
Turn off Aeroįirst introduced in Windows Vista, Aero is the name for the set of interface eye candy that includes transparent UI elements and animated window transitions. On a laptop, Windows will sacrifice performance in the name of increased battery life, by putting components like hard drives to sleep faster, or even capping the maximum output of the CPU.įor fine-grained control over your PC's power settings, click the 'Change plan settings' link next to the power plan you've selected, then click 'Change advanced settings'.

If your computer seems like it's going slower than it should, check the Power Options menu in the Hardware and Sound section of the Control Panel and make sure you have the 'High Performance' setting selected. Change the power settings to high performance


You can turn on network action predictions ("page prefetch") to make Google Chrome open webpages faster.
