Ultimate Guide to make Windows 7 Super Fast

In Windows 7 is the best OS after Windows XP for Personal Computers. But in this new Update of OS have many Eye Candy effect which can lead to Slow down your system Speed after some Time, So in this tutorial I am going to give you The Best Tips to makes Your Windows 7 Ultimately Fast.


In this tutorial we are going to attend the following steps:

• Disabling of Unwanted Visual Effects.
• Tuning off Useless Features.
• Disabling of Sidebar.
• Disabling of Aero Peek and Aero Snap. (Optional)
• Disabling of Aero Theme.
• Disabling of User account control (UAC) Feature.
• Changing of Power Plan To Maximum Performance.
• Disabling of Unwanted Start Up Items.
• Disabling of Search Indexing Feature.
• and more...

Disabling of Unwanted Visual Effects.

• Right click on "Computer" and select "Properties".
• Click on "Advanced System Settings" to open the "System Properties" Diagoal box.
• Select the "Advanced" tab from it. Then Under "Performance" click "Settings". Choose "Custom:" Options.
• Now uncheck all the options (Choose “Adjust for best performance“) and select only the last 4 options (actually 3 are preferable, you may un-check the second option out of the last four).As shown in screen shot below.

Tuning off Useless Features.

• Open "Programs and Features" from Control Panel.
• Click on "Turn Windows features on or off" from the left pane.
• Now un-check all the Feature that you don’t use and then restart your system for the changes to take effect.

Disabling of Sidebar

• Right click on the sidebar and choose "Properties".
• On the properties dialoug uncheck the check box showing "Start sidebar when Windows Starts"

Disabling of Aero Peek and Aero Snap. (Optional)

• Open "Control Panel" and double-click on "Ease of Access Center".
• Click on "Make it easier to focus on tasks" presented at the bottom.
• Now uncheck the checked box saying "Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen".
• Right click on taskbar and select "Properties".
• Now uncheck "Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop" option.

Disable the Aero Theme.

• Right Click on Desktop and select "Personalize" click on Window Color Tab.
• Uncheck the Box saying "Enable Transparency" and then click on "Open classic appearance properties for more color options".

Disable the User account control (UAC) Feature.

• From the Control Panel open the "User Accounts and Family Safety" >User Account.
• Click the User Account Control settings link.
• Now just Drag the Slider towards "Never Notify".

Changing of Power Plan To Maximum Performance.

• Click on "Power Options" in the Control panel.
• Click the down arrow showing "Show Additional Plans".
• Now activate the "High Performance" option.

Disabling of Unwanted Start Up Items. 

• Type "msconfig" in "RUN" box and hit Enter key to open System Configuration Utility.
• Now open "StartUp" tab.
• Now Uncheck the option which not needed.

Disabling of Search Indexing Feature.

• Right Click the "Computer" and select "Manage".
• Click "Services and Applications" in the “Computer Management” window.
• Click on "Services".
• Find "Windows Search" from the list.
• Right Click on it and choose "Properties".
• The "Windows Search Properties Window" will open. From "Startup type" choose "Disabled" option.

Disabling the Unwanted Services.

There are many services in windows 7 that we don’t depend on for our daily use. so it is recommended to Disable them.

Open "Services" list by providing "services.msc" command in "RUN" box.

• Application Experience
• Computer Browser (If your PC does not connect to any network)
• Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (If you don’t want aero effects)
• Diagnostic Policy Service
• Distributed Link Tracking Client
• IP Helper
• Offline Files
• Portable Device Enumerator Service
• Print Spooler (If you do not use Printer)
• Protected Storage
• Remote Registry 
• Secondary Logon
• Security Center
• Server (If your computer do not connect with any network)
• Tablet PC Input Service
• TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
• Themes (classic theme will be applied)(optional)
• Windows Error Reporting Service
• Windows Media Center Service Launcher
• Windows Search (If you rarely use Windows Search feature )
• Windows Time 

NOTE: Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it, so that whenever Windows needs to start a service it can easily start it, Inspite of showing any error message.

Setup the Windows 7 Ready Boost Service.

To configure the Ready Boost Feature in Windows 7 you need to have a high speed USB Flash Drive with you which is ready boost compatible.

• Plugging your USB Drive, open "Computer" > Right-click the on USB Drive > select "Ready Boost" tab > Check the box "Use this device".

Disable Unwanted System Sounds.

• Type "mmsys.cpl" in "RUN" Start Menu and press Enter.
• Upon to the "Sounds" tab.
• From under "Sound Scheme:" select "No Sounds" > Click "OK".

Disable the Thumbnail Preview Feature.

• Open "Computer" >click on the "Organize" drop-down menu and select the "Folder and Search options"
• Under "Files and Folders" section, go to the "View" tab and check the box showing "Always show icons, never thumbnails" checkbox.

Tips.

• Install only necessary software
• Use the latest device drivers
• Keep your Windows up-to-date

After following all the above mentioned points, you'll definitely notice major improvements in your System.