Win7 is not as resource-intensive as Vista, but it is not a fuel-efficient lamp. A large number of background services and rich system special effects make Win 7 occupy a lot of memory, which will affect the performance on some computers with little memory. Therefore, not only should the performance of Win 7 be optimized, but the effect is also very obvious.

Improve efficiency and shut down useless system services.

Disabling useless system services can not only reduce the memory occupation of the system, but also speed up the response of the system. Basic optimization settings can be completed through the Rubik's Cube.

Open the Rubik's Cube, select "System Optimization → Service Optimization", click "Service Optimization Wizard", you can refer to the instructions of the Rubik's Cube and select the disabled services according to your own needs, and then click "Save Settings to Complete Optimization" to restart the computer and complete the basic system service optimization settings.

However, the services listed in the Rubik's Cube are not comprehensive. More system services that can be shut down still need to be completed by ourselves. Please refer to table 1 for setting according to your actual situation.

Accelerate and disable unnecessary startup items.

Too many startup items will occupy a lot of system memory and slow down the system startup. Disabling programs that are not commonly used will bring obvious improvement.

Open "System Settings → System Startup Plug-in" of Rubik's Cube, and check the items that are not commonly used according to the prompts. However, it is best to keep some driver startup project suggestions.

Master Dong's tip: If you are not familiar with these procedures, you can also choose to use the startup item management of 360 and follow the relevant tips. It is more intuitive for computer beginners.

Memory-saving system visual effect customization

Win7 beautiful interface takes up a lot of memory. If your memory is not so "rich", then turning off some special effects is obviously a better choice.

Right-click the computer icon, select Properties → Advanced System Settings, click Settings in the performance box, and then turn off some special effects in it according to your actual situation, such as turning off "Fading in and out or sliding menu viewing" (as shown in figure 1).

After the above three steps of optimization, the memory occupation of Win7 can be significantly reduced, and the performance improvement effect is very obvious on computers with low memory configuration.

However, some functions of Win 7 have nothing to do with system memory. For example, the function delay of "taskbar thumbnail" is due to the problem of system settings, which needs to be solved by modifying the registry.

Speed up the display of taskbar thumbnails and optimize the display speed.

Enter "regedit" in "Run" to open the registry editor, navigate to "HKEY _ Current _ User \ Control Panel \ Mouse", find "MouseHoverTime" on the right and double-click to open it, fill in "100" in "Numerical Data", then close the registry editor after confirmation and restart the computer. In this way, the delay basically disappears, and the mouse can immediately see the thumbnail when it moves over an item in the taskbar.

In addition to the delay of some functions, it is also a headache for Win7 that the system can't be shut down normally when it is shut down or restarted because some applications lose their response.

Ending a task can reduce the waiting time when the service is shut down.

Similarly, open the registry editor, navigate to "HKEY _ local _ machine \ system \ current control set \ control", find "WaitToKillServiceTimeOut" on the right, change the value to "1000", confirm, close the registry editor and restart the computer. After setting up, Win 7 won't spend a lot of time waiting to shut down those unresponsive services when shutting down.

Cancel the prompt asking the user to confirm the forced shutdown.

In addition to the above situation, when Win7 shuts down, it is confirmed that a program can't shut down because it loses its response, and it will also ask the user whether to shut down forcibly (as shown in Figure 2). At this time, we generally hope that Win 7 can be shut down immediately. The setting method is completed through group policy.

Enter "gpedit.msc" in "Run" to open the Group Policy Manager, open "Computer Configuration → Management Template → System → Shutdown Option", double-click "Turn off the automatic termination function of applications that will prevent or cancel shutdown", select "Enable", and confirm to close the Group Policy Manager. In this way, Win 7 will be much fresher when it is turned off or restarted.

What I have introduced to you above are all practical performance optimization methods, and these methods are safe under the premise of correct operation, so you can choose according to your actual needs. However, it should be pointed out that we do not recommend ordinary users or novices to modify the registry. If necessary, we can consider asking others to help us set it up.

The province should also be saved-disk space optimization

Friends who like downloading have a * * * knowledge: "No matter how big the hard disk is, it is not enough." With the popularity of broadband, online resources are "rich" in your own hard disk, and the hard disk will be stuffed no matter how big it is. If your computer's hard disk space is limited, optimizing the system to occupy less space can effectively alleviate the problem of insufficient hard disk space.

Don't waste money and disable the system sleep function.

Similar to XP and Vista systems, hibernation files also occupy a lot of space in Win7. In general, the hibernation function is rarely used, so if your hard disk space is not "rich", then you can consider disabling the hibernation function. The method is simple. Open the "Run" window, enter the "cmd" command and press enter, open the command prompt window, then enter "powercfg -h off" and press enter.

Save basic expenses and delete useless system files.

There are some useless files in the system folder of Win7, which we can delete according to our own situation. Open the Rubik's Cube's "System Cleaning → System Disk Slimming" and click "System Disk Analysis" to delete useless files according to the Rubik's Cube's suggestion, which can save up to 1GB (as shown in Figure 3).

Cleaning up junk files is conducive to thrift.

After the system runs for a period of time, it will produce many useless cache files, which have no other "functions" except occupying system space. So we can regularly clean up the junk files generated in the system operation.

Open the "junk file scanning" in the Rubik's Cube, select "Scan" for system inventory, and then complete the deletion according to the prompts (as shown in Figure 4).

Master Dong's tip: Besides Rubik's Cube, there are many other softwares that have the function of cclean file. For example, Windows7 Optimizer can clean up the registry and junk files. However, the risk factor of registry operation is high, so it is recommended not to clean the registry without frequent installation and uninstallation software.

Compress the "winsxs" folder

Maybe you don't know, the "winsxs" folder in Windows directory in Win7 takes up about 5.6GB of space, but this folder is very important to the system and cannot be deleted. So what should we do? We can reduce the space it occupies by compression.

Click System Settings → Right-click menu → Add Right-click menu in the Rubik's Cube, select "Administrator takes ownership", and click Apply to restart the computer. Right-click the "winsxs" folder and select "Administrator takes ownership". At this time, a command prompt window will pop up with a large number of operation characters, so wait patiently for it to be completed.

Next, right-click the folder of winsxs, select Properties → Advanced, select Compress the drive to save disk space, and then select Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files. After confirmation, the window "Apply Attribute to …" will pop up. Similarly, wait patiently for the operation to complete. If you are prompted that the file is in use, just select "Ignore All".

Looking at the compressed size of the winsxs folder, the disk space occupied is less than 1GB, which is remarkable (as shown in the figure below).

After these optimizations, the disk space occupied by Win7 itself can be basically reduced by more than 3GB, which is definitely good news for those users with less hard disk space. Moreover, these optimization methods are relatively safe and will not affect the normal operation of the system.

Conclusion:

This paper mainly introduces some optimization methods of system performance and disk space. Through these optimization settings, you can make your Win7 run faster and take up less resources! Whether it is a low-profile computer or a high-profile computer, it can bring remarkable results.

However, the optimization of the system is not only the speed optimization of the system, but also the security optimization of the system. Yes, have you noticed this problem? The next issue will focus on the security optimization of Win 7 and some personalized settings (still mainly realized through the Rubik's Cube), so stay tuned!