1. Turn off the family group
The family group is one of the important reasons for occupying the hard disk. Some netizens reported that after the family group was closed, the hard disk usage rate dropped from 90% to 10%. This is not sensational.
Because the family group is turned on, the system will continue to use the hard disk to copy file shares, resulting in a hard disk usage rate of more than 90%, affecting system speed. Most home computers do not need to share files to the LAN.
The following are specific solutions:
Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services
Find the "HomeGroupListener" service, double-click to open or right-click the "Properties" command.
In the pop-up property interface window, click the Startup type drop-down box on the General tab, and the list that comes out selects "Disable". Then click the “Stop” button in the service state, and click the “OK" button to save the settings.
Similarly, the same treatment is applied to the HomeGroupProvider service.
The number of disk read/write times is greatly reduced after closing the home group
2. Turn off the automatic maintenance plan task
The automatic maintenance function of Win8.1 will occupy a relatively high hard disk occupation and CPU usage in the running state, thus allowing Configuring low-end computers becomes extremely slow, and there may be situations such as unresponsiveness and crashes. However, we can optimize the hard disk with third-party optimization software. It is recommended to optimize it once every two or two months. The following is the specific program to close the automatic maintenance plan task:
Open path: C: WindowsSystem32TasksMicrosoftWindows
Rename the folder "Defrag" to "Defrag.bak";
After the method is used up, you can also try the following methods:
01 close the family group
control panel & ndash; management tools & ndash; service & ndash; HomeGroup Listener and HomeGroup Provider disabled.
02 Turn off disk defragmentation, automatic maintenance plan task
Select disk C-attribute & ndash; tool & ndash; optimize and defragment the drive & ndash; optimize & ndash; change settings & ndash; deselect run as scheduled.
03Close Windows Defender (as appropriate)
Control Panel –Windows Defender –Setting –Implementation Protection - Remove Tick and Admin & ndash; Enable Windows Defender – Remove Tick.
Control Panel & ndash; Management Tools & ndash; Services - Windows Defender Service is disabled.
04Close Windows Search
Control Panel –Administrative Tools–Services - Windows Search is disabled.
05 set up Superfetch service
control panel & ndash; management tools & ndash; service & ndash; Superfetch - start type & ndash; automatic (delayed start).
06 Clean up Windows.old folder
C drive – right click – properties - disk cleanup - check the previous Windows install checkbox – OK to clean up.
07 set automatic login
Win+R– enter netplwiz - cancel the use of the computer must enter the user name and password options & ndash; then double-click the account you need to automatically log in & ndash; enter your password.
08 ipv6
Network Sharing Center & ndash; Network Connection & ndash; Ethernet & ndash; Attribute & ndash; Cancel ipv6.
09 off effects
system properties & ndash; advanced - performance - settings & ndash; visual effects - turn off the fade in effect.
10 Close Virtual Memory
System Properties– Advanced-Performance-Settings, select “Advanced", click on "Change" in virtual memory, &"automatically manage drive paging file size” To remove the tick, click on the following "No paging file", click “Set” and “OK”
11 Family Group
The family group is one of the reasons for occupying the hard disk. Some users have reported that the hard disk usage rate has dropped from 90% to 10% after the family group is turned off, but this method may not solve the problem for users who have not joined the home group. In the Windows search, enter services.msc, find “HomeGoup Listener” and “HomeGroup Provider” two services, right click to enter "properties", stop the run and set the startup type to "disable".
12, virtual memory (use with caution, will lead to unknown problems, recommend more than 8GB memory users try)
Win8/8.1 default to open virtual memory, he will dump some of the application's memory to the hard disk, avoid physics The situation is not enough memory. The low-end computer turns on virtual memory, which can improve the running efficiency, but it also brings the burden on the hard disk. If the user's physical memory is 4GB or even 8GB, you can try to reduce the virtual memory, but it is better not to be lower than 2048MB.
Right click on “this computer”, click <;properties", click “Advanced system settings”“Set”“Advanced”, then click on the virtual memory column “Change&rdquo ; allocate virtual memory as needed.
13.IPv6
Under Win8/8.1, the IPv6 function is enabled by default, and the hard disk usage rate is high. It has some responsibility. Therefore, users who do not use IPv6 are advised to turn it off.
Open the Network and Sharing Center, click on the "Change Adapter Configuration" button in the upper left corner, select the NIC you are using, right click, and then click "Attributes", the slider pulls down, find the IPV6 option to close .
14.Windows Defender
Windows Defender will scan the hard disk regularly. In the past version, this feature can be turned off, but after updating Win10 Preview 9860, it can't turn off the regular scanning function, resulting in high hard disk usage. The system is overall. Users can try to use Group Policy to limit Defender's scheduled scan or turn off Defender to solve the problem.
Enter gpedit.msc in the search bar to open the Group Policy Editor, navigate to “Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Windows Defender - Scan “ in the specified day of the week to run the scheduled scan & rdquo; Configure to “enabled”select settings based on the content in the help. Or turn it off directly in the Windows Defender settings internal management options.
15.Windows Search
For older computers, Windows Search uses a lot of system resources and can be turned off. But the negative effect is that you can't use smart search, you will lose a good integration experience in Win8 or Win10.
Users need to use the above methods with caution. The author has found through testing that "Windows Defender" can be effectively turned off in the "Win10 preview version 9860”", but it can be used with caution, because it is very likely for various reasons. It is not possible to reopen Defender. Turning off or reducing virtual memory can cause unknown system problems, such as the disappearance of thumbnails when the settings are correct.
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