2023-06-05 04:22:26
Did you know that when you start Windows, not only does the operating system itself load into memory, but it also runs other programs, utilities, and services that are configured to start automatically with Windows and, depending on what you have installed, may start without your knowledge or consent.
According to “The Verge”, these programs may be good and harmless, but they represent more overhead, which means that Windows needs more time to prepare for use, and more programs are constantly running in the background. Contexts run and consume system resources, so Windows gives you a great deal of control over which programs start with the operating system itself, so you can narrow down the list to make sure only the most useful tools are included.
Check what is running
You should know what problem you’re having by restarting Windows, and following logging in, give your computer a few minutes to load everything up, and then you can take a look at what’s going on.
The most obvious places to see loaded apps are in the taskbar and the system icon (lower right corner next to the clock).
Find the small up arrow. If you click on it, it will show you all the downloaded apps whose icons do not fit into the correct space.
To see more details regarding what’s running on your system, you can right-click an empty area of the taskbar and select Task Manager. In the Processes tab, you will see your main programs (all programs that are currently running). Above, list of background processes below.
These background processes perform tasks such as looking for device extensions or managing file synchronization and do not necessarily have a user interface.
If you scroll down the list, you will see the Windows processes that manage the operation of the operating system.
These processes include things like the Desktop Window Manager and a named service host group (which loads the libraries Windows needs to run), among others, and most of the time, you won’t have to interfere with these processes (except when possible). (From the registry, which you can sometimes search for specific fixes).
Helpfully, to the right of each program and process, the Task Manager displays the current requests it’s making on your CPU, RAM, disk, and network connection.
This can help you decide which programs to allow to start with Windows and which ones you’d prefer to run manually, even if the program is useful, but you may decide to run it due to the amount of system resources. -You don’t want it to start automatically. .
Don’t worry if you don’t see everything in the background processes list. Not all of them come with software (such as Dropbox or Photoshop) attached to their names.
A quick web search of the process name should be enough to tell you what it is and what it does on your system.
Since background processes are integrated with Windows, you need to be extra careful, and make sure you know what the process is doing and what it is associated with before stopping it.
Go to the Performance tab on the left to see what requests are currently running on your Windows PC, and the App History tab to see CPU time, network usage, and notifications for all your apps over the past month.
You can start making some changes, the first thing to start with is the apps themselves, the approach you should take varies from app to app.
In some programs, you just need to right-click on the program icon in the system tray and find the option to start or not start the program with Windows.
With other apps, you’ll have to dig deeper into the settings to find the option you need, for example, if you want to change how the Spotify Music app opens on startup:
• In the Spotify app, tap your profile icon (top right) and then Settings.
• Scroll down to Startup & Window Behavior and find Open Spotify automatically following you sign in to your computer, and click the drop-down menu next to it.
• Select Yes (Spotify starts with Windows), No (Spotify does not start with Windows), or Minimized (Spotify starts with Windows, but is not visible).
Use the Task Manager to move the startup
If you cannot find the right option in the application itself, or if you want to change more than one application at the same time, go back to the task manager.
• Open the Startup Programs page.
• Right-click on the program that you do not want to start with Windows and select “Disable”.
• To reset a program, right-click on it and select Enable.
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