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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Topics covered in this issue…
• Which auto-startup apps are bogging down your PC?
• Why you should use a ‘Standard’ Windows user account
• Q&A: Is it legal to sell ‘free’ software?
• Video: A Floridian’s (humorous) guide to living someplace very, very cold
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Today’s quick tech tip….
Which auto-startup apps are bogging down your PC?
If your PC is typical, it has several apps that start up automatically every time you turn on the machine and/or sign into your Windows user account.
One or more of those apps might consume a lot of system resources, and that could be slowing down your PC’s boot process and making the machine run slower than it should while you’re using it.
Luckily, it’s very easy to find out which auto-startup apps (if any) are putting a heavy load on your system’s resources. Once you’ve identified any resource-hungry (i.e. high impact) apps you can optionally remove them from the startup list with a single click.
This short video shows how to identify resource-hungry apps and prevent them from starting up automatically with Windows.
If you prefer following written instructions, here you go:
1 – Right-click on the Start button and select Settings from the menu.
2 – In the left-hand pane, click Apps.
3 – In the right-hand pane, click Startup.
4 – You should now see a list of the apps that are set to start up automatically along with several more that can start up automatically if you decide to let them.
5 – Click in the “Sort by” field and select Status to group all the apps that are currently set to start up automatically together at the top of the list.
6 – Look for any apps labeled “High impact” that are set to start up automatically (the slider will be set to On). These are the auto-starting apps that consume the most system resources (and thus have the highest negative impact on system performance).
6 – Remove every “High impact” app that you don’t absolutely need to have starting up automatically from the startup list by toggling its setting to Off.
7 – This step is optional: You can also remove any “Low impact” apps from the startup list as well if you don’t really need to have them starting up automatically. And I recommend that you do so since every little bit counts when it comes to system performance.
That’s all there is to it. If you disabled one or more “High impact” apps you just might see a noticeable decrease in your PC’s boot time and/or a noticeable increase in apparent system speed.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Why you should use a ‘Standard’ Windows user account
This tip can greatly enhance the security and stability of your machine.
• Q&A: Is it legal to sell ‘free’ software?
The answer just might surprise you.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
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Rick’s Daily Pick…
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Video: A Floridian’s (humorous) guide to living someplace very, very cold
This guy has some great tips to share (and he’s pretty funny to boot).
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Facebook parent Meta to cut another 10K jobs
• Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon
• SpaceX is getting ready to test its Starlink satellite-to-cell phone service
• Highly sensitive data breached via ransomware attack on LA Housing Authority
• New data tracks failure rates of 13 SSD models, going back up to 4 years
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