Speed Up Windows 7 – Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!! WINDOWS 7 Windows 7 is Engineered for speed. Special attention has been given by the Windows 7 team for making Windows 7 faster than the previous operating systems . Windows 7 is much faster than Windows Vista, but even then most of us don’t get satisfied with it. There are many who still have their old PC. Installing Windows 7 on them wont be as soothing as they work with with XP and Even with latest hardware’s installed some users still long for more performance. At least if we don’t make it lightning fast we can op timize Windows 7 to the maximum possible extent and enjoy the maximum pe rformance we could squeeze out from it. So for all the extra performance lovers, let me present you wit this Ultimate Guide ToSpeed Up Windows 7. I guarantee that after following this guide and implementing the recommendations on your PC, you will really get the performance gain. The bare Minimum Requirements You need To Run Windows 7 1) 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit) 2) 1GB of main memory 3) 16GB of available disk space 4) Support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface) 5) A DVD – R/W drive Even if you don’t have the DX 9 graphics cardthere is no problem because our target is performance and not the ” Eyecandy ” . Of course if you need the aero experience you need a powerful graphics card for sure.
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If you want to completely disable the search indexing feature in Windows 7 you can set the
Search Indexing Service to Manual (See the above method about disabling unwanted
services).
1. Disable the Aero Theme on Windows 7 ○ Right Click on your Desktop and select ” Personalize ” click the Window Color Tab.
○ Uncheck the Box saying ” Enable Transparency ” and then click on ” Open classic
appearance properties for more color options”.
○ Then a window will open up. Apply a Standard or Basic theme from it. The Standard
Windows 7 theme is more preferred.
The aero user interface certainly adds some ” Eyecandy ” to Windows 7 but certainly is a
resource hog especially when, what you expect from windows 7 is more performance juice.
Aero user interface squeezes your graphics or video card to its maximum. So why dont we just avoid the Windows 7 aero? if we care more about speed and performance in Windows
7. SoDisabling the Aero in Windows 7 certainly adds an extra speed boost to it.
Disabling the aero theme alone in Windows 7 will really speed things up. You can know this
by looking into the memory consumption when aero is turned on and off.
1. Disabling the Unwanted Visual Effects in Windows 7 to Speed Up
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○ For this right click on ” Computer ” and select “Properties” from the right click menu.
1. Disable the User account control (UAC) Feature in Windows 7
○ From the Control Panel open the ” User Accounts and Family Safety ” > User Account.
○ Click the User Account Control settings link.
○ Now just Drag the Slider towards “Never Notify”.
○ Click “OK” and Reboot your system.
The User account control (UAC) feature in Windows 7 is very annoying though it says it can
protect your computer from harmful virus activity etc. But if you are a daily user of your
computer this windows 7 feature will be a total nuisance to you.
To Disable and Turnoff UAC in Windows 7
Disabling UAC is for advanced users only its not recommend doing it if not.
1. SetUp the Windows 7 Ready Boost Service for an Extra Speed
Boost
○ To configure the Ready Boost Feature in Windows 7 you need to have a High Speed
Flash/USB or Pendrive with you which is ready boost compatible.
○ After plugging you pendrive, open “Computer” > Right-click the on USB Drive /Pendrive
> select “Ready Boost” tab > tick the “Use this device” checkbox.
○ You can configure how much space on your USB drive/ Pendrive to be used as Ram.
The ready boost feature in Windows 7 will help you to use your flash drive or pendrive or USB drive as Ram there by improving the performance and speed of windows 7 greatly.
You can certainly experience it when launching bulky applications such as Adobe
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1. Registry Tweaks to Speed Up Windows 7
Here are some registry teaks that can be used to speed up windows 7 even more. I have
complied only the safest tweaks that can be applied to your PC. Apart from speeding upwindows 7 they will also add some functionality in windows like adding Copy to / Move to in
right click context menu to speed up your daily tasks.
In order to display the wallpaper and screen saver the system needs some memory. So by
disabling those two we can save a few Mega Bytes of memory.
To Disable The Screen Saver and Wallpaper in Windows 7 ,
1. Disable Unwanted Start Up Items and Speed Up Windows 7 Start Up
○ Type ” msconfig ” in the “RUN” option from start menu press [Enter] to open up the
System Configuration Utility.
○ Now navigate to the “StartUp” tab.
○ Untick the Entries which are not needed
This really matters when you have installed a lot of softwares on your PC. Many software
such as AcdSee will run services such as device detector etc during the system start up.
These are of no use actually for most windows users. So preventing such services fromstarting up during the start up of windows 7 can result in quicker start Ups. This will actually
save some seconds during windows 7 start up.
1. Disable Unwanted System Sounds in Windows 7
○ Type mmsys.cpl in RUN From the Windows 7 Startmenu search box and press [Enter].
○ Navigate to the “Sounds” tab.
○ Now from under “Sound Scheme:” select “No Sounds” > Click “Apply” > “OK”.
Whether it's tweaks to get the desktop the way you want it, tips for troubleshooting or ways to squeeze
more performance from Windows 7, we've got it covered.
We've updated our popular Windows 7 tips article with a load of new ones, including how to recover
locked-up apps, how to extend your jumplists, leave a Windows 7 Homegroup, and more. Read on for 85
tips to help you get the best from Windows 7.
• 22 common Windows 7 problems solved
1. Problem Steps Recorder
As the local PC guru you're probably very used to friends and family asking for help with their computer
problems, yet having no idea how to clearly describe what's going on. It's frustrating, but Microsoft feels
your pain, and Windows 7 will include an excellent new solution in the Problem Steps Recorder.
When any app starts misbehaving under Windows 7 then all your friends need do is click Start, type PSR
and press Enter, then click Start Record. If they then work through whatever they're doing then the
Problem Steps Recorder will record every click and keypress, take screen grabs, and package everythingup into a single zipped MHTML file when they're finished, ready for emailing to you. It's quick, easy and
effective, and will save you hours of troubleshooting time.
2. Burn images
Windows 7 finally introduces a feature that other operating systems have had for years - the ability to burn
ISO images to CDs or DVDs. And it couldn't be much easier to use. Just double-click the ISO image,
choose the drive with the blank disc, click Burn and watch as your disc is created.
3. Create and mount VHD files
Microsoft's Virtual PC creates its virtual machine hard drives in VHD files, and Windows 7 can now mount
these directly so you can access them in the host system. Click Start, type diskmgmt.msc and press
Enter, then click Action > Attach VHD and choose the file you'd like to mount. It will then appear as a
virtual drive in Explorer and can be accessed, copied or written just like any other drive.
Click Action > Create VHD and you can now create a new virtual drive of your own (right-click it, select
Initialise Disk, and after it's set up right-click the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume to set
this up). Again, you'll be left with a virtual drive that behaves just like any other, where you can drag and
drop files, install programs, test partitioning software or do whatever you like. But it's actually just this
VHD file on your real hard drive which you can easily back up or share with others. Right-click the disk
(that's the left-hand label that says "Disk 2" or whatever) and select Detach VHD to remove it.
The command line DISKPART utility has also been upgraded with tools to detach a VHD file, and an
EXPAND command to increase a virtual disk's maximum size. Don't play around with this unless you
know what you're doing, though - it's all too easy to trash your system.
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8. Switch to a projector
Windows 7 now provides a standard way to switch your display from one monitor to another, or a
projector - just press Win+P or run DisplaySwitch.exe and choose your preferred display. (This will have
no effect if you've only one display connected.)
9. Get a power efficiency report
If you have a laptop, you can use the efficiency calculator to get Windows 7 to generate loads of useful
information about its power consumption. Used in the right way, this can help you make huge gains in
terms of battery life and performance. To do this you must open a command prompt as an administrator
by typing 'cmd' in Start Search, and when the cmd icon appears, right-click it and choose Run as
administrator.
Then at the command line, just type in 'powercfg -energy' (without quotes) and hit Return, and Windows 7
will scan your system looking for ways to improve power efficiency. It will then publish the results in an
HTML file, usually in the System32 folder. Just follow the path it gives you to find your report.
10. Understanding System Restore
Using System Restore in previous versions of Windows has been something of a gamble. There's no way
of telling which applications or drivers it might affect - you just have to try it and see.Windows 7 is different. Right-click Computer, select Properties > System Protection > System Restore >
Next, and choose the restore point you'd like to use. Click the new button to 'Scan for affected programs'
and Windows will tell you which (if any) programs and drivers will be deleted or recovered by selecting
this restore point. (Read our full Windows 7 System Restore tutorial.)
System administrators will appreciate the new command line tzutil.exe utility, which lets you set a PC's
time zone from scripts. If you wanted to set a PC to Greenwich Mean Time, for instance, you'd use the
command
tzutil /s "gmt standard time"
The command "tzutil /g" displays the current time zone, "tzutil /l" lists all possible time zones, and
"tzutil /?" displays details on how the command works.
12. Calibrate your screen
The colours you see on your screen will vary depending on your monitor, graphics cards settings, lighting
and more, yet most people use the same default Windows colour profile. And that means a digital photo
you think looks perfect might appear very poor to everybody else. Fortunately Windows 7 now provides a
Display Colour Calibration Wizard that helps you properly set up your brightness, contrast and colour
settings, and a ClearType tuner to ensure text is crisp and sharp. Click Start, type DCCW and press Enter
to give it a try.
13. Clean up Live Essentials
Installing Windows Live Essentials will get you the new versions of Mail, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery and
others - great. Unfortunately it also includes other components that may be unnecessary, but if you like to
keep a clean system then these can be quickly removed.
If you left the default "Set your search provider" option selected during installation, for instance, Windows
Live will install Choice Guard, a tool to set your browser home page and search engine, and prevent other
programs from changing them. If this causes problems later, or you just decide you don't need it, then
Choice Guard may be removed by clicking Start, typing msiexec /x and pressing [Enter].
Windows Live Essentials also adds an ActiveX Control to help upload your files to Windows LiveSkyDrive, as well as the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant, which makes it easier to manage and switch
between multiple Windows Live accounts. If you're sure you'll never need either then remove them with
the Control Panel "Uninstall a Program" applet.
14. Add network support
By default Windows Live MovieMaker won't let you import files over a network, but a quick Registry tweak
will change this. Run REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
Live\Movie Maker, add a DWORD value called AllowNetworkFiles and set it to 1 to add network support.
15. Activate XP mode
If you've old but important software that no longer runs under Windows 7, then you could try using XP
Mode, a virtual copy of XP that runs in a window on your Windows 7 desktop. But there's a big potential
problem, as XP Mode only works with systems that have hardware virtualisation (AMD-V or Intel VT) built-
in and turned on. If you've a compatible CPU then this may just be a matter of enabling the option in your
BIOS set-up program, however some high profile brands, including Sony Vaio, disable the setting for
"security reasons". And that blocks XP Mode from working, too.
One of Windows 7's most subtle changes may, in fact, have one of the operating
system's greatest impacts on the way you compute -- the way in which files and
documents are organized. It finally fixes the way that Windows forces you to
organize your entire life under the Documents folder.
In earlier versions of Windows, including XP and Vista, you're practically forced toorganize all of your files and documents under the Documents folder in your user
account. Try to organize your files differently, and you come across so many
conflicts with default settings, that you'll throw up your hands and give in.
Windows 7 changes things. Now there's an overall "Libraries" folder under which
your other folders live, such as Personal Documents, Public Documents,
Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos. You can see a screenshot of it, below.
So how is the new Libraries organization different from Documents? You can easily
include folders from other locations in Libraries as well --- and that includes even
network locations. So you can include folders from servers, for example. And if
you've got a home network you can include folders from other PCs as well. In
Windows Explorer, click the library locations button on the right side of the screen,
and you'll see the dialog box shown below, which lets you add locations.