Sunday, February 28, 2010
For those who are having problem with the speed of Windows 7, here are some tips, but to be honest, Windows 7 is already fast, but if you want it to become faster, do the things indicated below.
Microsoft’s latest operating system is a bit different than Windows versions of the past, and with these differences come more things to customize and tweak. Here’s a compilation of tutorials put together by the Tech-Recipes authors for customizing the interface and for tweaking the system to make it quicker.
Speeding things up:
Improve Startup Performance by Using Boot-Only Fetching
If you run a lot of programs at startup, it can take a while for your system to boot up. To speed up the process, you can enable Boot-Only fetching so that the prefetcher focuses on the booting process instead of both booting and application launching:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Go to the Search programs and files textbox and input regedit.
3. Select regedit.exe from the results.
4. When the UAC prompt appears, click the Yes button.
5. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, go to (and select):
6. In the right pane, double-click EnablePrefetcher.
7. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
8. Double-click EnableSuperfetch.
9. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
10. Close the Registry Editor.
If you want to change the settings back to their default values, repeat the above steps, but change EnablePrefetcher and EnableSuperfetch to 3.
How to Reset the Thumbnail Cache
If the thumbnail pictures are not displaying correctly, resetting the thumbnail cache will fix this (most of the time). Resetting the cache will clear it and force the automatic creation of the thumbnails as needed:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Select All Programs.
3. Select Accessories.
4. Select System Tools.
5. Select Disk Cleanup.
7. Select your Boot drive and click OK.
8. Check the Thumbnails checkbox (make sure nothing else is checked).
9. Click OK.
10. When prompted, click the Delete Files button.
Speed Up Taskbar Thumbnails
The Windows 7 taskbar displays previews of running programs via some very cool thumbnails. To speed up these thumbnails so that they appear instantly, follow these simple steps:
1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy and paste the following into the new text document:
3. Save the document as speedy_thumbnails.reg.
4. Double-click the new file to merge it into the Registry.
5. Continue through the UAC prompt and confirm that you wish to perform the action.
6. Restart you computer (or simply stop and start Explorer.exe from the Task Manager).
Adjust the User Account Control (UAC) Settings
The UAC was a pain in Windows Vista, and changing the settings for UAC was an even bigger pain. Windows 7 allows you to change the User Account Control settings from the Control Panel so you can easily adjust the settings to your liking:
1. Click the Windows Orb (Start button).
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Select All Control Panel Items.
4. Select Windows Solution Center.
5. Go to the left side of the window and select User Account Control settings.
6. Use the slider control to adjust the UAC settings.
Settings include: Always notify me and wait for my response, Always notify me, Only notify me when programs try to make changes to my computer, and Never notify me.
7. Click the OK button.
How Increase the Speed of Internet Explorer 8
By simply re-registering a dll file, you can make Microsoft’s latest web browser even faster. It might sound complicated, but it is a very simple process.
Close IE8. You will need to access an elevated command prompt, to do this:
1. Click the Orb (Start button).
2. Click All Programs.
3. Go into Accessories.
4. Right-click on Command Prompt.
5. Select Run as administrator.
6. When the UAC prompt appears, select Yes.
Once you have your elevated command prompt, follow these steps:
1. At the command prompt, input the following:
2. Press Enter on your keyboard.
3. A confirmation window will appear, click the OK button.
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That's all for now
Peace out!
Microsoft’s latest operating system is a bit different than Windows versions of the past, and with these differences come more things to customize and tweak. Here’s a compilation of tutorials put together by the Tech-Recipes authors for customizing the interface and for tweaking the system to make it quicker.
Speeding things up:
Improve Startup Performance by Using Boot-Only Fetching
If you run a lot of programs at startup, it can take a while for your system to boot up. To speed up the process, you can enable Boot-Only fetching so that the prefetcher focuses on the booting process instead of both booting and application launching:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Go to the Search programs and files textbox and input regedit.
3. Select regedit.exe from the results.
4. When the UAC prompt appears, click the Yes button.
5. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, go to (and select):
HLKM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\
MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters
6. In the right pane, double-click EnablePrefetcher.
7. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
8. Double-click EnableSuperfetch.
9. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
10. Close the Registry Editor.
If you want to change the settings back to their default values, repeat the above steps, but change EnablePrefetcher and EnableSuperfetch to 3.
How to Reset the Thumbnail Cache
If the thumbnail pictures are not displaying correctly, resetting the thumbnail cache will fix this (most of the time). Resetting the cache will clear it and force the automatic creation of the thumbnails as needed:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Select All Programs.
3. Select Accessories.
4. Select System Tools.
5. Select Disk Cleanup.
7. Select your Boot drive and click OK.
8. Check the Thumbnails checkbox (make sure nothing else is checked).
9. Click OK.
10. When prompted, click the Delete Files button.
Speed Up Taskbar Thumbnails
The Windows 7 taskbar displays previews of running programs via some very cool thumbnails. To speed up these thumbnails so that they appear instantly, follow these simple steps:
1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy and paste the following into the new text document:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse]
"MouseHoverTime"="0"
3. Save the document as speedy_thumbnails.reg.
4. Double-click the new file to merge it into the Registry.
5. Continue through the UAC prompt and confirm that you wish to perform the action.
6. Restart you computer (or simply stop and start Explorer.exe from the Task Manager).
Adjust the User Account Control (UAC) Settings
The UAC was a pain in Windows Vista, and changing the settings for UAC was an even bigger pain. Windows 7 allows you to change the User Account Control settings from the Control Panel so you can easily adjust the settings to your liking:
1. Click the Windows Orb (Start button).
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Select All Control Panel Items.
4. Select Windows Solution Center.
5. Go to the left side of the window and select User Account Control settings.
6. Use the slider control to adjust the UAC settings.
Settings include: Always notify me and wait for my response, Always notify me, Only notify me when programs try to make changes to my computer, and Never notify me.
7. Click the OK button.
How Increase the Speed of Internet Explorer 8
By simply re-registering a dll file, you can make Microsoft’s latest web browser even faster. It might sound complicated, but it is a very simple process.
Close IE8. You will need to access an elevated command prompt, to do this:
1. Click the Orb (Start button).
2. Click All Programs.
3. Go into Accessories.
4. Right-click on Command Prompt.
5. Select Run as administrator.
6. When the UAC prompt appears, select Yes.
Once you have your elevated command prompt, follow these steps:
1. At the command prompt, input the following:
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
2. Press Enter on your keyboard.
3. A confirmation window will appear, click the OK button.
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That's all for now
Peace out!
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