Computer tips & tricks: November 2013

Sunday, 24 November 2013

Ultimate Guide to make Windows 7 Super Fast

Hello my respected Visitors. Today I am here to with the new Ultimate guide of Windows 7, As we all know Windows 7 is the best OS after Windows XP for Personal Computers. But in this new Update of OS are many Eye Candy effect which can lead to Slow down your System Speedafter some Time, So in this tutorial I am going to give you The Best Tips to makes Your Windows 7 Ultimately Fast.

In this tutorial we are going to attend the following steps:

Disabling of Unwanted Visual Effects.
Tuning off Useless Features.
Disabling of Sidebar.
Disabling of Aero Peek and Aero Snap. (Optional)
Disabling of Aero Theme.
Disabling of User account control (UAC) Feature.
Changing of Power Plan To Maximum Performance.
Disabling of Unwanted Start Up Items.
Disabling of Search Indexing Feature.
and more...

Disabling of Unwanted Visual Effects.

Right click on "Computer" and select "Properties".
Click on "Advanced System Settings" to open the "System Properties" Diagoal box.
Select the "Advanced" tab from it. Then Under "Performance" click "Settings". Choose "Custom:" Options.
Now uncheck all the options (Choose “Adjust for best performance“) and select only the last 4 options (actually 3 are preferable, you may un-check the second option out of the last four).As shown in screen shot below.

Tuning off Useless Features.

Open "Programs and Features" from Control Panel.
Click on "Turn Windows features on or off" from the left pane.
Now un-check all the Feature that you don’t use and then restart your system for the changes to take effect.

Disabling of Sidebar

Right click on the sidebar and choose "Properties".
On the properties dialoug uncheck the check box showing "Start sidebar when Windows Starts"

Disabling of Aero Peek and Aero Snap. (Optional)

Open "Control Panel" and double-click on "Ease of Access Center".
Click on "Make it easier to focus on tasks" presented at the bottom.
Now uncheck the checked box saying "Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen".
Right click on taskbar and select "Properties".
Now uncheck "Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop" option.

Disable the Aero Theme.

Right Click on Desktop and select "Personalize" click on Window Color Tab.
Uncheck the Box saying "Enable Transparency" and then click on "Open classic appearance properties for more color options".

Disable the User account control (UAC) Feature.

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".

Changing of Power Plan To Maximum Performance.

Click on "Power Options" in the Control panel.
Click the down arrow showing "Show Additional Plans".
Now activate the "High Performance" option.

Disabling of Unwanted Start Up Items.

Type "msconfig" in "RUN" box and hit Enter key to open System Configuration Utility.
Now open "StartUp" tab.
Now Uncheck the option which not needed.

Disabling of Search Indexing Feature.

Right Click the "Computer" and select "Manage".
Click "Services and Applications" in the “Computer Management” window.
Click on "Services".
Find "Windows Search" from the list.
Right Click on it and choose "Properties".
The "Windows Search Properties Window" will open. From "Startup type" choose "Disabled" option.

Disabling the Unwanted Services.

There are many services in windows 7 that we don’t depend on for our daily use. so it is recommended to Disable them.

Open "Services" list by providing "services.msc" command in "RUN" box.

Application Experience
Computer Browser (If your PC does not connect to any network)
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (If you don’t want aero effects)
Diagnostic Policy Service
Distributed Link Tracking Client
IP Helper
Offline Files
Portable Device Enumerator Service
Print Spooler (If you do not use Printer)
Protected Storage
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Security Center
Server (If your computer do not connect with any network)
Tablet PC Input Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Themes (classic theme will be applied)(optional)
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Media Center Service Launcher
Windows Search (If you rarely use Windows Search feature )
Windows Time

NOTE: Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it, so that whenever Windows needs to start a service it can easily start it, Inspite of showing any error message.

Setup the Windows 7 Ready Boost Service.

To configure the Ready Boost Feature in Windows 7 you need to have a high speed USB Flash Drive with you which is ready boost compatible.

Plugging your USB Drive, open "Computer" > Right-click the on USB Drive > select "Ready Boost" tab > Check the box "Use this device".

Disable Unwanted System Sounds.

Type "mmsys.cpl" in "RUN" Start Menu and press Enter.
Upon to the "Sounds" tab.
From under "Sound Scheme:" select "No Sounds" > Click "OK".

Disable the Thumbnail Preview Feature.

Open "Computer" >click on the "Organize" drop-down menu and select the "Folder and Search options"
Under "Files and Folders" section, go to the "View" tab and check the box showing "Always show icons, never thumbnails" checkbox.

Tips.

Install only necessary software
Use the latest device drivers
Keep your Windows up-to-date

Ultimate Guide To Make Windows XP Super Fast

Hello again, My Visiters Today I am going to give you an Article on Speed Up your Windows XP, Windows XP is the bast Operation Sytem Comparing to Other Microsoft Operation Sytems, But as we all regularly use our system it becomes Very slow or Hangsome times So this article Will Surely works for You.

In this Tutorial we are going to attend the following steps:

Disabling of Unwanted Windows Effects.
Optimizing of Windows Visual Settings.
Optimizing of Virtual Memory Pagefile Size.
Cleaning of Unwanted Data.
Disabling of Unwanted Windows Option.
Disabling of Unwanted Sounds.
Optimizing of Windows Boot Time.
Removal of Unwanted Fonts.
Disabling of Unwanted Services.

Disable Unwanted Windows Effects

Right Click on Desktop and select Properties, Choose Appearance in Desktops Properties Window, then Effects, Uncheck the following Effects:

Use the following transition effect for menus & tooltips.
Ues the Following Methods to smooth Edge of screen Fonts.
Show shadows under menus.
Hide Underlined letters.....

Optimize Windows Visual Setting

Open My Computer Properties Dialog Box ( Win key + Pause Break ), ChooseAppearance -> Setting tab in Performance field.

Now Disable the Unwanted Visual Setting, You Can Check the following setting To make the Balance B/W Speed and Visualization.

Show window contents while dragging.
Use common tasks in folders.
Use drop shadows on icon labels on the desktop.
Use visual styles on windows and buttons.

Optimize Virtual Memory Pagefile Size

Open My Computer Properties Dialog Box ( Win key + Pause Break ), Choose Appearance -> Setting tab in Performance field then Advanced -> Change under Virtual Memory area.

In the middle of the screen, select the "Custom size" button and enter a number that is 1.5 to 2 times the amount of physical RAM in both the "Initial size" and "Maximum Size" box. -> OK.

Clean Unwanted Data

Open Disk Cleaner

Start -> Run, Type, "cleanmgr.exe" then OK.

Ahead the Program will Guide you.

Disable Unwanted Windows Option

Open Folder Option

Start -> Control Panel -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View.

Now un-check the following unwanted option:

Automatically search for network folders & printers.
Display file size information in folder tips.
Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list.
Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color.
Show pop-up description for folder and desktop icons.
Use simple file sharing.

Other options don't affect the system performance. You can enable/disable them according to your requirements.

Disabling of Unwanted Sounds

Open Sound & Audio Devices

Start -> Run, Type, "mmsys.cpl" then OK.

Now Select "No Sound" in Dialog box,

or you can enable your few of the sound like Exit Windows, Start Windows, Windows Logoff, Windows Logon

Optimize Windows Boot Time

Open System Configuration Utility

Start -> Run, Type, "MSConfig" then OK.

Under the Boot.ini Tab reduce the Time From 30 sec to 3 sec, and

Under the StartUp Tab Disable all the Unwanted StartUp Items To Reduce the Booting Time.

Remove Unwanted Fonts

Open Fonts Folder.

Start -> Run, Type, "Fonts" then OK.

Delete All The Unwanted fonts Which are not for your Business.

Disable Unwanted Services

Alerter
Computer Browser
Distributed Link Tracking Client (If you have NTFS partition, then don't disable it)
Fast User Switching Capability (removes Switch Users option)
Indexing service
Internet Connection Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
Messenger
Remote Registry (Always disable it for Security purposes)
Secondary Logon
Server
System Restore (If you don't use System Restore)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service (If you are not in a workgroup network)
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Upload Manager
Wireless Zero Configuration

NOTE: Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it, so that whenever Windows needs to start a service it can easily start it, Inspite of showing any error message.