Windows 10 lightweight???

Question

I've been seeing some pages on the net about light-weight versions of windows, and recently moved my old win7 computer to lubuntu, a lightweight version of linux ubuntu, and I really am happy about the boost in performance.

I have a windows 10 computer that is pretty slow, it's not a high-class machine and is already out of date. but I'm not ready to go with something like lubuntu on it, although it definately needs to be running smaller software.

Some people talk about running pretty custom builds of windows, but is there an easy-alternate that lets me do my simple things in my bedroom and still boots at a reasonable pace?? I feel like I wait around all day. I don't want to buy a different os, I want to slim down my stock install so that the low-performance processor and limited memory aren't a limitation.

Answer 1

the only legal windows 10 version from microsoft 

you can consider lightweight is windows 10 LTSB

many gamers including myself try that

and we love it but we can't have it

because microsoft is being a jerk

you can read more about windows 10 LTSB in here

Answer 2

Hi tsmspace

The version of Windows 10 you are referring to is Windows 10 Lite. That is a version of Windows 10 that has been hacked by individuals on the Internet to remove a lot of the functionality form Windows 10

That version is not supported by Microsoft and you would have no way to know what they have removed or indeed added to the Windows 10 Kernel in that version . ..

To trim down your current Windows 10 as much as possible

Click this link to download a small free utility that does not need to be installed

Run that utility and click 'Get Store Apps' that will list all the pre-installed UWP Apps in Windows and allow you to uninstall any you do not need

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcen...

Then Restart your PC

Turn off all unnecessary startup applications and processes:

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager

Click on the Startup Tab

See any non-essential items are listed there

If so, select and click 'Disable'

Close Task Manager

Click your Start Button, type msconfig and hit Enter

When the System Configuration dialog opens, click on the Services Tab

Check the box marked 'Hide Microsoft Services'

In the remaining list, see any non-essential items are listed there, uncheck any you find

Click Apply and OK

Turn off all unnecessary Background Apps

Open the Settings App

Go to Privacy - Background Apps

Turn off any App you do not need running in the background

Restart your PC

Answer 3

My Dell PC celebrated its ninth birthday on March 10th and it runs Windows 10 really fast. Your PC can do the same. Custom builds are not the solution. That's how people break their computers, and then they come here looking for someone else to blame.

1- Run a lean configuration: That means only installing software that you're actually going to use, and going through all your software's individual settings to turn off automatic background tasks that you don't need.

2- Minimize the number of applications that start with Windows and run in the background. To illustrate, here's a screenshot of my Startup tab in Task Manager, which I included mostly to boast:

3- Run your computer conservatively. This means don't scr*w around with registry edits, 'cleaner' programs, driver replacement programs, and advice from YouTube stoners. Those are trouble.

4- Operate your computer only the way it was designed to run, which means learning how to use your computer correctly and wisely. Maybe you don't like how some of Windows was designed. Me neither. But we're not going to get anywhere by trying to bend (or break) Windows to our wills. Doesn't work that way. Wisdom is the #1 ingredient in a fast computer.

5- (Bonus tip - no extra charge.) A clean install runs much better than a computer that's been upgraded. A clean install is like honeymooning in the Caribbean; an upgrade is like taking your mother-in-law with you.

Answer 4

Oh yes, you're my type. I used to love messing around with my computer to see what I could make it do. Had a lot of things blow up in my face, but I guess that's life. Sometimes I would intentionally do something so wrong, just to see what the computer would do, like that song by Johnny Cash:

But I shot a man in Reno

Just to watch him die

When I hear that whistle blowin'

I hang my head and cry

I got away with it for two reasons: 1) virtual machines; and 2) image backups.

So if that's where you're coming from, who am I to judge? But if you're interested in having a computer that's solid and dependable, my original advice stands.  😉

Answer 5

To be (supportively) clear, I absolutely know what you mean about a clean install, It's technically running beautifully right now, when compared to how it has been in the past. It's not that old of a computer, only a few years, but does have some "slow" attributes,,, It's an all-in-one, it's a budget processor in a package meant for at minimum core i3, it has a touch-screen, .... 

I've played with it before and completely ruined it, needing to factory reset to run at all, after which it ran pretty good, then I cleaned it some more, and now it's running even better,,,, but I still think it's slow. 

I don't use it as my main computer, I found a nice laptop that was scratched from being the floor model that boots in 15 seconds and runs better than any computer I've ever experienced, but I feel like my all-in-one still runs at gigahertz, we're way into the future of pc's, people have been booting in seconds since computers were invented, I should be able to find a way to make it boot in seconds, so that I can just turn it on when I need it , then turn it off, etc. 

It is a bit low on ram, if I run chrome and the task manager it starts to fill all the way up. , but I'm worried that if I add ram,,,, well,,,, the processor can't keep up anyway.