Ways to speed up Windows

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you can increase virtual memory of your machine by using free hard disk space.

right click on mycomputer

properties

advanced

in performance box  click on settings

click on advanced

in virtual memory boxyou can increase virtual memmory

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remove unwanted softwares from startup

1. Open Control Panel
2. Click on Performance and Maintenance
3. Click on System
4. Click on the System Restore tab
5. Tick ‘Turn off System Restore on All Drives’
6. Click ‘Ok’

1. Go to Start then Run
2. Type ‘Regedit’ then click ‘Ok’
3. Find “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop”
4. Select “MenuShowDelay”
5. Right click and select “Modify’
6. Reduce the number to around “100″

This is the delay time before a menu is opened. You can set it to “0″ but it can make windows really hard to use as menus will open if you just look at them - well move your mouse over them anyway. I tend to go for anywhere between 50-150 depending on my mood

(1) OF COURSE VIRTUAL MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS ARE STORED IN PAGEFILE.SYS WHICH IS LOCATED IN BOOT PARTITION, YOU CAN TRANSFER PAGEFILE.SYS TO EXTENDED DRIVE, IT IS VERY SIMPLE PROCESS, FIRST YOU HAVE TO DISABLE EXISTING ONE AND THEN  YOU HAVE TO RECREATE A NEW ONE, JUST SELECT THE DRIVE WHERE YOU WANT TO STORE PAGEFILE.SYS  FILE.  ITS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO MAKE YOUR WINDOWS MUCH FASTER, EVEN MOST OF THE HARDWARE ENGINEERS AWARE OF THIS TIP, BUT DON'T  USE IT.  


BUT HERE IS A TWIST ONE  MUST KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE VIRTUAL MEMORY, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON PHYSICAL RAM CAPACITY AND IT DOES DIFFER FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER SYSTEM.  WHEN IT COMES TO XP IT SIMPLY EATS UP SOME AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL RAM MEMORY, BUT LATER OPERATING SYSTEMS LIKE WINDOWS VISTA AND WINDOWS, YOU WILL FIND THERE IS NO WASTAGE IN PHYSICAL RAM.  CHECK IT OUT!!


 (2) UNNECESSARY SERVICES CAN BE DISABLED, ITS A LONG LIST CANNOT BE EXPLAINED, IT IS BETTER TO GET IT CONFIGURED BY CERTIFIED HARDWARE ENGINEER, BECAUSE DISABLING SOME SERVICES MAY STOP WORKING, SOME IMPORTANT ROLES WHICH YOU CANNOT SEE AT A GLANCE.  MOREOVER THERE ARE SOME PARENT SERVICES WHICH ARE FOLLOWED BY ITS DEPENDENCIES.


(3) THE ABOVE REGISTRY TIPS ARE WORTH TRYING, IT IS BETTER TO HAVE A BACKUP OF EACH HIVE, SO THAT EVEN A SYSTEM FACES A SERIOUS GLITCH, CAN BE RESTORED JUST BY HITTING SAVED HIVE FILE IN YOUR SYSTEM.