5 Ways to Make Windows Run Faster
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From the very moment you turn on your Windows-based PC, it may seem like the processor is working in molasses. Despite improvements in the Windows code base, the operating system still remains notoriously slow, whether you are running XP or Vista. We consulted with some leading IT experts on their top recommendations to speed up your Windows OS:
- Limit The Programs that Run on Startup
Even if you only have a few program windows open, you may have dozens of programs running in the background. Most commonly, this occurs when you have programs that are set to run on startup. In some cases, such as anti-virus scanners this can be useful, while in other cases, such as photo editing tools, it’s unnecessary.
How To Backup Important Data.
This guest post was written by James Ricketts who writes on a number of subjects related to Windows registry tools and PC fixes.
How to Backup Important Data
Research conducted by a major software company has reported that 9 out of 10 computer owners do not make regular backups of their data. If you belong to the majority in this survey, you have come to the right place.
This article provides a methodical approach towards developing an efficient backup plan. It discusses four important decisions that will help you create a backup strategy and ensure that your important data remains safe from hard disk failures, computer freezes and natural disasters.
Decision # 1: What Data to Backup
Turn off the System Beeps in XP.
In today’s Tip and Trick I have cool XP Tweak for you. With this XP Tweak you can fully turn off the system beeps in Windows XP.
To turn off the system beeps in Windows XP you’ll need to follow the following steps.
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Go to start
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Select run
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And type “regedit”
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Now navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
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Now right click on Beep.
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And select Modify.
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Change the value equal to “no”.
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Click OK
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Reboot and you’re done.
How To Create a Desktop Shortcut for Fast User Switching.
Today’s XP Tip and Trick is a pretty cool trick for Multi-User computers. I want to show you with this XP Tweak to create a desktop shortcut for fast user switching. This will able you to quickly access a second or third account while having the other session’s active in the background.
It’s real easy; for creating a Desktop Shortcut for fast user switching you have to follow the next few steps.
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First you’ll need to right click somewhere on your desktop.
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And select new and create shortcut.
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Now you need to give the shortcut a new location and you can do that by copy and paste this location “c:\windows\system32\tsdiscon.exe”.
3 Quick Tips for Windows Users.
You pay for Internet every month but do you know if your router is up-to-date? If it’s not up-to-date you may not be getting all the speed you deserve.
Microsoft’s Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool can tell you whether your router supports technologies for faster connections. The test can interrupt running connections, so try it at a time when you aren’t actively using the Internet.
If the results show that your system doesn’t support many of the technologies listed, you might want to look into the possibility of purchasing a newer router or (if you are an XP user) upgrading to Vista. The Microsoft site just happens to include links to routers that have earned the Windows Vista logo.
Cool Vista Trick: Create a Shortcut to Clear the Clipboard.
Earlier this week I received a blog post with a really genius tweak from a blog where I’m subscribed too. If you are not subscribed to this blog you better hurry up and do so because this blog is great. It’s called How-To Geek and it’s kind of a similar blog as this one.
How-To is more a blog with advanced tweaks for the geeks among us and this blog is a blog with useful tweaks that everyone can use and is more for everyday use. How-To is several years old and is a real authority in the geek sector and we are just starting out since this blog is only 6 months old.
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