{"id":18768,"date":"2011-07-28T15:20:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T13:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=18768"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:58:23","slug":"how-to-improve-windows-7-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-improve-windows-7-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"How to improve Windows 7 performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although I prefer OS X to Windows I still have to work with Micr0soft’s OS everyday. Luckily I use Windows 7<\/strong><\/a>, which is a great operating system overall – especially when compared to its predecessor Vista. The only problem is that it has quite high system requirements, and if I try to use it on my virtual machine it gets really sluggish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you too are having performance problems with your Windows 7 machine<\/strong>, here’s a trick that can help you improve it. The trick implies giving up on some of Windows 7 graphical beauty, but it’s a little sacrifice compared to a noticeable improvement in system’s responsiveness. Just follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Open the Start<\/strong> menu, right-click on Computer<\/strong> and select Properties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong> A window with information about your system will open up on the desktop. Click on the Advanced system settings<\/strong> options in the sidebar.<\/p>\n

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3.<\/strong> In the System Properties<\/strong> window, select the Advanced<\/strong> tab. This will display a list of all the visual effects you can easily turn off to improve Windows 7 performance. These visual effects are not a core part of the system – just eye candy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There are four ways you can adjust these settings: you can let Windows decide<\/strong> what’s best for your computer based on your configuration, select the elements you want to turn off<\/strong> by yourself, or choose between two adjustment templates<\/strong>: one for best appearance and one for best performance. My advice is to either turn all of them off, or manually pick a few essential items<\/strong>. After all, a fast, responsive computer is preferable to one that looks gorgeous but takes ages to open a window!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although I prefer OS X to Windows I still have to work with Micr0soft’s OS everyday. Luckily I use Windows 7, which is a great operating system overall – especially when compared to its predecessor Vista. The only problem is that it has quite high system requirements, and if I try to use it on … Continue reading “How to improve Windows 7 performance”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2569],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-18768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwindows-7"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334160,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18768\/revisions\/334160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18768"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=18768"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=18768"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=18768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}