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5 default Windows settings that are secretly slowing down your PC

The default power mode on a Windows PC is set to Balanced, which tries to find a middle ground between battery life and ...
PC World

This Windows feature secretly eats up RAM and slows your PC over time

PCWorld reports that Windows’ Delivery Optimization feature, designed for update sharing between computers, can unexpectedly consume significant amounts of RAM over time. Reddit user testing confirmed ...
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This hidden Windows 11 setting might be quietly hogging your RAM — here's a quick fix

Microsoft has had a shaky year with its Windows operating system, ending support for Windows 10 and releasing Windows 11 25H2 with minimal updates. Now, one of its features has been spotted gradually ...
Ars Technica

Windows 10 disable delivery optimizatiom uploads?

Is it possible to disable the uploads of delivery optimization? Googling suggested turning on metered connections would do it, which seems both excessive and difficult to verify it is actually ...
PC World

This broken Windows feature taunts me every time I update

I’m a cheap, cranky old journalist with two kids and not a whole lot of patience. Microsoft, bless them, caters to people like me via a Windows 10 and Windows 11 feature called Delivery Optimization, ...