Top Ten Tips to Speed Up Windows 7

Windows 7 is much faster in all repects than Windows Vista was. That saying there are still many ways that you can speed up Windows 7 and how you use Windows 7.

Top 10 ways to Speed Up Windows 7

1. Enable Mutiple Processors on boot

Windows 7 allows for the addressing of multiple processors and cores during the bootup stage. Read Here

2. Disable Services

Some services are not used by everyone such as the Wireless Config if you use a wired NIC or Printing support if you don’t have a printer. Reclaim some memory by disabling some unused services. Read Here

3. Disable UAC

Not so much a performance gain but a time one. Just think how much time you spend clicking off those annoying Access control screens. Don’t disable if you are worried about security. Read Here

4. Change power plan to performance

By default Windows 7 uses a Balanced profile. This underclocks the CPU and turns off parts of your computer such as your hard disk to save power. This can reduce performance

5. Disable Startup programs

Startup programs usually run in your taskbar and use system resources such as memory. They also are loaded during the login process and can delay login by a few minutes. Read Here

6. Disable Windows Defender

Windows Defender is an anti malware tool that is about as useful as sunglasses in a storm. It takes up significant resources such as memory and scans all files as they are accessed and saved. Read Here

7. Readyboost

Readyboost uses a Flashdrive to cache commonly used files on storage that is faster than your hard disk. Read Here

8. Uninstall old programs

Removing old programs will increase disk space and improve performance as they may run in the background or latch on to other proccesses like toolbars

9. Run disk cleanup

Disk clean up removes files that are no longer needed from your computer. This will save space and improve performance. Read Here

10. Disable Search Indexing

Search Indexing scans your hard disk for files to make searching faster. As most people don’t search very often disabling this will increase performance and decrease hard drive usage (useful on secondary disks). Read Here