9 Hidden Tricks to Speed Up Your Windows Laptop (Terminal Commands + Win+X )

How to Make Your Windows Laptop Fast and Smooth (Like a Beast)

So you're tired of your slow, laggy laptop, huh? I get it. Nobody wants to wait 15 seconds for the damn Start menu to open. Whether you're a gamer, coder, student, or just a savage multitasker — this blog's gonna help you unlock beast mode on your Windows laptop. We're diving into hidden commands, terminal tweaks, and alternate ways using the good ol' Windows + X trick. Let's go.

⚠️ Warning: Enabling most of these settings might force your hardware to operate at max potential. This can lead to faster wear and tear if you're on an older or lower-end system. 

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1. Kill Useless Visual Effects

🧠 Terminal Command:

SystemPropertiesPerformance

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Hit Win + X → Click on System

• Click Advanced system settings → Under Performance, click Settings

• Choose "Adjust for best performance"

• Or manually turn off stuff like:

  • Animate windows

  • Fade menu items

  • Shadows under windows

🔄 Result: Way less GPU/CPU load. Feels snappier already.

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2. Use All Your CPU Cores (Threads)

🧠 Terminal Command:

msconfig

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Win + X → Run → Type msconfig

✅ What to Do:

• Go to Boot tab → Click Advanced options

• Check "Number of processors" → Choose max value

• (Optional) Check "Maximum memory" too

🔄 Result: More power during startup and smoother multitasking.

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3. Enable Hidden Ultimate Performance Mode

🧠 Terminal Command:

powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Win + X → Power Options → Additional power settings

✅ What to Do:

• Select Ultimate Performance plan if it appears

🔄 Result: Max power delivery. No power-saving throttles.

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4. Stop Useless Apps From Running in Background

🧠 Terminal Command:

ms-settings:privacy-backgroundapps

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Open Settings → Go to Privacy → Background Apps

✅ What to Do:

• Turn off everything you don’t use. Like Xbox crap, Skype, etc.

🔄 Result: RAM and CPU are finally free.

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5. Clean Hidden Junk Files

🧠 Terminal Command:

cleanmgr /sageset:1
cleanmgr /sagerun:1

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Win + X → Run → Enter the commands one by one

✅ What to Do:

• Select all the junk options (old Windows files, thumbnails, etc.)

🔄 Result: Frees up gigabytes of crap.

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6. Disable Laggy Services

🧠 Terminal Command:

services.msc

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Win + X → Run → Type services.msc

✅ Disable These:

• SysMain (aka Superfetch)

• Windows Search (if you don’t use it)

• Connected User Experiences and Telemetry

🔄 Result: Reduced disk usage, improved responsiveness.

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7. Registry Hack for Faster Responsiveness

🧠 Terminal Command:

regedit

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Win + X → Run → Type regedit

✅ Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile

Change:

• SystemResponsiveness → 0

• Under Tasks\Games:

  • GPU Priority → 8

  • Priority → 6

  • Scheduling Category → High

🔄 Result: CPU focuses more on what you want.

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8. Tweak Processor Scheduling

🧠 Terminal Command:

SystemPropertiesAdvanced

🔥 Alternative via Win + X:

• Win + X → System → Advanced system settings → Performance Settings > Advanced

✅ Set to:

• "Adjust for best performance of: Programs"

🔄 Result: More CPU juice for your apps instead of background junk.

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9. Turn Off Core Isolation (Optional for Old PCs)

🧠 Terminal Command:

windowsdefender://coreisolation

🔥 Manual Path:

• Win + X → Settings → Privacy & Security → Windows Security → Device Security → Core Isolation

✅ What to Do:

• Turn off Memory Integrity (if you're on an older CPU)

🔄 Result: Slight speed boost. Slight risk increase too.

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If you’re serious about speed, enabling these options will absolutely make your laptop faster, smoother, and more responsive. Some of them, like cleaning junk or disabling background apps, are basic but powerful. Others, like registry tweaks and full CPU thread unlocks, are for those who live dangerously — and want to feel every ounce of power their machine has.

Just remember: when you force hardware to run at 100% all the time, it can age faster. So don’t go full throttle 24/7 unless you know what you're doing.

Stay fast. Stay sharp.