Showing posts with label Windows 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows 7. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Using a Registry Cleaner to Speed Up Windows 7

Using a registry cleaner has its risks and rewards, but if you want to speed up your PC, it's something that many people are interested in trying. Luckily, we've been using registry cleaners for a long time and the good news is that they do work very well to make Windows 7 run faster.... but as you're about to find out, you need to be careful when using them. Contrary to popular belief, registry cleaners don't actually work to speed up your PC in the typical sense. They do the opposite - they 'cleanse' your computer of junk files and errors, in order to make it run more reliably and efficiently. It's basically like cleaning out your closet - your PC is able to find all the files it needs & run the programs it wants extremely quickly. This means that if you use a registry cleaner to make your PC run faster, you need one which is going to be able to fix the most problems that are causing it to slow down.

The problem with many registry tools is that they remove the wrong parts of your system, meaning that they delete perfectly healthy files & settings, making Windows run even slower. They work by basically scanning through your 'system files' of your PC, which is where Windows keeps its most important information and settings, and then removing any of the erroneous or junk files that are in there. What happens with Windows (and this is still a problem with Windows 7), is that whenever you use your PC, many files are saved in the wrong way, making them unable to be processed quickly enough, which slows your PC down. Over time, this makes Windows run at a snail's pace and generally makes your system unusable.

Registry utilities fix this by cleaning out all the causes of problems on your PC... however, because Windows Seven is so new, many registry tools do not recognize many of its new features & files, making them delete a lot of "healthy" files on your system. This means that if you want to speed up Windows 7 with a registry cleaner, you really just need to get the best one for that operating system, install it and then let it remove the errors it finds. You should also use the backup feature it has before removing any problems that it will find, which is a feature all good registry tools have.

Using a registry cleaner to speed up Windows 7 is one of the most beneficial and effective ways to do it. However, to speed up your PC the most, you need to use the best registry cleaner. From our experience, the best registry cleaner is a tool called "RegAce".

By James Henry Johnson
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=James_Henry_Johnson

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Install Windows 7 GUIDE

Here is the guide i compile from several sites to install windows 7. this is Total Guide so for advance user you may skip some part.


I: PREPARATION
  1. Winodws 7 DVD
  2. Drivers for your model (compaq, Acer etc.)
      -Will my xp driver works with 7  - mostly NO
      -Will my Vista Drivers work with 7 - mostly YES
 3. Use Power, do not use Battery or you will need to restart installation.

II: INSTALLING GUIDE:
    1. Setting BIOS
    2. Installing Windows 7 Part 1
    3. Installing Windows 7 part 2

III: ADVANTAGES (My opinion)
     1. Compare to VISTA, it use less RAM (perform faster)
     2. Battery Life
     3.Direct-x 11(xp limit to direct-x 9)what direct-x for? mostly games performance.
     4. New user interface.
     5. Without antivirus my PC still safe, even the pendrive affect my XP but not my 7.

IV: DISADVATAGES
    1. Not all XP software compatible with 7.



IV: FAQ:

1. Can i install Windows 7?
    Check compatibility here

2. RAM?
   - recomended min 2GB, best 4GB


I cover what i think important, have any problems just leave your comments.

Installing Windows 7: Part 2

 SETTING BIOS - PART 1 - PART 2

Here will cover the final installation for windows 7.

1. let it finish the installation (may take several minutes time to finish)









2. Now here Insert your name (nickname or whatever you like), click next and set your password or just left it blank.




3. Here you can insert you cd-key to activate or just left it blanks if you plan to do it later.



4. Set the time.
 


5.After that if you have wireless you can directly connect to our preferred network or skip. 






 Now if you see this screen, the installation FINISH.




credits:
http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-7/514412-windows-7-installation-guide-tutorial.html
pictures: Strider
edite by: Black x

Installing Windows 7: Part 1

 SETTING BIOS - PART 1 - PART 2

Ok, if you finish read part one i consider you already set the BIOS order to boot from CD/DVD. Here in part one it will cover boot from CD and customizing hard disk and partition for Windows 7 installation.

Installing Windows 7: Part 1

1. make sure the Windows 7 DVD already in your DVD Drives.

2. Start you PC/Notebook and wait until it prompt "PRES ANY KEY TO BOOT FROM CD/DVD..." (figure 2), now press any key (it will only wait about 5-6 second, if you have new laptop that have no operating system it will automatically boot from DVD).


(figure 2:images from: http://www.microsoft.com/)


3.Then this screen will appear.


just wait untill it finish loading files.


4. After that the screen (figure 3) will appear. Here just click next ( i recommend new user just left the setting default)



figure 3

5. After click next you will see the screen below (figure 4). Select Install Now

figure 4


6. Then select agree by checking the box. click next.

figure 5

7. When you arrive here (figure 6), you can select upgrade or costum:
     UPGRADE: recomend to those who already have VISTA installed.
     COSTUM : For other version such XP, 98, 2000, Me

here for both vista and XP i suggest custom for fresh installation


figure 6

8. After select custom installation select the partition you wish to install (select C drive recommended) and hit next and skip no 9 and 10.

If you have new HDD select advance driver option.

figure 7

9. For creating new partition only! select new.

figure 8

10. Choose the capacity for your new C drive then apply. (figure 9)
      (below recommended for end user, advance user=u know which better rite)
     40GB: set to 20GB for c(20000MB)
     80GB: set to 30GB for c
     160GB: set to 60GB for c(20000MB)
     250GB: set to 60-80GB for c(20000MB)
     others (for c normally min 50 and max 100)


  figure 9

11. Then click next, now just wait and let it finish the installation.

 
figure 10



 figure 11
at this point your PC/Notebook will restart, and you have to do nothing here.

continue part 2


credits:
http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-7/514412-windows-7-installation-guide-tutorial.html
pictures: Strider
edite by: Black x

Setting BIOS for Windows Installation

 SETTING BIOS - PART 1 - PART 2 

This post will show how to set up your bios to install any windows for your PC/Notebook. The purpose is to change the BIOS setting to boot from CD/DVD so after you restart your system your PC/DVD automatically detect the Windows CD/DVD you inserted in the CD/DVD ROM.

BIOS is differ from one model to another model, so here is some example.


HOW TO CHANGE BOOT ORDER

image from: http://www.password-reset.com

when you start you laptop you will see the post screen, notice the picture above, Press F2 to Enter Setup, mean you have to press F2 to open BIOS. In other machine for example my desktop i have to press DEL(delete) to enter BIOS.

Ten a screen like picture below will appear:




Now, on top you should have a menu, or multiple menu, on the picture above show that only boot menu, just find the boot menu, in some other machine, it menu may differ such as BOOT CONFIGURATION , BOOT PRIORITY, and others, here just change the 1st boot is set to DVD-ROM, in the picture above notice that the DVD is in the third boot device label with [ATAPI: CD-ROM], change it to the 1st boot order.

Then press F10 to save and hit enter to save the configuration.
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