{"id":450,"date":"2023-04-19T23:05:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/?p=450"},"modified":"2023-04-19T23:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:05:16","slug":"tips-to-free-up-ram-or-memory-on-your-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/19\/tips-to-free-up-ram-or-memory-on-your-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Free Up RAM or memory on Your Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Working in the IT industry, i have encountered a lot of people still using old units fitted with Windows 10 software. As expected, it runs a wee tiny bit slower than usual. That&#8217;s why these tips are all over the web. Here is my take on freeing up RAM or memory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&gt; Restart Windows 10 after running it for some time<br>&gt; Disable startup apps in task manager<br>&gt; Scan for malware using your favourite A\/V software<br>&gt; Adjust virtual memory (caution for non tecky persons)<br>&gt; Alternative is to install more ram (its getting a bit cheaper nowadays)<br>&gt; Reduce visual effects (yes it affects also)<br>&gt; Stop background apps running by toggling YES or NO to programs<br>&gt; Disable SysMain in the Services App<br>&gt; Close the unused tabs open in your browser (somehow they are not solving this one &gt; anytime soon)<br>&gt; Defragment your hard drive (a bit time consuming but effective)<br>&gt; Disk cleanup (this cleans the junk files in your temp folder)<br>&gt; Uninstall applications not used anymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope it helps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coffee Cup<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working in the IT industry, i have encountered a lot of people still using old units fitted with Windows 10 software. As expected, it runs a wee tiny bit slower than usual. That&#8217;s why these tips are all over the web. Here is my take on freeing up RAM or memory &gt; Restart Windows 10 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/19\/tips-to-free-up-ram-or-memory-on-your-windows-10\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tips to Free Up RAM or memory on Your Windows 10&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-as-a-programmer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebsitesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}