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How to Speed Up Windows 7
Posted by Anbu on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Problem:
How to Speed Up Windows 7
Solution:
1. Use a Solid State Drive (SSD)
Installing Windows 7 onto a solid state hard drive (SSD) instead of a normal SATA or IDE hard drive will dramatically increase your computer's performance.
2. Install the Latest BIOS and Device Drivers
Make sure that you have the latest available drivers installed for all of your devices and BIOS version for your motherboard. Check at the device's website for them. Be sure to have the correct versions for your 32 bit or 64 bit Windows 7. If you do not have Windows 7 drivers available, then you can often times use Vista drivers instead with sometimes having to use Compatibility Mode on the driver installation file with Vista selected.
3. Install More RAM
The more you have the better your performance can be up to a point. Usually 3 GB (32-bit) or 4 GB (64-bit) will be the most that you will need though unless you do memory intensive actions such as video editing.
4. Turn Transparency Off
The glass transparency effect uses the most resources from the Aero feature. You can disable it without disabling Aero.
5. Turn Off Unneeded Visual Effects
Uncheck the visual effect options that you do not want or need, or select the Adjust for best performance option, to increase the speed. You can optimize performance by changing how menus and windows appear. The most common visual effects to uncheck are:
* Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
* Animations in the taskbar and Start Menu
* Enable transparent glass
* Fade or slide menus into view
* Fade or slide ToolTips into view
* Fade out menu items after clicking
* Show shadows under windows
* Slide open combo boxes
6. Enable Write Caching for Storage Devices
This option is usually the best choice for storage devices that must provide the highest possible performance and that you intend to not remove from the system frequently, such as internal hard disk drives.
7. Disable or Remove Unwanted or Unneeded Startup Programs
Double check through your startup programs and disable or remove the ones you do not want to have start when Windows 7 starts. It is a good idea to check these every once in awhile to help make sure that some unknown program or malware has not placed itself to startup with Windows 7.
8. Disable Unused Services
Services use processes that run in the background using part of your computer's resources. Check through your services with the help of the guide provided in this link, and disable the services that you do not use or need.
9. Turn Off Unneeded Windows Features
Windows 7 includes many features. You can review the list of features and turn off the ones that you do not want or need.
10. Turn Off Disk Defragmenter Schedule
By default Disk Defragmenter is scheduled to run in the background automatically every so often in Windows 7. Having this running in the background can cause a slight slow down and extra hard drive activity. You should either set the schedule to run at a time when you are not using the computer while it is on, or turn it off and run Disk Defragmenter manually when it is convenient for you instead.
11. Defragment Your Hard Disk
Fragmentation makes your hard disk do extra work that can slow down your computer. This will show you how to open and use Disk Defragmenter to manually analyze and defragment your disks and drives in Windows 7.
12. Disable Hibernate
If you do not use hibernate, then disabling it will save you a GB size file from being saved on your hard drive when you put the computer into hibernation mode.
13. Turn Off System Protection
If hard drive space is at a high premium for you, then turning System Restore off will save you a good bit of hard drive space. When disabled it will also not run in the background anymore while it creates restore points. However, disabling System Restore will mean that there will be no restore points available to go back to in the event of a problem with your Windows 7 system files. You will need to create backups or system images if you disable System Restore instead incase you need to reinstall.
14. Speed Up the Menu Show Time
This will allow you to reduce the amount of time it takes for a menu in Windows 7 to pop, fade, or slide open when you run the mouse pointer over it.
15. Enable High Performance in the Power Plan
This power plan maximizes system performance and responsiveness. However, if you use a mobile PC running on battery power, then you will notice that your battery doesn't last as long when using this plan.
16. Speed Up Mouse Hover Time
This will show you how to change the delay time, in milliseconds, that the mouse pointer has to stay hovered on a item before it is selected or opens a pop-up in Windows 7.
17. Reduce Time to Display Operating Systems at Boot
This will show you how to change the amount of time to display a list of operating systems in the Windows Boot Manager screen at boot and wait for you to select a OS to start before the default OS starts automatically. If you do not dual boot with another operating sytem on your computer, then you can uncheck, or reduce the time as low as it will go, to save on how long it takes to boot your computer.
18. Add or Remove Gadgets
Gadgets can be handy to offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools from your dekstop. However, since each gadget added will take up some of your system resources. You can see how much memory is being used by the gadgets in Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) under the Processes tab with the sidebar.exe process.
19. Run Disk Cleanup
Running Disk Cleanup every so often will help find and remove unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up disk space and help your computer run faster.
20. Speed Up Shut Down Time
This will allow you how to set the Wait to Kill time Windows 7 waits for programs to save data and close before shutting down.
21. Add COPY TO FOLDER and MOVE TO FOLDER to Context Menu
This will allow you how to add Copy To Folder and Move To Folder to the context menu to make copying and moving files faster and easier in Windows 7.
22. Log On Automatically to a User Account
This will show you how to select a user account to have Windows 7 automatically log on to at startup so that you do not have to spend time manually logging on to the user account everytime you start or restart the computer.
23. Disable Require a Password on Wakeup
If you use sleep, hybrid, or hibernate mode, then you may wish to disable the option to have your computer require you to enter a password everytime you wakeup the computer.
24. Use Sleep Mode
If your computer does not run primarily off of a battery, then using sleep mode will allow you to put your computer to sleep and wake it up quickly instead of completely shutting down and starting the computer.
25. Decrease How Long Windows 7 Notifications Stay Open
This will allow you to change how long notifications or messages are displayed in the Windows 7 taskbar notification area before they close automatically.
26. Disable Thumbnail Previews in Windows Explorer
If there are a lot of thumbnails in a Windows Explorer window, then it can slow down your computer while you wait for the thumbnails to load. If this happens or you prefer icons instead of thumbnails, then disabling thumbnails will speed up how fast a Windows Explorer window will open by displaying only icons instead of thumbnails.
27. Turn On ReadyBoost
You can use ReadyBoost in Windows 7 with USB flash drives and flash memory cards to help speed up your computer.
28. Uninstall the Bloatware Programs from Your Computer
Most computers that you buy, at a retail store (OEM), have a ton of software installed on it. Some of these can take up a lot of resources. Uninstall the programs that you do not want to use from Programs and Features.
How to Speed Up Windows 7
Solution:
1. Use a Solid State Drive (SSD)
Installing Windows 7 onto a solid state hard drive (SSD) instead of a normal SATA or IDE hard drive will dramatically increase your computer's performance.
2. Install the Latest BIOS and Device Drivers
Make sure that you have the latest available drivers installed for all of your devices and BIOS version for your motherboard. Check at the device's website for them. Be sure to have the correct versions for your 32 bit or 64 bit Windows 7. If you do not have Windows 7 drivers available, then you can often times use Vista drivers instead with sometimes having to use Compatibility Mode on the driver installation file with Vista selected.
3. Install More RAM
The more you have the better your performance can be up to a point. Usually 3 GB (32-bit) or 4 GB (64-bit) will be the most that you will need though unless you do memory intensive actions such as video editing.
4. Turn Transparency Off
The glass transparency effect uses the most resources from the Aero feature. You can disable it without disabling Aero.
5. Turn Off Unneeded Visual Effects
Uncheck the visual effect options that you do not want or need, or select the Adjust for best performance option, to increase the speed. You can optimize performance by changing how menus and windows appear. The most common visual effects to uncheck are:
* Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
* Animations in the taskbar and Start Menu
* Enable transparent glass
* Fade or slide menus into view
* Fade or slide ToolTips into view
* Fade out menu items after clicking
* Show shadows under windows
* Slide open combo boxes
6. Enable Write Caching for Storage Devices
This option is usually the best choice for storage devices that must provide the highest possible performance and that you intend to not remove from the system frequently, such as internal hard disk drives.
7. Disable or Remove Unwanted or Unneeded Startup Programs
Double check through your startup programs and disable or remove the ones you do not want to have start when Windows 7 starts. It is a good idea to check these every once in awhile to help make sure that some unknown program or malware has not placed itself to startup with Windows 7.
8. Disable Unused Services
Services use processes that run in the background using part of your computer's resources. Check through your services with the help of the guide provided in this link, and disable the services that you do not use or need.
9. Turn Off Unneeded Windows Features
Windows 7 includes many features. You can review the list of features and turn off the ones that you do not want or need.
10. Turn Off Disk Defragmenter Schedule
By default Disk Defragmenter is scheduled to run in the background automatically every so often in Windows 7. Having this running in the background can cause a slight slow down and extra hard drive activity. You should either set the schedule to run at a time when you are not using the computer while it is on, or turn it off and run Disk Defragmenter manually when it is convenient for you instead.
11. Defragment Your Hard Disk
Fragmentation makes your hard disk do extra work that can slow down your computer. This will show you how to open and use Disk Defragmenter to manually analyze and defragment your disks and drives in Windows 7.
12. Disable Hibernate
If you do not use hibernate, then disabling it will save you a GB size file from being saved on your hard drive when you put the computer into hibernation mode.
13. Turn Off System Protection
If hard drive space is at a high premium for you, then turning System Restore off will save you a good bit of hard drive space. When disabled it will also not run in the background anymore while it creates restore points. However, disabling System Restore will mean that there will be no restore points available to go back to in the event of a problem with your Windows 7 system files. You will need to create backups or system images if you disable System Restore instead incase you need to reinstall.
14. Speed Up the Menu Show Time
This will allow you to reduce the amount of time it takes for a menu in Windows 7 to pop, fade, or slide open when you run the mouse pointer over it.
15. Enable High Performance in the Power Plan
This power plan maximizes system performance and responsiveness. However, if you use a mobile PC running on battery power, then you will notice that your battery doesn't last as long when using this plan.
16. Speed Up Mouse Hover Time
This will show you how to change the delay time, in milliseconds, that the mouse pointer has to stay hovered on a item before it is selected or opens a pop-up in Windows 7.
17. Reduce Time to Display Operating Systems at Boot
This will show you how to change the amount of time to display a list of operating systems in the Windows Boot Manager screen at boot and wait for you to select a OS to start before the default OS starts automatically. If you do not dual boot with another operating sytem on your computer, then you can uncheck, or reduce the time as low as it will go, to save on how long it takes to boot your computer.
18. Add or Remove Gadgets
Gadgets can be handy to offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools from your dekstop. However, since each gadget added will take up some of your system resources. You can see how much memory is being used by the gadgets in Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) under the Processes tab with the sidebar.exe process.
19. Run Disk Cleanup
Running Disk Cleanup every so often will help find and remove unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up disk space and help your computer run faster.
20. Speed Up Shut Down Time
This will allow you how to set the Wait to Kill time Windows 7 waits for programs to save data and close before shutting down.
21. Add COPY TO FOLDER and MOVE TO FOLDER to Context Menu
This will allow you how to add Copy To Folder and Move To Folder to the context menu to make copying and moving files faster and easier in Windows 7.
22. Log On Automatically to a User Account
This will show you how to select a user account to have Windows 7 automatically log on to at startup so that you do not have to spend time manually logging on to the user account everytime you start or restart the computer.
23. Disable Require a Password on Wakeup
If you use sleep, hybrid, or hibernate mode, then you may wish to disable the option to have your computer require you to enter a password everytime you wakeup the computer.
24. Use Sleep Mode
If your computer does not run primarily off of a battery, then using sleep mode will allow you to put your computer to sleep and wake it up quickly instead of completely shutting down and starting the computer.
25. Decrease How Long Windows 7 Notifications Stay Open
This will allow you to change how long notifications or messages are displayed in the Windows 7 taskbar notification area before they close automatically.
26. Disable Thumbnail Previews in Windows Explorer
If there are a lot of thumbnails in a Windows Explorer window, then it can slow down your computer while you wait for the thumbnails to load. If this happens or you prefer icons instead of thumbnails, then disabling thumbnails will speed up how fast a Windows Explorer window will open by displaying only icons instead of thumbnails.
27. Turn On ReadyBoost
You can use ReadyBoost in Windows 7 with USB flash drives and flash memory cards to help speed up your computer.
28. Uninstall the Bloatware Programs from Your Computer
Most computers that you buy, at a retail store (OEM), have a ton of software installed on it. Some of these can take up a lot of resources. Uninstall the programs that you do not want to use from Programs and Features.
How to speed up my computer ?
Posted by Anbu on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Problem:
How to speed up my computer ?
Solution:
7 ways to speed up your computer
How to speed up My Computer?
If so, there are tons of simple tasks and hardware upgrades that you can do to get your computer back to running at its top speed. Stop wondering why is my computer so slow. Listed below are 7 super effective ways to speed up your computer.
1 - Identify and remove malware
To start off with you'll want to make sure there isn't any hidden malware currently infecting your system. Even if you think there isn't, chances are some type of malware is hidden somewhere in your system. If you don't already have security software installed such as antivirus or internet security, your computer is most likely infected. Malware includes all malicious computer threats such as viruses, spyware, and adware.
Malware can really slow down your computer and you can't identify malware on your computer without the help of a decent security program. To identify and remove malware you'll need to run a full system scan using your security program. Once you've removed all hidden malware on your computer, you should also consider setting up an automatic weekly virus scan to run so you won't have to remember to do so yourself!
2 - Uninstall unnecessary programs
The more high memory programs you have stored on your computer, the less free hard drive space you'll have and the slower your computer will run. There are most likely at least a couple of unnecessary programs eating away at your computer's memory and performance. Even brand new computers come pre-installed with lots of bundled software crap that you really don't need or may ever use. Uninstalling any programs and services that you find unnecessary will really help to clear out the clutter and free up some extra memory on your hard drive.
3 - Eliminate startup services
You may not even realize it, but as soon as you hit the power button to your computer tons of random services and programs launch which you probably don't need slowing down the startup process. If you find yourself wondering why is my computer so slow during the startup process, eliminating unnecessary programs and services from starting up with your computer will do just that. Over time many programs and services are automatically added to the startup list which can tremendously slow down the startup process for your computer.
To eliminate startup programs and services using Microsoft Windows, navigate to the System Configuration window (windows key + R and type in msconfig) and click the Startup tab at the top. In Mac OS X, you can navigate to System Preferences, Accounts, and open LoginItems.
4 - Update device drivers
Every computer has a big list of drivers for every attached or installed device and over time those drivers will most likely become outdated. Most computers don't automatically update outdated drivers making this a separate task you'll have to take on yourself if you suspect your drivers are out of date. The quickest way to locate and install the newest drivers for your computer is with a simple Google search including your exact computer model name such as, drivers for HP TouchSmart 1050. You'll usually be able to download a complete driver package including all up to date drivers for your computer model on your computer manufacturers website.
5 - Reinstall or upgrade the OS
You probably aren't aware of all the unnecessary clutter that can accumulate over time and really slow down your computer. Sometimes the easiest and most effective solution to regain your computers top performance is to simply upgrade or reinstall the entire operating system. Upgrading to the latest OS edition will certainly provide the most effective speed boost, but reinstalling your current operating system will work just as well to give your computer a fresh start. Ideally, you should first back up only your most important files and documents to a separate secure location such as a flash drive or external hard drive, that way you can safely install the operating system and restore your files after.
6 - Add more RAM (random access memory)
RAM (random access memory) is basically like a turbo kit for your computer and is a physical hardware component that is easily upgradable. If you wonder why is my computer so slow whenever you have lots of open windows and/or programs open, adding more RAM to your computer can certainly allow you to run more powerful programs at once. Although working with a hardware component yourself may sound a little out of your comfort level, the RAM is one of the easiest hardware devices to replace. Since no data is ever permanently stored on the RAM, you can easily swap out and upgrade RAM in your system without worries of losing or damaging data. The more RAM your computer has, the more high memory programs you can run at once and the more powerful your system will become. 64-bit operating systems can support a whole lot more RAM compared to 32-bit systems which typically have a max RAM limit of 4 GB.
7 - Upgrade to a solid state drive (SSD)
If you're still using one of those old fashioned hard disk drives it's definitely time to upgrade to something a little faster. Solid state drives are much faster and more powerful compared to hard disk drives because they eliminate file fragmenting, meaning data can be loaded a lot faster and defragmenting the hard drive becomes a thing of the past.
Solid state drives are also entirely flash-based and contain no physical moving parts such as spinning discs or a moving read/write head. With traditional hard disk drives, the read/write head has to physically move around to access data which is stored in fragments. With solid states drives, no physical moving parts are required and you can access and load your data significantly faster. Tip: Installing the operating system directly onto a solid state drive can increase startup performance up to 8x.
How to speed up my computer ?
Solution:
7 ways to speed up your computer
How to speed up My Computer?
If so, there are tons of simple tasks and hardware upgrades that you can do to get your computer back to running at its top speed. Stop wondering why is my computer so slow. Listed below are 7 super effective ways to speed up your computer.
1 - Identify and remove malware
To start off with you'll want to make sure there isn't any hidden malware currently infecting your system. Even if you think there isn't, chances are some type of malware is hidden somewhere in your system. If you don't already have security software installed such as antivirus or internet security, your computer is most likely infected. Malware includes all malicious computer threats such as viruses, spyware, and adware.
Malware can really slow down your computer and you can't identify malware on your computer without the help of a decent security program. To identify and remove malware you'll need to run a full system scan using your security program. Once you've removed all hidden malware on your computer, you should also consider setting up an automatic weekly virus scan to run so you won't have to remember to do so yourself!
2 - Uninstall unnecessary programs
The more high memory programs you have stored on your computer, the less free hard drive space you'll have and the slower your computer will run. There are most likely at least a couple of unnecessary programs eating away at your computer's memory and performance. Even brand new computers come pre-installed with lots of bundled software crap that you really don't need or may ever use. Uninstalling any programs and services that you find unnecessary will really help to clear out the clutter and free up some extra memory on your hard drive.
3 - Eliminate startup services
You may not even realize it, but as soon as you hit the power button to your computer tons of random services and programs launch which you probably don't need slowing down the startup process. If you find yourself wondering why is my computer so slow during the startup process, eliminating unnecessary programs and services from starting up with your computer will do just that. Over time many programs and services are automatically added to the startup list which can tremendously slow down the startup process for your computer.
To eliminate startup programs and services using Microsoft Windows, navigate to the System Configuration window (windows key + R and type in msconfig) and click the Startup tab at the top. In Mac OS X, you can navigate to System Preferences, Accounts, and open LoginItems.
4 - Update device drivers
Every computer has a big list of drivers for every attached or installed device and over time those drivers will most likely become outdated. Most computers don't automatically update outdated drivers making this a separate task you'll have to take on yourself if you suspect your drivers are out of date. The quickest way to locate and install the newest drivers for your computer is with a simple Google search including your exact computer model name such as, drivers for HP TouchSmart 1050. You'll usually be able to download a complete driver package including all up to date drivers for your computer model on your computer manufacturers website.
5 - Reinstall or upgrade the OS
You probably aren't aware of all the unnecessary clutter that can accumulate over time and really slow down your computer. Sometimes the easiest and most effective solution to regain your computers top performance is to simply upgrade or reinstall the entire operating system. Upgrading to the latest OS edition will certainly provide the most effective speed boost, but reinstalling your current operating system will work just as well to give your computer a fresh start. Ideally, you should first back up only your most important files and documents to a separate secure location such as a flash drive or external hard drive, that way you can safely install the operating system and restore your files after.
6 - Add more RAM (random access memory)
RAM (random access memory) is basically like a turbo kit for your computer and is a physical hardware component that is easily upgradable. If you wonder why is my computer so slow whenever you have lots of open windows and/or programs open, adding more RAM to your computer can certainly allow you to run more powerful programs at once. Although working with a hardware component yourself may sound a little out of your comfort level, the RAM is one of the easiest hardware devices to replace. Since no data is ever permanently stored on the RAM, you can easily swap out and upgrade RAM in your system without worries of losing or damaging data. The more RAM your computer has, the more high memory programs you can run at once and the more powerful your system will become. 64-bit operating systems can support a whole lot more RAM compared to 32-bit systems which typically have a max RAM limit of 4 GB.
7 - Upgrade to a solid state drive (SSD)
If you're still using one of those old fashioned hard disk drives it's definitely time to upgrade to something a little faster. Solid state drives are much faster and more powerful compared to hard disk drives because they eliminate file fragmenting, meaning data can be loaded a lot faster and defragmenting the hard drive becomes a thing of the past.
Solid state drives are also entirely flash-based and contain no physical moving parts such as spinning discs or a moving read/write head. With traditional hard disk drives, the read/write head has to physically move around to access data which is stored in fragments. With solid states drives, no physical moving parts are required and you can access and load your data significantly faster. Tip: Installing the operating system directly onto a solid state drive can increase startup performance up to 8x.
