Open windows 10 settings. Ensuring the best performance

Advanced startup options in Windows 10 allow you to access different parameters boot as well as system recovery options. With their help, you can restore Windows 10 to more early date, restore Windows 10 using a system image, fix boot problems, open a window command line for execution different types jobs, change UEFI settings, and return to the previous Windows assembly 10.

This guide is for Windows 10 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803 and up.

There are several ways to access additional parameters run in the Windows 10 operating system. Below are 7 methods that will allow you to access additional parameters Windows boot 10.

Method 1 of 7

Open advanced startup options using the Windows Settings app.

Step 1: Open the app "Parameters"... This can be done by clicking on the gear icon in the menu "Start" or using the combination Win keys + I.

Step 2: V " Parameters ", go to the settings group " Update and Security ".

Step 3: On the left side of the window, select " Recovery"... On the right side, go to the section " Special options downloads " and click the " Reload now "... This will reboot your device immediately.

Step 4: When the computer restarts, you will see the screen “ Choice of action "

Step 5: In the window " Choice of action ", press the button " Troubleshooting ".

Step 6: In the opened window " Diagnostics" click on the " Extra options".

Method 2 of 7

Open Advanced startup options using the login window.

Step 1: In the Windows 10 logon window, press the power button while holding down the Shift press the restart button.

Step 2: The computer restarts and you see the screen “ Choice of action "

Step 3: Click the " Troubleshooting ".

Step 4: In the opened window " Diagnostics" click on the " Extra options".

Method 3 of 7

Open advanced startup options from Windows 10 desktop.

Step 1: Open the menu " Start". Click on the button Power supply.

Step 2: Holding down the key Shift, select and press the option "without releasing the key Shift.

Step 3: When the computer restarts, you will see the screen “ Choice of action ".

Method 4 of 7

Create a shortcut for advanced launch options.

This is also possible.

• Click right click mouse on the desktop / Create / Shortcut
• Enter path: % windir% \ system32 \ shutdown.exe -r -o -f -t 0
• Give the shortcut a name.

Ready. The shortcut for advanced launch options is now ready to use.

Method 5 of 7

Start Windows 10 in UEFI environment

If you have Windows 10 installed in EFI (UEFI) mode, you can open Advanced Boot Options with the command

• Right click on the menu "Start", select item Execute.
• Enter Command and press Enter:
  • shutdown.exe -r -fw(delayed) or
  • create shutdown.exe -r -fw -t 0(no delay)

Method 6 of 7

Open advanced startup options with DVD or USB drive

The boot menu must be invoked with the F 11, Esc key (depending on the manufacturer) to start from a DVD or USB stick. Otherwise, you need to go to the BIOS, and change the boot order.

• Boot up DVD disc/ USB
• Instead of "Install" click on in the lower left corner.

Windows 10 will start with additional startup options.

Method 7 of 7

Windows 10 will automatically enter advanced boot options.

If, about 3 times in a row, the PC cannot boot the system into normal mode Windows 10 automatically starts up with advanced boot options.

Notebook:

• Remove the battery
• Plug in the power cord and unplug the power cord 3 times in a row while booting.
• Your laptop should start with advanced boot options.

Most often, setting up Windows 10 is needed by those users who do not have enough "default" values, and they want to hide their privacy, receive less advertising, optimally spend network traffic. Microsoft's latest operating system consumes too much network traffic, moreover, part of it is not even spent on solving user problems, but on presenting new capabilities of the corporation itself. So, distribution of updates from client computer to other devices connected to one network - this is a direct interference in the client's affairs.

This is how precious user traffic is wasted, which, by the way, costs money.

Protect yourself from unnecessary financial expenses setting up the system parameters will help.

After the optimal setting, your device starts to work much more productively, and its resource will increase significantly (less heating of the elements, battery consumption).

Privacy is our everything

In the last decade, it is extremely difficult to achieve privacy on the network, since large corporations, under the pretext of useful "features", have long been collecting data about each user through his devices (smartphones, computers). Even if the user refuses such intrusive help, no one will give him any guarantees that his personal information will not collect on remote servers interested people. Gone are the tolerant resources and systems that would not require accounts in the clouds, specifying personal data such as mail, account social network, phone number.

When asked how to configure Windows 10 in such a way as to reduce the collection of personal data, there are tons of instructions. And the corporation itself released build 1703, in which, finally, the system's interest in its user has been reduced (the developers said that the amount of personal data collected by the system has been reduced by 30%).

When installing Windows 10 build CU 1703, the user gets a setting of parameters in the form separate window, in which you can prohibit the work of most services and thereby reduce the load on the PC and reduce the amount of private traffic.

A smartphone, like a PC, is a personal spy

It has long been known that devices based on Android OS collect not only phone numbers, SMS messages and conduct GPS tracking, they also save all network visits to Google servers... Apple's closed OS devices are doing the same. Naturally, Microsoft could not go the other way, everything is also stored there on the servers: from search queries the user to his personal information (copies of images, documents, video content, phone numbers, messages in instant messengers). Of course, Windows 10's native settings allow you to reduce the amount of data collected. You can disable:

• location tracking;
• collection of data entered into the keyboard;
• sending updates to other PCs on the network;
• telemetry sent to the "Store" (this is an application update, installation of "recommended" games and programs).

But such a fine-tuning will require additional knowledge, you will have to configure the registry and group policies... Although there is another option: you can simply download the DWS application or the like, which in 1 click will disable all telemetry of the "dozens", will be able to remove automatic updates and even the built-in antivirus.

Optimization of work

Until some time on Windows 10, even streaming content (where a flash player is needed) worked slightly better than on Win 7 or 8.1. However, after latest updates Google chrome(starting with version 57) the situation has changed, and chrome-like browsers no longer “strain” the PC so much that it negates the only advantage of the “ten”. She, on the contrary, having many modules and services working in background, rather perceptibly "loads" the computer stuffing, especially not very strong.

For example, Microsoft recommends laptops with at least 4GB of RAM for its stripped-down Windows 10S, with the required SSD or eMMC solid-state drive and 4-core processors. At the same time, Vista-based Windows 7 can run even on single-core Celeron c clock frequency 1.6 GHz (as an example, this is a mobile Celeron 520).

To get Windows 10 to work satisfactorily on older devices with 2GB or less, it's worth some optimization.

First you need to clean up system partition(C), then defragment, and then remove all metro applications. Next, you need to turn off all telemetry (loads the PC in the background).

Do I need to tune powerful computers

If your PC has a processor like the ICore-7 from Intel with 8-32 GB of DDR-4 RAM, then you don't really need to over-optimize the system. But if you use a laptop that is 5-10 years old, then it is simply necessary to carry it out, otherwise you will not be able to work normally on the device. It is advisable to disable auto-update on the old device. It is very difficult for him to "digest" cumulative updates in packs of 400-600 MB and, as a rule, on them weak devices they simply freeze for a few hours, or such an "update" simply fails.

But in order to leave the device with the proper level of protection, it is recommended to install at least a third-party free antivirus.

Alternatively, you can use the German Avira, the Slovak Eset NOD 32, the Czech Avast or the US antivirus Norton. All of them have proven themselves well and are able to protect against almost all threats, and some of them, for example, Avast, have a minimal impact (load) on the PC during their work. Remember that the longer you set up your device, the higher the chances that it will work just perfect for you, even without the outstanding parameters of the hardware filling.

Work "tens" on the tablet

Users tablet computers on a full-fledged (not RT) version of Windows, we noticed that after updating from 8.1 to 10, the system became more responsive and faster. In addition, a more optimized interface allows you to enjoy working both in a tablet and in a "laptop" classic version (by attaching a keyboard to the device).

Therefore, we can summarize that for Windows tablet 10 is more profitable option than the old G8. Moreover, they are the same in terms of the "load" on the hardware component. And the "stuffing" of "eight" notebooks is quite "fresh" and allows you to work without frank lags on the new system. But when working on a tablet, there are some peculiarities: for example, you will most likely not be able to install a full-fledged antivirus.

This is an exorbitant burden for a low-powered portable device.

Here you will have to rely entirely on Microsoft and use the preinstalled software (video and audio players, a browser and text editor). However, if you want to get nervous, then you can install Chrome from Google and Avast. Working at the same time, they instantly "hang" the tablet.

When you just bought new laptop or a stationary gaming PC with good hardware parameters, then you can fully rely on Microsoft and not configure anything much (provided that you have unlimited Internet). New Windows systems 10 and even 8.1 will choose themselves optimal settings even during installation and will provide a quick and comfortable work... Even without getting into the jungle of settings, it is advisable to initially indicate which privacy parameters satisfy you (uncheck the boxes).

Usually, setting up for Windows 10 for yourself boils down to disabling tracking modules, installing a list of familiar programs, background picture, the main color. You cannot find 2 identical user PCs, they will differ in software, interface settings and other parameters. Very often users do not like standard browser Edge and change it to:

• Chrome.
• Firefox.

Moreover, standard player good for touchscreen screens and not very convenient for a desktop, so they quickly find a replacement for it in the form of the same Aimp.

Users like to install their own, long-proven utilities, and not newfangled "heavy" applications that do not offer anything new.

Configuring and protecting against viruses

According to statistics, in 90% of cases the main reason the idle PC is the user himself. It is he who downloads and installs everything, without figuring out where it was downloaded from, without reading the warnings from the pop-up windows. As a result, recently installed windows in 1 evening it is filled with viruses and after a couple of days it stops starting at all at the request of the owner. What to do, where to run? Naturally, go to the service or entrust the work to an experienced friend.

Usually correct work The PC pleases the user only in the first months, and then even the neat owner notices a slight slowdown in the OS. This drive gradually fills up with update files (like individual applications and the entire system as a whole). To speed up work, sometimes it is enough to clean unnecessary files and defragment system disk... It is already carried out automatically on the "top ten", but sometimes, having carried out operations forcibly, you can achieve more outstanding results.

Remember that Windows 10 can be configured with both standard settings on the menu

"Options" or "Control Panel" and using commands in the command line.

Extensive capabilities of the Win 10 platform and its versions

By choosing the LSTB version of the new OS, the user can get a lighter "top ten", safe and faster (there are no metro applications in it). This full copy Pro version, but with a reduced number of "spyware" and initially removed metro applications.

Due to the need to work on older corporate hardware, developers have managed to achieve the almost impossible: keep low system requirements novelties and at the same time ensure the proper level of performance.

The modern corporate 10 with long-term support is more secure and consumes less traffic for updates, it works stably even if virus attack. Perfect solution not only for corporations, but also for some private users.

Free of charge trial version is valid for 90 days.

Some enthusiasts claim that even the "stripped-down" Windows 10 S is able to squeeze out of weak computer all juices and at the same time will provide maximum performance, although it will not allow you to use classic applications.

Regardless of the version of the "10", you should not use the "default" settings. It is better to read once again what the developers have to offer. Perhaps it makes sense to put or, conversely, uncheck the menu. Very often, the PC configured by default has all sorts of problems (with automatic updates, traffic costs for their distribution). To immediately protect yourself from problems, simply do not use little-known features... Or read about them in advance on the network (even from the phone, if you install the system).

When you install it "clean", a working PC simply does not have problems with the "top ten". But the system with "burnt out" chipsets (a set system logic maternal ward) may give rise to additional problems.

Know if installation media in order, and from it on other devices the system is installed, and on specific instance no, then this is a sign of problems with the hardware component of the device.

Inside the "dozens" during installation great amount operations that "strain" all the components of the computer, and the "weak link" (burnt-out microcircuit), as a rule, fails, giving out an installation error.

Drivers from Microsoft and "native"

If you compare software products from third party manufacturers computer components and solutions corporate developers, then you can notice an interesting trend: as a rule, drivers offered by Windows always work worse than third-party ones, and this despite the fact that they should be more optimized with the OS kernel. This problem has existed since the days of Windows 98 and is still not resolved.

At the beginning of the victorious march of the "ten" around the planet in 2015, the corporation even had to release special utility that would disable automatic download new driver versions, since the proposed Microsoft solutions only disrupted the system. Therefore, after installing the "dozens", it is advisable to install all the drivers from the PC manufacturer, and not trust the "windows" developers.

Necessary for the user to be able to set privacy options that will prevent Microsoft from using them for advertising purposes.

Therefore, the selection process required settings you need to start from the moment of installation and registration of the OS.

How do I install the operating system?

Installation operating system starts by selecting the required parameter settings.

Most users in this case either skip this step, leaving the default settings, or turn on all the items.

These two options are incorrect, since in the first case, you can enable functions that will collect personal information from the user, and in the second, in addition, the system will be overloaded useless parameters during work.

Privacy setting

After the OS is installed, you need to configure the privacy settings, you must do this immediately before starting work and connecting to the network.

Here you can already select those functions that were disabled during installation. To do this, go to the "Options" tab, and then find the "Privacy" item.

In the drop-down list of sections, you can customize absolutely everything, from the permission to recognize the location of the computer to handwriting and typing.

It's important to know! Particular attention should be paid to the item "Feedback and suggestions", where you need to allow Windows 10 to collect only basic information by selecting the appropriate line from the pop-up menu.

In addition, you should pay attention to the following settings options in the "Privacy" menu:

• Speech, handwriting and text input;
  Windows 10 has the ability to collect information about typed texts, recent events in the calendar, to disable this feature, you must click on the "Stop learning" button.
• Camera;
  Here you can configure the camera settings for each individual application.

Note! Most preferred option is an complete shutdown cameras. It must be turned on only for the duration of use.

All this also applies to such menu items as:

• "Microphone";
• "Information account»;
• "Contacts";
• "The calendar";
• "Radio";
• "Message exchange";
• "Other devices";

• Background applications;
  Some programs in Windows 10 work even if the user doesn't turn them on and doesn't notice. You can customize the operation of such applications using this menu item.
  Disabling will not only save confidential data, but also the operating time of the laptop.

Configuring updates

In the "Options" tab there is a separate menu item "Update and Security", where the user can choose how and when to receive updates.

Here you need to put a checkmark in front of the item "Computers in local network».

Setting up the Internet

It is through the network, in particular, unknown sources wireless connection confidential data may be lost Windows user 10, therefore it is very important to adjust these parameters.

To do this, you need to go to the item "Parameter management Wi-Fi networks"From the" Options "menu and disable the ability to connect to unknown networks.

As it turns out, last year the announced tenth Windows version far from perfect. The factory settings of Windows 10 are such that a huge number of unused services are running in the system, and components that are completely unnecessary for an ordinary user are involved. It goes without saying that it is possible and necessary to fight this. When you turn off all unnecessary, even windows key 10 is not needed. Let's dwell on the most important aspects of performance.

Tuning Windows 10 for Maximum Performance: The Basics

Let's start with the fact that it is not known why the developers new system tried to include in the default operation the maximum of what it is capable of. Naturally, this does not have the best effect on machines corresponding to the minimum configuration.

If anyone noticed, even when entering where the version is displayed installed system and basic technical data regarding the processor and RAM, the performance index is often quite low. No need to build illusions. This is not due to the computer configuration, but only to the fact that the system is running a large number of services and background processes, which give the maximum load on system resources. Now, tuning for maximum performance will be considered, more precisely, actions that can reduce the load on the same processor, RAM or even a hard drive.

Disable visual effects

Some users mistakenly believe that visual effects in the top ten, in comparison with the same "seven", it has become less. This is a clear delusion. Windows 10 uses render mode much more. In fact, if you look closely, this is just a storehouse of effects that have a strong enough effect on RAM and take up a lot of space even in memory. graphics chip... The most trivial question: "Is it possible to get rid of this?" Yes, you can, and in the simplest way.

For setting we use standard menu"Start", where we select the section of the system, and then go to the additional parameters. There is a tab in the properties window additional settings where to choose a collateral best performance(the default is collateral best view). It goes without saying that each effect can be turned off one at a time. The view, however, will suffer from this quite strongly, but for too weak machines this can be a pretty good solution to eliminate the problem of reducing the load on system resources.

Disable unused startup services

Now a few words about one of the most important sections. This is autoloading. As the name suggests, all services and processes are collected here that start automatically when the operating system itself boots. And many of these components remain unclaimed in the course of work.

At this stage, setting Windows 10 for maximum performance means turning them off completely (within reasonable limits, of course).

To enter the startup parameters, use msconfig command, which is entered in the Run menu (Win + R). There is a tab of the same name, on which all automatically loaded processes are displayed. Disable everything that is. You can only leave the antivirus service (if it is installed on the system). Everything else can be omitted. Naturally, after saving the made changes, the system will offer to reboot. We agree, and after restarting we look at how Windows behaves. It is better? Yes! But that's not all.

Disable unnecessary components

Now you should disable Windows 10 features that are not included in the automatically loaded processes section, but use system resources not less. Again, for such fine tuning Windows 10 key is not required, however, as for all other actions.

We go to the "Control Panel", where we select the section of programs and components. On the menu Windows components turn off unused services... For example, an activated Hyper-V module is not needed at all, if the terminal is not supposed to be used at all. You can easily turn off print services if no printer is installed, etc. In general, you need to look at and determine the disconnection based on what is needed in the work, and what will not be explicitly used.

Disable overwriting information when exiting hibernation

Another issue related to the setting relates to, more simply, the "sleeping" state of a computer or laptop with reduced power consumption. The point is that the system constantly overwrites information file, which stores data about all open on this moment applications. And he, accordingly, can be quite large. In addition, the rewriting time becomes quite long.

But if we talk about solid state SSD drives, they already do the job very well without it, and the constantly overwritten file is simply not needed here. So it's time to get rid of it. We use the key combination Win + X, after which we select the command line (you can also do this from the Run menu with cmd command). Next, enter the line powercfg -H off and press the Enter key. The most important thing in this situation is to run the command line as an admin. Otherwise, nothing will work.

Disable defragmentation

When working with solid state drives with more high speed reading data, it is also recommended to disable background defragmentation (ordering the most frequently used files and called programs with moving to the fastest areas of the hard drive). The speed of work and so on top.

To begin with, call the Run menu (Win + R) and then write the dfrgui command. Next, select the SSD, press the button for changing the parameters, and then uncheck the box for performing defragmentation on schedule.

Disable indexing

There is one more thing to consider for SSD drives. important setting- indexing. V active state it negatively affects work.

To disable this option, go to the "Computer" menu, select SSD, use the properties section and disable the file indexing permission setting.

Disable update

Quite often, although not always, the system can slow down during installation newest packages updates, which, by the way, are not always installed in the system correctly, which can lead to complete rejection in terms of performance. In general, if you look closely, in most cases these are security updates, less often - specific platforms like Microsoft. NET Framework, even more rarely - office products and device drivers.

The service is simply disabled in the update and security section, which is entered through the system settings menu.

Disable Windows Defender

Another stumbling block is the built-in windows defender, which appeared in the eighth version. Often, when working in it, it not only affects the same performance index and the operation of the system as a whole, but also "shows off" when installing a specific software requiring change system files and settings, considering it potentially unsafe, although in fact it is not.

To disable this component, enter the standard "Control Panel" and select the appropriate section to disable. Notice if the system has standard antivirus, this service will be blocked automatically.

Removing unnecessary files

Also, tuning Windows 10 for maximum performance involves removing computer garbage to ensure increased speed access to any type of hard drive. You can, of course, manually delete temporary files however, this is far from all that can be done.

And in this case, it is better to use the built-in disk cleanup utility. Access to it is carried out by right-clicking on the letter of the section with a choice of properties. The window has a "General" tab, where the button for activating the cleaning process is located. With all this, everything that is in the box above should be ticked off. In some cases, when a return to previous system will not be produced, you can delete its files too (and this is about 25-30 GB).

How to tune Windows 10 for maximum performance: third-party utilities

Finally, one of the most important points... The Windows 10 registry plays a key role in providing maximum performance... First, it is loading the system. If anyone does not know, at startup the system performs a full scan of it (which, in fact, is the basis for most of the recovery methods). The larger the registry, or rather, the number of entries and keys present in it, the longer it takes to carry out the process. Secondly, myself windows registry 10 may contain incorrect or obsolete keys, remaining, say, after removing some programs.

It is absolutely thankless to do manual editing of records. Therefore, many third party developers specially created programs for optimizing Windows systems that fix all errors automatically. Any such complex application has special module search for obsolete or erroneous registry entries, and in some of the more advanced utilities you can also find defragmentation tools system registry to reduce its volume and speed up access to it. It works, however, somewhat differently than defragmentation. hard disk, But that's not the point.

Among all that is offered on modern market Software of this type, it is worth mentioning separately utilities like Advanced System Care, AVZ PC Tune Up, Glary utilities, CCleaner and many others. Ultimately, the user is only required to press the buttons to start the system scan and fix the detected errors or failures, nothing more. And of course, only key points related to improving system performance. It is simply unrealistic to take everything into account.

You can view the characteristics of a computer on Windows 10 by holding down a few keys. Most of the information is presented in the Task Manager. You just need to know where to look. The rest of the data can be retrieved from the Options snap-in.

Today is not the best day to look at the System Properties for the specified purpose, but we will do that too. So that readers have a full range of knowledge on the specified topic. You will see that you can find out almost everything about your PC without resorting to specialized utilities.

Command line

The command line is becoming more and more like a tool to execute. The only difference is in the way of calling:

1. Command line via Win + X.
2. Run - Win + R.

Both tools can be called crosswise. Command line from Run via cmd, and Run from the command line via C: \\ Windows \\ system32 \\ rundll32.exe shell32.dll, # 61. You should understand that both instruments are very similar to each other. Find out the characteristics of the OS:

What have we learned from this screen? A lot of things:

• Used by professional version tens.
• Anniversary Update 1607 installed.
• Build - 14393.693.

But these data are still scarce. Why Billy Gates did not specify the bit depth remains a mystery. Generally speaking, Microsoft has taken a course to get rid of 32-bit hardware, so in 5 years no one will have such questions as we do.

Via System Properties

Press Win + Break to see a little more information.

Some data about the hardware are already presented here. In addition, we can see that the system capacity is 64 bits. Here's what you can understand from the screen:

1. CPU Intel generations i5 with a frequency of 3.2 GHz.
2. The RAM size is 16 GB, of which so many are available.
3. The name of the PC and its working group have become known.

Actually, that's all. In our opinion, it is bad that the number of cores, the type of graphics, the location and occupancy of DIMM slots, and the speed of memory access are not indicated. On some laptops, this combination does not work (given the fact that sometimes you have to press Fn). In this case, go through the Control Panel:

Via Options

In fact, we see the same as in the Properties ...

Task Manager

We still have something to learn about the graphics part of the PC.

Other information via DirectX dialog

• Win + R.
• We type dxdiag.
• Enter.

Motherboard

Already in the first window we see the missing information.

After the language, the data goes in order:

1. Motherboard manufacturer.
2. The name of the motherboard.
3. BIOS firmware version.
4. The size of the paging file.
5. DirectX version.

Graphics

The following screen demonstrates the capabilities of the graphics.

In order, here are indicated:

1. Graphics type. V in this case it is embedded in the HD Graphics 530 processor.
2. Memory.
3. Current screen resolution.

You can look at other bookmarks, but the information taken from there will tell a lot only to professionals.

What else?

What more could you want more than we already have? Well, I would like to have an idea about the following parameters:

1. Processor socket name.
2. The number of connectors for graphics accelerators.
3. Hard disk interface.

Actually, many will limit themselves to this. That is, we have already received all the information from system utilities, and now we are thinking where to get the rest. Usually they use AIDA. Here is an example of CPU data.

Socket type is now known - LGA 1151. With this data you can watch new processor... Could this information have been dispensed with? Oh sure. Third party utilities needed by professionals whose time is money. Billy Gates will help mere mortals to get the system settings in Windows 10.