Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-08)

WINDOWS 10 TIPS FEATURES EXPLAINED NEW TIPSANDTRICKS

Welcome

If you’rehaving

problemswithyour

PC,manyofthem

canbesolvedby

performinga repair

orreinstalloftheoperating

system– whetheryou’re

runningWindows7, 8.1or10.

Onpage 70 we’llshowyou

howtosetaboutrepairingyour

existingWindowsinstallation

• it willleaveyourexistingapps,
  filesandsettingsinplace,but
  canworkwondersif Windows
  hasgotitsknickersina twist.
  Ourguidetoa full,destructive
  reinstallonpage 72 is more
  drastic,butcansometimesbe
  thebestwaytofixyourPC.
  Andonpage 74 we’llreveal
  someotherreinstallation
  optionsforyoutotry.

MattHanson

AssociateEditor

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Windows 10 tipof themonth DisableprogramssoyourPCstartsfaster

If your PC is feeling sluggish, especially
just after you log in, then it’s possible
you’ve got so many programs running
in the background, all jockeyingforCPU
time, that they’re having an effecton
things like opening windows andeven
the movement of your mouse pointer.
You can put a stop to this by disabling
them in Task Manager and rebooting

• just be careful not to switch off
  anything you actually need to use.

Remove startup apps for a speedier boot

Windows 10

MANAGESearchontheStartmenuforTaskManager,

andclickontheapptoopenit.ChoosetheStartuptab.

DISABLEProgramscanberankedbyimpactonstartup.

Disablethosewitha bigeffectthatyoudon’tneed.

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TOPTENPC

PROBLEMS

SOLVED– SEE

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credits:

Microsoft

August 2019 | |^69

70 Repair your

Windows installation

72 A full, destructive

Windows install

74 Other reinstall

options for your PC