Hello everybody!
In this video, I am going to show you how to speed up booting a Windows operating system.
Computers with Windows may boot slowly from the first day, or after some time.
For example, when many programs are installed and most of them are enabled in the startup,
so they start at the same time when the operating system starts, or when the system drive is
packed almost to the full so the operating system is starving for free space that it
needs for normal work.
If the operating system or BIOS are configured in the wrong way, it can also result in longer
booting time.
In this video, I’ll try to show you the most important things that affect the booting
speed and how to make your computer boot faster.
Startup One of the way to boost your system is to
clean the startup list from anything that isn’t necessary.
In Windows 10, you can find Startup in the Task Manager.
To open it, right-click on the Start menu and select Task Manager, or you can press
the key shortcut Win + R and enter msconfig in the window that opens.
Then go to Startup tab and disable all unnecessary applications.
If you are not sure what items can be safely disabled, search the web for more information.
Right-click on the program and select “Search online”, or copy the name and paste it into
the browser’s search field.
Services When your system boots, services are booted
too, which can slow down your computer and reduce its performance.
That’s why you can give it a boost by disabling the services you don’t actually need and
get your PC to boot faster.
To open the service management window, type “services” in the search field and press
Enter.
Disable the ones you don’t need: for example, I will disable Fax as I don’t use it.
Right-click on the service, Properties, Disabled.
In the same way, you can disable other unnecessary services.
Have a look in the description below this video to find the list of services you can
safely disable.
• Net.Tcp port sharing service; • Windows Time;
• Secondary Logon (if you don’t use it); • Fax;
• Print Spooler; • Offline files;
• Routing and remote access; • Bluetooth support service;
• Bluetooth_520ef customer support service; • BitLocker drive encryption service;
• Encrypting File System (EFS); • Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service;
• Parental control; • Remote desktop configuration;
• Remote desktop services; • Smart Card;
• Smart Card Device Enumeration Service; • Smart Card Removal Policy;
• Windows Firewall; • Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service;
• Windows Error Reporting Service; • Remote registry;
• Windows Defender Service.
Turn off Windows features When starting, Windows boots many features
which also affects the system’s performance.
You can make your computer boot faster by disabling the features you don’t need.
To do it, go to Control Panel / Programs and Features / Turn Windows features on or off.
In the window that opens, disable the unnecessary ones.
For example, I don’t use Internet Explorer, so I disable it by unchecking the box.
After that, the computer has to reboot.
You can find the list of features you can disable in the description under the video.
• Internet Explorer (for those using alternative browsers)
• Telnet server • Windows Search (if you don’t use the
Windows search function) • Telnet client
• TFTP client • Tablet PC Optional Components
• Windows Gadget Platform (if you don’t want your desktop cluttered with gadgets)
• Subsystem for Unix-based applications • Microsoft Message Queue Server
• Windows Service Activation Process • Indexing Service
• Print and document services (if there’s no printer connected)
• After you’ve unchecked the boxes, restart the computer.
BIOS One more way to speed up booting the operating
system is to set the bot priority in BIOS.
By default, optimal BIOS settings always include checking for boot options from DVDs or USB
drives.
As a rule, though, it’s only necessary when installing Windows, or in the rare cases like
removing viruses, while at all other times such option only slows down the computer,
especially if there is a disk in the optical disk drive.
To fix this problem, go to BIOS: to do it, press a certain key while the system is booting;
usually it’s either Delete, F2 or F10 keys.
Visit out channel for a detailed video on how to enter BIOS or UEFI, find the link in
the description.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOWhvngUWZE – How to Enter BIOS or UEFI and Boot Your
PC From a USB Drive
In the settings, find BOOT or Boot Priority, and next to the line 1ST Boot Priority, select
Hard Disk.
Thanks to such settings, the system will boot straight from the hard disk and it will save
the time the computer would otherwise spend on checking the CD/DVD drive.
You can also enable FastBoot option to accelerate booting even more, but you can only find it
in newer versions of BIOS.
However, many users complain that after enabling this option they can’t enter BIOS just because
there is too little time to press the necessary key in time.
To enter BIOS, just hold down the key while the system is booting.
Clean Windows from junk files Slow booting and low performance of a Windows
operating system is often connected with low system disk space or lots of junk files.
That’s why the first piece of advice should be to run a massive clean-up.
You can watch one of our videos to see how to do it properly.
Find the link in the description.
File indexing One more thing you can do is to disable the
File Indexing function.
You can do it by opening the File Explorer, then right-clicking on the disk and choosing
Properties.
Uncheck the box next to “Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition
to file properties” File indexing is a special Windows system service which speeds up the
process of searching for files on hard disks.
It’s useful for people who often search for files and want to find them as fast as
possible.
However, if you don’t often use file search, disable it to get your computer boot and work
faster.
Fast Startup in Windows 10 Windows 10 features the fast startup function
which can also help to accelerate booting the system.
This function is enabled by default, so if you haven’t disabled it before, there is
no need to search for it.
However, you can enable it by going to Settings / System / Power and sleep/ Additional power
settings.
Open “Choose what the power buttons do” and click on “Change settings that are currently
unavailable” to make it possible to enable Fast Startup.
Viruses Booting the operating system can be too long
because of viruses.
If that’s the case, you have to find and remove them, and one of our videos can help
you do it.
Have a look in the description and find the link.
Upgrading and adding an SSD Another way to speed up your computer significantly
is by replacing the old hard disk with a new SSD - or at least changing your system drive
to an SSD.
After that, your PC will boot and work incredibly faster.
In addition to the new hard disk, you can add extra memory.
Having a few gigabytes more has always been a nice upgrade for a computer’s performance.
There’s never too much of a good thing
That is all for now.
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