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26 Tips Optimize Win 10 - Speed up Windows 10 Comprehensively

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This guide provides a practical overview of 26 Tips Optimize Win 10 - Speed up Windows 10 Comprehensively, including its main features, benefits, limitations, and important considerations.

If! Please apply the measures introduced in this article will help you. Moreover, some small tweaks also help the computer boot faster than usual.

Disable System Restore

Disabling System Restore is a good way to free up system memory and background processes. To turn off System Restore on Windows 10, follow these steps.

Step 1. You press Windows + E => right-click This PC => then select Properties .

Disable System Restore screenshot

Step 2. A new window appears, click Advanced system settings => select the System Protection tab in the new window (as shown below).

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Here, by default the system drive is in the state of activating the System Restore function.

Step 3. Now click the Configure => button, then click Disable system protection in the new window and click OK to turn off the System Restore feature.

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Step 4. Now check the System Protection tab and see that the C drive is Off .

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Turn off Startup programs

OneDrive is a cloud backup feature built into Windows 10, and will default to the system. This is one of the reasons leading to the slow booting of Windows 10 and the use of Internet resources. To turn off OneDrive to start with Windows 10, do the following.

Step 1. Right-click on Taskbar => and then select Task Manager (as shown below).

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Step 2. In the Task Manager window => you switch to the Starup tab (as shown below).

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Step 3. Next, right-click on OneDrive and select Disable (as shown below).

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To turn off other applications that start with Windows 10, follow the same steps above.

Disable Windows Defender

Windows Defender is a stable and free antivirus, but it may cause inconvenience for users who prefer comfort and freedom. Moreover, Windows Defender always runs in the background and consumes system resources. Therefore, to speed up Windows 10 comprehensively, you need to pay attention to this issue. To turn off Windows Defender, follow these steps.

Step 1. You open Windows Defender by going to Control Panel = > Windows Defender ( or right-clicking on the Windows Defender icon => selecting Open ).

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Step 2. In the Windows Defender interface, click Settings (as shown below).

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Step 3. In the settings window, switch from On to Off for all options.

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Turn off Windows Firewall on Windows 10

Step 1. You press Windows + S => search with the keyword Firewall => then click on Windows Defender Firewall (as shown below).

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Step 2. In the firewall interface, click Turn Windows Firewall on or off (as shown below).

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Step 3. Finally switch Off both Private and Public Network options (as shown below) => and click OK .

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Turn off transparent icons and graphic effects on Windows 10

The graphics effects will be very beautiful on the interface of powerful computers, but for PCs & Laptops with normal to weak configuration, it is an extreme. To speed up Windows 10 comprehensively, you should turn off this feature by the following.

Step 1. On the main screen of Windows 10 computer, right-click and select Personalize (as shown below).

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Step 2. In the settings page, select Colors => then switch to the Off state of the 2 options.

  • Show color on Start, Taskbar and Action Center
  • Make Start, Taskbar, and Action Center Transparent

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If it's Windows 10 Pro, turn Off in the Transparency effects option, and uncheck the two options

  • Start, taskbar, and action center
  • Title bars

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Increase performance for the system

To enhance the performance of Windows 10 Supported operating systems, you do the following.

Step 1. Click Windows + E => then right-click This PC => and select Properties (as shown below).

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Step 2. A new interface appears, click Advanced system settings (as shown below).

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Step 3. A new window appears, switch to the Advanced tab => and then click the Settings button in the Performance section (as shown below).

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Step 4. In the new interface, select Adjust for best performance => then click OK .

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Uninstall unnecessary programs

One of the factors that makes the system sluggish is the unnecessary software present on Windows. They take up a lot of memory space, run in the background, consume resources and even cause software conflicts. Therefore, to optimize Win 10 optimally, you must delete unnecessary applications or rarely used. The steps are as follows.

Step 1. Go to Control Panel by clicking Start Menu => search with the keyword control panel => and click on the results shown.

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Step 2. Control Panel window appears, click on Unistall a Programs (as shown below).

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Step 3. In the new interface, click the program you want to uninstall => then select Uninstall / Change to remove the software installation (as shown below).

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Or you can use the software removal program rooted on Windows 10 that I have shared recently.

Enable hibernation

What is hibernate? Hibernate - Hibernate is a very useful feature on Windows. We can use this function in the case of not using the laptop for a long time without wanting to close the task. How to activate Hibernate mode as follows.

Step 1. Click Windows + I => then select System .

Step 2. In the Settings window, select Power & sleep = > then select Additional power settings (as shown below).

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Step 3. A new window appears, click Choose what the power buttons do (as shown below).

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Step 4. A new interface appears, click Change settings that are currently unavailable (as shown below).

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Step 5. Finally, select Hibernate => then click Save changes to save the settings.

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From now on, you can choose Hibernate mode instead of Sleep or Shutdown to put the computer into hibernation mode and put the computer back to work quickly.

Turn off Search Indexing

If you want to speed up win 10 effectively and use less search engine on Windows, you should turn off Search Indexing (search indexing). Because this feature consumes system resources, weakening performance when running in the background. Follow the steps below to turn off Search Indexing.

Step 1. Right-click Start Menu => and then select Computer Management (as shown below).

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Step 2. In the new window, double-click on Services and Applications => and then select Services.

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Step 3. In the list of services on the right side of the window => find and double click on Windows Search (as shown below).

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Step 4. A new window will appear then => select Manual or Disabled in Startup type => Finally click OK to save the settings.

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Turn off browser extensions

Many browser extensions cause lag or slowdowns when browsing the web, and this is also a problem that causes your computer to lose performance. Therefore, to speed up Windows 10, you need to remove the extensions. Proceed as follows.

How to remove or disable extensions from Google Chrome

Step 1. You start Google Chrome up => then click the vertical dots (as shown below).

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Step 2. A menu window appears, click Tools / other tools => then select Extensions / Extensions from the list of extensions (as shown below).

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Step 3. In the list of extensions, delete or temporarily turn off the utility via the sidebar (as shown below).

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How to delete or disable add-ons from Mozilla Firefox

Step 1. Open Mozilla Firefox => then click the Menu icon (as shown below).

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Step 2. In the drop down menu, select Add-ons (as shown below).

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Step 3. Now, click the utility you want to delete or disable => and click Disable or Remove (as shown below).

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Now you need to restart your browser to activate changes.

Clean junk files in drives

A full disk may slow down the system's processing speed, so you need to periodically clean up the excess files on the drive with the Disk Cleanup tool . This is essential to help speed up Windows 10 comprehensively . To clean the drive with the Disk Cleanup tool available on Windows 10, do the following:

Step 1. You press Windows + E to open File Explorer => in a new window select This PC (as shown below).

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Step 2. Here you right click on Local Disk (C:) => then select Properties from the menu.

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Step 3. In the new window that appears, switch to the General tab => then click Disk Cleanup in the Capacity section (as shown below).

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Step 4. A new window appears, click the type of file you want to delete => then click OK (as shown below).

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This is also a solution that can help delete Windows. OLD effectively when reinstalling Windows 10 without removing the old Supported operating systems during the installation process.

Run a disk defragment program

After a period of use, your drive will take place During defragmentation and this increases the time Windows processes data, reducing performance. To fix this problem, you should regularly run a defragment program, clean the drive and increase the speed of the system.

To run the disk defrag program to speed up Windows 10, follow these steps.

Step 1. Click to combine Windows + E => then select This PC .

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Step 2. Navigate then right-click Local Disk (C:) => and select Properties .

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Step 3. A new window appears, click the Tools tab => Click on Optimize in the Optimize and defragment drive section to open the Optimize Drives tool (defragment the drive).

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Step 4. In the new window that appears, click each hard drive one by one => then click Optimize to defragment each drive.

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Enable Fast Startup

The Fast Startup feature allows the system to start the computer faster by using separate caching for required resources. This feature helps speed up Windows 10 comprehensively and provides a better computing experience.

How to turn on the Fast Startup feature on Windows 10?

Step 1. Open Control Panel on Win 10

Step 2. In the Control Panel window, click Hardware and Sound (as shown below).

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Step 3. A new interface appears, click Change what the power buttons do in Power Options (as shown below).

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Step 4. Next, click on Change settings that are currently unavailable .

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Step 5. You tick Turn on fast startup (recommended) => finally click Save changes (as shown below).

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Remove unused fonts and drivers

Drivers and fonts are resource usage factors and cause lag when booting the system. Therefore, to improve performance and speed up overall Win 10, you should remove them if not used.

How to uninstall the driver

How to remove the driver, refer to section 7 - Uninstall unnecessary programs above. If the driver does not appear in Programs and Features , follow these steps:

Step 1. Right-click Start => then select Device Manager to open the device manager.

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Step 2. Click on the device you want to delete the driver => right click on diver => select Unistall Device (as shown below).

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How to delete unused fonts on Windows 10?

Step 1. You access the Control Panel on Win 10.

Step 2. In the Control Panel window, select Small icons in View by => then click Font (as shown below).

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Step 3. Next, click the unused font and press Delete (as shown below).

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Turn off applications that run in the background

The application running in the background is always the potential threats on your computer, they take up resources, reduce performance and warm. Therefore, to speed up Windows 10 overall, you should turn them off and manually start these applications when needed.

How to turn off background applications in Windows 10

Step 1. Click Start Menu => then Settings (or press Windows + I ) => then Privacy (as shown below).

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Step 2. In the new interface that appears, select Background apps in the list of options on the left.

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Step 3. At this time, turn off the applications that you do not use.

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Optimize virtual RAM

For every computer with low RAM memory, multitasking will be more difficult. The solution usually comes in this case is to upgrade RAM. However, you can apply measures to enhance virtual memory.

Set of virtual RAM is a software optimization measure to improve the data processing capacity of the system. Windows will use virtual memory when the actual RAM is missing. By default, the Windows 10 computer will handle this problem, but manually setting up virtual memory will give better results, and the results will help speed up Windows 10 overall .

How to optimize virtual RAM in Windows 10

Step 1. Go to Control Panel on Windows 10 => then click System and Security (as shown below).

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Step 2. A new window appears, click System => then click Advanced system settings in the list of options on the left.

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Step 3. A new window appears, switch to the Advanced tab => select Settings in the Performance section.

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Step 4. Continue to select the Advanced tab in the new window => and select Change in the Virtual Memory section (as shown below).

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Step 5. In the new window, uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives .

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Step 6. Next, click on the C: => drive and then select the Custorm size to set the virtual RAM.

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Step 7. Now you enter the value in the Initial size (MB) box is equal to the actual RAM size and Maximum size (MB) is twice the actual value (for example, with the actual RAM size of 4GB, you enter in the Initial size is 4000 MB and Maximum size to 8000 MB).

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Step 8. Finally, click the Set => button and click OK and reboot to activate the setting.

Disable Windows Tips

If you are new to Windows 10, the Tips feature may be very helpful, and to avoid accidental configuration changes. However, if you are an experienced user, you should turn off the Tips feature to increase the performance of your computer.

Step 1. Click Windows + I => then select System .

Step 2. A new window appears, select Notifications & actions in the list of options on the left => then turn off Show me tips about Windows .

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Turn off auto-adjust screen color

Dynamic Color Adaptation is a new feature that appears in Windows 10, whereby colors are automatically selected and changed to suit users.

However, this feature increases resource usage and reduces device performance. So you should disable this feature to improve the processing speed of the system. Follow these steps to turn off the automatic adjustment of screen colors:

Step 1. You open the Settings up by pressing Windows + I => then select Personalization .

Step 2. Choose Colors from the list of options on the left => and turn off Automatically pick an accent color from my background .

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Turn off unnecessary services in the background

Turning off unnecessary background services will not do harm, on the contrary, it will contribute to speeding up the overall Windows 10 , because these services consume system resources. To turn off or manually activate the services running in the background, you do the following:

Step 1. Open the search box on Windows 10 by pressing Windows + S => then enter services => and click on the results shown.

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Step 2. In the window that appears, double-click the service you want to disable => then select Disabled to disable, or Manual to manually activate the service in the Startup type section .

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See a list of tasks that you can turn off to speed up Windows 10: Helper, Offline Files, Program Compatibility Assistant Service, Portable Device Enumerator Service, Secondary Logon, Security Center, Windows Error Reporting Service, and Windows Image Acquisition (WIA )

Turn off unnecessary features

On Windows 10, users are supported with many optional features such as. NET, PowerShell, Telnet, Media. However, you may not use it or be useful to you but still take up system memory. system. So, to make your computer run faster, turn it off.

How to turn off unnecessary features on Windows 10?

Step 1. Press the Windows + X => key combination then select Programs and Features / Apps and Features (as shown below).

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Step 2. A new window appears, navigate down and select Programs and Features in the expanded options on the right.

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Step 3. Continue to click Turn Windows features on or off in the options on the left side of the new window.

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Step 4. In the Windows features window, uncheck unused features => and then click OK .

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Turn off the sync feature on Windows 10

If the sync feature is enabled on Windows 10, all data from passwords, browser settings, languages and systems. will be uploaded to your Microsoft account. Therefore, this feature consumes quite a lot of system resources and the internet. Therefore, you should consider using sync and if not necessary, you should turn it off to speed up Windows 10 comprehensively .

How to turn off the synchronization feature Win 10

Step 1. You press Windows + I => then select Accounts .

Step 2. In the window that appears, click Sync your settings in the list of options on the left.

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Step 3. Now you turn off sync.

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Use the Troubleshooter debugger

The Troubleshooter is a very useful tool to fix minor errors on Windows 10. This tool is built-in and you can use it to fix errors for which you don't know the cause. Besides, you should use the Troubleshooter after a certain time of using the computer.

How to use Troubleshooter to fix errors on Windows 10

Step 1. You open Control Panel on Windows 10 up => then select System and Security

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Step 2. A new window appears, click Troubleshoot common computer problems in Security and Maintenance (as shown below).

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Step 3. In the new window interface, you will be provided with a list of general debugging options => you just need to click on and select Run the troubleshooter (as shown below).

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Step 4. Follow the instructions to correct the error.

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Fine-tune the settings in File Explorer

To increase the user experience when using File Explorer on Windows 10, users are provided with a number of options that allow for better fine-tuning. However, this also reduces the overall performance of the system. For comprehensive Windows 10 acceleration , you should consider disabling these options.

How to tweak File Explorer in Windows 10?

Step 1. Press the Windows + E key combination to open File Explorer => then click on the View tab .

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Step 2. Next, click Options => then click Change folder and search options (as shown below).

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Step 3. The Folder Options window will appear shortly, switch to View => tab and then uncheck the options in Advanced settings (as shown below).

  • Show preview handlers in preview pane
  • Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
  • Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
  • Display file size information in folder tips
  • Display file icon on thumbnails
  • Always show icons, never thumbnails

Step 4. Check the following options:

  • Hide protected Supported operating systems files (Recommended)
  • Hide folder merge conflicts
  • Hide extensions for known file types
  • Hide empty drives

Step 5. Finally, click OK to save the changes.

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Proofread drive

After a period of operation, you will not imagine how many times the drive will export / import data, this may give rise to errors related to the computer drive. And that leads to slower data processing of the system and can cause system crashes and system freezes.

On Windows 10, you should regularly use the drive error checker to promptly fix errors and speed up your computer.

Step 1. Open File Explorer by pressing Windows + E => then clicking This PC .

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Step 2. Next, right-click on any drive and select Properties .

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Step 3. In the new window that appears, select Tools => tab and then click on Check in Error checking section .

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Step 4. Click Scan drive to check and correct the errors.

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Complete cleaning of your computer with CCleaner

The system will generate a lot of temporary files and junk files during its operation, this is one of the reasons leading to the computer running slowly. To speed up Windows 10 comprehensively , don't forget to remove this data on a regular basis. The Disk Cleanup tool cannot clean all of these junk files, so you can use Ccleaner.

CCleaner is a powerful computer care tool, helping to remove junk files, temporary files thoroughly. the data needs to be cleaned regularly to help the system operate smoothly. To delete junk data with CCleaner, you do the following:

Step 1. Download and install CCleaner on your computer.

Step 2. Run the program => then click Cleaner .

Step 3. Select the data to clean and click on Run Cleaner .

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Fix Registry errors in Windows 10

The Windows Registry is a central store for system configuration, which is extremely important to form a complete system. Computer usage time is directly proportional to the capacity of the data type. Sometimes making a mistake or losing a key in the registry will also harm the system. Otherwise, this also reduces the overall performance of the computer.

The solution is to use Ccleaner to clean and remove problematic items in the Registry. In addition, a copy of the Registry will be created before cleaning.

How to clean and fix Registry errors with Ccleaner

Step 1. Open the program Ccleaner => then click on the Registry .

Step 2. Check all items (or problem items) => then select Scan for Issues .

Step 3. When the error review is complete => click on Fix selected issues .

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Reset / Reset Windows 10

The last and fastest option to improve performance, speed up Windows 10 like new is to restore the original Windows 10 settings. This feature lets you return the computer to the newly installed state. If you need the most specific information, refer to how to reset Windows 10.

How to reset the PC to its original state

Step 1. Click Windows + I => then select Update & Security .

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Step 2. In the new window that appears, select Recovery in the left option.

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Step 3. Click Get started in the Reset this PC section to begin the reset process.

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Epilogue

Above is the whole content to guide you to tweak, speed up win 10 comprehensive . The steps are not difficult, you just need to be patient to follow is OK. Also depending on the machine that you will choose the right way for them because not having to apply all the tweaks that I proposed above can help the machine run 'release the throttle'!

And you should also note that if the computer is showing signs of abnormal activity after making a certain tweak, then 'undo' that tweak immediately and choose another province. Hopefully, the information shared in this article can help your computer work smoothly and like it.

Good luck!

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