The new task manager in windows 8 provides a lot of useful performance information about your pc. One of the new features that is often overlooked is the Startup tab that displays all applications scheduled to automatically start when your pc boots up. This list is very important because each application listed, affects your startup performance.
But how do you know which applications should be disabled? Not all applications that startup automatically are equal. Some are tiny applications that have little if any impact while others are resource hogs that significantly impact your startup performance. This is where the Startup Impact column of Task Manager is very helpful. on the Startup tab you will find each item listed is assigned a rating of none, low, medium, high, and not measured.
For applications listed as high or even medium, you can easily disable them by right clicking on the entry and then select Disable.
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It happens every few months. My operating system drive runs out of space, and I must begin the hunt for things to delete or move to another drive. As a first step using a cleanup utility such as CCleaner is helpful, but it only finds the easy targets such as temporary files. Unfortunately, deleting these files does not typically...
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If you are among the millions of “cord cutters” that are saying goodbye to cable and satellite, or if you just want to gain access to the dozens of free channels broadcast over-the-air then this article is for you. Similar to tuning in over-the-air channels on a TV you will need an antenna and a tuner to receive local TV channels. In order to watch TV on Windows 10 I like to use HD Homerun network...
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Shopping for a hard to find item on Amazon.com that is always sold out? I was recently on the hunt for an external GPU enclosure that would show up in small quantities on Amazon. After failing to snag one by randomly checking periodically, I figured there must be a better way. Microsoft Flow to the rescue!
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