Win 8.1 on 1GB of RAM and Atom CPU,tweaks and optimization possible?

[frozensun]

Hi guys.
I am running Win 8.1 x32 on Asus Transformer T100TA but performance is painfully slow.
Boot up is pretty fast but even with just one Chrome tab opened it freezes and laptop is very slow.
Are there any performance tweaks and optimization because I really don't want to install other OS since this is tablet/touch laptop and not good for Linux ,and Windows 7?
I found some windows debloater but was not able to run it with power shell.
This laptop came preinstalled with Windows 8/8.1.
I'm sending you picture, this is just at boot.

 

[Bree]

I am running Win 8.1 x32 on Asus Transformer T100TA but performance is painfully slow.

With just 1GB RAM it would be, and unfortunately this model has its RAM soldered in - it cannot be upgraded.

Go to Control Panel > System and click 'Advanced system settings'. Click the Settings button in Performance. Select 'Adjust for best performance' to de-select all options. You may want to re-select 'Smooth edges of screen fonts', but that on its own is not much of a performance hit.

 

[Teeotsa]

Disable Windows Defender, Windows Search, Diagnostic Services, Sysmain, Windows Update and of course, telemetry.

 

[frozensun]

I ran some Windows debloater and I got like +200MB of RAM free.
Will do above,too and report back performance.

 

[TechnoMage]

I have 8.1 running happily on a little Acer One Netbook, with only 1.5GB of ram, but with a 120GB SSD.
I've disabled all the MS BS, and only run what's 100% needed. Then I do have it tweaked and tuned for MAX performance. Yes, it's still slow, and painfully small and hard to read, but it's a great little traveling companion.

 

[Bree]

have 8.1 running happily on a little Acer One Netbook, with only 1.5GB of ram, but with a 120GB SSD

I have a little Acer Aspire One AOD270 netbook. Despite the OEM specs saying it only supports up to 2GB RAM, if you install a 4GB stick then it makes 2.99GB available to the OS. That and an SSD is enough to make it capable of running anything up to Windows 11, as in post #1,062 here:

Let's install Windows 11 on incompatible hardware

Well, at least the SSD I bought checks out as healthy..... I've put it in an external USB enclosure and restored the latest system image of the AOD270 to it now. But it could take hours for the poor little netbook to copy over its D:\ Data partition through it's USB 2.0 port. :ROFLMAO...

www.elevenforum.com

it's still slow, and painfully small and hard to read, but it's a great little traveling companion.

Yes, that's what I use mine for too.