How to 'defrag' your computer and improve its speed when it's operating slower than usual

Most modern Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically, but you can do it manually if you have Windows ...

Optimize your SSD’s speed with this obscure Windows setting

One of the things that Windows does behind the scenes is run TRIM on an SSD in your PC. TRIM keeps the SSD in top shape and ...
Yahoo

Here’s what it means to optimize your computer — and why you should be doing it

Optimize your computer's performance and say goodbye to the frustration of a slow system. (Photo: Getty) Did it feel like this article took forever to load? Then you're probably the owner of a slow ...
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Computer Help: The defragmenter command on my Windows 10 computer stopped working. Any ideas how to fix it?

Q: I have a Windows 10 computer, and the defragmenter command has stopped working on it. I tried running it as an administrator, but it still would not run. I also tried going to the C drive to ...
Star Tribune

If PC files store slowly, it may be a signal of larger problem

Q: My four-year-old Windows 10 laptop has a weird problem when saving Microsoft Word files. In the last couple of months, the time it takes Word to save a file has gone from nearly instantaneous to ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 10 Alert: Defragger bug defrags SSD Drives too often

With the release of Windows 10 version 2004, the Windows Defragger has become a mess as it starts to defrag SSD drives too often, perform trim on non-SSD drives, and forgets when it last optimized a ...
PC Gamer

A bug in Windows 10 could be slowly wrecking your SSD

Fortunately a fix is on the way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft is currently testing a fix for Windows 10 bug that ...
ZDNet

Windows 10 gets these dark and light theme-aware splash screens and improved defrag

Microsoft's latest preview of Windows 10 brings new theme-aware splash screens for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps and an improved defrag experience with a new Advanced View. The new theme-aware ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft improves Windows 10 defrag, adds theme-aware splash screens

Microsoft has improved the defrag experience and introduced theme-aware app splash screens with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241, the latest Windows build available for Windows ...
Lifehacker

This Windows 10 'Drive Optimization' Bug Could Harm Your Drive

The latest Windows 10 update appears to be running the automatic hard drive optimization process more often than it needs to. While this is a necessary part of a hard drive’s upkeep, and letting ...
AOL

Here’s what it means to optimize your computer — and why you should be doing it

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