Surely for many PC users it is not a secret that, despite the stated minimum system requirements, Windows 10, in comparison with its predecessors, looks quite “gluttonous” in terms of resources used. How to reduce the CPU load and reduce the consumption of RAM, and now it will be considered. This can be done in several ways, often independent of each other.
Windows 10: how to reduce CPU usage? General rules.
Before embarking on the practical use of ready-made recommended solutions, consider the basic methods for deactivating unnecessary services and components.
You need to pay attention to the following fact: to solve the problem of how to reduce processor load or reduce the use of RAM, you can use the following sections:
- standard "Task Manager";
- system configuration
- its components;
- service.
You can, of course, delve into the registry. However, for an uninitiated user this will be quite problematic. Moreover, most of the settings can be made without resorting to this method.
What processes in the "Task Manager" can be disabled?
As a rule, the first thing when there is an increased consumption of system resources, usually users start to actively call the “Task Manager” (combination Ctrl + Alt + Del, Crel + Alt + Esc, taskmgr in the Run console).
Naturally, it displays all currently active processes or applications, and services running in the background. Immediately give the first remark. Windows 10 "Task Manager" in standard mode allows you to view or disable services and processes only once. This is common to all Microsoft systems. In other words, if some process starts with the system, when it is restarted, it will be activated again.
Nevertheless, from all that Windows Task Manager displays, in the first place it is safe to deactivate exclusively user processes in the first place. If you pay attention, in the type column of a running process you can find three types of descriptions: Windows processes, background processes and applications. It goes without saying that in the question of how to reduce CPU utilization, it should be assumed that system services cannot be disabled. This can have unpredictable consequences. Everything that is marked with the "Application" type can be completed (these are programs that work in windowed mode).
In the services and processes section, you need to be extremely careful. What to disconnect? For example, if the system does not have a printer installed, you can deactivate the print service running in the background of spoolsv.exe (Spooler - “Print Manager”). In general, you should first look at exactly which process causes the maximum processor load, and only then make a decision about its shutdown. But, again, the shutdown will be one-time. So that the process does not start again when the computer is restarted, you first need to use at least deactivate startup items.
Startup Management
There are two main options for disabling services that start with Windows. In the first case, you can go to the startup tab, which is available in the "Task Manager", in the second - use the configuration settings.
In the "Task Manager" to do this is quite simple - you need to right-click the submenu and select the shutdown command. A bit to the right is a column in which there is a description of the degree of influence of the process on the system. By and large, in this section you can turn off absolutely everything, leaving only the Windows Defender service. If a high-quality antivirus is installed, you can disable it. The msconfig command is used to enter the configuration settings. It is written in the corresponding menu bar "Run", after which the startup section is selected, but it again leads the user to the "Task Manager".
It is better to refer to the services tab. In order not to accidentally disable something important, you can check the box next to the Microsoft services hiding field, and then look at what remains. In principle, you can only leave the stopped Adobe Flash Player plugin, since it is used in browsers. In both cases, a computer restart is required. This is a prerequisite for the changes to take effect.
Disabling unnecessary system components
However, in order not to rummage around in the components of the system configuration, the question of how to reduce the CPU load due to the presence of unnecessary active services is solved by disabling some system capabilities.
To do this, in the "Control Panel" you need to find a section of programs and components where to disable unused ones. For example, here you can deactivate the same print service or the Hyper-V module responsible for creating and using a virtual machine.
Deactivate Services
Many services can be deactivated from the corresponding management section. It can be called from the same "Task Manager" by clicking the button showing services. Or, open the editor manually through the services.msc command in the Run console.
Here you can turn off at least three processes: geolocation, diagnostic tracking, and the dmwappushservice process. All these are spy functions of the system. In addition, if you are using a netbook that does not have an optical drive, you should deactivate the CD burning service. In general, you can turn off the firewall, the secondary login, the wireless configuration, the Windows Search indexing service, the server, portable device enumerations, the debugger, error logging, and the application compatibility assistant. Deactivation is done by setting the appropriate launch parameter in the menu, called by double-clicking on the service.
Special Utilities
Finally, if the user does not know what exactly can be disabled in the system, or simply does not want to do such things, you can always turn to optimizer programs for help. They will do all the work for him. In any such application, there is not only a deep cleaning system, but also modules that control the same startup elements that the system is hidden from the user's eyes. Accordingly, the deactivation of all unnecessary will be as safe as possible. True, the components of Windows, which were described just above, will still have to be disabled in manual mode. And here we did not consider the deactivation of visual effects, which can be done from the maintenance and security section or using the same optimizers.