A quick and hassle-free way to improve your Windows 11 PC’s boot time is to turn on Fast Startup. As the name implies, this feature allows your PC to boot up faster by loading your activities from a file instead of launching them from scratch.

One thing to note when enabling this feature is that not all your Windows updates will properly install when shutting down. This is because Fast Startup doesn’t fully shut down and turn on your machine. For those occasions, reboot your PC instead of shutting it down, and your updates will install without issues.

To begin the Fast Startup activation process, launch Control Panel on your PC. You can do this by opening the “Start” menu, searching for “Control Panel”, and selecting that item in the search results.

When Control Panel opens, select “System and Security”

From the “Power Options” section, choose “Change What the Power Buttons Do”

On the following page, at the top, click “Change Settings That Are Currently Unavailable”. Then, enable the “Turn On Fast Startup (Recommended)” option and choose “Save Changes”.