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Optimize Windows Performance—Helpful Ways to Optimize Windows Performance
Dec 17th
Although your computer is working very well for you at present, it is necessary for you to learn some ways to optimize window performance. In this article, I would like to share some methods to change Windows default settings so as to optimize computer performance.
Disable Script Debugging.
When Internet Explorer has encountered script errors in the pages, it will report this error. Unless you are debugging the programs, it is impossible to rectify errors even you have known its specific reasons. Therefore, for most users, such function is rather good for nothing. You can forbid it for sure. Open Internet Explorer and choose “Tools” > “Internet Options” > “Advanced”. In this tab, scroll downward the list and find “Browsing” and tick “Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)”.
Refuse grouping similar taskbar.
Although Windows has provided such function to lessen the number of open windows, it is inconvenient to open many windows of same kind at a time. For example, when you are using certain communication software, if there are more than two friends chatting with you, it is rather fussy to do that. Because every time when you want to switch, you have to click the group and choose the friend, what is worse, the displaying icons are the same. If there are too many friends chatting at the same time, you may need to click one by one. In this regard, you had better just restore the previous state.
Clicking “Start” > “Control Panel” > “Appearance and Themes” > “Taskbar and Start Menu”, in the “Taskbar” tab, cross out “Group similar taskbar buttons”. You can improve computer performance a lot by doing this.
Optimize program running.
Every running program has its own preferential order because all the programs have to take up processors resources. Normally, there are thirty-one preferential ranks in the computer. The kernel of system takes up the highest ranks which can guarantee the stability of system while the ordinary applications are put in the back ranks. As a matter of fact, you can adjust the preference of your own applications. In the “Windows Task Manager”, click “Process” and choose an application and then right-click it. In the popping up shortcut menu, you can choose the grades in the “Set Priority”. There are six grades: Real-time, High, Above Normal, Normal, Below Normal and Low. You can adjust the application higher or lower as you like. If you do not know the specific process of certain application, you can click “Application” tab and right-click a task and choose to switch to process. Then, you may find the detail of this application.
Close down system report.
When system goes crash, hard disk is creaking disturbingly because it is reading DUMP file which will be sent back to Microsoft. It is completely useless for the computer. Right-click “My Computer” and choose “Properties” > “Advanced” > “Startup and Recovery” > “Settings”, in the “System failure”, cross out “Write an event to the system log” and “Send an administrative alert” except “Automatically restart”.
In order to optimize Windows performance, it is advisable for you to adjust the default Windows settings because many are really good for nothing.
Windows Performance—the Knowledge You should Know about Computer Performance
Dec 4th
Since you have using computer for a long time, it is unavoidable that your Windows system performance is reduced gradually. Even it is difficult to find at the very beginning, the problems are piling day by day. At last, you have to face that it takes longer and longer time to open files or visit websites.
Well, you can learn the main causes that influence windows performance in this article. I am sure you will know how to improve computer performance after reading it.
Lack of sufficient memory
Windows operating systems is boasting with multi-linearity and multitasks. System can perform time-sharing operation by using CPU. However, as a coin has two sides, you have to face a problem that multitask requires rigorously for high computer performance. Even word software can expense about sixteen MB memories, let alone certain big software.
At that moment, system will use hard disk space as virtual memory automatically in order to run programs and restore swap and various temporary files. Since hard disk is mechanical fabric while memory is electronic, there are several orders of magnitude between the two running speed. Although system can use hard disk as virtual memory to release memory shortage burden, it can drag the program running speed obviously.
So, you can set virtual memory by hand so as to solve this problem. You can set virtual memory as three time as that of physical memory. You can set it in the “Control Panel”—“Performance and Maintenance”—“System”—“Virtual Memory”.
Low disk space
Although Windows has many advantages, it is undeniable that Windows are incapable of managing files clearly. Sometimes you even do not know these files are good for system or not. Therefore, files in Windows directory are becoming more and more and its capacity is increasingly bulky. What is more, all the temporary and swap files produced by system can diminish hard disk available space. When the space has been narrowed to certain degree, those swap and temporary files can not find enough available space to restore which cause system to run inefficiently.
Besides, since you restore or delete various kinds of software in the hard disks frequently, the disk available space have been scattered separately. Because system does not often restore files in order, it may lead to frequent move between disk head and disk when system is restoring and reading files. This is the main reasons that slow down system running speed.
You are supposed to delete those temporary and swap files in the computer manually. You can find these files mainly in the C systematic disk where hides a large number of useless files.
Too many partitions
If your Windows has not updated qualifiedly but you have defined too many partitions, it can slow down computer startup. Therefore, it is better for you not to set excessive partitions as updating. Windows has to load every partition. As partitions are increasing, it takes longer and longer time to load them completely. Therefore, you should know how to set partitions properly.
Definitely, every user hope the Windows performance always keeps in good state. But if you do not do anything to improve computer performance, it is just dream for you. You really need to do it.