Optimize Windows 7 performance

It is expected that in October, Windows 7 will officially launch users with many promising features. However, now users can download the trial version of Windows 7 RC to explore these new features. The article will focus on exploiting the concept of improving the performance of Windows 7 on today's computer systems .

In tests officially announced by PCWORLD, Windows 7 starts up faster than Vista, even with regular usage tasks that seem faster. However, with the tips below, you can optimize the level of performance of Windows 7.

Boot faster

Usually, the average boot time of Vista is 2 minutes; Windows 7 is 43 seconds. However, in order to achieve this, your PC must have at least 2GB of RAM (recommended level) to reduce boot time and increase overall system performance. You can also use a free utility called Startup Delayer to block programs that intend to start with the system. You can set up the startup mechanism for unimportant programs about 10 or 15 minutes after the PC is logged in. Windows 7 (or Vista, XP) will boot much faster.

If you are using an old PC, the best way to get your computer started faster is to remove the hard drive, and reinstall the Windows operating system. Doing this may take some time but in return it will make the system 'cleaner', run faster, and have fewer problems.

Limit UAC features

Despite many users complaining, but the user account control feature (UAC), which is included in Vista, is still applied to Windows 7. However, UAC's annoying notification display mode. in Windows 7 has been greatly restricted. You can select multiple notification display modes (4 modes) to limit the level of disturbance.

Or you can use 3rd party applications to replace Microsoft's UAC feature. Symantec's Norton UAC utility can handle this feature very well. Norton UAC even allows users to not receive any annoying notifications from UAC, and often provides important and specific explanations for users.

In addition, you can also use UAC Snooze utility (http://www.uacsnooze.com), to prevent the system from displaying UAC notifications while performing other tasks. You can set the timed operation mode for UAC Snooze so that they do not bother you when installing or optimizing a certain task on your computer.

Works faster

We know that Windows 7 boots faster than Vista, but do they run faster? According to PCWORLD benchmark, it is not true. However, basically Windows 7 is still faster than Vista if users know how to optimize them.

First, you need to check the list of services (services) of Windows 7. By default Windows 7 runs a lot of services that half of them are rarely needed for users. For example, support for Tablet PC, remote control (rarely used), remote registry editing, error reporting . If you don't need these services, then it's best to disable them (disable). let Windows 7 run faster. To access the services section of Windows 7, from Run, type the command services.msc.

In addition, you can also use a utility that the 'cleanup' computer is very good at using it is CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com - free). CCleaner helps remove temporary files from Windows and 3rd applications; Also clean the Registry, erase data that slows down the system. This approach will make the machine's performance faster.

Turn off warning

In addition to UAC, Windows 7 allows you to decide which programs are allowed to display alerts on the system tray. As a result, it will minimize the number of warnings that annoy you while working. Or you can use the warning blocking method in the Registry. The process is as follows:

1. Go to Start , type regedit , and press Enter.

2. Find and click on the value in the section
HKEY_ CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced.

3. In the right pane, right-click and select New , DWORD (32-bit) Value , and name it EnableBalloonTips .

4. Right-click the new value, select Modify from the list of options. Make sure the ' Value data ' section has a value of 0.

5. Exit the Registry and restart the computer.

This method also applies to Windows Vista.