system optimization

Hi For what it's worth I decided that since I never use IE and I haven't had any webpage ask me to for a long time I would remove it just to see what happens. To my surprise my computer performs much better without it. My boot to desktop time went from about a minute to 15 seconds, and I...

Windows 8.1.1 or Windows 8.1 Update or KB2919355 Call it what you like, a rose by any other name is, still, a rose. And this has brought some pretty rosy stuff to Win 8.1. 8.1 delivered a plethora of cool things to the initial Windows 8.0 platform but, I am not here, right now, to discuss...

A little while back, my computer started telling me that over 60% of my CPU was being used up by something, even while nothing was running on my PC. I opened resource manager and it's the .NET Framework installation utility running and not doing anything but using up over half of my processor. I...

I tried this and I can't tell if it works or not. When I defrag & optimize it never stops going thru passes. I stopped it at pass 15 but there was no evidence that anything was corrected. Anybody know anything about this Thanks

Hi Something that has been bugging me is that Windows 8 on my new computer is slow opening files and folders. I don't mean that it takes forever but when I click on almost anything in File Manager or on my desktop the waiting icon appears and it takes a couple of seconds for anything to...

Greetings. I have just joined Windows 7 forums today. I have noticed that there may be a few threads regarding 'boot up' in Windows 7. However, after performing some small technical tasks, I decided to post the results for the benefit of everyone. We presently were operating with DSL for...

Does anybody use this utility cleaner ? Wise Care 365 Link Removed I tried it on my PC and it actually made it run better :) It's free and cleaned more than CCleaner. :)

Hello I was setting up a program to run at schedule and noticed Ccleaner in the task scheduler. I never use the cleaner per se, only some other features. Should I remove it(hilite and delete) or is it there because I have used the Application cleaner ? Thank you Peter

To put it shortly, I have that utility called advanced system optimizer and I performed a scan to find duplictaes on my partitions. It resulted a cluster of 10000 files. Ther are all kind of files and many are founded on several locations. I dont know if its safe to remove them and which exaclty...

I have to admit I don't know much about how Ram works (didn't think anything over 6GB made any difference) ..but, was just looking at some matched kit's on Amazon & came across this explanation of why over 6GB of Ram isn't pointless: "I concur with the other reviewers, in that this RAM is a...

CCleaner is one of the best freeware disk cleanup utilities available. Strangely enough, the program does not announce to users that it can actually be configured to run whenever (and as often) as you want via Task Scheduler. To do this, you first need to configure CCleaner the way you'd like...

After my computer has been running for some time (maybe days), it gets really slow. I found a great memory manager that cleans the memory. I was wondering if there was a way to clean the Page File without rebooting. BTW, I use Process Explorer so I know there is nothing running that shouldn't...

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Taskbar acting weird : I don't exactly know what made it change to this way but I think it has something to do with Advance SystemCare application. I had done Turbo Boost on my system. Link Removed Link Removed Why does it take the full taskbar when only one application is running Please...

Link Removed May 1st, 2012: 25% off. Use coupon code: WINDOWS7FORUMS Optimize every aspect of Windows 7 with the System Advisor or manually. Repair corrupt registry entries and defragment the registry. Disable and enable services based on how you are using your computer. Adjust and edit...

Windows 7 has a number of tools such as Disk Cleanup to help keep your system running smoothly, and it also includes a System Maintenance troubleshooter. Link Removed due to 404 Error

I have just finished writing a complete book on all the aspects I could think of on Windows 7, from installation to tweaking. About two days after completing it, and I am not the fastest or best writer in the world!, I got this in Technet Email.- CURSES! Do have a look at it. It is good...

Sysinternals AutoRuns allows you to manage every autorun process and application on your Windows 7 system from a single, user-friendly window. Link Removed

Just about every version of Windows has memory leaks, but usually a shut-down/reboot will make a system run faster. Link Removed - Invalid URL

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