WIN 8's simple optimization makes the system faster

  

1. Turn off the visual effects Win 8's interface theme is already "reverse", cancel the Aero matte effect, we don't care about this visual effect. Close method: System property – Advanced – Performance – Set – Turns off fade-in effect. After opening the folder, small software and the like, the speed lever!
2. Turn off disk defragmentation (optimized drive) plan Use disk defragmentation to improve disk performance, but if you are used to manually sorting, you can close the finishing plan to avoid automatic finishing when you work, affecting performance . Method: Resource Manager, select the disk – property – tool – optimize and defragment the drive – optimize – change settings – deselect run as scheduled. In addition, if you use SSD solid state drives, you can use some SSD Fresh free SSD optimization tools to optimize. 3. Use the index option to reduce hard disk pressure. If you don't use the file search or the "Windows library" function that comes with Windows itself, you can consider turning off the background file indexing function. Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Service – Windows Search is disabled. Method: Control Panel – Indexing Options – Select Index Item – Modify – Cancel the location where you do not want to index. If you want to search for files quickly, you can use Tools such as EveryThing, Lightspeed Search, and DocFetcher instead. 4. Move the temporary folder (TEMP/TMP), etc. to the non-system disk. By default, Win8 will save the temporary file in the C drive. After a long time, it is easy to make the C drive bloated and the disk fragmentation cause the system to slow down. Moving it to a non-system disk can avoid this problem. Method: Right click on the "Computer" and select "Properties". In the window that opens, click on the "Advanced System Settings" option on the left, click on the "Environment Variable" in the lower right corner, and the pop-up The values ​​of the TEMP and TMP temporary folders are in the "User Variables" and "System Variables" in the window. Click the “Edit” button to change the variable value to a value such as D:\\TEMP. 5. Create a quick shutdown /quick restart shortcut: Win8 new shutdown mode makes many people not used to it, in fact, you can manually set up a quick shutdown shortcut. Method: Right click on the desktop to create a new shortcut - enter shutdown.exe -s -t 00 (this is the shutdown code, if you want to restart it is shutdown.exe -r -t 00), you can double click to use. Of course, right-click shortcuts, select properties, and change icons for them. If you want to be more convenient, right-click and select the "Start" button to see them in the Metro interface. In addition, using Start8 can also find a classic start menu for your Win8, so shutdown and restart is as convenient as the Win7 era. 6. Turn off the home group, in some cases, the hard disk and the CPU may be in a high load state. If the family group is not used, the home group service can be directly turned off. Close: Win+C – Set – Change the computer Set – Family Group & ndash; Leave; Control Panel & ndash; Administrative Tools & ndash; Service & ndash; HomeGroup Listener and HomeGroup Provider Disabled 7. Set Superfetch Service Method: Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Service & ndash; Superfetch – – Automatic (delayed boot), can avoid frequent access to the hard disk just started Win8. 8. Set Win8 to log in automatically, save the trouble of entering the password every time you start, and boot faster. Method: Shortcut Win+R – Enter netplwiz – Cancel the option to enter the user name and password when using the computer – Automatically log in to the account – Enter your password. 9. Turn on Hybrid Boot Turn on Win8's unique hybrid boot technology to get your computer up and running fast. It is enabled by default, but if you are not started, you can go to the control panel – power options – select the power button function – change the currently unavailable settings – shutdown settings – tick enable fast start. If you don't see this feature, please enable hibernation first: Win+X – Command prompt – Enter powercfg -h on 10. Turn off the boot screen (GUI boot) to speed up the boot speed. Although Win8's Hybrid Boot has let the boot speed behave. Satisfied, but sometimes by booting off the GUI, you can further optimize the startup speed of the boot. Method: Shortcut key Win+ R – Enter msconfig – Boot – Check No GUI boot, OK, restart takes effect. 11. Overwrite or upgrade to install Win8, you need to clean up the generated Windows.old folder to free up the C disk space Method 1: Shortcut Win+X – Command prompt – Enter rd X:windows.old /s (X stands for Drive letter) Method 2 (recommended): C drive & ndash; Ctrl & ndash; Attribute & ndash; Disk Cleanup & ndash; Check the previous Windows installation checkbox – OK to clean up. 12. Turn off IPv6 features Some computers have too old NIC drivers. When IPv6 is turned on, the boot system may not respond or die. Moreover, the current IPv6 network is still far from universal in China, so shutting down its resources will not cause any problems. Method: Network Sharing Center – Network Connection – Ethernet – Attribute – Cancel IPv6. 13. If you use professional anti-virus software, you can turn off the Windows Defender that comes with the system to save resources. If you use more professional anti-virus software (such as: Kingsoft, Red Umbrella, 360 Antivirus, Rising, etc.), you can directly close Save the resources by using the Windows Defender anti-virus software that comes with the system. Method: First, Win+X – Control Panel – Windows Defender – Set – Implement Protection - Remove Tick and Admin – Enable Windows Defender – Remove Tick. Then, the Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Service – Windows Defender Service is disabled.

Copyright © Windows knowledge All Rights Reserved