This article
demonstrates ways to boot windows 8.1 faster.
Switch to Local Account
If you have nothing to do with cloud storage, Xbox music playlists, and Windows Store, you can sign off from the live account and switch as a confined user. This will surely reduce the startup time as it was promised, less than 10 seconds.
See the instructions below.
- Bring up
Charms bar
and click theSettings
icon on it followed by a click onChange PC settings
. - Next, go for
Accounts
on thePC settings
interface. - While in
Your account
menu, the sign in address can be viewed under your username. - Click
Disconnect
, stated under the email ID. - Enter the
Current password
to verify your email account and proceed withNext
button. - The next screen, titled as
Switch to a local account
displays a form to be filled. - Enter all the required fields and click
Next
button. Sign out and finish
the wizard to get it done.
System File Checker
As mentioned by support staff in many threads of Microsoft Support forum, upgrading from Windows 8 to 8.1 may have gone rough with certain system files. While the system boots in, it moves through Windows 8.1 legitimate files to prepare session for the user. Although, this is the least considered reason causing a slow startup, it is still harmless to scan system files for errors. For this purpose, Microsoft embeds a free tool within your operating system, called System File Checker.
Steps.
- Go to Start screen and type
Command Prompt
to initiate a new Start search. - In the search results, right click
Command Prompt
and choose to Run as administrator. - In the next window, type
SFC /SCANNOW
and hit Enter. - System file checker will start scanning the system files.
- Please have patience, as the scan completes detecting and repairing the damaged system files.
- Soon as the scan completes, restart the computer.
Clear Boot
The subjected indolence might be a cause of applications and programs listing their selves in the startup list. As a result, the system loads each of these applications, soon as it boots up. Whether you want it or not, these unnecessary programs will eat up your system resources, making it slow. To realize if this is the reason of your annoyance, you can perform a clean boot and then a reboot. On the next Startup, notice the startup time. See below to learn performing a clean boot.
See the instructions bellow.
- On
Charms bar
click Search icon and typemsconfig
in the search box. - Open
msconfig
from the search results and go to itsServices
tab. - Check the option stating
Hide all Microsoft services
and click Disable all button. - Now go to the
Startup
tab and click the link sayingOpen Task Manager
. - Select each item listed on this tab and click to Disable it.
- Close Task Manager and click OK button on System Configuration window.
SSD Settings
It is also reported that the new Windows 8.1 is found to have issues with SSD Drives. The clash appears to occur within Windows registry, when the update changes certain registry values. These changes are unfavorable for SSDs causing them to move at a slower pace. The modified registry values are vital for optimized solid-state drives and their value data needs to be reverted. These registry entries along with their prescribed value data are described in the steps below.