Sometimes we may notice that our computer is not as fluid as it should be, especially if we have equipment that is either old or not very powerful. The blame for this lack of fluidity may be caused by Windows 10 and the animations and visual effects that the Microsoft operating system incorporates to give it a better visual appearance. These effects can be deactivated and today we are going to tell you how you can do it.
By default, Windows has a series of animations and visual effects activated to give it a more attractive and modern appearance. But this may pose some performance problem on some computers, especially those with a limited graphics card. Although we can not really improve the performance of the team, we can save resources. In this way, although we lose a bit of showiness, we will notice a greater real feeling that the entire operating system works more smoothly .
To achieve this we will have to carry out two very simple actions but that are in different locations within Windows. On the one hand, we will have to deactivate the Show animations function in Windows, which is found in the Configuration menu, and on the other hand, within the system configurations, we will have to activate the Adjust function to obtain better performance. So that you can do it without any kind of complication, we will explain it step by step.
Turn off Show animations in Windows
One method to disable animations and visual effects of Windows 10 is from the Settings menu. To access it we will use the keyboard shortcut Windows + I. Now, in its menu we must click on the Accessibility button.
Once inside, we navigate to the bottom of the screen, where we will find the Simplify and customize Windows section. Here we must disable the function button Show animations in Windows . We can also disable the following function, Show transparency in Windows . Once deactivated and changes are applied, Windows will no longer show the animation of the windows when we open or minimize them, nor will the menus or menu items fade away. We will notice that the system now has a somewhat more abrupt appearance but at the same time lighter and more sober.
Adjust for best performance
Another option that we can perform is to activate the Adjust function to obtain the best performance. If we activate it the system will free up hardware resources so we will notice a loss in the visual quality of Windows 10 but it will considerably improve the performance of the system.
For this we must write System in the Start Menu and we will select it. Then we click on Advanced system settings . A menu will open, and within the Performance section, we will click on Configuration. Here, in the Visual Effects tab we will click on the Adjust function to obtain the best performance . Later we click on Apply and Accept, and all customization options will be disabled.
Customize it, for a better balance between performance and appearance
We can also choose from here to be the ones who manually adjust the settings and the different sections of graphic effects. So that we can activate or deactivate it according to our convenience in favor of a better performance of our equipment, without thereby diminishing the appearance of Windows too much.
The most important sections that we should leave disabled are: Animations in the taskbar, Animate windows by minimizing and maximizing, and Animate controls and elements within windows. One of them, such as Smooth edges for the screen font , it is convenient to leave it activated. In this way, we will not have difficulties when reading the letters on the screen. We will even be able to read the smaller letters better, since their smoothing optimizes their viewing better and we should not notice differences with the fluidity of the equipment.
With the rest of the options we can play and leave the ones that may be of greatest interest to us. Thus, we will achieve the best balance between performance and appearance. In addition, this whole process is completely reversible , so if we deactivate an option and we don’t like it, we can always go back and activate it again.