Windows 8 is the Latest version of
Windows released on October 26th. Since then Many users Upgraded their versions
and Started using Windows 8 on their PC’s. Now it has become so common on our
Machines that I don’t really need to tell you guys what is New on Windows 8 or
What Kind of Apps you must install after You install Windows 8 because most
of the Users might Have figured it out. But the question now arises about
Performance. Is is faster than it’s Previous successful version “Windows 7″?
Yes it is. Boot Load time has been decreased and Hence it boots faster really
fast. But what after your OS starts? What should you do to Make Windows 8
Faster? Yes Performance issues rise for every OS and Hence users need to take
some Precautions and maintain it’s Computer in order to Maker Windows 8 Faster.
So Here I am going to enlist some Important tips that Windows 8 users must
Follow to Make Windows 8 Faster.
Make
Windows 8 Faster
1)
Install a Good Security Antivirus System on your Windows 8 PC
Various Spywares, Viruses and
Trojans are famous to reduce the Performance of your PC and to send the malicious
data which can affect your PC and your valuable Personal Data. So in order to
avoid all this stuff you must Install a Good Antivirus which Gives you
Protection against spyware, Viruses, Trojans and Specially provides you a Good
online security against malicious web pages present on the web. I will
recommend you to buy any TOTAL SECURITY ANTIVIRUS which will easily
provide you all these provisions.
2)
Do a Regular Disk Cleanup
Doing a disk cleanup on a regular
basis will surely Make Windows 8 faster to perform. When you will perform disk
cleanup it will ask you to select the file types. Perform disk cleanup twice a
week and see the performance difference.
3)
Optimize Drives
“Optimize Drives” is new option
included in WIndows 8 which also includes “Disk Defragmentation” which was
included in previous versions of Windows. Optimize Drives include additional
options such as “Trip Optimization” and “Slab Consolidation”. Trip optimization
informs the backing storage which blocks of data are no longer in use where
Slab Conolidation rearranges data from sparsely populated slabs to densely
populated slabs. You can access these options by Defragment option provided for
drives. Perform Disk Defragmentation in every 3 months (Depending Upon How much
you utilize your OS drive to Install and UnInstall Softwares).
4)
Repair Disk Errors
To check the integrity of the files
stored in your Windows 8 PC you should check the Disk Errors using the utility.
Microsoft recommends to do this once a Week if you are a daily Windows 8 user.
How
to Perform Error Checking?
- Right Click the Drive you want to Repair and Click Properties.
- Then Click Tools tab and click Error Checking.
- Follow the Instructions and You might need to restart the PC for this.
5)
Use ReadyBoost
ReadyBoost was launched with Windows
Vista. It can use Non-Volatile storage Like a PenDrive to improve the
performance adding more memory to the system. Connect your USB storage device
and if it is compatible with ReadyBoost it will show an option when you will right
click it. Just follow the Instructions afterwards. ReadyBoost proves really
great option to Make Windows 8 Faster.
6)
Reduce Startup Programs to Minimum
Startup Programs are the ones which
loaded at the time you start the Windows. Obviously if lots of Applications are
going to start at once your PC performance will decrease. So it is
necessary to Keep only Important Applications to allow the programs to load at
startup.
How
to Reduce Startup Programs to Minimum?
- Go to Windows RUN option.
- Type msconfig.
- Click on the Startup Tab.
- Uncheck the Unwanted and not so Important to load at the Startup programs.
- Click Apply and Restart the PC.
When you will Reboot your computer
you will observe the time required to load the Windows after you Logon. Hence
it is indeed necessary to Reduce startup programs to Make Windows 8 Faster.
7)
Keep the Windows 8 Drive as Free as Possible
This is one of the more important
tips to make Windows 8 Faster. Most of the times the useless media data is
stored on the desktop or downloads are stored in Downloads folder which
increases the OS drive storage more than usual. You should Stop making
such Stupid Moves and Follow following Instructions to Lower your OS drive
storage.
- Download all the Files to Different drive than OS drive.
- Don’t store any large files on the Desktop.
- Avoid storing data on OS drive.
- Try to install Softwares and Games on other Drives and NOT ON OS DRIVE.
- Uninstall unnecessary softwares on the WIndows 8 PC.
8)
Install Tuning Softwares
There are plenty of softwares in the
Market which TuneUp your Windows 8 PC to reduce all the possible errors and
worthless files.
These Softwares can
- Clean and Defragment Registry errors.
- Remove Broken Shortcuts.
- Gain Disc Space.
- Optimize System Startup and Shutdown.
- Defragment Hard Disks.
These things are very necessary to
Make Windows 8 Faster. I prefer using TuneUP utilities and CCleaer for Tuning
my Computer.
9)
Keep Minimum Number of Apps Running in the Background
Do not keep Windows 8 apps running
in the background. Close every application which you don’t need after you
finish with them. Keeping running them in the background increases RAM and CPU
usage which decreases the Windows 8 performance.
10)
Optimize Visual Settings
Keeping Plain wallpaper and no
screensaver always proves best to make Windows 8 faster, so you can opt for
more visual settings provided by Windows 8 to function it more faster.
Disabling animations and Decreasing Resolution will work but it will also
Reduce the fun to use Windows 8.
11)
Update Windows 8 regularly
Updating will surely make windows 8
faster. You don’t need to install all the updates provided by the Windows, just
install the Recommended ones, you can opt for Office updates if you want
because it will only enhance the performance of Office softwares.
These are my observed tips to Make Windows 8
Faster, if you have any other tips which I might have forgotten, then you are
Welcome in the Comments below. Thank You.
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