Speed up Windows - Remove Visual Candy ?

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Probably the best way to speed up Seven is to follow the information in this tutorial
Optimize Windows 7

To Speed Up Windows in General:

If you want to speed up your Shut Down, there is a Tutorial here

Just before Cleaning via CCleaner, run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter.

I would download and open CCleaner and use CCEnhancer for more features. Then go to the Clean Tab, Analyze and run the Cleaner. Next go to Tools (NEVER GO TO REGISTRY) and select Startup, select them all and select Disable and then Remove.

Then click on CCleaner's Uninstall Tab and remove anything you don't need or use. Ask here if you are unsure if it is safe to remove or not, or you could Google it.

Next, read these articles:
99 ways to Make Your Computer Blazingly Fast

   Note

This guide was intended for Windows XP, but I would ignore Step 2, Step 10, Step 11, Step 16, Step 28, Step 37.

Optimize Windows 7
http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial...-7-super-fast/

I would next run an SFC Scan and a Check Disk Scan.

What I do as soon as I get a computer os open MSConfig, select the Boot Tab and select No GUI Boot, this will disable the Boot Animation.

I would also use MSE and Malwarebytes to check for Viruses and Malware.

Unless you have a really crappy graphics card. Turning off Aero and the other effects will not improve your performance. It might improve your perception of performance. But no. All of the pretty effects of Windows Aero run on the GPU.

Again, removing the eye candy won't do any thing. Graphics cards don't even break a sweat computing them. Its sad to see...that so many people still do not understand this.