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    How to Optimize Windows 7

    The reception of the new Windows users has been quite good. It is more stable, faster and with unprecedented functions we discover little by little. And over them we have compiled the most useful.

    Optimizing Windows 7

    Tips 1. Official drivers installed

    One of the great advantages with regard to Windows 7 is a recognition and support of a large amount of software. The equipment used to produce this cover story was not necessary to install any additional driver to function properly. But one thing is that the devices are able to work and quite another to do so in the most optimal way possible. And this requires, no doubt, install the latest drivers available for each of the components of our system. If we have the technical characteristics of such, can access the website of each manufacturer to download the latest driver needed for Windows 7 and install it.




    However, many users are unaware of these data. If you want to save you headaches download the free program DriverMax and install (you need to open an account also free). Clicking Check for driver updates online, the application will check each of the components installed on your PC and access the DriverMax Web site for details and identify those that need to be updated. Pressing the record button you can download and install each of them.

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    Re: Optimizing Windows 7

    Trick 2. Changes the paging file

    By default, the file using Windows 7 for paging and relieve to some extent the access and use of main memory is located on the same partition where the operating system is installed (typically C: \). If you want to improve your use of the Windows paging file, it is considered good practice to put it in another partition belonging to a different physical hard disk in case you have more than one. If this is your case, go to Start / Control Panel / System and click Advanced system settings. In the Advanced tab, click Settings in the Performance section. In the new window, select the Advanced tab and click Change. Uncheck Automatically manage ..., select C: and brand No paging file. Then choose the partition where you want to locate the file, choose System managed size, accepts all the changes and restart Windows finally.


    Tip 3. Less resources for the interface

    If you're running Windows 7 on a computer is not too strong, it may be interesting to sacrifice a beautiful and attractive visual interface with a more functional than consumes almost no resources. This comes back to Start / Control Panel / System and enters the Advanced System Settings. In the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the Performance section. Inside the Visual Effects tab of the new window, enable the Adjust for best performance or, if you do not want to take a drastic solution, uncheck all those boxes with Aero features turned on and you want to do without them. It's only implement and accept all the changes.

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    Re: Optimizing Windows 7

    Tip 4. Deletes programs and temporary

    To conclude this section we give some small tips to free hard disk space and uninstall programs more efficiently. In the first case, it is advisable to carry out periodic cleaning of all files and folders that are in the directory C: \ Windows \ Temp. Get the same with Administrator permissions, select all the files and, finally, delete them permanently from the system using the key combination Shift + Delete.

    In the second case, using the Windows tool to uninstall programs or those including the applications themselves usually will be some traces in the system. To avoid this, a small free program like Revo Uninstaller can be helpful by implementing their own uninstall routines and the elimination of any trace of the application in question the system registry and your temp files.

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