Trim the Fat
Windows 7 is not configured for optimal performance right out of the box. Rather, it was built to showcase all the features Microsoft included with the product to help sell it.
Fortunately, there are a bunch of things you can do right now to speed things up without spending a dime.
Learn more: Tame Mindless Animation and Display Effects, Make Menus More Mindful, Start Windows in Less Time, Eliminate unnecessary auto-start programs, Clean out your Temp folder, Start Windows Instantly (Almost), Put your PC to sleep, Sleep and Hibernate troubleshooting, Shut Down Windows Quickly, Start Applications Faster, Make Your Hardware Perform, Windows 7 Get Glass and more.
In this tutorial:
- Windows 7 Performance
- Trim the Fat
- Tame Mindless Animation and Display Effects
- Make Menus More Mindful
- Start Windows in Less Time
- Eliminate unnecessary auto-start programs
- Clean out your Temp folder
- Start Windows Instantly (Almost)
- Put your PC to sleep
- Sleep and Hibernate troubleshooting
- Shut Down Windows Quickly
- Start Applications Faster
- Make Your Hardware Perform
- Windows 7 Get Glass
- Maximize the Windows Performance Rating
- Improve Battery Life
- Manage IRQ Priority
- Overclock Your Processor
- Hard Disk
- A Defragmentation Crash Course
- Enable automatic boot defragments
- If in Doubt, Throw It Out
- Optimize Virtual Memory and Cache Settings
- Part 1: Virtual memory settings
- Part 2: Defragment the paging file
- Part 3: Clear the paging file on shutdown
- Part 4: Advanced settings for the adventurous
- Choose the Right Filesystem
- Convert your drives to NTFS
- Advanced NTFS Settings
- Transfer Windows to Another Hard Disk
- What to look for in a new hard disk
- Work with Partitions
- The Disk Management nickel tour
- Create and delete partitions
- Resize and move partitions
- Alternatives to Disk Management
- Different ways to mount a volume
