Tech Advisor - UK (2020-07)

38 TECH ADVISOR • JULY 2020

WORKING FROM HOME TIPS

Speed up, declutter and optimize your PC. If your PC

is running slowly, we have a guide to Windows 10 tips

for speeding upyourPCthatoffersgoodplacestostart

(fave.co/3efdnrz).YourPCmightalsobesufferingfrom

‘bitrot’,theinevitabledegradationofperformance

asyourPCaggregatesoldcode.Ifthisisthecase,

resettingyourPCmightbetheanswer.Justmakesure

youspecifythatyouwanttokeepyourapps,filesand

settings,andyoubackupyourkeyfilestoOneDriveor

toanexternaldrive.

At this point in the PC’s development, you shouldn’t

have to worry about PC registry cleaners, though you

may wanttopurgeyourPCofthe crapware games that

Windowsinstallsbydefault.

Upgrade your laptop to an SSD. Graduating to SSD

from a spinning hard drive is an incredibly effective

While Windows Update will try and detect

what times it should not use to update

your PC, you can always set this manually