Standard Windows 10 Home/Pro comes with Cortana, Store, Xbox, and Telemetry that slow down older CPUs.
The i5-540M is limited by:
Here is a breakdown of why, and what you should actually update to make your system run "better." Standard Windows 10 Home/Pro comes with Cortana, Store,
For an Intel Core i5 M 540 on Windows 10, a “better” driver is not available from Intel officially, but a combination of last-known-good chipset drivers, community-modified graphics drivers, and driver update blocking yields measurable improvements in CPU behavior and system responsiveness. Users should avoid “driver updater” scams and instead use verified legacy driver packages from OEM support sites. I chose Update Driver → Browse my computer
I chose Update Driver → Browse my computer → Let me pick from a list → Have Disk . I pointed it to the old INF file. community-modified graphics drivers
Here are the steps to download and install the drivers: