JeffLevy.com WINDOWS 7 LESSON 4 - GET FASTER PERFORMANCE Print this page 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.

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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.