General tips on improving Windows 8 performance?

[techman41973]

I'm new to Windows 8. Running Windows 8.1 on a new laptop with a relatively weaker processor (Pentium Quad Core) with 4GB. Please share some general tips on how I can maximize the performance (speed ) in Windows 8, especially applications launching and loading. I also notice that many web pages on both Chrome and Firefox can bog down my machine. And sometimes it takes a bit long to shutdown and boot up (not always). Until I can spend the money on an SSD replacement for my mechanical hard drive which I'm certain would definitely improve performance.
Thanks

 

[topgundcp]

You can try this:
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