How to Make Windows 7 Run Faster : Easily and Quickly

Microsoft's Windows 7 is one of the most brilliant operating system ever made. Windows 7 is an improved operating system, but many people still complain that their system works slower and slower day by day and people are trying really hard for it to run faster, luckily there are some tricks to make windows 7 run faster. First you need to know hardware requirements of Windows 7.

The official requirements for Windows 7 are:

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB RAM (32-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

If your system fulfills all these requirements but still runs slow you should optimize your Windows 7. Follow the following steps to make windows 7 faster.

Disable Windows 7 Aero

• Right click on the desktop and select "Personalize" and click "Window Color"
• Uncheck the 'Enable Transparency' option box
• Click on 'Open classic appearance properties for more color options'
• Choose a Standard theme from the popup.

Disable Unwanted Programs

There are several unwanted programs working in the background that you might not want so it's a good to disable all these programs as this might free lot of resources on your computer and will make your Computer run faster.

• Go to Start and enter 'msconfig'
• Click on the startup tab and uncheck the programs that you don't need

Disk Cleanup

Click "Start," "All Programs," "Accessories," "System Tool," then "Disk Cleanup." The "Disk Cleanup" dialog opens. Select the drive you want to clean up, check the files that you want to delete and click "OK." Click "Delete Files" to confirm that you want to permanently delete the selected files. Disk Cleanup begins removing the files. The program will automatically close when Disk Cleanup is finished.

Disable the Windows 7 Sidebar and Gadgets

If you never use the Gadgets, and if you want to disable the Windows 7 sidebar. Disabling windows 7 sidebar and gadgets will make your computer load faster

• Right click on the sidebar and then click on " Properties".
• On the properties windows un-check the check box displaying "Start sidebar when Windows Starts "
• Now windows sidebar gadgets won't automatically start when windows 7 loads

Simple Ways to Make Windows 7 Run Faster at Startup

Windows 7 might be the newest version of Windows but it’s already extremely popular. There are a lot of great things that you can say about Windows 7 compared to earlier Windows operating systems, but it’s not perfect, and you’ll still need to know how to fix windows 7 run faster at startup. There are unfortunately a number of errors and problems which can affect the operating system .A slow startup problem may be a headache for all computer users. After using Windows 7 for some time, I find that we can make Windows 7 run faster with some rather simple tricks.

1. Increase Windows 7 boot speed

Below are the steps to fix slow Windows 7 boot problem

a. Press "[WIN] +R" to open Run window.

b. Select "Timeout" tab within "Boot".

c. If you have installed Windows operating system, you can set it to 3s from the default 30s; if you install multiple operating systems, set the value to the desired seconds you would like to have at boot time and then check "No GUI Boot" tab.

d. Click "Advanced Options" to set the "Number of processors" according to your computer configuration. After the simple setting here, you will see an improvement on Windows 7 boot speed.

2. Disable Prefetcher to make Windows 7 run faster

Below are the steps to fix slow Windows 7 boot problem


a. Press "[WIN] +R" to open Run window and type "regedit" to open Registry Editor.

b. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSessionManager Memory ManagementPrefetchParameters and right click "PrefetchParameters" on the left-hand side, change its value data from "3" to "0".

3. Speed up Windows 7 at startup

We know that when booting up computers or run a program, it will call for some related data. If the files are too fragmented, it will take more time for hard disk head to move too much to reach what it needs like finding stuff from a messy warehouse. To ensure a faster startup, a regular disk defragment process is needed. By the way, it is recommended to uninstall the unneeded programs and clear the useless files before.

How to Make Win 7 Boot Faster

Hardware plays a important part in determining how fast your Computer boots up. When you boot your system, the computer loads operating system files along with programs that are configured to start up automatically. You can disable some of these programs or services for a more efficient start-up.

Steps to Make Windows 7 Boot Faster

1. Disable search indexing. Right-click "My Computer," "Click Services and Applications," and click "Services." Right-click on "Windows Search" and select "Properties." Change the startup type to "Disabled."

2. Reduce graphical features. Right-click your desktop and select "Personalize," then choose the tab labeled "Window Color." Uncheck the "Enable Transparency" option and select a basic color scheme from the box that appears.

3. Disable unwanted Windows 7 services. Because some services are necessary only when the system attempts to access them, it may not be necessary to automatically start them every time your computer boots. Services can be set to start up automatically, to start when Windows calls for them, or they can be disabled entirely. See the resources link for services that are safe to set to manual. Disabling a service entirely may impact functionality if the service is needed at a future point.

4. Disable the Gadgets. Right-click on the sidebar and select "Properties." Uncheck the box labeled "Start sidebar when Windows Starts."