This new operating system from Microsoft has made the world crazy with its performance and utilities. It is very fast as compared to previous versions of Windows operating systems. If you still feel that the OS boot time is not up to the level promised by Microsoft. There are several ways to speed up the operating system. This article lists 12 different ways to speed up your Windows 7 PC.

• There may be applications installed on your computer that were installed before, but now you don’t use them very often. These programs can be loaded at boot time reserving RAM and processor cycles. You can make use of ‘Turn Windows features on or off’ or software like the Revo installer to find out which programs on your system are unnecessary.
• Type ‘msconfig’ in the search box and open the startup tab. You will find a list of applications and programs that start with the startup of your operating system. You will be able to distinguish between system programs and applications. You can disable applications that do not need to be launched at boot time.
• There isn’t much difference between the minimum requirements of Vista and Windows 7, but if you’re trying to downgrade from XP to Windows 7, you should add more RAM to speed up your system.
• If you spend a lot of time searching, then the procedure explained here does not apply to you. If not, you can disable search indexing to increase system speed. If you type index into the search bar, you’ll get the Options Control Panel Window option. You can modify the settings there as per the requirements.
• The hard drive stores data non-contiguously. It is stored as long as there is space available on the disk. When we start specific applications, the operating system must collect all the fragments scattered in various memory locations. Defragmentation performs the task of bringing together these various fragments of particular applications, thus saving you the time required to search for fragments and load them.
• Changing power settings to produce maximum might not save electricity and will surely speed up your system.
• Disk cleanup is one more way to speed up Windows 7. You can find the option to do the same in the accessories. This will display the list of all the junk on your computer like temporary internet files, temp files, etc. Select the files you want to delete and press OK.
• run regularly anti virus installed application to detect possible viruses and spyware.
• You can use the Performance Troubleshooter, located in Control Panel, to find the exact reason your system is slowing down.
• If you type ‘gadget’ in the search bar, you will find the list of running desktop gadgets. You will find that some devices are running in the background, even though they are not visible on the desktop. You can stop running those devices from the list displayed in front of you.
• If you can avoid using a vibrant desktop background, you can surely increase your system speed. You can change it from the personalization menu.
• Windows7 provides a set of cool visual effects. However, these are also responsible for slowing down the system. You can disable these visual effects from the control panel, it will just feel like you are using the first version of Windows.