In the Game Mode settings menu, make sure that the Game Mode. In your Windows Settings menu, press Gaming > Game Mode. We also recently reminded readers about disabling VBS to speed up Windows 10 or 11 by up to 15%. To do this, right-click the Windows Start menu and click the Settings option. Last month we wrote a guide about how to optimize your SSD performance in Windows 10 or 11, for those looking to get their systems in tip-top shape. Select KB5023706, before confirming the action with the ‘Uninstall’ button.

Scroll down to the Uninstall Updates section and click it.

Near the bottom left, click the Windows Update section.

Right click the Start button and open Settings.

If your Windows 11 install is being slowed down by the latest update and you can’t bear to wait for Microsoft’s next patch to fix it up (maybe), then you can roll-back right away by following these steps: Windows 11 has been particularly unfortunate with regards to storage performance and related issues.

Sadly, it seems to be the case that the software maker has fixed one problem only to introduce another. Interestingly, Microsoft said that it fixed a file copy slowdown with the KB5023706 (opens in new tab) update, but the update is having the opposite effect on these Reddit users.

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