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Learn how to make Windows run faster and smoother, with tips on improving your hardware and tweaking your software.

No matter how fast or shiny computers might be when they're new, they all seem to get slower over time. That state- ...

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Windows service memory/CPU/IO consumption investigation tool

Almost all Windows services run inside svchost.exe process. Sometimes this process consumes 100% of CPU or uses too much memory and it is hard to determine which service affects your ...

techietalkz.com/2010/03/08/solve-svchost-exe-high-cpu-usage-...

If you are using Windows 7 64-bit (Professional), and you are having the same problem as I have, you are in the right place. Occasionally I found that my Windows svchost.exe using high CPU usage, and it doesn’t seems to reduce/stop even after som ...

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 ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWAzKiDXvb8

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

www.howtogeek.com/80082/svchost-viewer-shows-exactly-what-ea...

One of the most popular articles on this site over the last year has been our must-read feature explaining svchost.exe and why it’s running, and now there’s an even easier way to see what’s going on behind all of those svchost process ...

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I am having problems with svchost.exe on my laptop as it uses, at times, half my RAM (my RAM is quite small at 1G) and completely bogs down my computer making it sluggishly slow and likely to freeze if any programs are attempted to be opened. The highe ...

superuser.com/questions/173838/how-do-i-make-windows-7-less-...

I've noted recently that Windows 7 on my machine has been complaining about running out of memory and that I should close some programs. It would then usually point out a program I have running that does have a memory leak and has grown quite large. Ho ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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).

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.

www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-windows-7-look-like-windows-xp/

I recently suggested that users looking to jump ship from Windows XP should consider a Mac instead. While I still think it’s a good idea, plenty of readers called me crazy; not everyone wants to learn to fly by jumping off a cliff. Those who want ...

www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disabl...

By default Quick Launch is disabled in Windows 7. This will show you how to enable or disable Quick Launch as a taskbar toolbar using small or large icons in Windows 7.

www.pcworld.com/article/220222/Windows.html

Microsoft made a big deal about this new feature, but not everybody wants it. Turning it off is surprisingly simple--though finding the 'off switch' isn't.

superuser.com/questions/66454/windows-7-explorer-how-to-show...

In Windows XP Explorer one can turn on Status Bar which shows, among other things, the total size of all the files in the current folder, or if the cumulative size of the selected files. How do I get the same at-a-glance information in Windows 7?