Hi Kieron,
To start with this issue may be arising due to
AVG as i have found it to be very resource hungry at times, you should look for some better and lighter AV
Here are a few steps that may help you:
1. Registry Tweaks: Following topic contains a few registry tweaks to optimize your system performance and add a few useful extras:
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2. Right-click on
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Properties (or press
WIN +
Pause/Break keys). Now click on
Advanced system settings link in left side pane (You can open it directly by giving
sysdm.cpl command in RUN or start menu search box). Now click on
Settings button in
Performance section:
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Visual Effects tab, you can leave following options enabled according to your requirements:
- Enable Aero Peek (If you want to use Aero Peek feature)
- Enable Desktop composition (If you want to use Windows Aero theme)
- Enable transparent glass (If you want to use transparency in Windows)
- Show thumbnails instead of icons (If you want to show thumbnails in Explorer)
- Show window contents while dragging (If you want windows to show contents while moving them)
- Smooth edges of screen fonts (If you want to show smooth fonts)
- Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop (If you want to show shadows under desktop icon labels)
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons (If you want to use Windows Aero or Basic theme)
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Organize -> Folder and Search Options" and click on "
View" tab.
Now disable following options:
- Display file size information in folder tips
- Hide extensions for known file types
- Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
- Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
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Computer icon on Desktop and select
Manage (You can also open it directly by giving
services.msc command in RUN or start menu search box).
Now go to
Services & Applications-> Services. Here you can set a few unnecessary services to
Manual, so that these services don't start automatically with Windows and you can get a faster startup.
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msconfig in RUN or Startmenu search box and press Enter. Now go to
Startup tab and disable unwanted startup entries. You can disable your graphics card's driver utility, Sound Card utility, etc to speed up the system startup and to increase system performance.
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Sound applet in
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mmsys.cpl in RUN or Startmenu search box and press Enter). Now go to
Sounds tab and select
No Sounds from
Sound Scheme section. You can keep some of your favorite sounds enabled but make sure to set
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(None).
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Play Windows Startup sound" option to disable the sound clip which is played at login screen.
7. Also don't forget to:
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- Use the latest device drivers
- Keep your Windows up-to-date
After following all the above mentioned points, you'll definitely notice major improvements in your Windows 7 performance.
Regards,
Manjeet
