AU 1607: "Hinder" Cortana, sped-up computer?

I'm not a Cortana user on my desktop and would like to disable her, but as I have already updated to W10 1607, I understand that this can't happen on W10 Home. So I ask: If I follow these instructions (You can't turn off Cortana in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update | PCWorld), will this in any manner speed up my computer? I originally found out that if in order to stop the automatic web searching in File Explorer, I would first have to shut Cortana down; but as I can't fully do that, I'm looking for an alternative...if possible. BTW, I am an Everything user...along with File Explorer.

No, you shouldn't notice any difference in speed. Cortana uses some RAM, but no noticeable CPU time if sitting there being ignored. I hide the search bar on the task bar, I don't use Win 10's start menu, and I leave Windows indexing as default and use a tool sthg like Everything (v1.4b is better as it adds a useful GUI by the way).

See:
Cortana - Enable or Disable in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

if you want to 'kill' Cortana rather than leaving her sulking in a corner...:)

automatic web searching in File Explorer

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I'm looking for an alternative...

... to do what exactly?

You may find the search box in Classic Shell start menu (free) of interest. It can optionally:
- search files and folders
- search the web
- search the start menu

Oh, and it works as a fully functional start menu, is highly configurable, supports drag 'n drop, and expresses a Win 7 style folder/subfolder menu properly (which Win 10's dismally fails to do).