Tweaks how to speed up your PC

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1. Processor scheduling should be set to background services and not Programs. Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced Performance Settings Advanced Tab Background Services 2. Visual effects should be set to a minimum. Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced Performance Settings Visual Effects Tab Adjust for best performance 3. Switch Off Desktop Background Image Right Click Desktop Properties Desktop Tab Background None 4. Disable Screen Saver Right Click Desktop Properties Screen Saver None 5. Disable Fast User Switching Start Settings Control Panel User Accounts Change the way users log on or off Untick Use Fast User Switching 6. Switch Off Power Schemes Start Settings Control Panel POWER OPTIONS Always On Turn off monitor and turn off hard discs to Never 7. Switch Off Hibernation Start Settings Control Panel Power Options Hibernate Untick Hibernation 8. Activate DMA on Hard Discs/CD ROMS Start Settings Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers Right Click Primary IDE channel and Secondary IDE channel Properties Advanced Settings Tab Tra 9. Disable System Sounds Start Settings Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices Sounds Tab Sound Scheme to None. 10. Do Not Map Through Soundcard Start Settings Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices Hardware Tab (highlight your soundcard from the list) Properties Audio Devices (highlight your soundcard from the list) Properti 11. Disable System Restore Start Settings Control Panel System System Restore Tab. Tick the "Turn off System Restore on all Drives" 12. Disable Automatic Updates Start Settings Control Panel System Automatic Updates Turn off automatic updating. I want to update my computer manually 13. Startup and Recovery Options Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced Startup and Recovery Settings Untick Automatically Restart 14. Disable Error Reporting Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced Error Reporting Disable Error Reporting 15. Disable Remote Assistance Start Settings Control Panel System Remote Untick Allow remote assistance invitations to be sent from this computer 16. Fix Swap File (Virtual Memory) Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced Performance Settings Advanced Virtual Memory Change Custom Size. Set initial and maximum size to the same value 17. Speed Up Menus Start Run Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control Panel Desktop Folder. Set MenuShowDelay to 1 18. Disable Offline Files Start Settings Control Panel Folder Options Offline Files Untick "Enable Offline Files" 19. Disable Remote Desktop Start Settings Control Panel System Remote Untick "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" 20. Disable Internet Synchronise Time Start Settings Control Panel Date and Time Internet Time Untick "Automatically synchronize with internet time server" 21. Disable Hide Inactive Icons Start Settings Taskbar and Start Menu Taskbar TAB Uncheck "Hide Inactive Icons" 22. Disable Automatic Desktop Cleanup Wizard Start Settings Control Panel Display Desktop Customise Desktop Untick "Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days" 23. Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS File Systems Only) Start Run regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Control Filesystem. Add a new DWORD value - "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" and set value to 1. 24. Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips Start Run regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Advanced. Create a new DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips and set to 0. 25. Disable CDROM Autoplay Start Run regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services Cdrom. Set autorun to 0. 26. Disable Disc Indexing Service Right Click Start Explorer Right Click Each Disc Properties Untick "Allow Indexing Service to index this disc for fast file searching" 27.Restart YOUR pc...enjoy!!! * Go to: StartRunType "msconfig"(without the quotes) * Go to the Startup Tab * Uncheck any processes you don't use at startup(e.x. Quicktime, AIM, MSN) * Click Apply then Restart 1. Open the Control Panel 2. Double-click on the Security Center icon 3. Click on the option "Change the way Security Center alerts me" 4. Uncheck the alert settings boxes you wish and click Ok