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

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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.

Category:Performance
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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 ...

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

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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 ...

Category:Performance
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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

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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 ...

Category:Performance
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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?

Category:Performance
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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

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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).

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

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

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 ...

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http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

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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.

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

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.

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http://superuser.com/questions/66454/windows-7-explorer-how-to-show-total-size-of-all-files-in-current-folder

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?

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http://www.askvg.com/how-to-always-show-more-details-in-file-transfer-cut-copy-delete-dialog-box-in-windows-vista-and-7/

www.askvg.com/how-to-always-show-more-details-in-file-transf...

When you cut, copy or delete a file/folder in Windows Vista and 7, it shows a file transfer dialog box. There is a button "More Details" shown in the dialog box which expands the dialog box upon clicking and shows more details like file name, speed, et ...

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https://www.winhelp.us/non-destructive-reinstall-of-windows-7.html

www.winhelp.us/non-destructive-reinstall-of-windows-7.html

How to reinstall Windows Vista or 7 without losing personal data, installed programs or settings

Category:Repair Install
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http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

This will show you how to do a repair install (aka: in-place upgrade install) to fix your currently installed Windows 7 and preserve your user accounts, data, programs, and system drivers.

Category:Repair Install
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http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/win7s-no-reformat-nondestructive-reinstall/

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Microsoft won’t tell you this, but you can do a fast, nondestructive, in-place, total reinstall of Windows 7 without damaging your user accounts, data, installed programs, or system drivers.

That means you m ...

Category:Repair Install
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/pc-hangs-at-classpnpsys-loading/8c9eebeb-1c2e-4389-8a9f-20fb09fe9c93

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When I boot my pc it freezes forever at CLASSPNP.SYS loading.  (  I don't remember how I did it  but I managed to get a kind of boot log on a screen)   I have to push  reset button again and again and suddenly after  sever ...

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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/566cdd43-ce91-4e64-93e0-8d09d8fc1ea0/windows-7-fails-to-go-into-safe-mode-stuck-at-classpnpsys?forum=w7itprogeneral

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I wanted to go into safe mode on windows 7 but it kept stopping at classpnp.sys . After reading a few threads I read about using Msconfig and checking the safe mode option under "Boot". It still keeps staying at classpnp.sys and when I hit F8 and hit " ...

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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/6115cb34-2890-46b5-8c1e-c934c56ecfe4/booterror-when-changing-harddisk?forum=w7itprohardware

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I have a problem with booting Windows7 right after I changed disks.

  • I work with removable harddisks (2 with Windows XP and now 1 with Windows 7 RC1).
  • Working with XP is alright.
  • Working with Windows 7 is also OK.
  • ...

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

How to repair Windows 7 or Windows vista boot via the command prompt or add/remove/edit a boot option

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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/how-to-manually-repair-windows-7-boot-loader-problems/

www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/how-to-manually-repair-windows...

If you’re having boot problems on your Windows PC, it’s often helpful to repair the MBR (Master Boot Record) to restore the Windows 7 boot loader—and you can do it easily from the Windows installation disc.

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