Speed up your windows system
Speed of your system depends on
1 Speed of CPU
2 RAM size - Bigger the RAM size , bigger can be the system's speed and lesser is the paging required.
3 Swap size - Extensive paging activity can slow your system's speed.A good swap size is considered to be 3 GB or 4 GB.
4 I/O speed - How much speed is your hard disk read and written.
1 Using the Run on your start menu
Run
Prefetch- Delete all files
Temp - Delete all files
%temp% - Delete all files
2 Programs , Accessories, System Tools , Disk Cleanup
This will delete files from several folders .Be sure to uncheck Recycle bin if you do not want to empty recycle bin.
3 Run antivirus full scan
4 Remove icons from Program , startup which are not required.
There may be some software required to be at system tray as per your organization policy if you are using a company's laptop or desktop.
5 Remove all the unwanted software's that are not required by uninstalling them.
E.g. I don't use gtalk, yahoo messenger .So I have uninstalled them.
6 Run msconfig , startup. Uncheck what are not required during the system startup.You may also do the same by using software like CCleaner by going to tools -> startup and disabling.
7 Run services.msc. Identify the services which are not required.Normally, the services that are not required are the software services that are used by you while developing a software etc.
So change the startup type for such services to be manual.Do not change the setting of services if you are not aware of what they do.
E.g I have changed the startup type to manual for IBM HTTPserver and MQ Series which I am very well aware what they do.
8 Right click on task bar , properties , start menu , Customize , Advanced , disable most of the links which you don't need often by selecting the radio button -Don't display this item.
I only use Control panel, run command here , So I have disabled rest of them.
Number of programs on start menu = 0
Unchecked Internet and Email on "Show on start menu"
9 Right click on system tray .Properties , Taskbar , customize , Always hide which are not required.
10 You may use a software to remove windows log files , temporary system and temporary application files like CCleaner. Run analyze first before cleaning the files.
11 Right Click on My computer , properties , Advanced , Performance , settings , Advanced , Check your virtual memory initial size and max size .It should be 2 GB and 4 GB.
12 Defragment your disk.Do not perform defragmentation unless its really required because it will take a lot of time(more than 8 hrs, depends on size of disk ) to complete .Be sure you have continuous power while performing defragmentation.
