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Anonymous
2017-11-11T16:40:35+00:00

computer is slow how do you delete background apps as a beginner

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-11T16:46:53+00:00

    Open Start > Settings > Privacy

    Scroll down to the bottom, select Background apps

    Toggle off all the apps that run in the background.

    Also, press Windows key + X

    Click Task Manager

    Select the Start up tab then disable all startup apps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-11T16:53:50+00:00

    We are volunteers willing to help you try to resolve this issue.

    You really do not want to delete them, just stop them from running at startup. Then you can re-enable them if later desired.

    Easy way :

    Right Click Taskbar - Task Manager - StartUp tab - right click on any you wish and Disable or Enable as desired.

    More complete method :

    First make a Restore Point just to be careful :

    Start - type in --> Restore find at top and click on - then use Create

    Try the Clean Boot method to see if a startup program is involved - if so you can remove it from Start.

    Right Click the start button - Command Prompt (Admin) OR Windows PowerShell (Admin) - at the prompt type in

    MSCONFIG

    and hit enter

    How to perform a clean boot in Windows

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

    Other programs to help :

    Autoruns - Free - See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals...

    Process Explorer - Free - Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals...

    Please let us know the results and if you need further assistance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-11T17:23:30+00:00

    In addition to reducing the number of programs running at startup there are also a lot of unneeded "Services" running. Turning them off has several benefits:

    • faster startup
    • less RAM used
    • less CPU cycles used
    • your computer is more "secure"

    The impact of the first 3 items above is relatively minor (especially on current computers, was much more significant when running Windows 3 and XP). The 4th one is the reason most techies do it. By turning off these unneeded services we make the computer more secure by "reducing the attack surface". If a program, especially a service, is not running, it cannot be attacked. In general this is called "Hardening" the computer.

    Here are a couple of links on the subject, there are many more.

    http://hardenwindows10forsecurity.com/

    https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

    Key point to hardening and stopping startup programs is KEEP A LOG of the changes you make. Sure as shooting, a day or a week later you will run into some unexpected problem because you turned something off. Being able to look at your log may give you a hint on what to restart.

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