How to speed up Windows 7? That question is often raised by those just upgrading their Windows XP or Vista  to Windows 7. Well, the very basic requirement for this is you need to have a computer with a minimum of 2GB of memory and a Pentium dual core processor, though based on my personal experience Windows 7 can run on a 512 Mb memory . I tried it the other day to install Windows 7 on my old Acer Aspire 4315 with a 512 RAM  and Pentium Celeron proccessor and was surprised to find out the newest Windows can run quite smoothly though not fast enough.

You can  increase  your Windows 7 speed by among other things modifying  regedit settings, startup settings, and other gpedit settings.

NOTE: if you’re still a beginner and not familiar with modifying Windows registry, it’s highy recommended that you first  backup your original registry before you perform the following steps.

How to backup Windows 7 Registry?

  1. Click [Start] then type [regedit] in the search box
  2. From the windows registry click [Computer] (located on  top window)
  3. After that, click [File] and select [Export]
  4. Save your registry in a folder
  5. Click [Save] and close the regedit window.

How to speed up windows 7 boot?

  1. Click [Start] then type [msconfig] on the Search box and press [Enter]
  2. Select and click the [Boot] tab
  3. Click the [Advanced Options ...]
  4. In the window [Advanced Boot options] check [Number of proccessors] and select two or four from the  dropdown menu (The option is only available for computer running  dual-core processor or quad-core processor).
  5. Done

Speed up  the Taskbar Thumbnail Preview

  1. Click [Start] then type [regedit] in the search box.
  2. After the window open regedit, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelMouse
  3. Double-click on [MouseHoverTime] and change the value to 100 or smaller
  4. Click [Ok], then close the regedit window.
  5. Now, the thumbnail previews will appear faster

Speed up Windows 7 shutdown

  1. Open the registry editor by typing [regedit] in the search box and press [Enter]
  2. Go to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl]
  3. Double click on [WaitToKillServiceTimeOut] registry key
  4. The default value is usually 12 000 which is equivalent to 12 seconds. Change its value to  between 5000-7000.

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