5 Tips to Speed up Your Windows 10 on Old PC

5 Tips to Speed up Your Windows 10 on Old PC

With an increasing number of Windows users upgrading their OS to Windows 10, it is crucial for them to know how to optimize their operating systems. Many users installed or upgraded Windows 10 on their current aged laptops or desktops, which is likely to affect the performance of running Windows 10. Old computers which come with old drive are able to perform Windows 10, yet you may encounter slow running speed especially when you launch some certain programs which with big cache files.

Purchase new PC would be an acceptable solution, but it isn’t suitable for every Windows user. More attention should be paid to optimizing existing PC. Follow these five tips below to speed up your Windows 10 now.

1. Clean Windows.old folder You will find a folder named Windows.old in C drive after upgrading. If you confirm that you will use Windows 10 for ever, then delete this folder. Right click C drive and select Properties. Then click Disk Cleanup.

2. Close Login password

Windows 10 sets up password for system security, nevertheless it prolong desktop loading time. You can change this setting to save loading time. If your PC could be accessed by others, then think twice.

Press Windows key + R at the same time to open Run box. Type netplwiz and hit Enter. Uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer box, and click Apply. It will ask you to type password in the pop-up window to confirm this operation.

 3. Close IPv6 is the abbreviation of Internet Protocol Version 6, which hasn’t been popularized in the world. This protocol started since 2012, but its penetration is less than 30 % after 4 yeas’ development. This is not saying IPv6 is not good enough, but its development is closely linked with state policy. Anyway, to open IPv6 will lengthen the time of connecting network and close it won’t affect the use of network since we still have IPv4.

Go Start -> Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network Connections. Double click Ethernet0, click Properties, and then uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) box.

4. Close unnecessary Visual Effects Visual Effects in Windows 10 could improve user experience, but it is not necessary on PC with old drives. Close it to reduce loading time. 

Double click This PC on the desktop, and click System properties -> Advanced system settings -> Settings. Uncheck Fade out menu items after clicking box.

5. Disable Virtual Memory To disable Virtual Memory in Windows 10 could reduce reading and writing times to hard disk. Besides, local memory has faster data transfer speed than virtual memory. If your hard drive holds enough capacity, just disable this setting. 

Follow the steps in Tip #4 to Settings. Click Advanced next to Visual Effects, and click Change. Then uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives box and pitch on No paging file and click Set.

With these 5 tips, you can speed up your Windows 10 on PC with old drives and running Windows 10 at better experience. Many users also deal with Windows 10 slow speed issue using another solution, upgrade HDD with SSD or new hard drive. But you need to choose the right software while clone boot drive to SSD.

Pak’s BAT that mutilated Indian soldiers included Mujahideen: BSF

The BSF ADG said that Pakistan took advantage of the simultaneous firing to mutilate the bodies of the 2 indian soldiers.

Srinagar: Highlighting the fact that the brutal Krishna Ghati incident occurred after Pakistan army Chief’s visit to the Line of Control (LoC), the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday revealed that Islamabad's Border Action Team (BAT), involved in the attack, comprises Mujahideen terrorists as well.

BSF Additional Director General (ADG) Western Command K.N. Choubey briefed the media about the entire incident and how Pakistan's BAT took advantage of the simultaneous firing and mutilated bodies of two Indian soldiers.

"Army and BSF's joint team is deployed in Krishna Ghati sector for boundary protection. When the team was going for regular line maintenance, two FDL from Pakistan's side and two ambush which they had set up started firing simultaneously. Our jawans were engaged in this. In between this, the BAT action, which consists of regular army and Mujahideens and trained militants, took advantage and mutilated bodies of our two jawans," Choubey told the media.

"I would not like to comment formally on this. But yes, everybody knows that this has taken place immediately after the visit of the Pakistan army Chief to the frontal area," he added.

The BSF ADG Western Command further ensured that the army and BSF will be brainstorming together and come up with a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), in order to minimise such incidents.

"The SOPs are always followed. We learn from every such incident that takes place. The BSF in Kashmir works under the operational control of the Army. We will brainstorming together and come out with a more revised SOP so that such incidents are minimised," he said.

Meanwhile, DGMO Lt Gen AK Bhatt made hotline contact with his Pakistan counterpart, expressed grave concern about Krishna Ghati incident and the way patrol party was targeted.

"Mutilating bodies of soldiers is a dastardly and inhuman act beyond any norm of civility. The act invites unequivocal condemnation and response." commented Bhatt.

He also emphasised on issue of fire support provided by the Pakistani posts, highlighted issue of BAT training camps near Line of Control.

On the other hand, Pakistan army's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations said that India was told that there was no mutilation of soldiers' bodies during the conversation.

Earlier on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra and expressed his displeasure over the 'prolonged' unrest. Vohra ensured that he would work towards restoring peace in the Valley at the earliest.

On Monday, Rajnath reviewed the present security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the recent Sukma attack with country's top security officials.

Research and Analytical Wing (R&AW) chief Anil Dhasmana, Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Jain, Director General (DG) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar and many other top officials participated in the intensive discussion chaired by Rajnath.

The high-level meet discussed strategy and security issues in Chhattisgarh after the Sukma attack.

On Monday, two defence personnel had been killed, as Pakistan violated ceasefire by opening fire on Border Security Force (BSF) posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Krishna Ghati sector. In a barbaric act, their bodies were later mutilated by the Pakistan army.

The Union Home Minister also directed the officials to tighten the government's grip over Jammu and Kashmir unrest.

Kashmir Valley has been embroiled in utter chaos and violence after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani's was killed by security forces in an encounter in south Kashmir's Kokernag on 8 July last year.