How can i slim down my Windows 7? Any kind of program

Just about the only "tweaking" you would ever need to do is turn off certain services at startup, and even then you won't see a huge difference.

If you want a faster overall PC, then install a light AV (like MSE), get an SSD, an i7, and a 480.

~Lordbob

Lordbob75 said:

Just about the only "tweaking" you would ever need to do is turn off certain services at startup, and even then you won't see a huge difference.

After I used Black Viper's excellent and comprehensive explanations of Win 7 services and their dependencies I trimmed unneeded services in Win 7 and my Ultrack 340 stopwatch now tells me that it starts 4 seconds faster than it did when it was new back in July. Its only a 17% improvement, but it puts a smile on my face each morning when I start the computer which makes it well worth the hour of time I invested in disabling services I will never need anyway.

~Maxx~
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I disagree... there are a few things you can do to trim down windows 7 for gaming purposes without losing anything important... start by removing features, then disable startup items in MSconfig.. even the AV and your graphics card startup programs can be disabled. Doing that doesn't turn off the AV or disable the graphics card, just the interface for controlling it. Then manually stop and disable unnecessary services.. attached is the present service configuration I have running on 7 professional, very trimmed down.. and absolutely nothing important has stopped working. Windows 7 pro x64 at startup configured this way uses >700MB out of 4GB total on the laptop I'm using right now.. It boots in >25 seconds from a cold start.. (as posted on the reboot time thread about a week ago) ..and takes about 6 seconds from the time the desktop appears to load all the delayed services.. so about 31 seconds from a cold boot to the time it takes to get on the internet or start a game.. and everything still works, and that's without using a SSD