{"id":4847,"date":"2019-01-15T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=4847"},"modified":"2019-01-15T18:34:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T18:34:47","slug":"win10-pc-speed-up-and-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=4847","title":{"rendered":"Win10 PC speed up and cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a collector of trifles. I load up programmes, test them and then tend to leave them on my computer if I have sufficient space. Over time, the computer slows and I need to give it some TLC (Tender Loving Care) by clearing it out.<\/p>\n<p>I usually have a high spec computer with lots of RAM, a reasonable Chip, Graphic Card and Storage, so it takes a while to fill up and slow down. On my tablets I&#8217;m a bit more cautious with what I load up on it as it is a little more restricted.<\/p>\n<p>But there comes a time\u00a0 on all PC&#8217;s when they need a looking at. I&#8217;ve decided, as I&#8217;m on a productivity Kick, to look at mine.<\/p>\n<p>I saw the video below and thought it was quite a useful step by step and also it has a pdf download. Its also had more than 1.3M views so it seems to be a &#8220;go to&#8221; video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hdb4iybN8gg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n Here is another video about an earlier update but some are still relevant:<br \/>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QR1kmd9kYVY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>CCleaner (Free version and Trial Pro version)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4852 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im004-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1704\" height=\"1545\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im004-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im004-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im004-1024x927.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1704px) 100vw, 1704px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1704px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1704\/1545;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CCleaner<\/strong><\/a> was mentioned in the video above but I have also seen it listed as a free productivity tool in a couple of posts. So I thought I would try it. I decided to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/ccleaner\/download\/standard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>free version<\/strong><\/a> rather than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/ccleaner\/download\/professional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>trial professional version<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Beware on Install it has a pre-ticked box for Avast Anti Virus, I got caught on that and it took me a while to remove it<\/strong><\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It works across a spectrum of areas from Browser to duplicate files to Uninstall. Follow the video for the steps.<\/p>\n<p>From the CCleaner tool and reviewing some of my files I went from 49.2GB free space to 118GB free space. So that was good. On my Surface 3 tablet I went from 12 GB to 19.8 GB, which is good as I want to load LibreOffice on it ( I was playing around last night with loading WPS Office (Word Perfect Suite) that runs VBA macros but macros are turned off in free version, so I did quite a few installs and uninstalls as its called a couple of different things King Office but all to no avail. So it was good to clean the tablet up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4851 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im001-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1566\" height=\"1122\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im001-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im001-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im001-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im001.jpg 1144w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1566px) 100vw, 1566px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1566px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1566\/1122;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4849 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im003-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1556\" height=\"1245\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im003-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im003-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im003-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im003.jpg 1046w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1556px) 100vw, 1556px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1556px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1556\/1245;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One thing that caught my attention was file types: I thought I&#8217;d had most =of my photos and videos stored on my MyCloud and external storage drives so it was good to identify those files filling up my PC and I have moved them as part of this process.<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4850 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im002-300x71.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1792\" height=\"424\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im002-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im002-768x182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im002-1024x243.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1792px) 100vw, 1792px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1792px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1792\/424;\" \/> End Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>So now I&#8217;ve cleaned the PC &amp; tablet up I can download and test a lot of other programmes, hurray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a collector of trifles. I load up programmes, test them and then tend to leave them on my computer if I have sufficient space. Over time, the computer slows and I need to give it some TLC (Tender Loving Care) by clearing it out. I usually have a high spec computer with lots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[202,203,48],"class_list":["post-4847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-productivity","tag-ccleaner-free","tag-cleaning-pc","tag-productivity"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im004.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/im004.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Max Drake","author_link":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}