Windows 10 Fast Startup Tricks

Too many startups, services, and the Registry fragmentation can be an underlying reason behind longer boot time interval in Windows 10.

There are plenty of techniques to tweak Windows 10 startup process. These tools can be useful to figure out the performance woes. Here are given some important steps that you can undertake to speed up the bootup in your Windows 10 laptop.

First things first, performing a system cleanup is vital and critical in ensuring your Windows 10 computer performs at its optimal levels for a long time. This process helps weed out all the junk from every nook and cranny of the computer and boosts its performance big time.

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Using Task Manager

Windows Task Manager categories startups into two parts- enabled and disable items. This simplifies the management of startups.

  1. Press Windows Key +X select Task Manager.
  2. Click More Details.
  3. Click the Startup tab
  4. Rearrange the items by clicking on the Status column head.
  5. Select the items you would like to turn off; click the Disable button.

 

Using Task Scheduler

Using Task Scheduler, a tool that administers Windows component tasks, disable unneeded application and user-defined tasks. Tasks that collect and upload information, logs as part of product improvement program, may consume excessive memory.

  1. Type Schedule Tasks in the Search Box on the Taskbar.
  2. Open Schedule Tasks from the Search Results.
  3. From the left-hand side panel, expand the following nodes:
    Task Scheduler (Local) | Task Scheduler Library
  4. In the above node, you will find a couple of folders with different tasks specified by various applications.
  5. Click an application to display responding task.
  6. Right-click a task, select Disable option.

 

Using Performance Monitor

Performance Monitor shows real-time graphical information pertaining to the use of system resources, activities of the processes and services running behind the screen.

  1. Type Performance Monitor the Search Box on the Taskbar.
  2. Open Performance Monitor from the Search Results.
  3. Expand the following nodes from the left and right panels:
    Performance | Monitoring Tools | Performance Monitor
  4. Here you can view the graph to track the real-time system performance.
  5. Click the Highlight icon on the toolbar or simply press Ctrl + H.

 

Using Resource Monitor

Resource Monitor is a tool that shows presence and allocation of your computer’s system resources. This can be extremely helpful to deal with slow boot issue on machines with good hardware setup.

  1. Type Resource Monitor the Search Box on the Taskbar and open it.
  2. You have a new window with different tabs named CPU, Memory, Disk and Network.
  3. Click the CPU tab.
  4. Figure out processes with higher CPU Usage with the help of CPU Average, CPU columns.
  5. To terminate an unneeded process, right-click it and select End Process.
  6. In the same manner, figure out high resource consuming services in the Services column, right-click them and select Stop service.

On the right-hand side panel, you can see the graph to track CPU, Service CPU Usage, CPU 0 and other Multi-Core Graphical information.

Raza Ali Kazmi

Raza Ali Kazmi works as an editor and technology content writer at Sorcim Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. He loves to pen down articles on a wide array of technology related topics and has also been diligently testing software solutions on Windows & Mac platforms.