Chapter 15. System maintenance and performance

Keeping Windows up to date

Mastering Task Manager

Managing disk space

Power management and battery life

Monitoring and improving system performance

Expectations for how a Microsoft Windows 10 device should perform are defined by a host of factors. Among them is your threshold of patience, but for big jobs, such as converting and editing video files, time is literally money. For those tasks, it’s worth spending a little effort tweaking and tuning to shave a few minutes off the time needed to complete them.

For the most part, Windows 10 works acceptably out of the box. Yes, it’s possible to improve performance for some tasks, but we don’t believe there’s a secret formula, magic bullet, or special MakeRocketShipGoFast ...

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