[windows Seven tips]

Windows 7 is Engineered for speed. Special attention has been given by the Windows 7 team for making Windows 7 faster than the previous operating systems. Windows 7 is much faster than Windows Vista, but even then most of us don’t get satisfied with it. There are many who still have their old PC. Installing Windows 7 on them wont be as soothing as they work with with XP and Even with latest hardware’s installed some users still long for more performance.
At least if we don’t make it lightning fast we can optimize Windows 7 to the maximum possible extent and enjoy the maximum performance we could squeeze out from it. So for all the extra performance lovers, let me present you wit this Ultimate Guide To Speed Up Windows 7.

speed up windows 7 meter Speed Up Windows 7 Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!!I guarantee that after following this guide and implementing the recommendations on your PC, you will really get the performance gain.

The bare Minimum Requirements You need To Run Windows 7

1) 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
2) 1GB of main memory
3) 16GB of available disk space
4) Support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface)
5) A DVD – R/W drive

Even if you don’t have the DX 9 graphics card there is no problem because our target is performance and not the ” Eyecandy ” . Of course if you need the aero experience you need a powerful graphics card for sure.


So lets start The Ultimate Guide to Speed up Windows 7

Disabling the Search Indexing Feature in Windows 7
Right Click the “Computer” Icon in the desktop and select “Manage”.
Click “Services and Applications” in the “Computer Management” window.
Click on “Services”.
You can see a lot of services listed there. Look for “Windows Search” in that.disable search indexing in Windows 7 Speed Up Windows 7 Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!!
Right Click on “Windows Search” from the list and choose “Properties”.
The “Windows Search Properties Window” will open up. From “Startup type” click on the drop down menu and choose “Disabled”.
Click “Apply” then “OK” and that’s it. The Windows 7 Search Indexing Feature is now disabled.

Most of the Windows 7 users do less searches in there system. The Search Indexing service in Windows 7 will index keeps track of the files so that they can be found quickly when asked at some other time. This feature is useful only if you perform frequent searches on your system.
For occasional file searchers the Search Indexing service in Windows 7 is a total resource hog. It unknowingly eats up your system resources. What you need from windows 7 is maximum performance from it then i would certainly recommend you to disable this resource hogging Windows 7 Search Indexing Feature.

To Disable the Search Indexing Feature in Windows 7

If you want to completely disable the search indexing feature in Windows 7 you can set the Search Indexing Service to Manual (See the above method about disabling unwanted services).
Disable the Aero Theme on Windows 7
Right Click on your Desktop and select ” Personalize ” click the Window Color Tab.
Uncheck the Box saying ” Enable Transparency ” and then click on ” Open classic appearance properties for more color options”.
Then a window will open up. Apply a Standard or Basic theme from it. The Standard Windows 7 theme is more preferred.

The aero user interface certainly adds some ” Eyecandy ” to Windows 7 but certainly is a resource hog especially when, what you expect from windows 7 is more performance juice. Aero user interface squeezes your graphics or video card to its maximum. So why dont we just avoid the Windows 7 aero? if we care more about speed and performance in Windows 7. So Disabling the Aero in Windows 7 certainly adds an extra speed boost to it.

disabling aero Speed Up Windows 7 Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!!

Disabling the aero theme alone in Windows 7 will really speed things up. You can know this by looking into the memory consumption when aero is turned on and off.
Disabling the Unwanted Visual Effects in Windows 7 to Speed Up more
For this right click on ” Computer” and select “Properties” from the right click menu.
Click on ” Advanced System Settings ” from the left pane to open up the ” System Properties ” window.
Select the “Advanced” tab from it. Then Under ” Performance ” click ” Settings “. Choose ” Custom: ” Options From it.
Now un tick all the options and select only the last four options (actually three only needed; you can un tick the second option from the last four). See the screen shot if you have any doubt.
Now just logoff your system and turn logon.

Even though we have tuned off the aero effects in Windows 7 still there are many unwanted visual effects that can be safely disabled to speed up windows 7 even more.

disabling services in windows 7 Speed Up Windows 7 Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!!

You will now notice the speed difference now.
Disabling the Unwanted Services to Speed up Windows 7

There are many services in windows 7 that we dont require for our daily use. There are some exceptional cases though. Services such as “print spooler” is only needed when we use a printer. If we use a printer only occasionally we can safely turn off that service in Windows 7 and turn it on only when we need to take a print.

I have previously prepared a List of services in Windows 7 that can be safely set to manual / disabled.

Disabling the unneeded services in Windows 7 can really speed up the system boot time.
Disable the User account control (UAC) Feature in Windows 7
From the Control Panel open the ” User Accounts and Family Safety ” > User Account.
Click the User Account Control settings link.
Now just Drag the Slider towards “Never Notify”.
Click “OK” and Reboot your system.

The User account control (UAC) feature in Windows 7 is very annoying though it says it can protect your computer from harmful virus activity etc. But if you are a daily user of your computer this windows 7 feature will be a total nuisance to you.

To Disable and Turnoff UAC in Windows 7disabling uac in windows 7 Speed Up Windows 7 Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!!

Disabling UAC is for advanced users only its not recommend doing it if not.

[ How much you know about XP(part-2) ]

Dear friends after the previous post  "How much you know about XP", i published the 2nd part of it. Let's see what i got for you.





Part-2:(11-20)

•  11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As… and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.

• 12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.

• 13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run… from the start menu and type ‘control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.

• 14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options…  and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.

• 15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can’t see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You’ll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.

• 16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.

• 17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By… Show In Groups.

• 18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks — if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn’t, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

• 19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.

• You Can take screenshot of your desktop without any software, HOW??? just press the button on your keyboard "Print Screen/SysRq" and then goto "run" and type "pbrush". Microsoft paint will open. then paste it by pressing Ctrl+V. and save.

Please make some comments. If you face any problem, then express it here.

[How much do you know about XP(part-1)]

Friends here's some tips about windows XP. Although most of people are using Win7 or vista. But some of them are using XP. Because we think XP is faster than any windows. Let's see whats the common thing we know about Windows XP.


I make this post in 2 parts with 10 tips or secrets each. This is the 1st part of it.

Part-1:(1-10)

• 1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina.
    Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type ’systeminfo’. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type ’systeminfo > info.txt’. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad.
    (Professional Edition only).

• 2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run… and type ‘gpedit.msc’;then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care — some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

• 3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter ‘rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation’ in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That’s it — just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that’s not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

• 4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word ‘hide’ and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

• 5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include ‘eventcreate’ and ‘eventtriggers’ for creating and watching system events, ‘typeperf’ for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and ’schtasks’ for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options — they’re all far too baroque to go into here.

• 6. XP has IP version 6 support — the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type ‘ipv6 install’ into Run… (it’s OK, it won’t ruin your existing network setup) and then ‘ipv6 /?’ at the command line to find out more. If you don’t know what IPv6 is, don’t worry and don’t bother.

• 7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using ‘taskkill /pid’ and the task number, or just ‘tskill’ and the process number. Find that out by typing ‘tasklist’, which will also tell you a lot about what’s going on in your system.

• 8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you’ve got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing ‘regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll’ at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing ‘regsvr32 zipfldr.dll’.

• 9. XP has ClearType — Microsoft’s anti-aliasing font display technology — but doesn’t have it enabled by default. It’s well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays.
     If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType  to '2'.

• 10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who’s using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum’s real IP address — they can find this out by going to http://www.whatismyip.com — and get them to make sure that they’ve got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.

To Be Continue...

[Power On Self Test-POST Beep Codes: Repair your PC on Beeps]

When an IBM compatible computer is first turned on, the hardware runs a Power-On Self Test (POST). If errors are encountered during this POST test, they are usually displayed via an audio beep or in the form of a code number flashed across the screen. With this audio code in hand, you can determine what part of the system is having problems and find a solution.


The pattern of beeps whether its the number of beeps or the length of those beeps will give you an indication of the actual problem. Its a distress signal from the computer in a morse code like pattern.  Unless you have a diagnostic cardto tell you more about the particular problem, you will have to use the charts below to decipher the computer error and get your machine back up and running.


Quick jump to:
Standard IBM Error Codes | AMI Beep Codes | Phoenix Beep Codes | Award Beep Codes | LED Diagnostic Lights | BIOS Upgrades

Standard Original IBM POST Error Codes ↑↑↑up↑↑↑

1 short beep	Normal POST - system is ok
2 short beeps	POST Error - error code shown on screen
No beep	Power supply or system board problem
Continuous beep	Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem
Repeating short beeps	Power supply or system board problem
1 long, 1 short beep	System board problem
1 long, 2 short beeps	Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA)
1 long, 3 short beeps	Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
3 long beeps	3270 keyboard card

IBM POST Diagnostic Code Descriptions ↑↑↑up↑↑↑

100 - 199	System Board
200 - 299	Memory
300 - 399	Keyboard
400 - 499	Monochrome Display
500 - 599	Color/Graphics Display
600 - 699	Floppy-disk drive and/or Adapter
700 - 799	Math Coprocessor
900 - 999	Parallel Printer Port
1000 - 1099	Alternate Printer Adapter
1100 - 1299	Asynchronous Communication Device, Adapter, or Port
1300 - 1399	Game Port
1400 - 1499	Color/Graphics Printer
1500 - 1599	Synchronous Communication Device, Adapter, or Port
1700 - 1799	Hard Drive and/or Adapter
1800 - 1899	Expansion Unit (XT)
2000 - 2199	Bisynchronous Communication Adapter
2400 - 2599	EGA system-board Video (MCA)
3000 - 3199	LAN Adapter
4800 - 4999	Internal Modem
7000 - 7099	Phoenix BIOS Chips
7300 - 7399	3.5" Disk Drive
8900 - 8999	MIDI Adapter
11200 - 11299	SCSI Adapter
21000 - 21099	SCSI Fixed Disk and Controller
21500 - 21599	SCSI CD-ROM System

AMI BIOS Beep Codes ↑↑↑up↑↑↑

1 Short Beep	One beep is good! Everything is ok, that is if you see things on the screen. If you don't see anything, check your monitor and video card first. Is everything connected? If they seem fine, your motherboard has some bad chips on it. First reset the SIMM's and reboot. If it does the same thing, one of the memory chips on the motherboard are bad, and you most likely need to get another motherboard since these chips are soldered on.
2 Short Beeps	Your computer has memory problems. First check video. If video is working, you'll see an error message. If not, you have a parity error in your first 64K of memory. First check your SIMM's. Reseat them and reboot. If this doesn't do it, the memory chips may be bad. You can try switching the first and second banks memory chips. First banks are the memory banks that your CPU finds its first 64K of base memory in. You'll need to consult your manual to see which bank is first. If all your memory tests good, you probably need to buy another motherboard.
3 Short Beeps	Basically the same thing as 2 beeps. Follow that diagnosis above.
4 Short Beeps	Basically the same thing as 2 beeps. Follow that diagnosis above. It could also be a bad timer.
5 Short Beeps	Your motherboard is complaining. Try reseating the memory and rebooting. If that doesn't help, you should consider another motherboard. You could probably get away with just replacing the CPU, but that's not too cost-effective. Its just time to upgrade!
6 Short Beeps	The chip on your motherboard that controls your keyboard (A20 gate) isn't working. First try another keyboard. If it doesn't help, reseat the chip that controls the keyboard, if it isn't soldered in. If it still beeps, replace the chip if possible. Replace the motherboard if it is soldered in.
7 Short Beeps	Your CPU broke overnight. Its no good. Either replace the CPU, or buy another motherboard.
8 Short Beeps	Your video card isn't working. Make sure it is seated well in the bus. If it still beeps, either the whole card is bad or the memory on it is. Best bet is to install another video card.
9 Short Beeps	Your BIOS is bad. Reseat or Replace the BIOS.
10 Short Beeps	Your problem lies deep inside the CMOS. All chips associated with the CMOS will likely have to be replaced. Your best bet is to get a new motherboard.
11 Short Beeps	Your problem is in the Cache Memory chips on the motherboard. Reseat or Replace these chips.
1 Long, 3 Short Beeps	You've probably just added memory to the motherboard since this is a conventional or extended memory failure. Generally this is caused by a memory chip that is not seated properly. Reseat the memory chips.
1 Long, 8 Short Beeps	Display / retrace test failed. Reseat the video card.

Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes ↑↑↑up↑↑↑

These audio codes are a little more detailed then the AMI codes. This BIOS emits three sets of beeps. For example, 1 -pause- 3 -pause 3 -pause. This is a 1-3-3 combo and each set of beeps is separated by a brief pause. Listen to this sequence of sounds, count them, and reboot and count again if you have to.

1-1-3	Your computer can't read the configuration info stored in the CMOS. Replace the motherboard.
1-1-4	Your BIOS needs to be replaced.
1-2-1	You have a bad timer chip on the motherboard. You need a new motherboard.
1-2-2	The motherboard is bad.
1-2-3	The motherboard is bad.
1-3-1	You'll need to replace the motherboard.
1-3-3	You'll need to replace the motherboard.
1-3-4	The motherboard is bad.
1-4-1	The motherboard is bad.
1-4-2	Some of your memory is bad.
2-_-_	Any combo of beeps after two means that some of your memory is bad, and unless you want to get real technical, you should probably have the guys in the lab coats test the memory for you. Take it to the shop.
3-1-_	One of the chips on your motherboard is broken. You'll likely need to get another board.
3-2-4	One of the chips on your motherboard that checks the keyboard is broken. You'll likely need to get another board.
3-3-4	Your computer can't find the video card. Is it there? If so, try swapping it with another one and see if it works.
3-4-_	Your video card isn't working. You'll need to replace it.
4-2-1	There's a bad chip on the motherboard. You need to buy another board.
4-2-2	First check the keyboard for problems. If nothing, you have a bad motherboard.
4-2-3	Same as 4-2-2.
4-2-4	One of the cards is bad. Try yanking out the cards one by one to isolate the culprit. Replace the bad one. The last possibility is to buy another motherboard.
4-3-1	Replace the motherboard.
4-3-2	See 4-3-1
4-3-3	See 4-3-1
4-3-4	Time of day clock failure. Try running the setup program that comes with the computer. Check the date and time. If that doesn't work, replace the battery. If that doesn't work, replace the power supply. You may have to replace the motherboard, but that is rare.
4-4-1	Your serial ports are acting up. Reseat, or replace, the I/O card. If the I/O is on the motherboard itself, disable them with a jumper (consult your manual to know which one) and then add an I/O card.
4-4-2	See 4-4-1, but this time is your Parallel port that's acting up.
4-4-3	You math coprocessor is having problems. Run a test program to double-check it. If it is indeed bad, disable it, or replace it.
Low 1-1-2	Your motherboard is having problems
Low 1-1-3	This is an Extended CMOS RAM problem, check your motherboard battery, and motherboard.

Award BIOS Post Codes ↑↑↑up↑↑↑

Unfortunately there are many versions of the Award BIOS, and they are supported not by one company, but by the motherboard maker. Award's website states "Award Software software products are sold to a board or system manufacturer ("hardware vendor"), who customizes them further before selling the system. Award Software cannot supply upgrades for a BIOS that has been subsequently modified by hardware vendors."

To make matters worse, Award BIOS merged with Phoenix Technologies in 1998. The hardware vendor that designed your system is the best source for bug fixes and answers about your system, but after so many mergers the Award BIOS is a difficult one to support.

Dell Diagnostic Light Codes ↑↑↑up↑↑↑

On certain Dell computers, bios error codes are displayed by a series of LED light diagnostic codes. There are 4 lights on the front panel of machines with this issue. Different patterns of on, off, and blinking, and different colored lights will indicate an error code for the machine. Visit the Dell site for a list of these LED diagnostic codes.

BIOS Upgrades ↑↑↑up↑↑↑

With so many advances in technology, sometimes your computer may need a BIOS upgrade to take advantage of new devices, or make your computer perform better.

eSupport.comis the world's oldest and largest provider of BIOS Upgrade technology with nearly 15 years of unparalleled excellence in the industry. eSupport.com is the OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED BIOS upgrade and support center for Award BIOS and AMI BIOS (American Megatrends Inc.).

Take advantage of their free tools to examine your BIOS and learn more.

BIOS Agent

The BIOS Agent is a simple, easy to use program that will automatically identify your computers BIOS and other system information. You'll quickly identify:

• BIOS Date
• BIOS Type
• BIOS ID String
• BIOS ROM data
• Motherboard OEM data
• Motherboard Chipset
• CPU data
• Memory data
• Super I/O data

BIOS Wizard

The BIOS Wizard is a simple and easy to use program that will examine and identify the BIOS and Chipset on your system.

 Source: http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml