The simplest and fastest way to speed up your Windows computer

As usual, your Windows computer will "hit" performance slowly over time. For example, Windows startup time is gradually longer than usual, application processing is slower or worst, the computer hangs, etc.

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The best and most permanent solution is to upgrade the hardware. However, for some reason you do not have time to refer to and upgrade hardware components, the following simple operations will help you easily speed up your computer in the fastest way. As follows.

1. Identify and disable the task that is "taking up" resources

Most of the reason for a slow computer is because one or more of the software has used up the computer's "power resources". It will probably be 99% of CPU resources.

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To quickly identify "objects", right-click the Taskbar and select Task Manager or press Ctrl + Shift + Escape to launch the Task Manager. On Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, Task Manager has a new, more versatile interface. In Task Manager, click on CPU "CPU," "Memory," and "Disk" respectively to rearrange the list of applications that are using system resources in descending order.

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And once you have identified the "object", you can simply right-click on it and select "End Task" to force it to close.

2. Turn off applications and software running in the background

Many applications tend to run in the background on the system, and they often display their icons in the Taskbar. And if you don't pay attention, you will not be able to see them because they are all "hidden" in the arrows in the system tray.

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This background running also somewhat "contributes" to reducing computer performance, so you should check and turn off unnecessary background applications by right-clicking their icons in the system tray. and select Exit.

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3. Disable Windows Startup Tasks

The cause of Windows booting too long is because the applications after installation have "installed" several task processes that start with Windows. Therefore, to avoid unnecessary processes starting with Windows, you should disable them.

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4. Reduce the effects

New versions of Windows always bring a lot of new effects, and they also make your computer a bit slower if your configuration is "medium and cheap". Therefore, if you feel that you are falling into a situation of sluggishness caused by Windows effects, you can disable all of them by the following way.

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Type "Performance" in the search box, then click the "Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows" result.

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The Performance Options dialog box appears, check the Adjust for best performance option to disable all Windows effects. Or click Custom and proceed to uncheck unnecessary effects like "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing" for example.

Finally, click Apply > OK to confirm the changes are done.

5. Disable or remove web browser extensions

You may not know it, but web browser extensions are also the cause of computer performance degradation, especially when you are browsing the web. And most of you probably already have some browser extensions installed.

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Therefore, if you do not use an extension, you should remove it instead of disabling it as usual.

6. Scan your entire computer for viruses

Even if you have an antivirus installed on your computer, sometimes it's a good idea to turn on Full Scan mode. Because maybe your antivirus program only "takes care" of the system partition but ignores other partitions?

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The safest way is to "ignore" the current antivirus on your computer, but download and install Malwarebytes right away, then conduct a full scan of your computer.

7. Free up space for the system

If your hard drive is almost empty, your computer may slow down. Therefore, take some time to clean the system with CCleaner or use the built-in Disk Cleanup tool.

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Next is to find and delete unused data or store them "in the cloud" with OneDrive or Google Drive or burn to DVD/USB and save.

8. Defragment your hard drive

Every time you install or delete software, your hard drive becomes fragmented. Disk fragmentation can slow down your computer. However, hard drive defragmentation is not really necessary on new versions of Windows. Because Windows itself will do this automatically in the background when the computer is "idle".

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However, if you often copy and move large files, you should perform manual defragmentation. Specifically through the Disk Defragmenter tool available in Windows.

9. Uninstall unused software

Open the Control Panel, navigate to Programs and Features and sifting through the list of software to use, and remove the unused software. This can help increase the speed of the computer because there may be unused programs running in the background that consume system resources.

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Doing this also helps free up space for your hard drive.

10. Reset or reinstall Windows

This is the most "forced" final solution when the above solutions do not work. This method is time consuming, but it also gives a "clean and beautiful" Windows "environment" and also brings the best performance of the computer.

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Those are sacred software solutions. If you are eligible, try to upgrade your computer to enjoy the best performance. Hope the article will be useful to you. 

Lesley Montoya

Update 22 September 2021