Windows has detected low system performance. Tweaking the Registry to Optimize Your System Performance

Hello friends!

Today I will tell you how to increase the performance (speed up) of a computer using the example of some settings (optimization) of the Windows 7 operating system. I have been working on my computer for four years now, and by today’s standards it is certainly outdated. Therefore, you have to deal with various Windows settings, disabling unnecessary components of this operating system.

In this article I will talk about the basic actions that will significantly speed up the operation of a computer running Windows 7. I will also say a few words about a wonderful utility called “TuneUp Utilities,” which I have been using for several years now, and which significantly optimizes the operation of the Windows 7 operating system and speeds up your computer.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that it is not necessary to perform all the steps presented below. Some settings may not be suitable for your daily tasks, and stopping some services may cause various problems. Therefore, before you disable and configure anything, make sure that this action will not entail any restrictions.

However, disabling just a few unnecessary features, or changing any settings, can help you significantly speed up the boot and operation of Windows 7.

I also draw your attention to the fact that noticeable improvements in the speed of Windows 7 will only be clearly visible if you use “outdated” computers. If you have a new computer with great characteristics, then you most likely will not experience a big increase in performance.

We increase the performance (speed up) of the computer. Optimizing boot and speed of Windows 7

1. The very first and IMPORTANT advice will be an event related to cleaning the operating system from various garbage

Before you perform the steps below, Windows optimization and speed up your computer, remove all unnecessary programs (especially games) and files. Clear your desktop of shortcuts, files and folders, leaving only the essentials. The fact is that having a large number of any objects on the desktop is highly undesirable, since they consume a lot of system resources.

An ideal Windows operating system desktop should look something like this:

To remove unnecessary software and games, I recommend that you use some utility, for example, which I will talk about below. If you are not familiar with this program, be sure to read this article. TuneUp Utilities will help you not only correctly remove unnecessary software, but also clean the system of other junk, optimize Windows performance and speed up your computer.

Every time you turn on the computer, certain programs autoload, which are very often not needed there. For example, some programs add a module that monitors new updates and, when they appear, prompts us to download the updates.

We don’t always need this, and if you decide to speed up your computer, you need to remove the launch of such applications from startup.

To get to the program startup menu, click “Start” - “Run”.

In the window that appears, type “msconfig” in the line and click the “OK” button. After this, the “System Configuration” window will appear, in which there is a “Startup” tab.

If you do not have the “Run” item in the “Start” menu, then right-click on the Windows taskbar and select “Properties” in the context menu. In the window that appears, in the “Start Menu” tab, click the “Customize” button. In the window that opens, find the “Execute command” item and tick it, then apply the changes.

After you get to the program startup menu, uncheck the boxes next to unnecessary applications, and then apply the changes.

Some changes may require you to restart your computer for them to take effect.

I would like to note that you must leave the operating system, drivers and antivirus in startup; all other programs can be removed, but this is at your discretion.

After removing unnecessary programs from startup, the system will boot faster, in some cases the Windows boot speed will increase significantly.

3. Disabling unnecessary Windows services

One of the most effective ways to speed up your computer is to disable unused (unnecessary) operating system services. Windows OS has a huge number of services enabled by default, the operation of which requires a large amount of system resources. Many of them can be disabled without losing functionality or reducing system security. For example, if your computer does not have a printer, you can disable the corresponding services responsible for its operation. After all, we don't need them! Isn't it?

This event can significantly increase the performance of your OS! Be sure to pay attention to this.
To disable services, you can use the following method.

Launch all the applications that you use in your daily work, go to the “Services” tab (it is located in the “System Configuration” menu, next to the “Startup” tab, which I wrote about just above), find in the list the services that have “Status” has the status “Stopped”.

Then turn them off. Just be careful, some services may be necessary.

What services can be disabled to optimize Windows 7?

WWAN auto setup– if you do not have CDMA or GSM modules, this service can be safely disabled
Adaptive brightness adjustment - this service adjusts the screen brightness if there is a light sensor; if there is no such sensor, disable it.

Windows Firewall– designed to protect your computer. It is recommended to use third-party applications for these purposes (for example, Comodo, KIS, DrWEB, etc.).

Windows Defender– disable it, a completely unnecessary service!

Program Compatibility Assistant Service– this service can be disabled, only in case of incompatibility of programs you will need to manually set the parameters, which does not happen very often.

WinHTTP Web Proxy Automatic Discovery Service– can be turned off.

Diagnostic Policy Service- practically not needed.

Smart card– if you do not use such cards, then disable them.

Remote Registry– Be sure to turn it off for security reasons.

Security Center– reminds you of various events such as lack of antivirus, outdated updates, etc. – turn it off if you don’t want to see them.

The list, of course, was not particularly comprehensive; in fact, there are many more services that can be disabled. I would be grateful if you add to this list in the comments to this article.

In addition, among the standard services there will be additional services of third-party programs, which are installed on your PC, they can also be disabled.

4. Increase the swap file

The paging file is a space on your computer's hard drive where the system copies files that do not fit in RAM. The system accesses the swap file to quickly load data and constantly uses it. If this space is too small, the computer will slow down.

In order to increase the size of the paging file, go to the “Start” menu and click “Control Panel”, the view of which is best switched to “Small icons”.

Then select: System - Advanced system settings. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Options. In the "Performance Options" window that appears, in the "Advanced" tab, click the "Change..." button. The “Virtual Memory” window will appear, in which uncheck the “Automatically select paging file size” checkbox and specify the size manually for each disk (if there are several of them in the system).

It is advisable to indicate the same minimum and maximum sizes. It is advisable to choose a paging file size that is 2-4 times larger than the amount of RAM installed on the computer.

5. Changing visual effects

Windows 7 has an Aero interface, which consumes a significant amount of computer resources and, in some cases, slows it down.

By disabling Aero and other visual effects, you can achieve some improvement in computer performance.
Visual effects can be disabled in the “Performance Options” window, which I wrote about in the previous paragraph, in the “Visual Effects” tab.

There are three settings options here:

- provide the best view;

— ensure the best performance;

— special effects (completely manual settings).

Adjust these settings to your liking and apply the changes you make.

6. Disable indexing of hard drives

To do this, go to “My Computer” and select any hard drive. Right-click and click “Properties” in the menu that appears.

After this, a window will open in which you uncheck the “Allow the contents of files on this drive to be indexed in addition to file properties” and apply the changes.

7. Use ReadyBoost Technology

ReadyBoost technology, included in Windows 7, is designed to speed up your computer. As I noted above, if there is not enough RAM, the system uses the paging file, which is located on the hard disk (HDD). HDDs are mechanical, slow devices, ReadyBoost allows you to use USB flash drives or memory cards to store such temporary data.
To activate the above technology, connect a USB flash drive or memory card, go to the “Properties” menu of this device. In the “ReadyBoost” tab, set the required amount of memory and apply the changes.

All these simple measures will help you significantly optimize Windows and speed up your computer.

Here are a few more tips that will help you keep your computer in excellent condition, thanks to which it will work quickly, for a long time and will not let you down.

How to care for your computer?

1. Defragment your disk regularly. Over time, files on a computer's hard drive become fragmented (in simple words, they are written randomly across the surface of the disk), which reduces the speed of data retrieval.

The standard defragmenter is located among the utility programs (Start - Programs - Utilities - Disk Defragmenter). I recommend using this tool from time to time.

2. Occasionally clean your disks of accumulated unnecessary information. The standard Disk Cleanup program is also located in the Utilities section.

3. Clean the registry regularly. When you delete various files and applications, various garbage can accumulate in the Windows system registry, which reduces system performance. To clean the registry, you can use third-party software, for example, CCleaner (you can download it).

4. Once every six months, clean the internal elements of the system blog from accumulated dust.

This is especially true before the summer heat. If you do not clean your computer from dust, its elements will significantly overheat, which can lead to the computer freezing and even breaking its devices.

5. Use a high-quality antivirus program for your computer, for example.

In conclusion of this post, I want to say a few words about a cool program designed to increase the performance (acceleration) of a computer and keep it in excellent condition.

A program that I have been using for several years. It allows you to find problems in your computer and fix them. Everything that I wrote in this article about increasing computer performance is implemented in TuneUp Utilities.

This program is updated annually and today is called TuneUp Utilities 2012.

Here are its main functions:

- increasing computer performance;

— optimization of Internet connection;

— removal of programs;

— disk defragmentation;

— complete setup of the Windows operating system;

— cleaning and defragmenting the system registry;

— recovery of deleted files;

— customizing the appearance of the operating system;

— deleting files without the possibility of their recovery;

— setting hidden parameters of Windows OS and much more.

The functionality of TuneUp Utilities is very rich in various features!

If you have not yet tried TuneUp Utilities in action, then I recommend that you install this program and start using it, and then the performance (operating speed) of your system will always be at its best.

Unfortunately, this software is not free, but finding the program on the Internet is not a problem.

If you don’t know where to download programs, then I recommend that you read my article “”. You can find a lot of useful things on torrent trackers.

How to optimize your computer?

Very easy and simple! This guide will help you set up and optimize your computer, clean your computer from various junk, remove viruses and reliably protect your PC, speed up the operation and loading of Windows, get rid of errors and freezes, and much more...

That's all for me. I hope my post was useful to you. Love your computer, take care of it, optimize Windows performance and then he will delight you with impeccable and fast work.

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Discussion: 83 comments

Useful article, I didn’t know a lot, thank you :) Alexander, can you explain point 6 in more detail, why is this being done?

Nice recipes!

You can also use special programs, for example Auslogics Boot Speed - in it all these parameters are clearly organized into sections and configured in a few clicks without going into the internals of the system

Both TuneUp Utilities and Auslogics Boot Speed - this software is not free. And not cheap! TuneUp Utilities for 3 computers costs $65. Both programs cost about the same.

Well, there is also a FREE program like these: Advanced Sistem Care 7. I used it myself. Personally, she helped me)

The 2010 version of the program costs 50 euros, Sanya, how much does 2012 cost?

I use Auslogics BoostSpeed, I must say that TuneUp Utilities is quite good, I used the magazine version for a while without updating the program itself - everything suited me, then I started experimenting, tried other products 😀 ...

Thank you Sasha, the post is interesting - and for Kasperych I advise you to install Emsisoft Anti-Malware in addition.

There is another similar program called CCleaner. But TuneUp Utilities, according to your recommendation, looks even more functional, I’ll definitely use it on my XP system. And damn it, it’s time for me to get a new computer 😀

Doesn't Casper slow down your computer? I once tried to stage it, it was terrible. Now Doctor Web - I don’t notice it at all

As it were, Windows performs indexing in order to know where which file is located. Absolute analogy with search engines. Only if you disable indexing, the system will take longer to search for the file, since it will go through all the files. And if you turn it on, then Windows will periodically go through the system and “index” files... In principle, it does not create a special load, but maybe for me, I often use the search, since there are thousands of thousands of files on my computer that are always needed.. .

Although, they say that the first step in speeding up Windows is to disable search indexing... And often this is enough. 🙂

Thanks for the article - lately the laptop has started to slow down a lot

Victor Bochenkov, I also use the CCleaner program.

Alexander, thanks for the extensive post.

Svetlana, I can advise you to defragment your laptop. Only with the built-in tool. If you haven't done it yet, you'll be pleased with the results.

Volodya, what do you mean by built-in tool? I know. that defragmentation greatly speeds up the work of any computer, but I don’t have room for a regular built-in one. My daughter recently just reinstalled Windows on her laptop - it also helps a lot.

By the way, they asked about Kaspersky - as a regular user, I can say it doesn’t slow down - it was a very long time ago when it slowed down

Cool. But it's a pity for the PS only. I was thinking about buying myself a mac. 😈

Victor, Siklisha lags behind the program described above in many ways, CCleaner is a janitor (cleaning lady).

Alexander (AKart), if you install Kaspersky, then it’s better than 2010, the 2011 version took a long time to be finalized and now, to put it mildly, they don’t like it :)

Good, informative and voluminous article! Thanks for the recommendations - I'll definitely use them. Actually, lately I’ve been blocking something on my computer... I need to fix it 🙄

Today my desktop computer's power supply burned out (I HOPE it was the power supply and not the entire computer), today I switched to a netbook...oooh, horror!!! I will optimize according to the article. Although I know all this, I can still miss something. and here everything is before your eyes!

Alexander, another question: If the processor or mother burns out, would the computer react somehow when turned on? Now when I press the on button, I have zero emotions at all, which is why I blame the power supply...

Alexander Bobrin

ValeronVoronin I think that if the mother burns, there will be no signs of life. My blog was on fire, you press the power button - silence. One day my mother purchased a defective one, the computer turned on (the fans were running and the diode was glowing), but there was nothing on the screen and no sounds. And so, if one of the devices does not work, then there should be sounds. Most likely you have a nutrition blog, but I don’t exclude your mother as well - sign up later.

I have a license at work, I haven’t earned it at home yet, I download the keys on the website. And so he is not broken. There are simply broken versions, and there may be problems with them. But if you just download the keys to the license, then everything will be fine.

Yeah, tomorrow I’ll go to the store with the block, maybe they’ll check it so I don’t waste my money empty, then I’ll write. It’s also a pity to spend money on an antivirus software, but when I make money on the Internet, then I’ll buy it.

I don’t understand, on what website do you download the license keys? There you download the demo version for 30 days and that’s it, then it doesn’t seem to be updated? Or am I doing something stupid?

Sasha, sometimes kay lasts for months, sometimes not even a day goes by before it is cut off. It is best to download the archive of keys, there are about a thousand of them. 🙂

I've been using the license for a long time - no problems

I downloaded TuneUp Utilities 2012 in order to delete a folder (empty), which is restored every time after deletion after the system boots. I tried to remove it using the specified utility several times in different ways. It still recovers after a reboot. 🙁

INSTALL Unlocker 1.9 TO DELETE SUCH FOLDERS.

100% Unlocker 1.9 will not help. The same thing will happen as with TuneUp Utilities. This is probably a virus that fakes a system folder, and Windows restores it.

Alexander, please help me, now my games won’t start, what should I do, thanks in advance.

I don’t entirely agree with: “For example, if your computer does not have a printer, you can disable the corresponding services responsible for its operation. After all, we don't need them! Isn't that right? The fact is that a printer may appear, and a virtual printer - I sometimes use it. Also other services, for example, I turned off everything that I don’t use now, and in half a year I’ll buy and install something, but it will refuse to work and I don’t remember that I ever turned off any services (try to find which one else needs to be turned on) . It seems to me that the game is not worth the candle, which applies to services, in standby mode they consume very little memory and about zero processor resources, I dabbled with this - zero effect.

I not only disagree with point 4, it’s complete nonsense. Firstly, Windows by default has a virtual memory value of quite a decent size, and only once in ten years of working on a PC was this value not enough, but even then Windows simply suggests increasing the amount of memory and that’s all. Moreover, I suggest you conduct an experiment - disable virtual memory altogether; for me and my sister personally, this doubled the speed of the entire system. I started copying a movie from an old 80GB IDE disk at a speed of 70-30Mbits. Sata2 is a little higher. Just think about what virtual memory is and it will become clear to you that this is the worst evil from Microsoft. If you are interested in this topic, I can explain to you in more detail why.

I did everything point by point, I thought it would fly. Stupid as he was stupid ((

Please tell me, if I purchase a license for the tune up program, how many computers can I install it on?

I installed an agt3-25sat-64g solid-state hard drive, the system with a bunch of programs loads in 10 seconds. Installing windows 7 on the computer took 8 minutes. If you want your computer to work quickly, buy a 64 gig solid-state hard drive, install windu 7 on it and you will understand what speed is. Before switching to these drives, read reviews on the Internet; drives are now not expensive, less than 2 thousand; they are connected with a cable.

Thank you very much it helped a lot.

Excellent article, it mentions both autoloading and unnecessary services. If you don’t invest in hardware, then everything you need is indicated, and if you have a budget, I recommend buying an SSD; loading speeds will increase significantly.

Not bad! And everything is clear! But it’s only written for W7... no... it will be easier in XP... but still a useful article! If possible, I’ll post it on my website with a link to you!?

Interesting tips, I will need to increase my computer performance, I have Windows 7 Cokras, I will do everything as you do.

I think that in order to avoid various problems, for example, slow computer speed, you need to initially buy (and not spare money on it) a computer with good performance. A stingy man pays twice, that's how it is.

You don't need to buy an expensive one to have a productive computer. These are store myths. Previously, all programs worked normally on the Pentium 120.

I understand that now the demands on programs have become greater. But for office work you don't need a gaming PC with a $200 video card.

The main thing is at least 4GB of RAM, and spend less time on the Internet so as not to pick up viruses.

I was pleased with the fan; it hasn’t been cleaned for three years, no less.

Yes, cool, everything a programmer needs is practical and to the point.

Very good article.

The only thing I wouldn’t recommend is cleaning the radiator every six months.

This operation is very painful for the computer and any careless movement

may damage the processor. And it costs the most in the system unit.

Indexing by the way loads the processor by 30 percent when it starts

and this service starts even when you are not searching on the computer.

Considering that the processor is 100 percent, disabling indexing will greatly affect performance.

8 minutes is a lot, just catastrophically long for a computer.

My computer boots in half a minute.

thanks good advice helped

useful article, especially for noobs like me))) thanks to the Author

I wish I had read these tips earlier. Due to the fact that I did not know how to properly care for a computer, especially that it needs to be cleaned every six months, my laptop burned out after 3 years...

To make the computer work quickly, I just turned off autostart and disabled several services, the computer works fine. The main thing is not to clutter your computer with a large number of programs.

I did as you advised, but after a while the 0.5 GB removable disk stopped showing up when I connected it. Tell me what can be done? I'll keep an eye on the comments. Thank you.

Disabling unnecessary services in Windows requires a certain level of literacy, which the vast majority do not have. Moreover, this is an unsafe activity. I get out of this situation by taking screenshots of all services, like they are in your photo. This results in several screenshots. Then I disable some services that seem unnecessary to me and also take screenshots. In case of failure, I connect the services one by one, focusing on the screenshots.

In your mind, if you really need performance, then first you need to choose an OS. Windows itself is a braking system, no matter how you speed it up. For scientific calculations, Windows is not used anywhere: the ISS uses Linux. The best solution would be to install two operating systems on a computer to solve different problems.

Great guide! Really helped))) Thanks Friend

This article helped a lot!

Thanks a lot...

Very useful article, thank you very much.

I used your program, but it also has a minus - it also eats up productivity since it is constantly running. There is an alternative to Win.Tools.net

It cleans better, removes programs, startup and much more. After it, the computer flies. Best regards, Alexander

I haven't visited your blog for a long time. At one time, a couple of tips helped solve several problems, in particular, the HDD infection worked slowly, although time passes and most people change it to a fast SSD drive; they have now become more accessible))

I myself am the owner of a laptop, a useful thing in the household, but if you decide to do complex calculations, video editing or image rendering, modeling in Cinema 4D without a good video card is a lost cause. Personally, I bought mine in the summer of 2013, right at the height of the discounts, bought an MSI CX70 ONF-230RU, and in 2016 I decided to upgrade it, a crazy idea came to me, but it burned out. I assembled an MSI CX70 + GTX 1060 for myself and I will say that it became more comfortable to work in the above applications, and then I bought a high-quality 27" QHD monitor and the whole process began to sparkle with new colors. True, there are limitations, as you know in PC motherboards there is a slot for an x16 video card and I connected via x1. The data flow rate is greatly reduced, but even what is there is enough for the eyes, for a long time I did not believe that it would work. In a word, it turned out to be such a budget PC assembly from a laptop)))

Windows 7 is the most popular operating system from Microsoft. Many users love it for its clear interface, functionality and stability. However, over time, the system begins to produce errors one after another, and its speed decreases, which is why it is so important to know the reasons for these phenomena and ways to improve the performance of your computer.

How to tune Windows 7 for maximum performance

The Windows 7 operating system sooner or later begins to suffer from the weight of software that is installed during normal use. New software downloads can significantly slow down your computer's speed. It is recommended to remove any programs that you do not plan to use.

Antivirus scanners and disk cleaners typically start automatically when you turn on your computer and run in the background. Many users do not even know that they are running. And programs at this time lead to a slow startup of the PC and, if they were not closed after turning on the computer, a decrease in its performance.

Tweaking the Registry to Optimize Your System Performance

There are several ways to clean the registry to improve your computer's performance. Let's look at each of them.

Through performance parameters

Through folder options

Through service properties

What does the MSconfig command do?

The MSconfig command is a standard utility designed to manage startup programs and Windows startup. This program allows the user to customize the PC startup and remove unnecessary programs from startup. It can also be used to detect a virus if the computer has been infected with it.

Video: how to speed up Windows 7 using the MSconfig utility

Tuning Windows 7 for maximum performance using third-party programs

There are many utilities on the Internet to automatically clean your computer of temporary files and optimize its performance. Let's look at a few of them.

CCleaner

CCleaner is a widely used utility for cleaning temporary files, cache or personal data. The program has a wide functionality: from minor settings to complete removal of information from disks.

CCleaner's interface is simple and easy to use. Just go to the application and click the “Analyze” button for the program to start looking for temporary files that clog the system and which can be deleted.

You can also clear the cache using CCleaner.

When you open a website in a browser, all text and graphic information from that website is downloaded from the server and stored in the cache. Your computer remembers this information so that the site loads much faster in the future.

Frequently clearing your cache will free up space, but it will slow down your web browser because sites you frequently visit will reload from the servers.

Advanced SystemCare Free

Advanced SystemCare Free is a popular program for cleaning and optimizing your PC. It allows you to optimize startup items and clean your computer from unnecessary files and registry entries with one click.

The latest version of the program has improved cleaning of temporary files. In addition, the developers have added cleaning of installed driver packages, which allows you to free up disk space. Advanced SystemCare uses a built-in resource manager to show processes that are high on RAM, CPU, and disk resources, and then help you terminate them.

New features like FaceID and Surfing Protection & Ads-Removal provide a higher level of PC protection. FaceID automatically detects intruders who are secretly accessing your PC. Surfing Protection & Ads-Removal provides you with new, safe and free online surfing content.

Advanced SystemCare 10's Privacy Sweep, Spyware Removal, and Real-Time Protector tools help you remove more threats and fix more privacy issues.

Setting up the power supply

The type of power supply you choose affects the performance of your computer. When you use a high-performance power plan, you increase your computer's power consumption while still allowing it to operate at full capacity. However, the computer's performance will still depend on the work it does.

There are three types of power supply:

Balanced is the default power plan that balances battery conservation and computer performance. The mode automatically increases the speed of your processor or decreases it if your computer needs it;
High Performance is a power plan designed to maximize system performance and responsiveness. The mode does not reduce the speed of your processor even when the computer is not in use. When using a battery-powered laptop, you can use the high performance plan;
Energy saving is a mode that saves energy by reducing processor speed and screen brightness and allows you to maximize the operating time of your computer.

Lowering the screen brightness increases the life of your battery. To get more battery life out of your laptop, you can simply lower the screen brightness level manually.

To enable high performance mode:

How to find out your computer's performance

Video: How to find out your computer performance rating

There are many ways to improve your computer's performance. You can use both standard Windows utilities and special programs to clean and optimize the system. They do their job in minutes, but their use can significantly speed up the system. The main thing is to use proven methods and download programs from reliable sources.

It is possible to increase the speed of your computer by optimizing the operation of Windows 7. Many existing functions in Windows that affect the speed and performance of the PC are not used by ordinary users. Most people use the default settings, and they are not the best for PC performance. Below are the main ways to improve speed to improve your Windows 7 computer experience.

Optimizing visual effects

Task

Windows 7 has a lot of beautiful visual effects, which increases the load on components and reduces PC performance. This reduces the performance of the computer, especially if the hardware is not up-to-date.

Answer

It is necessary to turn off visual effects, leaving only standard ones. This will immediately increase the speed and performance of your computer. In Windows 7, you need to type in the Start window in the search "Visual Effects".

Next click on "Tuning System Presentation and Performance". In order to speed up the process, you need to activate the option "Provide the best performance".

Increase the clarity of font display;
Using types of displaying windows and buttons;
Connect desktop composition;
Show thumbnails instead of labels.

Then click “Ok” and reboot.

Check and debug the hard drive in Windows 7

Task

Data is transferred to the hard drive in parts to optimize disk space. As a result, the PC, when opening files, spends a significant amount of time searching for them, and if there are a large number of junk files, the process slows down even more.

Answer

It is necessary to periodically check for the presence and delete unnecessary files, and defragment the disk. At the first stage, you need to manually delete unnecessary data from the computer’s memory, for example, unused programs, old movies, music, etc. In order to delete applications, you must enter through “Start” in "Control Panel" and further in .

Next you need to perform defragmentation. You need to enter “My Computer”, in the context menu of the disk, select sequentially: “Properties” - “Service” - "Run defragmentation". Click on .

Cleaning the Startup directory

Task

Often, computer boot speed can be increased by simply getting rid of unnecessary programs in startup, for example, social network messaging services, updates for various programs, antivirus, etc. In fact, everything except the antivirus can be removed.

Answer

It is recommended to use the CCleaner application. It will help clean the registry and optimize startup speed. The application requires you to enter a bookmark. By clicking on “Turn off”, go through all the applications that you do not use regularly.

Cleaning the registry and RAM

Task

When you uninstall programs, “garbage” accumulates on your computer (program settings, links, unnecessary shortcuts, erroneous extensions). The optimal operation of RAM is affected by possible defects in its manufacture, incorrect operation of the power supply and changes in the network voltage.

Solution

Cleaning the registry is very easy using the CCleaner application. Analysis of RAM operation is performed using the built-in functions of Windows 7. In order to perform RAM analysis, you need to use the search bar through “Start”, where to type “Diagnostics of computer RAM problems”.

After this, a menu will be displayed where you need to click on the 1st diagnostic method.

The PC will reboot and begin analyzing the RAM. The process takes considerable time. After completing the process, the PC will reboot again and the user will have access to information about the analysis performed.

Connecting all processor cores

Task

To effectively increase computer performance, it is necessary to optimize Windows for multi-core processors.

Answer

You need to tell the OS to boot using the resources of all cores. Through “Start” - “All Programs” - “Accessories” - “Run” you need to type “msconfig” and click on “OK”.

In the menu that appears, enter - "Additional options...". Check mark "Number of processors"(to improve PC performance and speed, it is recommended to mark the maximum possible number). Click on "OK".

Disabling unused gadgets

Gadgets reduce PC performance. For maximum effect, it is recommended to disable them all.

Conclusion

The article discusses only the basic methods of increasing the speed and performance of a computer.

This topic is very extensive and it is impossible to cover it entirely in one publication, therefore additional methods for optimizing Windows 7 are described in a separate section.

It has long been no secret that performance in Windows 7 has been sacrificed for beautiful animation. In your article Speeding up Windows 7, as I understand it, there was an attempt to solve the problem from the technical side, that is, by changing the system settings of the operating system. It seems to me that you need to optimize Windows 7 first of all by disabling visual effects, and only then experimenting with the page file, the registry, and so on. Sergey.

Optimizing Windows 7

Optimization is the process of modifying a system to improve its efficiency. Wikipedia.

Without a doubt, the Aero interface places a large load on the performance of Windows 7, and disabling some settings that directly affect animation usually immediately results in a significant increase in speed in Windows 7. And of course optimization of Windows 7 you need to start by turning off some visual effects. But which ones? Personally, at my work, in Performance Options->Visual Effects, there is a checkmark in the Ensure the best best performance, why do I need beautiful animation and smooth fading in my workplace? Now, if only you could smoothly disappear from work without anyone noticing, but unfortunately there is no such setting in Windows 7. But at home my friends didn’t allow me to turn off the Aero interface in Windows 7: “It’s beautiful, Dad.”

Well, we've talked a little, let's get down to business. What I propose, personally, I have long found a golden mean for myself in the settings of visual effects, which our readers have repeatedly asked me about, and now I am sharing my experience.
I am sure that when you read the article to the end, you will turn off one third of the visual effects and be surprised, “Wow, I didn’t even know that all this was managed here.”

Start->Control Panel->System and Security->System->Advanced system settings->Performance->Options. Any visual effect can be disabled by unchecking it and clicking Apply.

1)Animation in the Start menu and pane whether tasks. This setting is responsible for the smooth appearance and fading of lists in the Start menu, as well as drop-down buttons on the Taskbar, for example, right-click on the Start menu and point it at the All Programs menu, then we can notice the effect of a smooth drop-out of the list of programs. Let's uncheck the item "Animation in the Start menu and taskbar" and do the same, as you can see in the illustration, the list of programs now does not appear smoothly, but quickly, it's up to you to put the checkbox back or not.

2)Animation of windows when minimizing and maximizing. The name speaks for itself. When opened, the window smoothly appears, and when closed, it seems to collapse. Let's open, for example, the window of the Computer system folder in the Control Panel, the effect is clearly noticeable, but now let's disable this setting and open it again, without a doubt the difference in the speed of the window's appearance will be noticeable.

3)Animated controls and elements inside the window. Responsible for the effect of smooth highlighting on buttons and scroll arrows in dialog boxes. For example, let’s open the Computer system folder again and move the mouse over the scroll arrow, we noticed the highlighting effect, now we’ll turn off this setting and do the same. It seems to me that this can be abandoned.

4) Enable Desktop Composition. Responsible for the transparency effect of each open window in Windows 7, as well as the Taskbar. Windows 7 has to store information about open windows in memory and show us their silhouette when we hover the mouse over a button in the lower right corner of the desktop called Minimize all windows. Many people believe that Windows 7 optimization, you need to start by disabling this effect and the performance increase will not go unnoticed.

5) Enable Aero Peek. In the lower right corner of the desktop, there is a button Collapse all windows; when you hover your mouse over it, you and I will observe this effect.

6) Enable eff transparency ect. If you disable this effect, the Windows 7 interface will lose a lot, the transparency effect will disappear in the windows, experiment, maybe your video card will pass this test, it’s worth it.
7) Smooth scrolling of lists. You can safely uncheck the box, the effect is not particularly noticeable.
8) Menu fades out after calling a command. Disable it, as it is quite difficult to notice the difference.
9) Using Display Stylestions for buttons and windows. If you disable this option, no one will distinguish the design of your operating system from Windows XP - with all visual effects disabled. If you, like me, can’t forget XP, you can also choose the classic theme. Right-click on the desktop, select personalization, then Basic Simplified Classic.

10) Casting shadows on desktop icons. Personally, I don’t see much difference whether there is a shadow behind the icons or not, you can turn it off
11) Show window contents when dragging, it seems to me that it’s better to display it, it won’t take up a lot of resources from you, as you can see in the second illustration, if you don’t display it, it won’t be very convenient.

12) Show shadows cast by windows. The screenshot shows a shadow with an arrow; if you are not happy with it, disable the setting.

13) Show thumbnails instead of icons. This visual effect consumes quite a lot of Windows 7 resources; if you disable it, folders will open noticeably faster. It displays all image files in Windows 7 Explorer in miniature, as well as video files and others. If you often deal with images, then using this effect is quite convenient, you can immediately notice the photo and drawing you need, but many people who work with video complained to me, the fact is that Windows 7 generates all the thumbnails of video files in File Explorer. in different ways, and sometimes a video file simply cannot be found in a folder with other types of files, it takes such bizarre forms. By the way, everything is visible in our illustrations. The black rectangles in the folder are our films, next to them are graphic images, and this is what they look like when the effect is turned off.

14) Display transparent selection rectangle. When selecting several files with the mouse, you can notice a rectangular area moving after it, which does not particularly affect performance.

15) Showing a shadow under the mouse pointer. It consumes virtually no computer resources.
16) Smooth out jagged screen fonts. The text on the screen with this visual effect turned off does not look very nice, let's leave it.

17) Sliding when expanding lists. The effect of smooth drop-out of lists is not particularly noticeable, but can be turned off.
18) Save taskbar thumbnail view. You can experiment, if you need to, you can leave it.
19) when accessing the menu. It consumes a lot of resources and our time too, it’s better to turn it off.
20)Fade or glide effects when prompts appear. What's better for you, a hint with an effect or just a quick hint? Turn it off.