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http://serverfault.com/questions/2786/finegrained-performance-reporting-on-svchost-exe

serverfault.com/questions/2786/finegrained-performance-repor...

This is something that's always bothered me, so I'll ask the Server Fault community.

I love Process Explorer for keeping track of more than just the high-level tasks you get in the Task Manager. But I constantly want to know which of those doze ...

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http://www.computingunleashed.com/tweaks-to-speed-up-ssd-optimize.html

www.computingunleashed.com/tweaks-to-speed-up-ssd-optimize.h...

Looking how to Speed up SSD and tweak it to the best way possible? Here are 9 steps to optimize your ssd and gain the best performance from your drive.

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http://www.computingunleashed.com/speed-up-windows-7-ultimate-guide-to.html

www.computingunleashed.com/speed-up-windows-7-ultimate-guide...

Want to Make Windows 7 Faster than before? Here are the Best Steps, Tweaks & Software's to Speed Up Windows 7 and get the maximum performance out of it.

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http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-windows-7-optimization-guide/2/

www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-wind...

Enough cannot be said about the importance of doing a fresh, full and clean installation of Windows 7 on your computer if it has never been done in the past. New computers contain vast amounts of bloatware (trial programs, manufacture specific utilitie ...

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http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/08/13/introduction-to-the-new-sysinternals-tool-rammap.aspx

blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/08/13/introduction-...

Hello everyone, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Ray Ackley and I’m a Support Escalation Engineer in the Performance specialty. I’d like to talk a bit about a new tool that allows us to examine a vital performance resource: ph ...

Category:RAM
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http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/33364-constant-hard-drive-activity.html

www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/33364-constant-h...

I installed Windows 7 RC. When ever I am booted into Win7 one of my hard drives (probably not system drive - sounds like my secondary storage drive) is constantly working. Not very much but still making sounds.

I have completely turned off inde ...

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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/234db535-2e46-4e7b-927f-6ff230a92bbb/high-disk-activity-system-volume-information?forum=itprovistaapps

social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/234db535-2...

I am a new user of Vista Home Premium.  I just purchased an HP Pavilion m8200n desktop.

Periodically, upon startup, my disk drive gets beat to death.  When disk activity finally ceases, I find a large file in "C:\System Volume Informa ...

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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-performance-tweak,2911-5.html

www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-performance-tweak,2911-5.ht...

Disable Prefetch, SuperFetch, And Windows Write-Cache Buffer Flushing - Can You Get More Space Or Speed From Your SSD?

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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/7cf838b7-2ced-45a4-a348-3490a226c637/having-a-problem-with-excessive-modified-memory-usage-in-win7-x64-upwards-of-36gb-any?forum=w7itproperf

social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/7cf838b7-2...

I have 6GB of ram, a fresh install of Windows 7 x64, and the screenshot shows what happens after leaving my PC on for a couple days. (3782+MB being used by modified memory ATM).

Category:Performance
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http://www.futureproducers.com/forums/hardware-and-software/hardware/computers-audio-interfaces-and-other/how-disable-readyboot-vista-258571/

www.futureproducers.com/forums/hardware-and-software/hardwar...

This is a bit controversial. Some people say to disable ReadyBoot, PreFetch, and SuperFetch; others say leave all that stuff on. I say turning it off helps your Vista computer stop overworking the hard drive. I also turn off Virtual RAM and disable Pag ...

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http://superuser.com/questions/457301/why-does-windows-7-use-the-page-file-when-theres-free-physical-ram

superuser.com/questions/457301/why-does-windows-7-use-the-pa...

I am using Windows 7 64 bit with 8G ram. After some use, I feel Windows is getting sluggish. The drive is thrashing. When I look at the resource monitor and disk activity, I see a few instances of use of the page file (c:\pagefile.sys). I check the phy ...

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https://communities.intel.com/thread/16881

communities.intel.com/thread/16881

So I was working away on my computer when all of a sudden everything slowed to a crawl and when I checked my system resource monitor this file was using 100 percent of my cpu. After I rebooted I discovered that it was still using 25 percent of my cpu. ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-6dmZjDZjw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-6dmZjDZjw

Fix Windows Errors by Re-registering All Your DLL's by Britec

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_M-iWYpQbgo4rK1YfewI5w

www.youtube.com/channel/UC_M-iWYpQbgo4rK1YfewI5w

Britec Tech Tips - Malware Removal - PC Computer Repair" How To" videos and Troubleshooting and Repair videos to help those to help them selfs on how to fix computers.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWAzKiDXvb8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWAzKiDXvb8

PC Repair: 100% CPU Usage for svchost exe by Britec

Category:svchost
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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/add-the-quick-launch-bar-to-the-taskbar-in-windows-7/

www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/add-the-quick-launch-bar-t...

In yesterday’s article we showed you how to make the Windows 7 taskbar work more like XP or Vista, but we left one thing out: the Quick Launch bar. It’s really not too difficult to add it back, although it will take a few more steps.

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http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/207787-cannot-clear-system-repair-pending-requires-reboot-complete.html

www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/207787-cannot-clear-sy...

sfc \scannow didn't finish, so I ran it at boot using method 1 here: SFC /SCANNOW : Run in Command Prompt at Boot That gave me the error ...

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http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/get-a-better-view-in-windows-7-by-adjusting-dpi-scaling/

www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/get-a-better-vi...

The DPI Scaling tool will allow you to bump up the size of text and other graphical elements so that they better fit on widescreen monitors.

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https://faqs.aber.ac.uk/37

faqs.aber.ac.uk/37

  • Click the Start icon
  • Click Control Panel
  • Select Network and Internet
  • Click Network and Sharing Centre
  • Select Change Adapter ...

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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10246/how-to-disable-search-in-windows-7/

www.howtogeek.com/howto/10246/how-to-disable-search-in-windo...

The new search feature in Windows 7 has been greatly improved, however, some users may not want to use it and are using a third party utility instead. If that is the case, you might want to completely get rid of the search feature and we’ll show ...

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