Optimize Windows 7

Welcome to Optimizewindows7.net. Here you can find ways to improve Windows 7 performance by optimizing and tweaking it's settings. There are also articles and tutorials for other operating systems and for different programs.


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January 30th, 2010
vista logo  Tweak Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 is fast in a lot of ways. It seems to be optimized for performance right out of the box. Despite these facts there are some things that you can do in order to improve your user experience and have fast program loading times and a snappy interface. I will describe a few of ways to tweak Windows 7 performance now. (more)..

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November 17th, 2009
Show Control Panel in My computer xplogo  Show Control Panel in My computer

Control Panel is the place where all the tweaking goes on. By default Windows XP does not show the Control Panel in My Computer. This tutorial will show you how to do this. (more)..

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November 15th, 2009
 Vista write caching

Write caching is a technology that helps speed up Windows Vista. Write caching is also present in other operating systems. This guide assumes that you are using a SATA hard drive. If you don’t know what that is you probably have one as long as you are running Vista. (more)..

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November 11th, 2009
Install Microsoft Security Essentials microsoft security essentials  Install Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is a basic security protection package made by Microsoft. This article will cover its installation. (more)..

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November 11th, 2009
 Windows 7 Preview Pane

The Preview Pane is a nifty feature of Windows 7 that lets you visualize the file that is currently selected directly in the explorer window. Although previous versions of Windows had some kind of possibility to preview files, Microsoft seems to have done it right with Windows 7. (more)..

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November 10th, 2009
 Windows 7 Action Center

The Windows 7 Action Center, formerly known as Windows Security Center (in Windows Vista and Windows XP starting sp2), has evolved so that now it contains security as well as computer maintenance. This guide will show you how to tweak its settings. (more)..

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November 6th, 2009
Import Outlook 2007 AutoComplete Outlook 2007 logo  Import Outlook 2007 AutoComplete

This guide shows how to transfer (import) AutoComplete information from another computer. It assumes that you have completed the steps described here (exporting them) so that you have an .nk2 file containing the addresses. (more)..

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November 3rd, 2009
Import Outlook 2007 Rules and Alerts Outlook 2007 logo  Import Outlook 2007 Rules and Alerts

Rules and Alerts are a key part of Outlook 2007. Read on if you want to transfer them to another computer or reinstall your operating system. This also applies to a case where you want to transfer rules from one user to another on the same computer. (more)..

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November 2nd, 2009
Export Outlook 2007 Rules and Alerts Outlook 2007 logo  Export Outlook 2007 Rules and Alerts

If you have some Outlook 2007 rules configured to move emails as they arrive into different folders or some other useful rules or alerts set up for certain events and want to export them to another computer with Outlook or just backup them, you should not be worried about a thing because it can be done. (more)..

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November 1st, 2009
Export Outlook 2007 AutoComplete Outlook 2007 logo  Export Outlook 2007 AutoComplete

This article will teach you how to export Microsoft Outlook 2007 AutoComplete information. The procedure is quite simple and does not require advanced Outlook 2007 skills. (more)..

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