Steps To Tune Up Windows 7 OS

Even though Windows 7 is considered as a fast operating system, it might slow down after a few months of use. When you find that your operating system is no longer performing the way it used to, then there are certain things that you could do to improve its speed. In this post, we will take you through these methods in detail.

Increase the cores

According to the Windows help center, during the boot process, the computer uses one core. Now, if your processor is a dual core processor, the operating system is not making use of the other core. However, if you wish to experience a quicker boot, you may set multiple cores for booting. Follow the steps below to implement this.

• Press the Windows logo key and R together to open the Run window. In the Run window, enter msconfig and click OK.
• The above step opens the System Configuration Utility window. Select the tab Boot in the window and choose Advanced Options.
• Choose Number of processors and type the number of processors. Select OK and then choose Apply. Restart your PC. 

Remove unwanted fonts

You can find many TrueType fonts in the operating system. Even though you may not use them, they would use your system resources, which could in turn affect its performance. Therefore, it is advisable to remove the other fonts. In order to remove the unwanted fonts, open the Control Panel window and go to the folder Fonts. You may move the unused fonts to a different folder.

Disable search indexing

The function of search indexing is to give you quicker results while searching. However, if you do not use the search function frequently, it is a good strategy to disable this feature. In order to disable it, open the Run window and type services.msc. Click the button OK. From the Windows services, locate the service Windows Search. Right click it and choose the option Disable.

Speed up shutdown

You can decrease the shutdown speed by making changes to the registry. Open the Run window and enter regedit. Click the button OK and this will launch the Registry Editor. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control and right click the option WaitToKillServiceTimeOut. The default value is 12 seconds. You may change this and enter a lower number. Select OK and restart your PC.

With the above steps, you can improve the speed of your Windows 7 computer. For further assistance on Windows operating systems, you may contact the Windows help center or our technical support team. 

Guidelines for Turning OFF Password in Windows

Windows platforms are the ones that changed the face of the software industry. Microsoft introduced Graphical User Interface (GUI) with the Windows Series. Until Windows, there were no GUI’s in the market and this made computers very hard to be handled. The interface in the non-GUI platforms consisted of command prompts. A user needs to learn commands for the platform in order to use the computer. However, GUI uses pointers for doing many functions and many functions were presented visually. Due to visual aid provided in Windows platforms, Windows platforms and Computers became very dear to users.
Once computers and Windows platform gained publicity among normal people, security became an issue when Computers gained wide spread use. Even though Microsoft has introduced security features in the introductory versions of the Windows platform, they were very weak. When security became an important issue for the users, Microsoft made reforms in the security system of the new platforms. Windows Help Websites feature a lot of articles on personal and internet security.

Security System in Windows
 A Windows-based computer, whichever version, has a built in system that protects you from unauthorized people getting access to your computer. This system requires a password for logging in to your computer. There are many reasons, nothing mysterious, why any PC user would want to turn off the password system to your computer. In case of computer systems used by multiple users, there is no meaning in putting password to the system. The only disadvantage in turning off the password system is that it will grant all users with the permission to log onto your account or use your computer. The following instructions will help you in turning off the windows password system. Windows Help feature has contents on this topic.

Instructions
1. Log in to administrator account of the computer system for which you want to turn OFF the password system.
2. Click on the Start button on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen.
3. Select the Control Panel option in the settings drop menu from start menu.
4. In the Control panel window, click on the User Accounts icon to open the User Accounts window.
5. Choose the appropriate user from the list given there.
6. Click the Remove Password link at the bottom of the options given there.
7. When prompted, enter the old password for the account and then click on the Remove Password button at the bottom of window.