system optimization

My system drive is 63GB - yes GB... All that's on there is Windows 7 64-bit, and my applications. Data is elsewhere, cache files are elsewhere..... At this moment there's 420KB free on the drive... So, I started looking for what honking big bunch of garbage is eating this thing. Searching...

Well folks, it's not often you see me start a thread in the support forum. But in my lazy days, I just don't feel like looking around for a solution myself. The problem is a long delay after login. I login, and then it takes 30+ seconds for my PC to be ready to use. The only start-up programs...

I am using W7 media centre and it seems a bit unresponsive! As I'm only using this computer for TV/media I only need networking and obviously media centre to be running. Is there any guide to say what processes etc can be shut down? thanks Mike

I know this HAS to be in here somewhere, but my searching didn't find it, so........ The windows/installer directory has a TON of directories and files and all manner of crud in it..... To the tune of a BUNCH of gigabytes... Can I clean this thing out, and if so, HOW? I tried the Windows...

Ok here is what I posted to Gigabyte to see if they have a solution, I thought I'd post here too. Maybe one of you can help me out. I am having some DPC Latency issues with Windows 7 64 bit. I am having a really hard time trying to solve the problem, I have went into device manager to...

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to permanently disable the "ReadyBoot" feature in Windows 7 x64 (note: I am not talking about ReadyBoost, that's something else!) I've checked out some guides that I found online, such as Link Removed or Link Removed - Invalid URL. But even though they...

I upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista and I have noticed the boot time is slower than it was with Vista. I tested my bootup time through a program and it took 194 seconds for my comp to boot up. My question is would making a clean install of Windows 7 solve this problem and make boot up times much...

~ I've read a few tutorials in preparation for the upgrade to Windows 7 and it was recommended that I uninstall all unnecessary software from my computer. I've done that, as well as doing a disk-cleanup and defragging. But I was wondering if it would be advisable to also uninstall my...

Internet Explorer Tips: Open IE to a website in a new window from a shortcut I often create a shortcut on my desktop to websites that I'm checking frequently. I find this is a way to give specific websites a higher priority than just saving them to favorites then trying to find them from a...

I love a fast clean system that will focus all it's attention to the tasks I give it to perform. So I turn off or optimize all features that I don't need to run all the time. Here are the tweaks I start with. User Account Control When you are tweaking features you will be prompted to...

I just installed Win7-RC to my new Intel SSD. It went well. BUT, where the heck is the email program? I can't find it...DUH. And, for now I'm using Cox webmail...YUCK... Also, here is a 'HighjackThis' logfile of my startup items.... what's up w/ some of these? I want as few things running...

Im getting 100% CPU usage even when my comp's idling. Anyone know what the problem might be,or how i can rectify it? It's not happening all the time,but very frequently. Im using a Pentium D Dual core 2 x 2.8GHz on an x64 Windows 7 Ultimate.

With regard to Win7 setup for an SSD. How to check the status of Superfetch/ReadyBoost/ Prefetch? I see in properties of my 2 SSDs under "policies" tab a setup for "Write -caching policy". Is this relevant?

I was wondering what others have experinced with this. The first time I ran it under Win 7 7127, it found 78 System Optimisations, and 6350 Security Defense isuses;!! Even if half of them are false positievs, that is unbeleiveable! :eek:

I just got Windows 7 today, and I really like it. One thing I noticed though is that it doesn't seem to boot faster than Vista, although many reviews said that it did. I did an upgrade from vista to windows 7, so my hard drive was not wiped. Everything loads pretty quickly except for when the PC...

I see some older threads regarding utilities and just wondered if there is a new consensus on what works and what doesn't for 7. I've been using the Advanced System Care 3 free edition, and sometimes Glary Uitilities. Main concern is the registry cleaner of course. Glary and ASC seem to have...

I want to get the best registry cleaner I can find for Vista. There are so many available and you don't know whose reviews to trust. I just logged on to Cnet and they give Ace Utilities 4.2 a 5 star review. It's 30 bucks. I know there are some free ones out there. In fact, I just noticed...

These apps will help you keep vista running smooth and are absolutely free. You may find that you already use one or two (as I did) but it's worth checking over the others. I can particularly recommend the defrag utility which works a treat... Enjoy.... Five must-have FREE apps for Windows...

Oh hi, I just want to know if there is a way to disable the automatic process priority in Windows 7. Every time I open an intensive CPU application, the priority of the process is set to lowest automatically, even if a set it again to Normal. This is affecting the performance of my applications...