Optimizing Win10 for a plebtop

[pɐlΛ‾pɐq‾ƃᴉq]

Client of mine has a Win 10 Laptop, but the 2gb Ram is soldered in so cannot upgrade it. I want to optimize it to be a little quicker. Any tips? I have already started removing bloatware etc.

 

[∀Z‾soʇɐuɐɥ┴]

Client of mine has a Win 10 Laptop, but the 2gb Ram is soldered in so cannot upgrade it. I want to optimize it to be a little quicker. Any tips? I have already started removing bloatware etc.

Have them burn it and buy a new one?
Not even sure you can run win10 effectively with 2gb of ram.

 

[pɐlΛ‾pɐq‾ƃᴉq]

Have them burn it and buy a new one?
Not even sure you can run win10 effectively with 2gb of ram.

That was my first suggestion.. But not an option for this client

 

[ThatGuy_ZA]

What laptop is it?

Does it not have a SO-DIMM slot in addition to the soldered laptop?

 

[pɐlΛ‾pɐq‾ƃᴉq]

What laptop is it?

Does it not have a SO-DIMM slot in addition to the soldered laptop?

From my basic research on the interwebz, the ASUS X540SA does not have upgaradable RAM.

 

[virus786]

That was my first suggestion.. But not an option for this client

May I ask what line of business your client is in?

 

[HolyCowImAnoOb]

Client of mine has a Win 10 Laptop, but the 2gb Ram is soldered in so cannot upgrade it. I want to optimize it to be a little quicker. Any tips? I have already started removing bloatware etc.

Charge client 4k for your time. Buy him a pleb top with more ram

 

[pɐlΛ‾pɐq‾ƃᴉq]

May I ask what line of business your client is in?

Just an elderly lady with a slow laptop and not much cash to go around.

 

[ReFresHZA]

Just an elderly lady with a slow laptop and not much cash to go around.

Win 7 TILL I DIE

 

[chriswp]

Try a 128gb SSD? Or even 64gb. My grandpa had an oldish laptop with 4GB Ram and a SSD helped somewhat.

 

[pɐlΛ‾pɐq‾ƃᴉq]

Win 7 TILL I DIE

RIP

 

[virus786]

Just an elderly lady with a slow laptop and not much cash to go around.

In that case Win 7. Seriously.

 

[Vertrix]

Best thing to do

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[ReFresHZA]

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This and Deselect everything except. Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts

 

[spydr97]

2gb ram is going to be quite a bottleneck. My folks had an old Fujitsu with 3gb RAM and that barely worked.

That being said here's my two cents.

You Can Disable Unnecessary Services in Windows 10 - MiniTool

To disable unnecessary services in Windows 10 is a good way to reduce the boot time of your computer. This post tells how to disable and what to safely disable.

www.minitool.com

Disable whatever is on that list that isn't being used. Superfetch used to eat resources on that machine so might be a good idea to axe that as well.

If little old lady isn't going to use it for much may I recommend Windows 10 S. Obviously the non Windows 10 app restriction will be a pain but it'll probably be just light enough on resources. Also goes without saying... 32-bit or bust 🤪

 

[el3venth]

Why Windows? Just go Linux. I did my mom's laptop and have had zero issues.
I used The fast, open, and privacy-respecting replacement for Windows and macOS ⋅ elementary OS which looks really pretty, and all she wanted to do anyway was check her mail.

 

[Presler]

I do a few things to any PC, laptop or otherwise by default for performance.

1. Fook the OEM installs, wipe, fresh install. Do all Windows updates.
2. Go to C-Drive, properties, turn off "Allow files on this drive to be indexed in addition to file properties"
3. Download Windows10Debloater. Run that, it cleans out all the shit in one easy script.

Lastly, go to System properties, Advanced System settings, Advanced Tab, Performance. Tick "Adjust for best perfomance", then below in the list tick "Show Thumbnails instead of Icons" and "Smooth Edges of screen Fonts".

That should make it work better, it does on anything I used it before, even makes Cloudgates run better and quicker.

 

[ghost246]

I always run this jebofponderworthy/windows-tools, it gives a noticible boost in performance (it turns off some things that run in the background).
mirinsoft/debotnet - to turn off telemetry and remove some bloatware

 

[Oops!!!]

Why Windows? Just go Linux. I did my mom's laptop and have had zero issues.
I used The fast, open, and privacy-respecting replacement for Windows and macOS ⋅ elementary OS which looks really pretty, and all she wanted to do anyway was check her mail.

agreed,

I find CentOS quite a bit faster on lower resourced machines than Debian distros.

Installing Gnome GUI will also make very similar to Ubuntu desktop environment .

 

[el3venth]

agreed,

I find CentOS quite a bit faster on lower resourced machines than Debian distros.

Installing Gnome GUI will also make very similar to Ubuntu desktop environment .

This also looks great.

Designed for Windows users.