Question

How to Optimize Windows 7 for Netbooks How to Optimize Windows8 for Netbooks

Answer 1

In this issue we will make a number of suggestions to optimize Windows 7, especially in the low midrange Netbooks or just generally come from resources for a good autonomy, portability and above all, cost. 

 

 

 

So far, almost all came with Windows XP installed, since Vista does not seem to be an operating system designed for this segment, as it consumes considerable resources. However it seems that Microsoft has done its homework with the new Windows 7, and it manages memory more efficiently, making it more suitable for certain Netbooks and the new Asus Eee PC 1011 Seashell Cx, this computer is the one I have, brings one GB of RAM and your processor Intel Atom N2600. 

 

However, despite the 1 GB of RAM with Windows 7 newly installed, with live visuals, antivirus, etc. you can barely operate the equipment. The basic approach is as follows: A netbook is not a computer for home entertainment, not a team. For this we acquire other laptops or desktop computers on another segment. Who gets a netbook of this nature generally seeks portability, driving a team where I can read mail, Internet access, create and modify office documents, etc. All at reasonable cost as more is invested in the team with which he normally works. Therefore, the idea is to disable everything that is not absolutely essential to fulfill this role. Let's see where we act: 

 

visual Effects 

 

The visuals are attractive and can reduce (not always) eyestrain who are working long hours in front of the screen. This is not the case. The recommendation would be to dispense with all or nearly all purposes. To do this, from the taskbar Window 7, we write the SystemPropertiesPerformance command and press the Enter key. We will open the Performance Options. On the Visual Effects tab, you can be conservative and disable some as "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing", etc. or go for the best performance by checking the option "Adjust for best performance". This will disable all visual effects and displays an austere environment while significantly saving the RAM available (and battery life). 

 

 

 

 

SystemPropertiesPerformance 

 

Wallpaper, sounds and screensaver 

 

The image of the wallpaper consumes resources and has to be loaded for display. Depending on our taste we can disable. To do this press the right button on an empty spot on your desktop and select the "Customize" option. In the window that shows you click on wallpaper and change the image of a solid color. We do the same with the screen saver. In the Sounds drop-down select "No Sounds" option and uncheck the "Play Windows Startup sound", believe it or not these sounds consume resources and put their two cents in slowing the system. 

 

antivirus 

 

It is known that the antivirus consume a tremendous amount of system resources. It's not a good idea to recommend anyone keep your computer without antivirus, and that sooner or later will be infected by any type of malware, but be careful. But some are worse than antivirus virus in a matter of performance as with other resident programs slow down your system until it is almost unusable. There is a new trend in the market is to install anti-malware agent keeps protected with the latest malware signatures and perform online analysis, based on the collective intelligence such as Panda Cloud Protection System. Panda has had a good idea, by providing a free home user version, more info here. Such solutions may be more appropriate for the environment we are describing as the agent is much lighter than traditional antivirus. 

 

Windows Start Programs 

 

Many programs that install add certain applets that make adding residents to start the operating system. Very few of these programs are often indispensable, in fact some are not even necessary, and generally treated updaters and "accelerators" whose function is to speed up the start of its parent application. But why would we want to have a resident program that we consume memory and cpu to keep updated or to accelerate certain function of a program that we never use and can be updated manually. There are many configurations as users, anyone can recommend a particular configuration, and that what is valid for one user, is not optimal for another. 

 

Attention Autoruns is an application that lets you make changes in the system and we do not know exactly where to touch and why we are playing, we can let some useless program or some function of the operating system. Do it at your own risk and if discuss some mistake, run autoruns again to reset the option or use System Restore to return to a previous state change tool. Do not take anything for irrefutable said here, Learning more and make your own decision at your own risk. This article refers to a very specific configuration and a profile very particular user does not have to be valid or you run you. 

 

Autoruns.exe as administrator execute the program by clicking on the right mouse button and selecting "Run as Administrator" option and accept the warning control user accounts. We will see a window with several tabs that give us complete control of the system environment. Let the "Logon" tab and there you look at the HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion section \ Run 

 

This coincides with the aforementioned registry key, but we will edit with autoruns instead of the registry editor, is safer because it is easy to get lost in the structure of registry keys and remove something we should not, that do it in autoruns. 

 

Under this section we have the following programs that are started at the beginning: 

 

 

 

 

Answer 2

Sysinternals Utility - Autoruns 

 

Groove Monitor Utility - 

 

GrooveMonitor.exe is a process installed Microsoft Office 2007. It is related to Office Groove 2007 is a program that facilitates collaborative work on office documents between people who are geographically dispersed. If this sounds like Chinese, you can probably disable this process without further concerns. To disable it, uncheck a checkbox to its left. 

 

IgfxExt Module - igfxext.exe 

 

This module is part of the utilities that manage the graphics card with this chipset. There is not enough information about what it actually does, but there is a critical process. Once removed from the list of startup programs, the drivers of the graphics card still work, as well as context menus and control panel applet. Therefore, under the responsibility of each can be disabled. If things are not going well or later is required, we can re-enable it with autoruns. 

 

Igfxtray Module - igfxtray.exe 

 

Like the above, this is a program on either Intel chipset graphics card, either from the sound. In this case the function that seems clearer: Place in the notification area fast access to the graphics properties. Did you change the frequency everyday or screen resolution? I do not therefore need not consume system resources to have this handy utility. 

 

RtHDVCpl.exe 

 

It is Realtek Audio Manager, its function is similar to the previous program, place a shortcut icon to the audio properties functions in the notification area. As in the previous case I do not see the need to occupy resources to have on hand, so we disable the start. 

 

SuperHybridEngine.exe 

 

It is a program to manage energy ASUS available on the computer more efficiently. SuperHybridEngine adjusts the clock speed and the bus speed to steal some energy that increases the autonomy. The difference between using and not using it can be up to an hour and a half of battery. In this case perhaps can be useful if you tend it to start working disconnected and autonomy is critical to us. But usually connected to the current work it is questionable whether we need it because we can be started manually when needed. It might even be helpful with the power switched on if you put in "Super Performance Mode" that takes overclocking by increasing the clock frequency of the processor lightly. Everyone who decides ... 

 

SynAsusAcpi.exe - 

 

It is a component of Synaptics TouchPad, ie pointing device shaped panel with laptops. If you regularly use the TouchPad will need this file, if instead this device will seem uncomfortable and always conectáis an external mouse can question the reason for having this program permanently loaded in memory, as the TouchPad will still work, at least in its basic functionality . 

 

 

 

Answer 3

Syntpenh.exe - 

 

It is useful synaptics TouchPad present in the notification area and provides additional functionality. Again there is a critical process as in the previous case, it is up to each resident to keep or remove the start and run it manually when needed. 

 

In other key processes we find are likely to be disabled. Upstairs in the "Logon" tab of Autoruns can see this key: 

 

HKLM \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Terminal Server \ Wds \ rdpwd \ StartupPrograms 

 

Rdpclip.exe - 

 

If our team is going to act at some point as RDP (Remote Desktop) server, ie other machines are to be connected to our own, and we want to connect please have the function to copy and paste between server and client, and how to transfer files between the two machines, we have this process running. If, however, we do not need or do not want (security) can disable this feature. If you need another time we can always re-enable it again and autoruns. 

 

At other times we find programs that are well documented, as is the case with ctfmon.exe, in this case we can decide what to do here at the manufacturer's own documentation process: Microsoft. 

 

This is a brief sample of some processes that can be found in Asus Netbook with Windows 7 installed, there are others, but would extend too, the recommendation is the same, follow these steps: 

 

Identify process-> Discard fully that this is a critical process -> best documented on its role, and dependencies other programs / functions -> Questioning if needed or not as our profile, preferences and needs -> try-> disable it or not. 

 

We must not use Msconfig to remove them because the change is not reversible, if we need to restore the entrance and we'll have to do manually. However with Autoruns from Sysinternal, what we do is disable not delete. We can restore the previous situation simply checking the box to the left of the item. 

 

Windows Components 

 

One way to save resources is to disable all components of Windows that are not going to use. We are going to {} Control Panel -> Programs and Features {} -> {Enable or disable Windows features} (left). Once there we are able to do without Windows Media Player, Windows Search or Tablet PC components. Again the key is to be documented on what we offer and disable each component which does not match your user profile. So a user who stores all documents in a folder, you may not need the advantages of Windows Search, you know a priori where your files are. If you do not have a Tablet PC does not need this component, if for any reason we will share documents or print on a network, nor need the Print and Document Services (in addition will increase the security of our system). If we want to recover a component, we'll just come back here and activate it. 

 

installed Programs 

 

What was said in the previous section is applicable to all programs listed in {} Control Panel -> Programs and Features {}. If we control what is installed in our system, we will be less exposed to security or performance loss. However at this point the changes may be more difficult to reverse if you do not have access to the software installation program we removed. 

 

services 

 

This is one of the finer points. We continue applying the philosophy of Identify, documented, tested, and disable. Execute services.msc and editing service options, double click on it. In the "General" tab you can change the start and stop, start or pause. In the tab for them we can use the Black Viper site. I used a combination of configuration "Safe" and "Tweak" based on my preferences and system features. Values ​​that have an asterisk indicate a variation on the default settings. For example the "IP Application assistant" service is support for IPv6. As far as I get, is not very common to find ipv6-based networks today, so there is no need to have it active all the time. It would be a strong candidate for the list of services disabled until further notice. 

 

If we are not sure what effect disabling a service, we can pause and take action related to the role. If we like what we started and the result is left as it was. 

 

The act of placing a service manual start means only start after application or system our own, so we can see that we have not initiated manually requested services, but the system has booted because I needed it. Keep this in mind when setting up a service. 

 

 

 

Startup Programs 

 

Finally optimize start our so, that comes from the factory with all kinds of startup applications, and whether it is a notebook of some company besides all Windows program brings brand applications such as Hp brings you programs do a lot of things but they consume resources. So to optimize the boot of our team we will first run> msconfig> startup windows and leave here marked only the necessary system programs ie antivirus and what others say Microsoft or Windows.Lo todo.Luego disable it and apply restart the pc. 

 

You can easily get a Windows 7 using less than 500 MB at rest. 

 

To optimize any system a long time to investigate, documented and test configurations are required, and there is enough information about tricks and tweaks, some of which are simply false or useless and others have little effect on overall performance. No one will give you the magic formula, as there are many optimal configurations as users. Due to the length of this field, devote future articles to talk about other interesting options to further optimize the system. 

 

Well folks following this guide your pc stay well optimized, also serves to pc desktop with these características.Otra advisable thing is to change Windows Starter Home Basic or Premium. 

 

 

If you have questions comment, Greetings.