But among those applications, only a few are needed which are essential for Windows startup. The unnecessary applications can slow down the Windows PC and should be disabled. Now a System Configuration window will open.
Click the Startup tab. Here you can disable the applications by unchecking them. You can clean your Hard Drives by deleting the unnecessary files to free disk space and help in making Windows 7 faster. You can clean drives using Disk Cleanup. Go to Start and in search bar type, Disk Cleanup , and then click Disk Cleanup displayed in the search items list.
Now a Disk Cleanup window will open where you have to select the drive for which you want to perform the disk cleanup. Select the files to delete and click OK button.
After that, click on Delete Files to perform the operation. This option when enabled may use a little bit more battery, but it will surely speed up Windows 7 performance. Navigate to Control Panel and then select Power Options under it. Under Power Options, click on Create a Power Plan option given at the left and choose High Performance option, as shown in the screenshot.
Error checking is done to check Windows for damaged files that slow down the drive access speed and thereby slow down the whole Windows speed. The below process may take several minutes or more to complete error checking. Head to particular Drive, Right-click on it and select Properties. Now select the Tools tab and click the Check now… button under Error-checking. Refer to the below screenshot.
The de-fragmentation method reduces the number of fragments in drives. PC Doctor includes many security, diagnostic, and troubleshooting tools, but my focus was on the program's Startup Booster. Initially, PC Doctor timed my test system's start at 57 seconds, which garnered a Good rating. The utility suggested that I disable several of the 85 startup items it identified.
The My Startup tab lists the PC's autostart apps and shows the number of seconds each requires to get going. According to my own unscientific timing, the test machine's starts were reduced from 72 seconds to 64 seconds. In the course of its optimization, PC Doctor knocked out the driver for the machine's Wacom tablet. The time it took to reinstall the tablet driver and restart the system likely wiped out any performance gain resulting from the optimization--not to mention the time the optimization itself required.
So I was left pondering once again whether the time lost by installing and running the optimizing utility will ever translate into time saved by faster Windows 7 starts and enhanced performance generally. Chances are it's a wash, but there is some comfort in knowing your software isn't slowing down your hardware unnecessarily. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.
How to start Windows 7 faster If Windows 7 takes more than a minute to start, it may have too many programs that open automatically with the operating system. Dennis O'Reilly. One would think no matter what you ran, the system would scream through it. That is not the case with my system: Windows 7 Ultimate bit boots in 51 seconds Low system performance while in low CPU and memory usage! The PC Doctor installer preselects the option to add the Maxthon browser, so uncheck the setting to prevent the unsolicited addition.
By moving to SSD, you can give your Windows 7 system renewed life -- and give yourself a whole new user experience. But SSDs can be expensive, so you need to be smart about how to use them in the most cost-effective way. This one is easy! When you're plugged in, configure Windows 7's power plans to favor performance over power savings. When you choose to use Windows 7' high performance power plan, you might increase the computer's performance in some but not all circumstances.
It really depends on the kind of work you're doing and how often you allow the computer to sit idle. For more about how these plans operate, see Evaluate the efficiency of Windows 7 power plan settings. If you're using a traditional spinning disk in your Windows 7 system, you can keep your system operating at peak efficiency by periodically defragmenting the hard drive. If, however, you've opted to go with SSD-based storage, don't do this.
First, you won't get any performance benefit and second, you'll significantly reduce the life of that expensive SSD. Disk defragmentation is scheduled to take place once per week, but you can change this by going to Start Accessories System Tools Disk Defragmenter Figure D.
In addition to changing the schedule, you can run an on-demand defrag from here. You can also run a defrag from the command line instead of from a GUI.
Bill Detwiler's video explains how. Windows 7's search is good, but it can also affect system performance. If you really need to run a tool at full tilt, you can disable indexing altogether.
Or you can tune the indexer to meet your specific needs , possibly reducing its overall impact on system performance. Perhaps you don't want to jump into the solid-state game right away but would like some of the benefit that can be had from flash-based storage. Note that if you're already using an SSD as your system drive, ReadyBoost won't be available, since there would be no performance gain.
ReadyBoost allows the system to make use of one of these speedy storage devices as a cache, improving overall performance of the system. The flash storage device that you choose to use for ReadyBoost should meet the following specifications set by Microsoft:. Here's another nice feature: If Windows doesn't think ReadyBoost will provide a performance gain, it will tell you and won't let you enable it.
However, Windows knows that the system disk is already fast enough, so ReadyBoost isn't available as an option. If you want to learn more about how to enable and configure ReadyBoost in your system, see Take a closer look at ReadyBoost features in Windows 7.
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