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Hacks for Windows How to improve your Windows experience

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Hacks  for  Windows  How  to  improve  your  Windows  experience    

Reasons  why  your  computers  slows  down  

•  Bad  users’  habits  •  Other  reasons  due  to  system  

configuration  

Bad  users’  habits  

a.   Too  many  files  and    

       folders  

b.   Installing/uninstalling    

       programs  too    often  

c.   Too  many  auto  starting    

     programs  

Bad  users’  habits    Too  many  filers  and  folders    Windows  needs  at  least  15%  of  free  disk  space.    On  the  right  you  can  see  a  positive  example  of  hard  drive  space  management.      Here  you  can  see  two  hard  disks  (C:  and  D:),  but  in  your  case  you’ll  mostly  have  one  hard  drive  only    (C:).    Things  get  tricky  when  that  bar  is  full  or  almost  full.  To  check  you’re  using  less  than  15%  you  only  need  to  divide  the  used  space  by  the  total  disk  space    

Bad  users’  habits    

Too  many  auto  starting  programs        They  use  too  much  RAM  memory,  so  that  nothing  is  left  for  other  applications  or  files.    They  are  displayed  in  System  Configuration,  that  can  be  opened  by  entering  msconfig  in  Start/Search.    Go  to  Startup  tab  and  try  to  slash  this  list  to  the  minimum,  leaving  Microsoft  services  alone.      In  the  example,  the  deselected  programs  aren’t  necessary  for  Windows  to  function,  so  I  disabled  them  to  save  RAM  memory.  

System  configuration  problems  

Outdated  or  insufficient  

hardware  

System  Configuration  problems    

Outdated  /  insufficient  hardware    •  Microsoft  determines  the  

minimum  requirements  necessary  to  run    a  specific  Windows  version,to  know  them  go  to  www.microsoft.com  

 •  Even  though  you  meet  the  

requirement  that  can  not  be  enough.  For  example,  a  gaming  PC  will  need  at  least  16  GB  RAM  memory  and  two  video  cards,  but  the  minimum  necessary  to  install  Windows  7  is  1  GB  RAM  and  20  GB  hard  drive  disk  space.    

Solutions    

•  Windows  tools  

•  Third-­‐party  tools  

Windows  tools    

•  System  Configuration    

•  Disk  Cleanup  Utility  

•  Windows  Experience  

Index  

System  Configuration  

I  already  showed  you  an  example  before    

Windows  Experience  Index    

 Assigns  the  system  an  overall  score,  ranging  from  1.0  to  7.9,  determined    by  individual  scores  for  each  hardware  category.  Shows  what  hardware  component  needs  to  be  upgraded.  In  this  example  it’s  the  video  card,  because  it  scores  3.0  (half  the  other  components).    Windows  Experience  Index  -­‐  Does  Windows  play  bingo?  for  more  details.      

Disk  Cleanup  Utility      This  built-­‐in  Windows  functionality  is  used  to  delete  temporary  files.  To  use  it  you'll  need  to  right-­‐click  the  volume  where  Windows  is  installed  and  select  Properties  and  then  choose  Disk  Cleanup  (you  can  also  access  it  by  entering  cleanmgr.exe  in  Start/Search).    The  utility  calculates  how  much  space  can  be  freed.    At  this  point  you  can  click  OK  and  proceed  cleaning  up  the  selected  files.  If  you  need  more  space  you  can  click  Cleanup  System  Files  to  select  temporary  system  files  that  can  be  deleted    

Third-­‐party  tools  

•  CCleaner  

•  WinPatrol  

CCleaner    

It  can  remove  unnecessary  files    and  

orphaned  entries  and  allows  users  to  

backup  the  Registry  before  making  any  

changes.  I  warmly  recommend  to  do  

so,  as  it  allows  to  revert  your  changes  

in  case  of  problems.      Available  from    https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner      

WinPatrol    

Monitors  auto-­‐starting  programs  and  

is  available  for  free    at  

www.winpatrol.com  

 Every  time  a  program  tries  to  register  

itself  at  startup,    the  software  will  ask  

you  for  a    confirmation