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    This document provides 15 ways to speed up Windows 7. It recommends disabling visual effects, turning off the UAC feature, disabling search indexing and unwanted services, setting up ReadyBoost, disabling the sidebar, thumbnail previews, the Aero theme, Aero Peek and Snap, password protection, unwanted startup items, changing the power plan, disabling Windows features, the screen saver and wallpaper, and system sounds. It also suggests using third-party software to further optimize system performance.

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    This document provides 15 ways to speed up Windows 7. It recommends disabling visual effects, turning off the UAC feature, disabling search indexing and unwanted services, setting up ReadyBoost, disabling the sidebar, thumbnail previews, the Aero theme, Aero Peek and Snap, password protection, unwanted startup items, changing the power plan, disabling Windows features, the screen saver and wallpaper, and system sounds. It also suggests using third-party software to further optimize system performance.

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    This document provides 15 ways to speed up Windows 7. It recommends disabling visual effects, turning off the UAC feature, disabling search indexing and unwanted services, setting up ReadyBoost, disabling the sidebar, thumbnail previews, the Aero theme, Aero Peek and Snap, password protection, unwanted startup items, changing the power plan, disabling Windows features, the screen saver and wallpaper, and system sounds. It also suggests using third-party software to further optimize system performance.

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    15 Ways To Speed Up Windows 7

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    15 ways to speed up Windows 7

    Let’s get straight into the guide so you can speed


    up that Windows 7 computer!

    1. Disable Any Unneeded Visual Effects


    To begin, right-click on the Computer icon on your Desktop and select “Properties” from the
    menu that appears
    Select “Advanced System Settings” from the left pane to view the System Properties
    Window
    Click the “Advanced” tab along the top of that window, then click “Settings” listed under
    “Performance”. Select “Custom:” options from there.
    In that window uncheck all the options and make sure that only the last 4 options are
    checked.

    - Optionally you could only leave the last choices


    checked
    Lastly, log off of your system and log back in for
    changes to take effect
    Turning off the aero effects in Windows 7 is a good start but you get even better results
    when you turn off many of the other unwanted visual effects.

    2. Turn off the User Account Control (UAC) Feature


    Open the Control Panel and select “User Accounts and Family Safety” then “User Account”.
    Select the User Account Control Settings link
    Simply click-and-drag the slider until it reaches “Never Notify”
    Click “OK” and restart your computer for changes to take effect

    The UAC feature in Windows 7 is found annoying by many users especially those that are
    daily users of their computer.

    3. Disable Search Indexing Feature


    Right-click the Computer icon on your Desktop and select “Manage” from the menu that
    appears
    Select “Services and Applications” from the Computer Management Window and click
    “Services”
    You will then see a list of services available – locate the Windows Search on that screen
    Right-click “Windows Search” from that list and click “Properties”
    The Windows Search Properties window will appear
    Select “Disabled” from the drop-down menu for Startup Type
    Click “Apply” and “OK”

    Now the startup feature for Search Indexing in Windows 7 has been disabled.

    The Windows 7 Search Indexing feature was created so that the computer would keep
    records of the files that have previously been searched so items can be located quicker the
    next time you search them. This feature is really only useful if search for things very
    frequently and need them searched as fast as possible on your system after repeatedly
    requesting a search on that item.

    If you only occasionally perform a system search for files, downloads, etc. then the Search
    Index Feature, especially when selected to run at system startup can eat away at memory
    and system resources without you even knowing it’s running.

    If you would like to disable the Search Indexing Feature all together in Windows 7 you can
    by setting the Search Indexing Service to “Manual”. That is along with following the above
    steps under Disable Search Indexing Feature.

    4. Disable Unwanted Services

    A lot of the features and services offered with Windows 7 operating systems are not
    necessary for everyday use. There are some; however, that are necessary and not safe to
    be turned off or disabled. But things like the Print Spooler are only needed when printed a
    document or picture. This is something that you can safely turn off on a regular basis and
    then turn on when going to print something. Below are 10 more things in Windows 7 that
    you can safely disable.
    Secondary Logon
    Windows Error Reporting Service
    Desktop Window Session Manager (leave on if you want aero effects)
    TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
    Distributing Link Tracking Client
    Offline Files
    Diagnostic Policy Service
    Protected Storage
    IP Helper
    Application Experience
    Without these always running you can really improve the speed on your Windows 7 system.

    5. Set Up the Ready Boost Service


    You will need a USB/Highspeed Flash/Pendrive that is Ready Boost compatible in order to
    configure the Ready Boost feature.
    After inserting the USB/Highspeed Flash/Pendrive open it by going to Computer and right-
    click it and select “Ready Boost” from the options
    Check the “Use this Device” checkbox.
    You can choose how much space on your USB/Highspeed Flash/Pendrive you would like
    used as RAM

    Windows 7 offers the Ready Boost feature so that you can use your USB/Highspeed
    Flash/Pendrive as extra RAM. This one step improves the speed and performance by a good
    margin.

    6. Disable the Sidebar


    Right-click on the sidebar and click “Properties” from the menu
    When the Properties window appears uncheck the box that says “Start Sidebar when
    Windows Starts”

    Now the sidebar will not appear when you start your computer or log in to Windows.
    Disabling this feature will not only make your computer run faster in general but it will get
    you to a fast startup.

    7. Turn off the Thumbnail Preview Feature


    Open your Computer and select the “Organize” drop-down menu to select “Folder and
    Search Options”
    In the Files and Folders section select the View tab and check the box showing “Always
    Show Icons, Never Thumbnails”.

    Displaying thumbnails of folders rather than icons can take up more space and time than
    just icons. So turning off the thumbnail preview option saves you both!

    8. Disable the Aero Theme


    Right-click any space on your Desktop and select “Personalize” from the menu that appears
    Open the Window Color tab
    Uncheck the box that says “Enable Transparency” and then select “Open Classic Appearance
    Properties for More Options”
    A new window will appear, select a Standard or Basic them from it. (Standard Windows 7
    theme is a good choice)
    If you are looking for aesthetics rather than performance you can keep the aero user
    interface. While it obviously adds luster to the appearance of things it also takes up a lot of
    space on the graphics and video cards. You can check this out yourself by viewing its
    memory consumption when aero theme is both on and off to see the difference.

    9. Disable Aero Peek and Aero Snap


    Go to your Control Panel of Windows 7 and double-click the “Ease of Access Center” icon.
    Select “Make It Easier to Focus on Tasks” listed near the bottom
    Uncheck the box that says “Prevent Windows from being automatically arranged when
    moved to the edge of the screen”
    Right-click on the Windows 7 taskbar and click “Properties” from the menu that appears
    Lastly, uncheck the box that says “User Aero Peek to Preview the Desktop”

    Windows 7 has these new features designed to do things you already did in XP and Vista
    just in new ways. Aero Snap allows you to Maximize, Minimize and Resize your windows
    simply by dragging-and-dropping at screen corners.

    Aero Peek is pretty much the same as the “Show Desktop” icon from Windows XP and
    Windows Vista. It hides all of your windows to show a clean desktop and icons.

    10. Disable Password Protection


    Users that set up passwords to access their account in Windows 7 spend a few seconds
    every time they start up or log in to enter that password. If you are the only person who
    uses your computer my opinion is that you don’t really need this feature. I opt for getting
    on my account quickly. When I previously had a password set and someone wanted on my
    computer I would just give out the password anyway so it was completely useless and took
    extra time to log in every day.

    11. Disable Unwanted Startup Items


    Open the Windows button and type “msconfig” in the Run option of the start menu and
    press Enter
    This opens the System Configuration Utility window
    Select the Startup tab and uncheck all items that you do not need to run automatically
    when the computer starts up

    This can drastically improve startup time and even running time if you have had a lot of
    things running when your computer starts. This often happens automatically when several
    things have been downloaded and installed onto your computer.
    12. Change your Power Plan to Maximum
    Performance
    Open your Control Panel and double-click the “Power Options” icon
    Scroll down to see the Show Additional Plans option and select “High Performance” power
    plan to activate it.
    Further tweaking can be done to this by selecting the Advanced Settings

    13. Turn off Unwanted Windows 7 Features


    Open your Control Panel and select “Programs and Features”
    Select the “Turn Windows features On or Off” from the left panel
    Uncheck all of the features that you do not use
    Restart your computer for the changes to take effect

    There are several features that Windows 7 offers that many users don’t need or use often so
    by disabling them you are making more room for running time on things you do use
    frequently.

    14. Disable the Screen Saver and Wallpaper


    Right-click any blank space on your Desktop and select “Personalize” from the menu that
    appears
    Select the Screen Saver link
    From the Screen Saver drop-down menu select “None” then select “Apply” then “OK”
    Next click “Desktop Background”
    From the Location drop-down menu select “Solid Colors” pick a color and click “OK”

    It takes up memory to display wallpaper and screen savers and more memory means faster
    computer.

    15. Disable Unwanted System Sounds


    Open the Start Menu and type “mmsys.cpl” in the Run option
    Locate the Sounds tab
    Under “Sound Schemes” then choose “No Sounds”, click “Apply”, click “OK”
    Optionally, you can keep some of your favorite sounds turned on and select which sounds to
    disable, but keep in mind that sounds played during startup, shutdown, logon, etc. take
    away from performance that could be utilized better elsewhere

    Software to help Speed Up Windows 7


    There are several software programs out there that you can use to maintain a nice, healthy
    system. Programs that update your hardware, programs that clear bugs, programs that
    clean registries and programs that remove potentially harmful information against you.
    Some of my favorites are listed below.
    Reimage Total PC Repair Software
    PC Registry Cleaner

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