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Ultimate Tips to Make Windows 8 Faster than Ever Applies to Windows 8.1 also

By: Sandeep Singh | Last Updated: November 4, 2018 22 Comments

Every Windows computer gets slow and sluggish by the time we use it since we install a number of programs and store many files into the computer, and the system starts using more resources and different services run in the background which also consumes unnecessary resources.

Windows 8 & 8.1  uses high system resources than previous versions of windows like XP and Windows 7 Since Windows 8 offers more functionality and system security it does consume more RAM and Processor to make any program run smooth.

Whatever Microsoft tries to make Windows 8 faster but it gets slower and slower by the time we use it, there are following reason why Windows 8 & 8.1 gets slow –

  1. Windows acquires Junk files rapidly.
  2. Inbuilt windows look and appearance features.
  3. Performance based on power consumption.
  4. Default folder and search options.
  5. Unnecessary system services.
  6. Lots of startup programs.
  7. Fragmented Files.
  8. Unnecessary Programs and software.
  9. Registry problem and errors.
  10. Malware, adware, and Viruses into Computer.

So above are the possible cause which slows down a Windows 8, 8.1 computer, now let’s find the ways to fix these problems and make windows 8 faster.

How to Make Windows 8 Faster than Ever applies to 8.1 also

Now to overcome the Slow Windows 8 Problem here is the ultimate tips which will surely make windows 8 faster than ever. Since window 8.1 is not much different than windows 8 so this tutorial also works on windows 8.1 without any problem.

By any chance, if your computer is too slow to perform any task even these optimizations, try to boot your Windows 8 computer in safe mode.

1. Disk Cleanup And Junk Removal

Open My Computer and Right Click on C drive and go to properties from there click on Disk Cleanup.

disk cleanup windows 8

it may take time depending on the amount of junk files into your computer, once the scan is complete select every option and click on OK to delete them.

make windows 8 faster

After this download and install CCleaner and run it once, it will find junk from other areas of your computer and delete them within few clicks.

2. Customize Windows appearance and Disable Animations

Windows default shadows and Animation reduces system performance, by choosing the appropriate look and feel you can drastically increase windows 8 performance, follow these steps:-

  1. Press Win + R key together and you will get the RUN dialog box.
  2. Type sysdm.cpl and hit OK.
  3. You’ll get System Properties dialog Box now click on Advanced tab and again Click on Settings under Performance option.windows 8 8.1 performance
  4. Now Uncheck Following Options –
    •  Animate controls and elements inside windows
    • Animate Windows when minimizing and maximizing
    • Animation in the Taskbar
    • Fade or slide menus into view
    • Fade or slide ToolTips into view
    • Fade out menu items after clicking
    • Save taskbar thumbnail previews
    • Show shadows under mouse pointer
    • Show shadows under windows
    • Show translucent selection rectangle
    • Slide open combo boxes
    • Smooth -scroll list boxes

Make it looks like the image on the right-hand side, after unchecking these options click on Apply then OK. These tips have a major contribution to make windows 8 faster.

3. Adjust Power Options

Windows 8 can be optimized by adjusting the power options, if you don’t care of little extra power consumption by your laptop or desktop then adjust it for higher Performance, to do so –

Open control panel and go to Power options from there select High Performance.

windows 8 power options

4. Change Folder and Search Options

By default Windows 8, 8.1 have the folder and search options which you may not be using, disabling such option improves windows performance up to an optimum level. Follow these steps – folder options settings

  1. Open File Explorer and Go to View option, from there click on Options.
  2. Now Click on Change folder and search options and you will get Folder Options dialog box.
  3. Click on View Tab there and uncheck the following options –
    1. Display file size information in folder tips
    2. Hide empty drives in the Computer folder
    3. Hide extensions for known file types
    4. Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
    5. Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items.

After un-checking the unnecessary options hit Apply and OK.

 

5. Stop Unnecessary Windows Services to Start Automatically

Windows 8 & 8.1 has many such services which start automatically even you don’t need them to run, they keep running in the background which consumes system resources and makes your computer slow, so it is always a good practice to strict such services to start automatically, below are the steps to do this –

  1. Press Win +R key together to open Run dialog box.
  2. Type services.msc and hit OK, and you will get the list of services.
  3. Now mark these services to run Manually by Right Click on service name > Properties > Startup Type and Select Manual and Hit Apply and OK, Services to be marked as Manual are –
    1. Diagnostic Policy Service
    2. Diagnostic Tracking Service
    3. Offline Files
    4. Performance Logs and Alerts
    5. Print Spooler (If you don’t use printer otherwise leave it Automatic)
    6. Program Compatibility Assistance
    7. Secondary Logon
    8. Windows Error Reporting Service
    9. Windows Image Acquisition.windows services

limiting above windows services results in faster access to the required windows services.

6. Disable Unnecessary Startup Programs

When you boot into the computer there are many programs which start itself with windows startup and keeps running until you manually close them, it is advised to disable startup programs in order to fast boot up of Windows.

  1. Press clrl+shift+esc keys together and it will open task manager, now go to Startup tab.
  2. Find the Unnecessary Programs and Right Click > Disable you can disable all startup programs.

speed up windows 8

7. Disable Windows default Sound Notifications

Windows plays different sound notifications for various system events like the error, media connect or disconnect, and during various prompt, these sounds also cause slow system performance, if you don’t care of such notification sounds you can disable them all.

  1. Open Control Panel by Pressing Win+X key and Click on Control Panel.
  2. Go to Sound Options and it’ll open Sound dialog box, now click on Sounds tab.
  3. Under the Sound Scheme, select No Sounds.

make windows 8 fast

Now hit Apply and OK.

Don’t Like Reading? Watch this Video Tutorial

8. Optimizing Registry and Tweaks.

Whenever you Uninstall a Program it gets deleted from Program Files and many other directories, but few registry key remains as it is into the Registry of Windows computer.

You can find and delete such Registry entries using CCleaner, just open CCleaner go to Registry tab and scan for issues, it’ll find all the unused registry keys now select all and click on Fix select issue in order to delete them.

You can enable, disable and optimize various windows feature by applying few registry tweaks, like

Auto kill not responding tasks, Faster access to Start Menu, Wait to kill a program and more registry tweaks, if you guys don’t want to play with registry then just download the file below and open it, it will ask for confirmation then allow it.

Download

After applying registry tweaks, you will notice an increase in windows 8, 8.1 performance.

9. Disk defragmentation.

Whenever you use a program it asks for the block of  memory from computer, and computer allocates memory blocks in chunks, after closing the program these blocks get free and available for another program, the free memory blocks are long and contiguous, by the time and with use these long and contiguous memory become fragmented into smaller and smaller piece, that makes such memory blocks unavailable for further program execution.

Defragmentation is a process of cleaning such fragmented memory block, and it is easy to do since windows provide an inbuilt tool, to perform defragmentation –

  1. Open Computer and Right click on C drive then go to Properties.
  2. Go to Tool tab and click on Optimize.
  3. A new window will pop up, select C drive and click on Optimize.

The defragmentation process may take time depending on the number of fragmented memory blocks.

Alternatively, you can perform this task using a more advanced tool by iobit called Smart Defrag.

10. RAM Upgrade

If your Windows 8.1 PC/Laptop is still slow even after performing the above steps, check the RAM of your computer, if it is lower than-

4 GB (If you do normal computing like web browsing, movies, music etc) then consider upgrading your RAM to at least 4GB.

8 GB (If you do software work like web designing, photoshop, gaming) then consider upgrading your RAM to at least 8 GB.

Check with your computer manufacturer than how much RAM your PC can support and whether it is DDR2 RAM, DDR3 RAM or DDR4 RAM.

Check your System Information and find what kind of RAM your PC/Laptop needs.

11. Few more useful tips.

  1. Directly land to the desktop whenever start the windows. Right Click on Taskbar > Properties > Navigation tab and Check the option When I sign in or close all the apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start.
  2. Regularly update your windows to install the latest security and performance features.
  3. Uninstall the programs you don’t use.
  4. Use a steady image instead of a slide as desktop background.
  5. Update windows drivers to the latest version.
  6. Install a good Antivirus program from here  Best Free Antivirus for Windows 7, 8.1 & 10.

So all points listed above are the ultimate tips to make Windows 8 faster than ever, which also applies to Windows 8.1, after performing all the steps you have to restart the computer, once restarted you will get blazing speed of your Windows 8 computer, if your computer gives continuous errors, too laggy, can’t install a program, viruses, trojans, and annoys you lot then try to Reinstall Windows 8.

Also Read-

  •  How to Fix Slow Running Windows 10 , 200% Faster PC
  • 10 Best Hidden Features of Windows 10
  • How to Reset Windows 8 Password Easily if Forgot it

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Comments

  1. Orgonist says

    January 22, 2019 at 5:15 PM

    hey sorry for the late comment but you can install a ssd or a high perfomance hdd but i prefer ssd your hard drive may be corrupted

    Reply
  2. Julius says

    October 2, 2018 at 9:30 PM

    Thanks MAN.
    i can already feel the changes

    Reply
  3. kabilan says

    April 26, 2018 at 10:05 AM

    link to ownload registary patch

    Reply
  4. Robert A Beriault says

    January 29, 2018 at 4:42 AM

    I want to download Registry Editor

    Reply
  5. technikola says

    January 22, 2018 at 12:40 PM

    Sometimes I am unable to end task from task manager and because of that my PC gets slower how to fix that. I tried your method and it is useful to me but, can you help me fix this problem?

    Reply
  6. paul starkebaum says

    January 17, 2018 at 1:56 PM

    Thank you!!!
    I would add using a lite browser like Opera.

    Reply
    • nikhil says

      September 28, 2018 at 7:43 PM

      Download Slim Browser Fastest i Have ever used yet

      Reply
  7. ali sulaiman says

    January 5, 2018 at 10:59 PM

    Hello Sir
    I have a Asus Laptop Core i 5 5200U @ 2.20 GHZ (4 CPUs )
    4 GB Ram
    But hanging to much and very slow .i did all you said at video but still
    slow and also when i using google chrome it is totally dumb.please tell me the solvetion

    thank you

    Reply
    • Derrick Nyakundi says

      January 18, 2018 at 11:22 AM

      Try installing an ssd on your laptop it will very much increase the speed of your laptop. I am talking from experience.

      Reply
  8. Derrick Nyakundi says

    December 11, 2017 at 10:12 AM

    thank you sir. Please can you provide settings for making windows 7 fast. And can i use this settings on windows 7 too? Also the registry tweak download can I use it too on windows 7? Kindly get back to me. Thank you again.

    Reply
  9. Rajneesh says

    September 22, 2017 at 3:58 PM

    hi i have Toshiba laptop
    it is running very slow and make hot during run
    and lot of time files get not responding
    during playing video in vlc or like other player but play like you tube they get buffering every time also i applied your method laptop
    laptop became faster a little bit but on other program is running as earlier
    also response is not ……….

    Reply
    • Sandeep Singh says

      September 23, 2017 at 2:43 AM

      What is your Laptop’s Configuration? Or could you please let me know the Model of your laptop?

      Reply
  10. soni says

    May 26, 2017 at 4:32 PM

    thank you so much.. now my computer fast

    Reply
  11. Elias says

    April 6, 2017 at 12:10 AM

    where is Ccleaner at?

    Reply
  12. vjay says

    March 28, 2017 at 5:43 AM

    thank you!

    Reply
  13. patricia says

    January 3, 2016 at 9:18 AM

    My computer responded very slowly. I installed Krojam Cleaner and that cleaned all junk files to help make my pc faster

    Reply
    • Sandeep Singh says

      January 4, 2016 at 12:31 AM

      Follow all above tips to make your computer faster again, let me know if you face any issue.

      Reply
      • Hari says

        September 7, 2017 at 8:26 PM

        Wwhen i connect my lenovo note k3 using usb cable. It simple says (lenovo_suite). When i click it. It says ( do you want to allow the following program from an……) i gave yes and then nothing happens. I have done a couple of times but i couldn’t access the files in
        my phone kindly tell me some solution!!

        Reply
        • Sandeep Singh says

          September 8, 2017 at 1:25 AM

          Try removing Lenovo Suite completely using revo uninstaller and install it again.

          Reply
  14. ankit says

    September 25, 2015 at 4:26 AM

    Plz provides tips for windows 10 performance inhancement

    Reply
    • Sandeep Singh says

      September 25, 2015 at 2:00 PM

      Sure I’ll write about this.

      Reply
  15. Cary says

    September 23, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    My windows 8 used to work very slow, was getting frustrated i did optimization before but after applying above tweaks my computer is running much faster, thank you.

    Reply

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