Mcafee slowing down windows 10

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Next time you press the power button to turn on the laptop, Windows 10 will load much faster and will be quicker when it comes to responsiveness as well. You can do Alt + Ctrl + Del -> Task Manager -> More Details -> Startup tab -> Disable everything except the most critical utilities. Some suspects include Google auto-update utility once you install Chrome and Drive, Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage app and any driver utilities. This not only slows down the time taken by Windows 10 to be ready for work, but these apps continue to run in the background eating into RAM and processor resources. These are apps that are configured to run with Windows 10, every time you boot up the laptop. While at it, also check the support section on the website of your laptop manufacturer for any specific system firmware that may fix bugs or bring in performance improvements.įinally, there are the startup items.

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This should also bring in the necessary driver updates for the hardware, which could also optimize performance.