.


 


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.

  1. 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.
  2. Tap or click the Startup tab.
    If you don't see any tabs, tap or click More details.
  1. 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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21 Feb 2021

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