Question

How to make windows 7 at home?

Answer 1

Tip 1: Keep it clean

Windows 7 has the same suite of clean-up tools found in earlier versions of Windows to get rid of old unwanted files that waste space and slow down your PC. Using these regularly should keep things running smoothly, so start by opening Computeron the Desktop, right-clicking the icon for your C: drive and selecting Properties.

When the dialog box opens, click the Disk Cleanup button on the General tab and wait while Windows examines your C: drive.

A list of file types will then appear and it’s safe to tick the box for each entry, before clicking the OK button to delete them. Repeat this process for any other hard drive letters in your PC.



Tip 2: Check for hard drive errors

While you’re in the Properties dialog box for your hard drive, also click the Toolstab. Here you’ll see a Check now button that will check your C: drive (or any other) for errors that can affect its normal operation. You may see a message about Windows being unable to check the drive when it’s in use, so click the Schedule disk check button and restart your PC to perform the check


Tip 3: Defrag your hard drives

Hard drives (but not solid-state drives) become ‘fragmented’ with use — parts of files get scattered across the drive and these take time to find and assemble when those files are needed. Defragmenting the drive remedies this and, again, it’s something you should do on a regular basis.

You’ll find a Defragment now button on the same Tools tab of the hard driveProperties dialog box, so click it to start the ‘defrag’ process. This can take some time, but you can carry on using your PC while it’s running. Again, do this for all hard drive letters in your PC.

 

Tip 4: Switch off Search Indexing

Windows 7 likes to index everything on your hard drive to make it quicker to find when you’re searching for something. If your PC is feeling its age, or you don’t use Search often enough for this to be a concern, switching off this indexing can give Windows 7 a small performance boost.

You’ll find the option on the General tab of the same hard drive Properties dialog opened above. Untick the box for Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed… and then choose Apply changes to drive C:\, subfolders and files on the next dialog box that opens. Click OK and wait while Windows 7 makes the necessary changes. Again, do this for all hard drive letters in your PC.

 

Tip 5: Check your power plan settings

Windows 7 optimises itself automatically to give the best performance on a laptop, depending on whether it’s on mains or battery power. If you only ever use your laptop plugged in, you might as well opt for high-performance mode all the time to make Windows run that little bit quicker. It won’t hurt to check this setting if you’re using a desktop PC, either.

Open the Start menu, type power plan into the Search box and click Choose a power plan from the list of results. When thePower Options window opens, select High performance from the list of Preferred plans, or if you can’t see it, click Show additional plans and then select it.