Win 10 Management Notes 1.1.20
Nofrillstech
recently went delving into Win 10, to see what changes were to be found, and
realised that XP was not far below the surface.
So, short notes on managing Win 10 follow, to do with cleaning,
defragging, optimising, et al, tho other program usage is all about
heuristics...nothing changes in that respect. More such relevant
notes can be found in the Computer
Management Factfiles on the main PDF
and WORD Page.
Re
basic
Win 10 tweaks, go to Control Panel:
Turn off Indexing, (stops this
always running in the background),
Settings/System Properties Turn off Remote Access, (security step, trust
your IT dept does not require this ), and,
Settings/System Properties/Visual
Effects/Performance/Best Performance, all squares unticked.
(All of these are reachable via Search,
as well)
Plus, install Toolwiz, for file and
Registry cleaning/defrag, et al, also turns off some unwanted Services...never
had any problems with this program, run once per week, interesting to check out
various ancillaries as well. You will notice an immediate speed
improvement, tho also note that, after any Defrag, a couple of boots may needed
to get the OS to run optimally, this always being the case, as Win re-deploys various
System files and Directories. Use the native Defrag/Optimise Administrative
Services.
Note that defrag does
not apply in the case of SSDs, make sure that is never
happening. Win 7, and above, should automatically take care of this, viz, SSDs instead
need TRIM to free up/overwite vacant space on the drive.
1) Use the Windows key +
X keyboard shortcut to open the Power User menu and select Command
Prompt (Admin).
3) If zero (0) is the result, then TRIM is enabled
4)
If not, to enable TRIM, command line is: fsutil behavior set
DisableDeleteNotify 0
Bleachbit is a
handy cleaner, complementary to Toolwiz,
tho leave Passwords, Memory, Diskwipe, and RAM unticked, the rest should be OK.
Crapcleaner
and Dustbuster are also useful. Running a ClamAV virus check, with the HDD/SSD plugged into a Linux system, will be worth doing after
initial full install, including the ancillary programs. (Tho note that native Win 10 anti-malware objects are
protected.)
Libre Office and CDBurnerXP, Firefox,
Thunderbird,
all work well, plus, usual Win programs, such as Office 97/2003 also.
Plus, Seamonkey/Kompozer/Kompozer 0.7.10,
Filezilla, PDFCreator, PDFSAM, Photoshop, VLC, are all OK.
Crystal Disk, CPUID/Z, Easeus Clone,
Clonezilla, SSD Life, Speedfan, HardwareMonitor, HardInfo, all OK too. Native Win antivirus/antimalware kept updated should
be sufficient.
Heuristics will apply for
other specific programs, especially legacy versions, OK!
To get rid of the new Index,
install Classic Shell, if needed,
then the system will look and feel more like XP again.
Drivers,
if required, are obtainable by the usual methods, tho
Win 10 seems to be well-supplied for modern systems.
To dig deeper re turning off Win 10 Services:
http:www.askvg.com/beginners-guide-to-configure-windows-10-services/ ...and,
there are many other refs via Google, depending on how keen you are. Some
of these links also deal with Win 10 Bloatware. Well-resourced/fast Win 10 systems should not actually need any
more tweaks, up to you...?
Re
installation and validation: Win 10 will install, boot, and run, including
updating, installing ancillary programs, drivers, et al, and, the un-validated
drive OS will be swappable, from one system to another, which would be useful
for finding the best system match, and for cloning purposes. Note that, when the OS installation is
validated online, the request for validation no longer appears in Settings.
Existing validation
codes
may be utilised, from Win 7 and above, tho, be sure to install the version that
matches the label code chosen. However, actual
validation will then match that OS installation to that specific system .
If needed: fix-windows-10-startup-problems, plus, reinstallation and updates are
simpler and faster, currently.
Note that Win10 OS is quite resilient, so, look for hardware
problems like failing HDD/SSD, RAM, DVD, et al, when problems first arise.