Here’s a quick trick to try if your PC starts to slow down after you’ve been working for a bit. You could open up Task Manager to shut down any idle processes or you could create a shortcut that allows you to take care of all of them with a click. Right-click on any blank spot on your desktop. Select New and then Shortcut.
A window will open asking what you’d like to create a shortcut for. Copy and paste the following:
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
If you choose to type it in, it must read exactly like above. There’s a space between exe and adv. Then click Next.
Name the shortcut whatever you like and click Finish.
The shortcut will appear on your desktop. Just double-click to run.
Something is the matter with this tip, Cyn. I’ve tried it twice, using copy & paste to enter that link. I get the icon on the desktop, (it looks like a blank page with the title: rundll32.ext) but can’t get it to open. I’ve even tried “run as administrator” using a right-click – no go. Can you double-check this for me?