by Prasanna Vignesh
29. May 2007 22:11
Disable some useless start up items first.
Some of the software like Windows Sidebar ,Windows media player ,Nero
check and other applications being loaded at the start up but of no use
but eating away the resources like memory and cpu.How to do it…
* For this type “msconfig” without double quotes in the run prompt or at the command prompt
* Go to “startup” tab un check the unneeded startup items.
Disable Welcome Center
As soon as you install Windows Vista you are bombarded by the Welcome
Center that is designed to help beginner Windows users easily configure
their new computer. This new welcome screen is a nice feature the first
time you start using Windows vista but quickly becomes annoying.
Disabling the Welcome Center is very easy to do and can speed up your
boot as well.How to do it…..
* Go to program menu, click on run. Typer “Regedit” and enter. This will open the registry windows.
* Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software >Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion >Run.
* Right click on the WindowsWelcomeCenter key and select Delete.
Thats all , the next time you restart the Welcome Center will be gone.
Speed up Start Menu Search
When a users enters text in the search box on the start panel Windows
automatically searches the file index as well. The file index includes
all of the searchable files on your hard drive and can be quite large.
One way to speed up searching through your start menu applications is
to narrow the scope of the search so that it does not include hard
drive files. Prevent Start Menu Searches from searching the File
indexHow to do it….
* Open Registry Editor (regedit) as above.
* Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft >
Windows > Current Version > Explorer > Advanced.
* Find and right click on Start_SearchFiles and select Modify.
* Set the Value to 0.
Restart the Explorer.exe process or just reboot your computer.
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