Windows 10: How to reduce CPU usage by disabling unnecessary components, services, and processes

Surely for many PC users it is not a secret that, despite stated minimum system requirements, Windows 10, in comparison with its predecessors, looks quite "gluttonous" in terms of used resources. How to reduce the CPU load and reduce the consumption of RAM, now and will be considered. You can do this in several ways, often not depending on each other.

Windows 10: How to reduce CPU usage? General rules.

Before embarking on the practical use of ready-made recommended solutions, consider the basic methods for deactivating unnecessary services and components.

One should pay attention to the following fact: it is possible to solve the problem of how to reduce the processor load or to reduce the use of RAM using the following sections:

• The standard "Task Manager";
• System configuration;
• Its components;
• Service.

You can, of course, dig into the system registry. However, for an uninitiated user this will be quite problematic. Moreover, most of the settings can be made without resorting to this method.

What processes can be disabled in the "Task Manager"?

As a rule, first of all, when there is an increased consumption of system resources, users usually start actively calling the "Task Manager" (combination Ctrl + Alt + Del, Crel + Alt + Esc, taskmgr in the "Run" console).

Naturally, all currently active processes or applications and services running in the background are displayed here . Immediately give the first remark. "Task Manager" Windows 10 in standard mode allows you to view or disable services and processes only once. This is typical for all Microsoft systems. In other words, if a process starts with the system, it will be reactivated again when it is restarted.

However, of all that the "Task Manager" displays, Windows 10, it is safe to deactivate only the user processes first. If you pay attention, in the column of the running process type, you can find three types of descriptions: Windows processes, background processes and applications. Needless to say, in the matter of how to reduce the CPU load, you should proceed from the fact that system services can not be disabled. This can have unpredictable consequences. All that is marked with the "Application" type can be terminated (these are programs running in windowed mode).

In the services and processes section, you need to be extremely careful. What should I disable? For example, if the system does not have an installed printer, you can deactivate the print service that runs in the spoolsv.exe background (Spooler). In general, you first need to look at which process causes the maximum CPU load, and only then make a decision about its disconnection. But, again, the trip will be one-off. In order for the process not to start again when the computer is restarted, at first it is necessary to use at least the deactivation of the startup items.

Manage Startup

To disable the services that start with Windows, there are two main options. In the first case, you can access the Startup tab, which is in the "Task Manager" itself, in the second - use the configuration settings.

In the "Task Manager" it's quite simple: you need to right-click the submenu and select the disconnect command. Slightly to the right there is a column in which there is a description of the degree of influence of the process on the system. By and large, in this section you can turn off everything, leaving only the Windows Defender service. If a high-quality antivirus is installed, you can disable it. To enter the configuration settings, use the msconfig command. It is registered in the corresponding line of the "Run" menu, after which the startup partition is selected, but it again leads the user to the "Task Manager".

It is better to turn to the services tab. In order not to accidentally disable something important, you can tick the box for hiding Microsoft services, and then look at what's left. In principle, you can leave unless the stopped plug-in Adobe Flash Player, because it is used in browsers. In both cases, you will need to restart the computer. This is a prerequisite for the changes to take effect.

Disabling unnecessary system components

However, in order not to rummage through system configuration components , the issue of how to reduce CPU usage due to the presence of unnecessary active services is resolved by disabling some of the system's capabilities.

To do this, in the "Control Panel" you need to find a section of programs and components where to disable unused ones. For example, you can deactivate the same print service or the Hyper-V module that is responsible for creating and using the virtual machine.

Deactivating Services

Many services can be deactivated from the corresponding management section. You can call it from the same Task Manager by clicking the services display button. Or open the editor manually using the services.msc command in the "Run" console.

Here, you can disable at least three processes: geographic location, diagnostic tracing, and the dmwappushservice process. All these are spy functions of the system. In addition, if you are using a netbook that does not have an optical drive, you should deactivate the CD burning service. In general, you can disable both the firewall, and secondary login, and wireless configuration, and the Windows Search indexing service, and the server, and the enumeration of portable devices, and debugger, and bug reporting, and the Application Compatibility Assistant. Deactivation is performed by setting the appropriate start option in the menu, which is caused by a double click on the service.

Special utilities

Finally, if the user does not know what exactly in the system can be disabled, or simply does not want to do such things, you can always ask for help from optimizers. They will do all the work for him. In any such application there is not only a deep cleaning system, but also modules that control the same autoload items that the system is hidden from the user's eyes. Accordingly, and deactivation of all unnecessary will be as safe as possible. True, the components of Windows, which were described just above, you still need to disconnect manually. And here, the deactivation of visual effects, which can be done from the service and security section or using the same optimizers, was not considered.