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A feature in Windows 7 is the implementation of Windows Defender, which can become a hassle if you already have a decent anti-virus to handle all your virus and spyware needs. This significantly slows down your computer by utilizes many of your system's resources to power on Windows Defender.

Windows Firewall, on the other hand, has never been much of use for me due to the the many anti-viruses out there that feature a firewall in their software. We recommend disabling these features to improve your system response time and your online gaming experience (Firewall interferes with the servers you use to connect to when you're playing online). This tweak is significant for gamers and normal PC users.

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Disable Windows Firewall
1. Click Start, Control Panel
2. In System and Security, click on Windows Firewall
3. On the left-hand side, hit Turn Windows Firewall On or Off
4. For both Private and Public sub-menus, check Turn Off Windows Firewall

Disable the firewall service (not recommended for beginners):
1. Click Start, Run, type Services.msc
2. In the list, scroll down and look for Windows Firewall
3. Double-click it, hit Stop to stop the service and in startup type, hit Disabled

Disable Windows Defender
1. Open up Windows Defender by clicking Start and by typing Windows Defender in the Search Box
2. Once inside the program, hit Tools
3. Under Settings, click Options
4. Click on the Administrator tab and uncheck "Use This Program"

Disable the windows defender service (not recommended for beginners):
1. Click Start, Run and type Services.msc
2. In the list, find Windows Defender
3. Double-click it, hit Stop and in the startup type, hit Disabled

There you go, another tweak, a faster PC!

TechWiz

Another registry tweak here showing you how to disable low disk space monitoring which notifies the user when their disk space is too low and can get pretty tiresome after seeing it pop-up many times. It also utilizes a lot of system's resources and, therefore, is not needed on your PC. Here's what to do:

1. Click Start, Run, then type Regedit
2. Navigate to the following line:

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer"

3. On the right-hand side, look for the following entries:

• NoLowDiskSpaceChecks = Set the value data to 1
• NoResolveSearch = Set the value data to 1
• NoInternetOpenWith = Set the value data to 1
• NoResolveTrack = Set the value data to 1

Windows delays their menus responsiveness when hovering your mouse over a file or folder. This tweak will show you exactly how to change the value data to get your menus running faster. By default, it takes around 400 milliseconds to show the menu.

1. Click Start, Run and type Regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. On the right-hand side, locate and double-click on MenuShowDelayTime
4. Change the value data from 400 to anything around 1 to 10 (in milliseconds)
*Changing it to 0 is not recommended as it may become difficult to navigate through explorer
5. Close Regedit and Reboot

Hope this helps!

TechWiz

This is a quick tip showing you guys how to speed up your mouse's hover time by simply decreasing it using the registry. Mouse hover time is the amount of time it takes to display the window ,you are currently viewing, in the taskbar. Here's how to speed it up:

1. Click Start, Run and type Regedit
2. Navigate to the following entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse
3. Look for the value on the right-hand side called MouseHoverTime
4. Double-click it and change the value data from 400 (default) to about 10
5. Close Regedit and restart your computer for changes to take affect

Cheers!

TechWiz

*This tweak works for all operating systems

When Windows shuts down it activates a service called "wait to kill service timeout". This service is set by default to 12-20 seconds before your PC can actually be shut off. It waits mainly to make sure all of your programs are properly closed but it is not needed. Follow these steps to speed up your shutdown.

1. Click Start, Run and type Regedit
2. Once in regedit, navigate to the following line: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
3. Click on Control and look at the right-hand side
4. Double-click on "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" and set the value data to 1000 (1 second)
5. Close regedit and Reboot your computer

*With this tweak I saved about 6 seconds off my shutdown speed*

Cheers!

TechWiz

By default, Windows reserves 20% of your bandwidth for very few purposes to make some tools, like Windows Update, run a bit faster, but not by much. Here's how to set the bandwidth limit to 0%:
 *This tweak might not work depending on your network adapter

1. Click Start, Run and type gpedit.msc
2. In the Computer Configuration tab, expand Administrative Templates and then expand Network
3. Click on QoS Packet Scheduler
4. On the right side, double-click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth
5. In the windows, make sure it is Enabled and then set the Bandwith Limit to 0%

NOTE: Disabling this feature or Not Configuring it, the system will still use 20% of reservable bandwidth

Hope it helps!

TechWiz

Temp files are files that programs backup when a program crashes, or has to keep some info about it which drastically slows down your PC by overloading these entries into the folder. It is recommended to delete these entries manually rather than having a program delete them for you. Here's how to do so:

1. Click Start, Run
2. Type %temp%
3. Delete whatever folders that pop-up

*It is also recommended to do this at least once daily to sustain performance

There you go

TechWiz