Tweak Windows 7 Performance

Subset of Black Vipers awesome tips!

Remove/Disable following to improve Win7 performance:

1) Restore and Windows Search (Indexing) Features

Get rid of System Restore and file versioning. Where do you find it?

With the default Category Control Panel:

1. Head to Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Select System and Security
4. Select System
5. Select System Protection (on the left side)
6. Select the Continue button (if UAC is active)
7. Select System Protection Tab (should be there already)
8. Select a hard drive listed under "Protection" that has "On" in the column
9. Select the Configure button
10. Select the "Turn off system protection" radio button
11. Drag the "Max Usage" slider all the way to the left to 1%
12. Select the Delete button if you wish to get rid of the current backups (not a wise idea if you are wanting to keep System Restore active)
13. Select the Ok button to apply the settings (you may get several warning dialogs that you have too little space allocated or that you are deleting old restore points.

You can now disable the Windows Search Feature:

With the default Category Control Panel:

1. Head to Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Select Programs
4. Select under Programs and Features "Turn Windows Features on or off"
5. Scroll down to Windows Search and uncheck it
6. Select the Ok button to close the panel

Number Three: Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop

Remove Remote Assistance and ensure Remote Desktop is disabled.

Take Note: Remote Desktop is not available on Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic or Home Premium, so the option will not be there.

Where do you find it?

With the default Category Control Panel:

1. Head to Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Select System and Security
4. Select System
5. Select Remote settings (on the left side)
6. Select the Continue button (if UAC is active)
7. Uncheck "Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer " option
8. Ensure "Don’t allow connections to this computer" option is checked
9. Select the Ok button to apply the settings

Number Four: Aero (Themes)

Reduce the overhead associated with Windows 7 new Theme. As a side note, the new Aero is a big reason to upgrade to Windows 7 and I really enjoy the new look. However, if you are using an older system that does not meet the recommended requirements to run the Aero Glass engine or have a system that does not have Windows 7 certified driver support, disable the themes to make it look like Windows 2000/XP (with its new theme disabled) and save the memory.

Also, in order to get back Aero Themes selection (after performing these steps, they will be grayed out of selection), you will have to reverse (enable) the features and reboot.

With the default Category Control Panel:

1. Head to Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Select Appearance and Personalization
4. Select Personalization
5. Select Theme
6. Under Basic and High Contrast Themes, select "Windows Classic"

Fine tune visual performance options:

With the default Category Control Panel:

1. Head to Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Select System and Security
4. Select System
5. Select Advanced system settings (on the left side)
6. select Advanced tab
7. Select Settings button under Performance
8. Select "Adjust for best performance."
9. Select the Ok button

In order to shrink up the task bar to be only "one line", you will need to check another box located here:

1. Right click the taskbar where there is nothing at
2. Select Properties
3. Taskbar tab
4. Check "Use small icons"

After that, Disable and Stop the Themes service.

With the default Category Control Panel:

1. Head to Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Select System and Security
4. Select Administrative Tools
5. Select Services
6. Select "Themes" service (Double Click)
7. Select General Tab
8. In the Startup type: select "Disabled"
9. In the Service status area: select "Stop"
10. Select the Ok button to close the panel

You may also want to disable the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager Service

1. Head to Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Select System and Security
4. Select Administrative Tools
5. Select Services
6. Select "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager" service (Double Click)
7. Select General Tab
8. In the Startup type: select "Disabled"
9. In the Service status area: select "Stop"
10. Select the Ok button to close the panel

Rebooting is not required as each action performed above is applied at the time it is finished.

Number Seven: Add/Remove Programs remove unnecessary apps

UnInstall Avast,

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Run Disk Cleanup

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