To make sure automatic page file management is turned on. Select Search on the taskbar, type advanced system in the search box, and then select View advanced system settings , which has Control panel listed underneath it.
Make sure the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives check box is selected. If it is, continue to the next tip. Open Storage settings.
Your drives will be listed in the Storage area. Note the amount of free space and total size for each drive. Note: If your PC is not low on space, try the next tip. You can use Storage Sense to delete unnecessary or temporary files from your device, which can also free up space. If you turn on Storage Sense, Windows will automatically free up space by getting rid of unnecessary files—including files in your recycle bin—when you're low on disk space or at intervals you specify.
The instructions below show you how to delete temporary files and how to turn on and configure Storage Sense. If you can't find Storage Sense on your device using the following steps, see the "Free up space with Disk cleanup" section below instead. Note: You may not want to delete temporary files to improve performance.
While these files may not be used at the moment, they help your apps load and run faster. To delete temporary files with Storage Sense. Select Temporary files in the storage breakdown. Note : If you don't see Temporary files listed, select Show more categories. Windows will take a few moments to determine what files and apps are taking up the most space on your PC. To see what's in your Recycle Bin before you empty it, open it from your desktop. If you don't see the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop, in the search bar on the taskbar, type recycle bin , then select Recycle Bin from the list of results.
Note: Windows moves files you delete to the Recycle Bin in case you change your mind and need them again in the future. You might be able to free up a significant amount of space by deleting Recycle Bin files to permanently remove files you've previously deleted.
In the Storage management area, turn on Storage Sense. Under Cleanup of temporary files , ensure Keep Windows running smoothly by automatically cleaning up temporary system and app files is checked. Under Configure cleanup schedules , choose how often you want Storage Sense to run. For the files you want Storage Sense to delete your choices are files in your Recycle Bin and in your Downloads folder , select the preferred time intervals, or select Never if you want Storage Sense to leave those types of files alone.
Windows will take a few moments to clean up your files, and then you'll see a message indicating how much disk space has been freed up. If your system doesn't have Storage Sense, you can use the Disk Cleanup tool to delete temporary files and system files from your device.
Select Search , type disk cleanup , then select Disk Cleanup from the list of results. Select the checkbox next to the type of files you want to delete.
To view a description of each type of file, select the name. Be sure to clear those check boxes if you don't want to delete those files.
To free up even more space, select Clean up system files. Disk Cleanup will take a few moments to calculate the amount of space that a can be freed up. If you need to free up drive space, you can delete it, but keep in mind that you'll be deleting your Windows. If you delete your previous version of Windows, this can't be undone. You won't be able to go back to your previous version of Windows. Select the types of files you want to delete, select OK , then select Delete files in the confirmation window to start the cleanup.
When you find an app to remove, select the More icon next to it and, if possible, select Uninstall. If you have photos, music, or other files that you want to keep but don't use often, consider saving them to removable media, like a USB drive.
You'll still be able to use them when the drive is connected, but they won't take up space on your PC. Select File Explorer from the taskbar and find the files you want to move. If the rest of your PC hardware is as old as the hard drive, you might want to consider buying a new computer. There are different ways your computer stores memory. Generally, the PC stores files and installed programs in the storage drive.
Typically, the storage drive is a hard disk. In computers purchased in the last one or two years, the storage drive could be a solid-state SSD drive. PCs can slow down when the storage drive is full to the brim. Your PC needs a certain amount of available space in the storage drive. It allows the CPU to swap files and store temporary files. Lack of memory makes these tasks difficult or impossible. That could cause the operating system to slow down. You can free up space on the storage drive by deleting old and unnecessary files.
Delete temporary files to make room for new ones. Uninstall programs you no longer use. You can also move photos and videos to an external storage device , like a USB stick. Your PC needs at least MB of free space on the storage drive. Ideally, there should be more than MB.
Older computers still have GB hard drives. You can consider upgrading to a 1TB or more storage drive. Alternatively, connect an external hard drive to your PC to store files remotely.
The operating system relies heavily on RAM for smoothly running tasks. Modern computing needs, particularly memory-hungry browsers like Chrome, demand a healthy supply of RAM memory for PCs. But first, make sure that it is the lack of RAM is what results in lag. These sticks are relatively straightforward to pull out and replace with new sticks. Your PC could be running programs in the background without you even knowing it.
To view what really matters, click More Details in the bottom left corner. By default, this list is broken down into Apps and Background Processes. It's refreshed constantly, with the various columns constantly updating. My advice is to let Task Manager run for a few minutes and watch it. Watch for apps that shoot up to the top of the list, then disappear a few seconds later. Look for processes that stay at the top of the list with high memory or CPU use. Not sure what a process is?
Google its name to find out more. To close an app or process that you suspect may be partly responsible for slow performance, click on the listing then click End Task.
There are far too many apps and services to create a succinct list of what's likely slowing down a PC, but that doesn't mean there aren't likely culprits. Here are some of the top issues that we all experience on a PC. After watching your system running slow with Task Manager open, you may have noticed that your antivirus software is routinely near the top of the list.
For further organization and easy access to saved pages, you can group your bookmarks into folders such as for work, recipes, to read, etc. For programs, have only those you are using at the moment running, and once you are done shut each program down.
These could be programs that encountered an error and did not completely shut down or programs stuck in a loop running in the background. Next press the CPU tab. This will allow you to see which programs are running and how much processing power they are consuming. To release the hogged processing power on your RAM end tasks that are running but not being actively used.
This is because, at this point, the virtual memory required for saving temporary files that facilitate the seamless running of programs is barely available. The drive space is mainly taken up by programs, updates to applications, downloads, files of deleted programs, and temporary files.
When it comes to RAM, the biggest culprits are programs that require a lot of memory to run. Such include graphic design software like Photoshop or other industry-specific applications.
Run the disk cleanup utility available to delete temporary files and any other unnecessary files on your computer.
You can also download verified free programs that can effectively delete and clean up any baggage of unnecessary files on your computer. Find a cloud storage service and store some of the big and necessary files on your computer there. However, some of these programs come with pre-installed automatic updates that keep running in your background unnecessarily, taking up valuable space on your hard drive and resulting in your computer running slow.
Find a proactive maintenance solution suitable for your computer. Essentially, this solution should be responsible for making the necessary updates and patches for all your software when the machine is not in use. Almost every program you download on your computer will come with a prompt requesting for permission to run when your PC starts, known as startup programs. This is how a lot of apps and programs on your computer end up automatically loading and running in the background as soon as you turn your PC on.
This overload is what makes your computer slow right from the booting process. Always be keen when downloading new programs and ensure to uncheck the box giving it permission to run when your PC starts if it is not necessary. You can also revoke the permission granted to existing app or programs through the following ways:.
If everything else in your computer is in order, then you should consider the presence of a virus or an in-effective antivirus that fails to detect and prevent viruses from attacking your computer as the reason behind your computer running slow.
Viruses can present themselves in various forms, from random pop-ups to the unauthorized encryption of files.
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