GET FASTER PERFORMANCE

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AS PRETTY TO LOOK AT AS WINDOWS 7 IS, ALL THAT GLITTER COMES WITH A COST – A COST IN PERFORMANCE. DUMP SOME OF THOSE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND YOU GET FASTER PERFORMANCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE SHRINK OR GROW THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU MINIMIZE OR MAXIMIZE A WINDOW LOOKS REALLY GOOD, BUT DO YOU REALLY NEED IT? NO, YOU DON’T, AND BY GETTING RID OF THAT FEATURE THINGS WILL START HAPPENING FASTER ON YOUR SCREEN WHEN YOU PERFORM SUCH OPERATIONS.

TO DISABLE IT, CLICK ON START AND THEN OPEN THE CONTROL PANEL. NOW 0PEN THE SYSTEM AND SECURITY ICON AND THEN OPEN SECURITY LINK. NEXT, CLICK ON THE ADVANCED SYSTEM SETTINGS LINK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN..

IN THE PERFORMANCE SECTION CLICK ON THE SETTINGS BUTTON. NOW CLICK IN THE SMALL CIRCLE TO THE LEFT OF CUSTOM AND THEN CLICK TO REMOVE THE CHECK MARK NEXT TO ANIMATE WINDOWS WHEN MINIMIZING OR MAXIMIZING. THAT’S IT – YOU’RE DONE.

NOTE THAT THERE ARE 20 0PTIONS HERE – EACH WITH A CHECK MARK NEXT TO IT TO ENABLE IT. THE MORE CHECKMARKS YOU REMOVE, THE FASTER WINDOWS 7 WILL PERFORM. REMEMBER THAT THERE’S A BALANCE HERE – YOU GIVE UP THE GRAPHIC LOOK OF WINDOWS 7 IN EXCHANGE FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE.

HOW TO REMOVE PROGRAMS

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IN WINDOWS XP REMOVING PROGRAMS WAS REALLY EASY. YOU SIMPLY OPENED THE “CONTROL PANEL” AND SELECTED THE ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS ICON. BUT THAT WAS TOO EASY, AND IN WINDOWS 7, IT JUST DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY.

IF YOU ARE A WINDOWS VISTA USER, YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE UNLOCKED THE SECRET OF HOW TO REMOVE PROGRAMS FROM YOUR COMPUTER. IT WORKS THE SAME WAY IN WINDOWS 7.

CLICK ON START AND THEN OPEN THE CONTROL PANEL. NOW, USING THE DEFAULT VIEW OF YOUR CONTROL PANEL, AND CLICK ON PROGRAMS, UNDER PROGRAMS YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO UNINSTALL PROGRAMS. ONCE YOU CLICK ON THAT LINK, WINDOWS WILL BRING UP THE LIST OF INSTALLED PROGRAMS. CLICK ON THE ONE YOU WANT TO REMOVE, AND THEN CLICK REMOVE. NOW YOU CAN REMOVE PROGRAMS AND UPDATES TO YOUR HEART’S CONSENT.

F YI - IF YOU HAPPENED TO OPEN THE PROGRAMS LINK, UNINSALL PROGRAMS WILL BE YOUR 1ST OPTION.

System Repair Disk

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WINDOWS 7 LESSON 10 MAKE A SYSTEM REPAIR DISK

TODAY’S WINDOWS 7 COMPUTERS TYPICALLY DON’T SHIP WITH A SYSTEM REPAIR DISK, AND THAT’S A MAJOR PROBLEM IF THAT COMPUTER SUFFERS A CRASH. IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SYSTEM REPAIR DISK, YOU’RE LITERALLY UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.

THE LESSON HERE? MAKE YOUR OWN SYSTEM RECOVERY DISK – AND DO IT RIGHT NOW. HERE’S HOW.

PLACE A WRITABLE CD OR DVD DRIVE IN YOUR CD OR DVD WRITABLE DRIVE, AND FROM WITHIN WINDOWS 7, CLICK ON START, TYPE REPAIR, AND THEN SELECT CREATE A SYSTEM REPAIR DISK. FROM THERE, JUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, REMOVE AND LABEL THE DISK WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED, AND THEN PUT IT IN A SAFE PLACE.

IF YOU EVER NEED TO USE IT, PLACE THAT DISK IN YOUR CD OR DVD DRIVE. THEN RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AND WATCH THE SCREEN. NOTICE WHICH KEY IS SUGGESTED IN ORDER TO GET INTO THE SETUP AND THEN PRESS THAT KEY. ONCE IN SETUP, LOOK FOR THE ORDER IN WHICH YOUR COMPUTER BOOTS UP (FINDS AND RUNS WINDOWS.) CHANGE THE CURRENT SETTINGS SO THAT YOUR COMPUTER 1ST LOOKS FOR WINDOWS ON YOUR CD OR DVD DRIVE. PRESS THE F10 KEY TO SAVE AND EXIT, AND YOUR COMPUTER WILL BOOT UP FROM THAT DISK.

NOW YOU’LL HAVE SEVERAL RECOVERY AND DIAGNOSTIC CALLS TO CHOOSE FROM. YOU’LL ALSO BE ABLE USE A SYSTEM RESTORE POINT WHEN YOUR COMPUTER WAS WORKING.