Speed Up Win.7 with older PC?


  1. Pinger
    Posts : 33
    Windows Vista & 7
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    Speed Up Win.7 with older PC?


    Hi all,
    I installed Windows 7 last night on my backup HDD and so far I'm liking it. I have the permission stuff all shut down, installed Office 2007, AVG and even got Windows Mail to work then imported all my files, bookmarks, pictures ect.. and I'm pretty well set to use Windows 7 as my main OS with Vista on my other HDD just for backup. My question is is there any tips or tricks to speed up Windows 7 on my PC??? It's not a dual-core PC rather a 3.06GHz Pent. 4 with 2GB memory and a GeForce 7800GT PCI card.
    Any tips would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Pinger, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    It's pretty much the same as for Vista.

    Speed Up the Performance of Vista - Vista Forums

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  4. garysgold
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    Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
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    Hello Pinger,

    Welcome to the Seven Forums.

    You could look through the Tutorials - Windows 7 Forums section. Also you could have a look here. Speed Up the Performance of Vista - Vista Forums This is for Vista, but much of it applies. Make changes slowly, so if something stops working, you don't have 20 candidates for the cause. I haven't bothered with #10 in W7. Don't recommend turning off restore points as it takes away a safety net, but you can make your own decisions.

    Hope this helps. Enjoy.

    Gary

    Edit: Your too fast for me Shawn. :)
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  6. 12eason
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    Windows 7077
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    Windows 7 Service Configurations by Black Viper
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  7. Pinger
    Posts : 33
    Windows Vista & 7
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    I will give them all a look, I was told Win 7 was going to be a completely different animal then Vista but so far anything that is designed for Vista seems to run just fine.. Even your suggestions are pointing towards Vista tips for Windows 7 :)
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  8. Fritz Fraghof
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    Windows 7 Home Basic
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    Forgive me for asking this here, but does anyone know if the following VBS script for Vista to display boot time will work okay in Windows 7?

    Boot Up Time - Vista Forums
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  10. Mark
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    Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
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    Yes it works and there is also a section here to post your restart times as well.

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  11. Fritz Fraghof
    Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Home Basic
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    Thanks very much Mr Grim. Fantastic.
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  12. Wrams
    Posts : 84
    Windows 7 Pro x64
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    Wow, I just followed that list and completed quite a lot and my PC is flying along. Just gonna reboot and fingers crossed my PC is still working.
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