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20-October-09, 11:44 AM
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| PcApEX's PuNK ROckER  |  7 Tweaks For Windows 7 Its been a while since i have written any guides. With the release of windows 7 in two days i figured i better get a tweak guide up! 1. Turn On "Best Performance" Start >> Control Panel >> System and Security >> System >> Advanced system >> Settings (button) and then choose "adjust for best performance" This will kill all the visual effects, but things will run faster. 2. Turn Of User Access Control (UAC) Start >> Control Panel >> User Accounts and Family Safety >> User Accounts >> Change User Account Control setting >> Set slider to Never Notify although not as annoying as vista, it still prompts you. 3. Turn off System Restore. Start >> Control Panel >> System and Security >> System >> System Protection >> Configure (button) >> Turn off System Protection. Some people will want this option, but this does take resources. 4. Turn Off un-needed Services. Windows 7 Service Configurations by Black Viper Above is an awesome site dedicated to tweaking windows services. 5. Disable IPv6 Start >> type Regedit then go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\TCPIP6\Parameters Create a new dword value (32bit) called: DisabledComponents For the value put in: ff What this will do is disable Ipv6, which for some people will cause programs not to work. 6. Turn off Un-needed programs at statup Start >> type Msconfig >> Startup (tab) and then deselect any programs you dont need to start with windows. 7. Speed up Internet Explorer 8 Start >> type Regedit then go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings Create a new dword value (32bit) called: MaxConnectionsPerServer For the value put in: a Create a new dword value (32bit) called: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server For the value put in: a This will allow more connections at a time and will speed up browsing | |
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