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9 Common Problems for Windows 10 Users & How to Fix Them

Introduction to the problems for Windows 10 Windows 10 is one of the most popular operating system (OS) in the world for PCs, tablets and even smartphones. Already more than 400 million users installed windows 10 in their devices. The earlier version of Windows 10 was on operation for few years as Windows 8.1. Windows 8.1 could not manage to find its feet among the users. Nevertheless, what it did profoundly is to set a platform for Windows 10. For people who used Windows 8.1 for a certain amount of time, got used to with Windows 10 in no time. Eventually, Windows 8.1 made way for Windows 10 for millions of users. It also allowed the developers of Microsoft with ample time to work on the bugs of Windows 10. So, even though Windows 8.1 could not extend its existence in a noteworthy manner, but had a solid impact on Windows 10 to have a solid ground. However, there still are many aspects for windows 10 to be tweaked in order to run it smoothly. Keep on reading to know 9 of the top most possible problems for Windows 10 and how to fix them.   9 Common Problems for Windows 10 Users & How to Fix Them   1. Make sure to get a compatible configuration Although Windows 10 requires a pretty low configuration for general use, but checking the compatibility of your device is a must thing to do. Make sure your PC meets the minimum requirement from Windows 10. For instance, a processor of as low as 1 GHz or faster than that, at least 1GB RAM for 32-bit and 2GB for 64-bit, minimum 16GB free drive space,  Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device would be good enough to run Windows 10 on your machine. However, if you need to work on any specific genre that requires extra attention to the compatibility check, don’t forget to dig deeper to get a proper configuration. This customized compatibility check surely depends on the work criteria you are intended to go with. Otherwise, the mentioned minimum configuration can easily be adapted for any general PC.

2. Reorder and resize the start menu If you are a pro user or somehow got a lot of apps installed in your device, the start menu of Windows 10 may sound messy and hard to deal with. Microsoft kept the option enabled to reorder, resize, add, and remove application. You can easily remove/uninstall any app from the Start menu by right-clicking the mouse and choose remove/uninstall. Resizing option of thumbnails of the apps is also available in this same directory. 3. Spare enough space in the hard drive

As mentioned earlier, keep at least 16GB free space in the hard drive to install Windows 10. Nevertheless, this is the least amount to install Windows 10 itself. You should think of having more than 16GB for other important apps/software to install and run smoothly on your PC. The bottom line here is, the more space you have in your Hard drive (usually C Drive), the easier and fast your PC will be to operate. Hence, you have to be tricky on distributing space for each of your drivers. The drivers are named as C drive, D drive, E drive etc. Normally, C drive is the driver that you spare for all the apps/software to install and run from there. The other drivers are to store all your files, document or anything like that. For example, if the overall size of your hard drive is 500GB, try to give C drive at least 100GB for Windows 10 and other software. You can use the rest of the 400GB for other drivers. However, it depends on your personal requirement as how much minimum space you need for other drivers for storing document, or any files. If you need more than 400GB for them, can think of getting some from C drive. If you don’t require as much as 400GB, try give C drive few GB more from those 400GB. 4. Activate Your Windows This could be one of the major problems for Windows 10. Activating any operating system (OS) is a must thing to do in order to enable all the available features that an OS offers. None different to Windows 10. Activating your Windows 10 and updating it allows the safety and proper functioning of your PC/device. There are many ways to activate Windows 10. A large number of people adopt the cracked version of Windows, which of course is not legitimate. It is recommended by the experts as well as Microsoft to buy a legal version of Windows 10. Users, who bought Windows 8 or 8.1, can easily update their OS to Windows for free. Those who haven’t bought any version of Windows, can buy it directly online from the Microsoft official website. There are also a lot of other online shops where you can buy Windows 10 from. Follow the instruction to activate your OS after buying. Any issue regarding the valid version of your Windows 10 OS, the Microsoft help center is there to get rid of the struggle. 5. Make your PC run Faster Another important one among the problems for Windows 10. There are plenty of ways to make your PC run faster. For some basic tweaking options to that could be, use as less apps as possible. Don’t install any apps from sources that are not fully trusted. Try avoiding apps those are hardly used but consumes a fair amount of space. Use a good antivirus system. Windows 10 comes up with a good antivirus by default. Can have that work. There is a lot of other 3rd party antivirus as well. Another great way of speeding up your PC is customizing your startup programs. The startup programs require a lot of attention and are a big reason to slow down PCs. In order to disable unwanted apps during startup, press the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys together, go to “More Details”. Here you will see the startup options with a list of apps that works while booting your PC. Disable the apps that are used not so frequently. This will help you to get a faster PC. 6. Schedule the updating system instead of auto-update Updating Windows is a very important part to stay safe in today’s cyber world. The automated update option of Windows can cause annoying experience as it may restart your PC while you are up to something important. It also requires a lot of time to update the latest version and install. Better option can be fixing a schedule when your PC won’t have too much of task and can easily update the latest version and install it. Go to the ‘Settings option’. Click on ‘Update & Security’. Choose the ‘Advance Option’. Then toggle the ‘Notify to Schedule Restart’ on. This will allow your OS to ask for your permission to reboot/restart for an update instead of restarting straight away. 7. Try Getting used to with ‘Edge’ One may find it weird, but actually, ‘Edge’ can be a great option for your PC as the browser. Especially for those who use laptop, tab. The other widely used browser like chrome consumes a huge percentage of your battery and that puts an immense effect on your battery life. Wherewith Edge, your laptop or tab’s battery is free from draining with extra charge. Edge is specially featured for touchscreen PC, Laptop, Tab. It would be wise to try out Edge for the devices that support touch or pen input. Unlike most of the other web browsers, you can doodle, share and mess around websites with the touchscreen option enabled devices. Most important fact about this new default browser with Windows 10 is the speed. Edge as a browser has been proved to be lighting fast. Which is pretty surprising considering the speed of the earlier versions of this browser. So, Edge worth a try before you move on to any other web browser in your Windows 10. 8. Make sure the printer is updated This may sound not worthy to make the list of common problems for Windows 10. But atcually it is. If you have been using windows 7 or any other version of Windows earlier than that, should check the compatibility of the printer for Windows 10. Regardless of the brand of the printer, if it’s manufactured before the launch of Windows 10, you may require to update the printer driver for Windows 10 compatibility. Updating the printer driver is easy. Search for the driver in Google/Bing/Yahoo etc (whichever search engine your preference is) along with the brand and model name of your printer. Download and install it for an updated version of your printer in your Windows 10. However, it’s always better trying to download the latest driver from the official site of the brand of your printer. Having an updated version of the printer for Windows 10 will erase all the printing related major issues from your PC. 9. Allow the laptop/tab to use less battery Battery life is immensely crucial for any Laptop, tab or smartphone user. Since Windows 10 is compatible o all of these kinds of devices, it is important to throw proper attention to the battery life. As mentioned earlier, Microsoft claims that the new default browser for Windows 10 (Edge) is battery friendly and consumes less energy from battery compare to the other browsers. What it refers to is, you should consider Edge ahead of the other browsers for a better battery life. But, there are some additional ways to maintain a sound battery life for your device in Windows 10. Such as, turning the background Apps disable while using PC. It will significantly reduce the use of the battery. Also, you can customize the power option to enhance the battery life. This option is available on Settings. Go to Settings > System > Power & Sleep. You will have the option to choose a power plan that consumes less battery. Courtesy: TechRadar     Read the full article