Today I am going to tell you some of the tips and tricks I use on my windows computer.
Task Manager Startup: The most basic way to speed up the startup time of a system is to disable the unnecessary startup software from the task manager. Open the task manager by right-clicking the taskbar. Then go to more details and in the startup tab, you can find the list of software that launches with the system startup. You can also see the last bios time. Now from this, the unnecessary things can be disabled by right-clicking on it. In my case, I have kept only the windows defender enabled as it is a security app. The others are your choice depending on the ones that are installed on your system. You should also leave the system ones like the intel and graphics services.
Cortana: Next thing I do is disable the Cortana fully by either logging out or resetting the app from settings. This has become easier in the new updates as Cortana is now an app. Cortana is always active in the background consuming system resources. Generally, in low-speed devices. Small tweaks have a lot of impact and Cortana doesn't even make any difference to me personally.
Install as apps: Many times we use web versions of some software as the web versions are more stable and better in some ways. If you use them more frequently it can be pinned in the browser but there is a more interesting way to use it and make it feel more like a dedicated software as it is launched in a separate window and also with a logo. Just go to the site you want then in the option and find the option to install this site as an app. I am using Microsoft edge for this but in chrome, this option is under the name of creating shortcut under more tools. Most of the browsers have this option, just naming will be different.
Windows Shortcuts: Now I will take you through the windows shortcuts which I find useful and use almost daily
Win+shift+s: this is for the snipping tool which is now built into Windows 10. No need to install separately. Also, you can add a shortcut in the notifications panel which I find better than pressing 3 keys. It directly copies the image to clipboard for pasting anywhere. It also gives a notification after taking the snip. Clicking on it will open the editor wherein you can annotate and save it as an image.
Win+PrtScr: We all know pressing the print screen will copy the whole screen to the clipboard but windows plus print screen takes a screenshot of the whole screen and saves it in the pictures folder in screenshots.
Win+.(full stop: Next is windows plus full stop which opens the emoji tool which has all the common emojis for chatting.
Win+G: We all don't know but windows have a built-in screen recorder. Pressing windows plus G will open the game centre and you will find the recording button in there. The only problem with it is that it was built for recording games so when the active window is closed or switched it will close automatically. But for emergency recording it is good. For other full-scale recordings there is other dedicated software like obs and others.
Win+tab: We all use the alter plus tab to switch windows but in windows 10 a better and graphically pleasing feature is added. By pressing the windows and tab button brings up a task view. This has all the active tasks in a full screen then you can select the window you want. It is better as any window can be selected by mouse click rather than going through the sequential selection process in case of an alter tab. In this view, you can also create virtual desktops in there and go back and forth from there. This tasks view can also be brought up by this button on the taskbar. If there is no button on your taskbar just activate by right click and check the show task view button.
