10 tips for optimizing Windows 7

                  There are a lot of articles about Windows 7 at the moment, but most of them are about the introduction of user interface changes, such as: new taskbar, improvement of the start menu, larger preview thumbnails, and so on. There are still a lot of new things in Windows 7. Let's change the topic today. Have you noticed that disk defragmentation already supports parallel processing of multiple drives? Also, do you know which IE plugin slows down the browser? When the voice chats, the speaker volume will automatically decrease, what should I do? That's right, these are the new things that Windows 7 brings to us, and it's important to know. 1. Accelerate Disk Defragmentation The Disk Defragmenter tool in Windows 7 offers more controllable options than Windows Vista, and its command-line version also provides some interesting new features. The following is a description of the parameters: /r Parallel processing of multiple drives /h Let the Disk Defragmenter use more system resources to speed up the run /u Provide periodic progress reports, you can see a detailed procedure command usage example for defragmentation: defrag /c /h /u /r Function: Quickly organize multiple drives in a single command line window. More parameters and usage can be obtained with defrag /? 2, let IE load faster Some IE plugins use more time to start, no doubt this will slow down the performance of the entire browser. In IE8 in Windows 7, users can know which browser plugins (extensions) are running the slowest. Usage: Click Tools > Manage Add-ons. The loading time list on the right shows the operation of the plugin. 3. Fix the taskbar Windows 7 enhances security. Therefore, when UAC is turned off, the gadgets for the desktop sidebar will not be enabled. If you disable UAC and plan to use gadgets normally, follow the instructions below. Run the registration editor and find the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Sidebar\\Settings Create a new DWORD value with the key name AllowElevatedProcess and set the value to 1, so that the gadgets can start normally. 4, Alt+Tab enhanced usage Suppose you have opened five resource managers and run many other programs. In order to find what you need in so many programs, switching between windows using traditional Alt+Tab is really very time-consuming. How to do it? Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the Explorer icon. Windows 7 will only switch between these resource manager windows, which makes the window positioning faster. This tip is for any application that supports multiple instances at the same time.