Suggestions for switching to fast Windows 7

Certain tips listed for upgrading to Windows 7 are meeting minimum hardware requirements, de-fragmenting hard drive, uninstalling unnecessary programs, cleaning out registry databases, and removing unwanted startup entries.

Windows 7 presents numerous fresh and sophisticated utilities, yet most users continue to operate Windows Vista and XP. The reason for this is that since the time Windows 7 has been launched questions regarding this fresh OS have greatly increased in number.

Although people appear to have high enthusiasm about Microsoft’s new operating system, they still appear fearful to switch to Windows 7. However, all these problems can be overcome if users follow certain easy suggestions for replacing their existing OS with Windows 7.

Essentially, to run Windows 7 a user must ensure that his system hardware has at least the following configurations:

• DirectX 9 graphics device having WDDM 1.0 alternatively higher driver
• 16 GB of hard disk space (32-bit) alternatively 20 GB (64-bit)
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) alternatively 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 1 gigahertz (GHz), faster 32-bit (x86) alternatively 64-bit (x64) processor

However, if despite these configurations, Windows 7 continues to run slow, then there are other reasons behind the problem that the user can solve by adopting the following tips.

First, he must routinely de-fragment his system’s hard drive. Whenever files are stored on a system’s hard drive, Windows 7 places them in different areas so when it requires accessing them next, it returns as well as recalls the same from those areas. Nevertheless, Windows 7 separates the files into many parts and what eventually results is de-fragmentation of those files that take more time for locating and reading them in the future.

Thus operating systems can be changed to Windows 7 via routinely de-fragmenting the computer’s hard drive and for that a user needs to click on START > ALL PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES > SYSTEM TOOLS > Disk Defragmenter.

Following de-fragmentation, it’s suggested that the user uninstall non-essential software for obtaining a Windows 7 on his system. It has been observed that once people acquire Windows 7, they end up loading increasing number of software programs on their PCs while miss eliminating any of those they do not require any longer, and these unnecessary programs consume increasing amount of memory and space on the OS. Hence, such non-essential programs can be uninstalled via first hitting the START > CONTROL PANEL > ADD / REMOVE PROGRAMS option and subsequently executing the un-installation.

Still another method that best helps acquire Windows 7, according to the suggestions, is to use a registry cleaner and sanitize corrupt settings’ registry databases. By registry it’s meant an immensely large database that’s a repository of all settings along with information regarding the user’s computer. In case, this database becomes damaged/corrupt Windows starts to consume more time for processing the files in the computer, thereby rendering fast Windows 7 slow.

It’s necessary for examining the startup entries of Windows 7. By going to Start menu or RUN and searching for “msconfig” followed with hitting ‘Enter,’ the user needs to click Startup tab and deactivate all the undesired startup entries. That’ll give him a fast Windows 7.