#20 Speed up Windows - Disable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry
This will stop Windows from slowing things down.
Several ways on how to disable it with screenshots:
https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager-software/fix-windows-10-microsoft-compatibility-telemetry-high-disk-usage.html
Description from Microsoft: Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry is a system component within Windows that collects data about your computer’s hardware and software to help Microsoft identify and address compatibility issues, improving the overall user experience by optimizing Windows performance for your specific system configuration; essentially, it gathers information on how well different programs and hardware work together on your machine to identify potential problems and fix them in future updates
Data collection:
It gathers details like installed applications, drivers, hardware specifications, and how they interact with each other while you use your computer.
Purpose:
This data is then sent to Microsoft to help them identify compatibility issues between different software and hardware combinations, allowing them to develop better compatibility fixes in future Windows updates.
Privacy concerns:
While the data collected is generally anonymized, some users may have privacy concerns about the level of detail gathered by this system
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Your Anti-Virus may be slowing Windows down
In Task Manager on my computer, it was showing under the CPU column 80% to 100% in use when my Bitdefender Total Security was running. I did a search and found several possible answers but these complaints went back several years so I decided to uninstall as it looked like Bitdefender was not going to fix the issue.
I now use Windows Security which is an app built into Windows 10. It includes Microsoft Defender Antivirus, a antivirus tool that protects you against viruses, ransomware, and malware.
If webpages do not load quickly like Amazon and Yahoo when I use Firefox then this is a fix:
Disable unused Network adapters
Start button> Network & Internet> Change adapter options
Or use Search: Control Panel> View by: Large icons
All Control Panel Items> Network and Sharing Center
Click on Change adapter settings on the left side.
I have 5 items listed:
Ethernet Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller - Startech PCI adapter card that I bought when my speed was low.
Ethernet 2 Spectrum 1GB - * Intel Ethernet Connection 1217-V - onboard the Gigabyte motherboard.
Ethernet 3 VirtualBox Host-Only - VirtualBox software.
Ethernet 4 Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet controller - * onboard the Gigabyte motherboard.
Wi-Fi TP-Link adapter - a plug in wi-fi adapter. Not needed now as Spectrum adapter has wi-fi .
GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H motherboard.
* RJ-45 LAN Port (LAN1) top port - I use this one, seems faster on speed tests.
Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I217-V
* RJ-45 LAN Port (LAN2) bottom port
Killer e2200 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)
The solution is to disable in my case: Ethernet, Ethernet 3, Ethernet 4, Wi-Fi
You just click on each one and then above click on Disable this network device.
Restart the computer. Amazon and Yahoo open like other websites now.
Next use FREE software like TCPOptimizer
https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
The file and the documentation is at the link above.
All I had to do was move the slider all the way to the right side and click on the Apply changes button then restart the computer.
The speed increased.
I don't have an anti-virus, apart from what came with Win 11.
I'm shocked at how much more intrusive Win 11 is than Win 7. I had to register/log in to begin using Win 11.
Win 98 came on a CD-ROM that I owned, and didn't even have to register it.