10 Windows speed tips that DON'T work.

Dinesh said:

The only thing that will speed up your computer is more RAM.

A very fast hard drive (AKA SSD) will make a huge improvement and will speed up your computer substantially.

Also, there comes a point when more and more RAM doesn't provide benefits unless you have applications or multitask to a point where you really chew up RAM. Going from 1gig to 2gig..makes a big difference. Going from 2gig to 4gig, makes a difference, but much less noticeable. going from 4gb to 8gb is usually not perceivable.

manhunter2826 said:

Interesting read -- and I simply think Windows 7 needs very little tweaking, out of the box IMO . Thanks JMH.

I agree! +1

logicearth said:

HellionDarklord said:

oh, but there are things that will speed stuff up.
(will do a big post later)

There is no tweaks or settings in Windows that will speed things up. Period. Modifying the default, out of the box setup of Windows with not improve performance. Period.

+1

Tried to rep, have to 'spread around' first, so here's a public thank you for always producing clear and to-the-point posts.

Kari

Wishmaster said:

logicearth said:

HellionDarklord said:

oh, but there are things that will speed stuff up.
(will do a big post later)

There is no tweaks or settings in Windows that will speed things up. Period. Modifying the default, out of the box setup of Windows with not improve performance. Period.

In my experience, Win7 is actually faster and smoother if left alone.
For those that have issues running just the OS smoothly, the problem is most likely hardware realted (upgrades required)
No software or tweak can negate that fact.

Many of the tweaks break the way things are intended to run, or attempt reduce the amount of RAM used , (which is really bad)

Side from a few small tweaks, such as disabling hiberfile and system restore (if you have a better back up option)
My guess is you'll find the large majority of members here agree ... leave it alone.

Good post, Wishmaster. +1

Wishmaster said:

logicearth said:

HellionDarklord said:

oh, but there are things that will speed stuff up.
(will do a big post later)

There is no tweaks or settings in Windows that will speed things up. Period. Modifying the default, out of the box setup of Windows with not improve performance. Period.

In my experience, Win7 is actually faster and smoother if left alone.
For those that have issues running just the OS smoothly, the problem is most likely hardware realted (upgrades required)
No software or tweak can negate that fact.

Many of the tweaks break the way things are intended to run, or attempt reduce the amount of RAM used , (which is really bad)

Side from a few small tweaks, such as disabling hiberfile and system restore (if you have a better back up option)
My guess is you'll find the large majority of members here agree ... leave it alone.

I agree with this. I've tested a fair amount at home and at work with tweaks and a stop watch and many tweaks led to no results and after making a handful of changes, my machine actually got slower.

Wishmaster said:

logicearth said:

HellionDarklord said:

oh, but there are things that will speed stuff up.
(will do a big post later)

There is no tweaks or settings in Windows that will speed things up. Period. Modifying the default, out of the box setup of Windows with not improve performance. Period.

In my experience, Win7 is actually faster and smoother if left alone.
For those that have issues running just the OS smoothly, the problem is most likely hardware realted (upgrades required)
No software or tweak can negate that fact.

Many of the tweaks break the way things are intended to run, or attempt reduce the amount of RAM used , (which is really bad)

Side from a few small tweaks, such as disabling hiberfile and system restore (if you have a better back up option)
My guess is you'll find the large majority of members here agree ... leave it alone.

Great Post +1 from me. -WS