Even if you are not a computer expert, by now you too know that, over time, the performance of your PC ends up degrading. The system becomes slower to load, programs take longer to open and looking for files becomes more and more tiring. A big hassle, right? I understand you, but don't worry. If the fault of all this is not attributable to some failure at the hardware level, with some small adjustments and a simple maintenance activity, it is possible to improve the performance of the PC significantly without being computer wizards. bolts.answerhop
You ask me how? Well, try to follow the directions I am
about to give you and you will find out. Essentially, all you have to do is
take advantage of the features already included in Windows and make simple
changes to the system settings. Considering then that often behind the most
common malfunctions and slowdowns of the computer computer threats (malware in
the first place) can hide, it will be my concern to tell you which tools to use
to find them and how to avoid "falling back".
Then? Do you want to get to work? Yes? Very good. So I would
say not to waste any more precious time, to put the gossip aside and immediately
start getting busy. We bet your PC will go as fast as it used to be again?
Having said that, I just have to wish you a good read and, above all, good luck
for everything!
Index
• How to
improve Windows PC performance
• Disable
the automatic start of programs
• Disable
animations and graphic effects
• Adjust
file indexing as best as possible
• Uninstall
unnecessary software
• Optimize
the disk
• Delete
unnecessary files
• Find and
eliminate viruses and malware
• How to
improve the performance of your laptop
• How to
improve PC performance for gaming
• How to
improve PC graphics performance
• How to
improve Mac performance
How to improve Windows PC performance
If you want to know how to improve the performance of the
Windows PC you have, in the next chapters I will point out some tricks and
procedures that you can put into practice to succeed in this your intent.
Disable the automatic start of programs
The first move that I invite you to put into practice is to
disable all those programs that have set themselves up to start automatically
when the computer is turned on but which in reality are not needed. This will
make logging into Windows much faster and will also free up some unnecessarily
occupied RAM.
If you are using a recent version of Windows (equal to or
later than Windows 8.x), you can do this by right clicking on the taskbar and
then selecting the Task Manager item from the menu that is shown to you.
In the screen that is shown to you, click on the More
details heading , located at the bottom (if present), select the Startup tab
and disable unnecessary programs by selecting them and then pressing the
Disable button at the bottom right.
If, on the other hand, you are using Windows 7 and other
older versions of Windows, bring up the Run screen using the Win + R key
combination , type msconfig and press the Enter key on your PC keyboard to
access the System Configuration utility .
In the screen that you see, click on the Startup tab ,
remove the check mark from the name of all the programs that you do not want to
start with Windows, leaving only the essential programs active and then press
first on Apply and then on OK to save the changes .
Please do not disable any security programs or system
components. If you don't know the identity of a process, search for it on
Google before deactivating it .
Disable animations and graphic effects
Even disabling animations and graphic effects can be a real
panacea for the PC, especially in the case of older machines and can help
improve their performance.
How you do it? It's really simple, don't worry. First, click
on the yellow folder icon located on the taskbar to access File Explorer .
Then, in the screen you see, right-click on the Computer / This PC icon in the
sidebar and select the Properties item from the menu that is shown to you.
In the new screen displayed on the desktop, choose the
Advanced system settings item (you can find it at the bottom) and press the
Settings button that you find under the heading Performance in the Advanced tab
.
At this point, in the new screen panel, activate the Adjust
checkbox for best performance . To conclude and therefore to confirm and apply
the changes made, first click on the Apply button and then on OK .
Adjust file indexing as best as possible
Another operation that I suggest you take to improve PC
performance is to adjust the settings relating to file indexing differently
than the default setting . On Windows, in fact, the files stored in memory are
cataloged by the system to speed up the search but this can affect, and even
considerably, the speed and actual performance of the computer.
In light of this, I therefore suggest that you remove from
Windows indexing all the folders that you rarely access or that you do not
consider essential to search within them for files.
To do this, click on the Start button , search for indexing
in the search bar at the bottom and select the Indexing options item . In the
screen you see, press the Edit button and remove the check mark from the
folders that you are not interested in including in the indexing procedure. To
confirm the changes, remember to click on the OK button .
Uninstall unnecessary software
The presence of particularly heavy programs on the computer
or the presence of numerous software not only occupies a large amount of disk
space, but also affects the overall performance of the system, slowing it down.
It is therefore not so difficult to deduce that the uninstallation of all those
programs considered useless can do nothing but good for the OS.
You ask me how to do it? It's so easy, don't worry. First do
the Start button , search for Control Panel in the menu that opens and select
the first search result. In the screen that at this point is shown to you,
click on Uninstall a program , first select the icon of the program to remove
and then press the Uninstall / Change button at the top left. Done! For more
details, read my guide on how to uninstall programs from your PC .
Optimize the disk
Have you ever heard of defragmentation or, more generally,
disk optimization ? No, bad, very bad! In any case, do not worry, we will
remedy immediately. Put simply, defragmenting a hard drive is a procedure by
which information on the hard drive is grouped and reordered so that it can be
accessed more quickly.
An SSD, on the other hand, is not defragmented (a harmful
practice for a disk of this type) but is automatically optimized, thanks also
to the TRIM command of the operating system which allows you to report which
sectors are no longer in use on the disk to be overwritten. So although an SSD
is automatically optimized, Windows may proceed with periodic optimization to
improve its performance and lifespan.
By default, the defragmentation and optimization procedures
are performed automatically by Windows. However you may have disabled this
works by mistake. Then, to check that everything is in order, do the Start
button , search for defragment and optimize drives in the menu that opens and
select the relevant link.
In the screen that opens, click on the Change settings
button and verify that there is a check mark next to the items Run on a
schedule together with Every month from the relevant drop-down menu and
Notification in case of three consecutive scheduled runs not completed . If the
options are not selected, do it yourself and then click the OK button to
confirm the changes made.
If, on the other hand, accessing the defragmentation
utility, next to the disk names, the wording optimization necessary is shown ,
select them and force the defragmentation procedure by clicking on the Optimize
button .
Delete unnecessary files
Another operation that I advise you to perform - even if,
except in special cases, it does not affect the general speed of the operating
system - is to delete all unnecessary files (cache, temporary files, etc.) that
are on the disk.
You ask me how to get rid of it? Simple: using the utility
to remove from your computer all temporary and unnecessary files that take up
disk space built into Windows 10 and later.
To access this tool, press the Start button and click on the
Settings item (the one marked by the gear icon ) on the left. In the screen
that is shown to you, select the System> Storage items and, under the
Storage section , press on the item Temporary files .
All you have to do now is put a check mark on the boxes
relating to the files you want to delete and then click on the Remove file
button at the top to start the cleaning procedure. Read more here .
Find and eliminate viruses and malware
We now come to the virus and malware issue . It is well
known as well as ascertained that the presence of computer threats within the
system can create many problems that affect the correct functioning of the PC
as well as the user's privacy.
To make sure that there are no cyber threats on your computer,
I therefore suggest that you immediately scan with the antivirus you have
installed. By default the Microsoft Defender utility is already present , which
in the most recent versions of Windows is very effective and, therefore,
advisable (also because it is very light on CPU and RAM).
Alternatively, you can use tons of other solutions, both
free and paid, but the most important thing is to keep your PC protected from
cyber threats. In this regard, my advice is to consult my guide on antivirus
for Windows and on how to remove malware , where you will surely find solutions
that can do for you.
How to improve the performance of your laptop
Have you bought a laptop for some time and now would like to
find a way to improve its performance? In this you must know that, as I
explained to you in the previous chapters , you can put into practice some
tricks in order to be able to optimize the operating system and therefore make
it more performing.
In this regard, if you want to learn more about the subject,
I suggest you consider reading my tutorial, in which you can find tips on how
to improve the performance of your laptop .
How to improve PC performance for gaming
If you use your PC for gaming , keeping its performance at
maximum is definitely the best choice, so that you don't experience lag or low
fps issues during your gaming sessions.
For this reason, my advice is to consult my tutorial on how
to optimize your PC for gaming , in which you can find several solutions that
you can put into practice both to improve graphics performance and for Internet
connection problems.
How to improve PC graphics performance
Playing a video game on PC and seeing the graphics
performance not at its best makes the gaming experience bad (or almost) in some
cases. Of course, one solution would be to adjust the graphics settings in the
game to reflect the hardware and software requirements of your PC, but
sometimes that's not enough.
First, you may want to consider testing the video card to
see if it is still up to date. Alternatively, you can think of buying a new one
. However, without arriving at this drastic solution, to improve the graphics
performance of the PC you can also perform some tricks, such as updating the
drivers or dedicating RAM to the video card .
Just to give you an example and to summarize what has been
said so far, if you want to know how to improve the performance of your PC on
Fortnite , adjust the graphics settings in the video game, as well as update
the video card drivers and use third-party software that limits the background
resources can all be solutions that you can easily put into practice. If you
want to know more, I told you about it in this tutorial of mine .
How to improve Mac performance
Do you have a Mac that's slower than usual lately? In this
case, you can try using some third party software or tweak your system settings
to make your Mac run faster.
In this regard, what I advise you to do is to consult some
of my guides on the subject: the one on how to speed up a Mac and the one on
programs to optimize a Mac .