Windows 8 / 8.1 Tuning

These steps show you how to make your Windows 8 fire under the butt. Many settings and procedures are similar to those of other Windows versions, you can use the tips thus also to a large extent on Windows 7 or Vista.
A few Windows functions are omitted here, because there is better freeware for certain purposes.

Move the mouse to the side so that the side bar shows and then click Settings.

Klick on Control Panel.

It opens the control panel, click System and Security.

Klick on action center.

Click Update to the Update tab and click the button.

Click Settings, put on real-time protection.

Click Advanced, put a hook on archive files check and check Removable Disk.

Click on MAPS and Activate Premium Member.

Click Administrator, put a check mark for Enable App.

Click Home, click to select the Full option and straten the review.

Your PC will now be checked, which can take quite a while.

Go back to System & Security and then click System.

Right-click on the top tab, consist of the PC name and click Move Search modified hardware. Windows does the rest by itself.

Close Device Manager and open the Remtoeeinstellungen. Disable Remote Assistance if you do not use these, so you eliminate a security risk.

Click the System Protection tab and activate this function at least on your main partition.
Thus, the system can be restored in case of errors.

Click the Advanced tab and in the Category Performance, click Settings.

This opens the Performance Options window with Visual Effects in the foreground.
Click either optimal performance or adjust the settings under User Defined to.

Click the Advanced tab. Make sure that, in the Processor scheduling, select Programs is enabled.

Click at the bottom of the Virtual Memory, it opens a window. The swap file is usually managed by the system, but not good enough. Put a check in Custom Size.
Setting this value depends on your system: has there been difficulties with the Memory as too little, the value should be at least as large as the memory. Since virtual memory is hard disk storage that is treated as a substitute, slower PCs have this option more necessary, but are less able to cope with the additional busy hard drive and the extra work, because they need to do more work beacause of the the missing memory (Virtual memory too large = PC hangs when makin it empty)

Faster computers have this option less necessary and come at the same time better able to deal.

I have taken a value of 2000MB with a memory of of 35000MB.

Click Start and cons of making and connecting d to Settings.

Put both Display time options a hook and enter 10 or 5 seconds.
In many cases it can be saved one minute or more at startup.

Close the window and go back to System and Security.
Open Windows Update.

Klick on update notification.

Select the desired update and click Install.

The updates are downloaded and installed, this can take a while.

After the update, it may be that a reboot of the PC is required. In this case, click Restart Now.

Automatic updates are usually already activated. Unless you do this best immediately.

Register, click on the Control Panel in System and Security, Power Options and enable high performance.

In the Control Panel under Programs, Programs and Features can
Remove all unwanted programs by selecting and clicking uninstall them.

...to be continued.