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SPEEDING UP

“WINDOWS 10”

http://aztcs.org/

http://aztcs.org/

http://apcug.org/

http://apcug.org/

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Web location for

this presentation:

http://aztcs.org

Click on “Meeting Notes”`

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SUMMARYBy using the "System" applet of

the Windows “Control Panel”

and the services.msc “Microsoft

Management Console” Snap-in,

you can increase the speed of

most "Windows 10" computers.

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BASIC STRATEGY

• No direct editing of the “registry”

• Make reversible changes to the

"Windows.." operating system

• Make “image backups” and

“restore points”, prior to making

changes

• Take advantage of the

compounding effects of multiple

speedup tweaks

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PROCEDURE & TOPICS

• Step 1: Make an image backup

of your "Windows" hard drive

• Step 2: Create a “restore point”

with Windows' "System Restore"

• Step 3: Set “Visual Effects” for

“..best performance”

• Step 4: Supersize the swap file

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PROCEDURE & TOPICS (continued)

• Step 5: Run “Revo Uninstaller

Freeware”

• Step 6: Use "services.msc" to

disable some services

• Step 7: Perform “Error-checking”

on all hard drives.

• Step 9: Defragment all hard drives

• Step 10: Turn off startup programs

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/speedupWindows/startup_programs.pdf

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DETAILS OF STEP 1:

Drive Image Backup

• Use "Macrium Reflect Free Edition",

"Clonezilla", "Acronis True Image..",

or "System Image Backup" (which is

inside "File History" which is inside

the "Control Panel" of "Windows..")

AND an external hard drive to

create a "backup image" of the

entire C: drive of your "Windows 8"

or "Windows 8.1" computer.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

http://clonezilla.org/

http://ugr.com/TrueImage.html

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DETAILS OF STEP 1:

Drive Image Backup (continued)

• Our instructions for using the

free and open source “Clonezilla”

to make an image backup of a

hard drive can be found at

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/wi

nhardsig/CZ-backup.pdf

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/CZ-backup.pdf

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DETAILS OF STEP 1:

Drive Image Backup (continued)

• If your Windows 10 computer

has "Secure Boot" in a UEFI

(instead of a legacy BIOS), only

the "Alternate" Ubuntu-based

AMD64 "LiveCD" of "Clonezilla"

will be able to boot up and

backup with "Clonezilla..".

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point”• Use Windows' “System Restore” to

create a “restore point”

o See

http://www.techregar.com/how-to-

create-system-restore-point-in-

windows-10/

and

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/457

1-system-restore-point-create-

windows-10-a.html

http://www.techregar.com/how-to-create-system-restore-point-in-windows-10/

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4571-system-restore-point-create-windows-10-a.html

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)

• Step 2a: Using the keyboard,

press Windows key + x key

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2b: A "Power User's Task Menu" will

pop up and cover the Start Button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2c: Use the left mouse button to click on

"Control Panel":

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2d: An "Control Panel" window will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2e: Click on "System and Security" or

"System":

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2f: Click on "System":

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2g: Click on "System protection" in the

"System" window:

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2h: Click on "Create" in the "System

Protection" tab of the "System Properties"

box:

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2i: Type in a description for the "restore

point" that you are about to create. For

example: You might type in "Just before

performing Windows 10 speedup tweaks"

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:


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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2j: Click on the "Create" button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 2:


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DETAILS OF STEP 2:


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DETAILS OF STEP 2:

Create a “Restore Point” (continued)• Step 2k: Close all open boxes and Windows

by clicking on their "Close" buttons or "x"

buttons:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set "Visual Effects" For Best

Performance



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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set "Visual Effects".. (continued)• Step 3b: A "Power User's Task Menu" will


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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set "Visual Effects".. (continued)• Step 3c: Use the left mouse button to click on

"Control Panel":

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set "Visual Effects" (continued)• Step 3d: A "Control Panel" window will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set "Visual Effects" (continued)• Step 3e: Click on "System and Security" or

"System":

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set "Visual Effects.." (continued)• Step 3f: Click on "System":

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set "Visual Effects" (continued)• Step 3g: Click on "Advanced system settings"

in the "System" window:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set “Visual Effects”.. (continued)• Step 3h: Click on the “Settings” button in the

"Performance" section of the "Advanced" tab

of the "System Properties" box:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:

Set “Visual Effects”.. (continued)

• Step 3i: A “Performance Options”

box will appear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:


• Step 3j: Select the "Adjust

for best performance" option:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:


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DETAILS OF STEP 3:


• Step 3k: Click on the "Apply" button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3:


• Step 3L: Close all open Windows and

boxes by clicking on their "x" buttons:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File



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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4b: A "Power User's Task Menu" will


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4c: Use the left mouse button to click on

"Control Panel":

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4d: A "Control Panel" window will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4e: Click on "System and Security" or

"System":

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4f: Click on "System":

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4g: Click on "Advanced system settings"

in the "System" window:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4h: Click on the “Settings” button in the

"Performance" section of the "Advanced" tab

of the "System Properties" box:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)

• Step 4i: Click on the "Advanced tab:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4j: Click on the

"Change.." button in the

"Virtual Memory" section of the

"Advanced" tab:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File.. (continued)

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4k: A "Virtual Memory" box will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4L: Remove the

checkmark that is to the left

of "Automatically manage

paging file size for all drives"

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4m: Select the "Custom

size" option:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4O: Change the number in the “Initial

size (MB)” box to a much larger value but do

not exceed the “Space Available” value that is

displayed. (We suggest 200000..)

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4p: Change the number in

the “Maximum size (MB)” box to

the same number that you used

in “Step 4p”.

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4q: Click on the "Set"

button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4r: If a "System Properties" box states

that you have to set the maximum page file

size below 4096, click on its "OK" button and

go immediately to Step 4za in “Appendix 1”

on page 132:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4t: Click on the "OK" button

of the "Virtual Memory" box to

make the "Virtual Memory" box

disappear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4u: If a "System Control Panel Applet"

box states that you have to "..restart your

computer.., click on its "OK" button to make

this box disappear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4v: Click on the “Apply” button of the

“Performance Options” box:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4v: Click on the “OK” button of the

“Performance Options” box to make it

disappear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4w: Click on the “OK” button of the

“System Properties” box to make it disappear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

Supersize the Swap File (continued)• Step 4w: Click on the “x” button of the

“System” box to make it disappear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4x: If a dialog box states that “You must

restart your computer..”, click on its “Restart

Now” button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4y: After your computer

reboots, use your Web browser and

other software application programs

to see if your computer is

significantly faster than prior to the

performance of this procedure.

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DETAILS OF STEP 4:


• Step 4z: If your computer is not

significantly faster, perform Step 4a

through Step 4z again, and try a

larger minimum and maximum swap

file size in "Step 4O" and "Step 4p".

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DETAILS OF STEP 5:

Run “Revo Uninstaller Freeware”

• Run the portable edition of “Revo

Uninstaller Free” to remove

unwanted toolbars, updaters, and

miscellaneous software programs.

o See

http://www.revouninstaller.com/rev

o_uninstaller_free_download.html

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

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DETAILS OF STEP 5:

Run “Revo Uninstaller Freeware” (continued)

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use services.msc To Disable Some

Services



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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use services.msc To Disable Some

Services (continued)• Step 6b: A "Power User's Task Menu" will


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DETAILS OF STEP 4:

User services.msc To Disable Some

Services (continued)• Step 6c: Click on "Run":

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)• Step 6f: A "Run" box will be displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)• Step 6g: Inside the "Search" box, type

services.msc

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)

• Step 6h: Click on the "OK" button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


• Step 6i: A "Services"

window will be displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)• Step 6j: Click on “Action” in the Menu bar

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


• Step 6k: Click on the “Export List” in the pull-

down menu:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


• Step 6L: Use the "Export List.." box

to save the “List Report” to a

location in any hard drive, giving

the report an appropriate name

based on the time and date. (The

comma delimited .csv opens with

less problems in Microsoft Excel,

compared to the other available file

formats.)

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


• Step 6m: Stop and disable “services”

that you do not need.

Do not make any changes to the

"Volume Shadow Copy" service or the

"Power Service". The "Power Service" is

needed by "Windows Audio" service so

disabling it will cause your sound card to

fail.

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


• Step 6m (continued):

The "IP Helper" service is needed for

conventional file and printer sharing in

"Windows 7", "Windows 8", "Windows

8.1", and "Windows 10". You can stop

and disable the "IP Helper" service if you

are not sharing files and/or printers with

other computers, file servers, and/or

print servers over your local network.

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


• Step 6m (continued):

Stopping and disabling the "Themes"

service disables "Aerosnap", "Snap

Assist", and "Aero Peak to Preview the

Desktop", which is up to the individual

end user.

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


Step 6n: For documentation on what you can

stop and disable, see

http://www.blackviper.com/service-

configurations/black-vipers-windows-10-

service-configurations/

and

"Tweakhound" has not posted any services.msc

tweaks at

https://tweakhound.com/2015/08/10/my-

windows-10-tweaks/

yet

http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-10-service-configurations/

https://tweakhound.com/2015/08/10/my-windows-10-tweaks/

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


For example, to stop and disable the "Themes"

service, do the following inside the "Services"

box:

Example Step 1: Locate the "Themes" service:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


Example Step 2: Use your RIGHT mouse

botton to click on the "Themes" service:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


Example Step 3: Click on "Properties" in the

pop-up context menu:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)Example Step 4: A "Themes Properties" box will

be displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)Example Step 5: Click on the "Stop" button to

stop the "Themes" service:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)Example Step 6: Click on drop-down list button

to the right of "Automatic"::

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)Example Step 7: A drop-down list will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)Example Step 8: Click on "Disabled" in the

drop-down list:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


Example Step 9: "Startup type" will now be

shown as "Disabled":

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


Example Step 10: Click on the "Apply" button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:

Use “services.msc”.. (continued)Example Step 11: Click on the "OK" button to

make the "..Properties.." box disappear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 6:


• Extended view versus standard view

of the services.msc "Microsoft

Management Console" snap-in

o See

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/

configure-services-mmc-to-open-in-

standard-view-by-default/

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/configure-services-mmc-to-open-in-standard-view-by-default/

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:

Error checking For All Hard Drives



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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


(continued)• Step 7b: A "Power User's Task Menu" will


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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


(continued)• Step 7c: Click on "File Explorer":

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:

Error-checking on all hard drives• Step 7d: A "File Explorer" window will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:

Error-checking on all hard drives• Step 7e: Locate "This PC" and click on it in

order to highlight it:

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:

Error-checking on all hard drives (continued)

• Step 7f: Use the RIGHT mouse button to

click on the C: drive:

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


• Step 7g: Click on “Properties” on the pop-up

context menu.

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:

Error-checking on all hard drives (continued)• Step 7h: A “..Properties” box will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:

Error-checking on all hard drives (continued)• Step 7i: Click on the “Tools” tab:

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


• Step 7j: Click on the “Check” button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


• Step 7k: An "Error Checking.." box will

be displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


• Step 7L: Click on "Scan drive":

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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


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DETAILS OF STEP 7:


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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment All Hard Drives



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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment All Hard Drives (continued)

• Step 8b: A "Power User's Task Menu" will


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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


• Step 8c: Click on "File Explorer":

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment All Hard Drives (continued)• Step 8d: A "File Explorer" window will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment All Hard Drives (continued)• Step 8e: Locate "This PC" and click on it in

order to highlight it:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


• Step 8f: Use the RIGHT mouse button to

click on the C: drive:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


• Step 8g: Click on “Properties” on the pop-up

context menu.

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment All Hard Drives (continued)• Step 8h: A “..Properties” box will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment All Hard Drives (continued)• Step 8i: Click on the “Tools” tab:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


• Step 8j: Click on the “Optimize” button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment all hard drives (continued)

• Step 8L: An "Optimize Drives" box will be

displayed:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


• Step 8m: Click on the drive that you wish to

defragment in order to highlight it:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:

Defragment all hard drives (continued)• Step 8n: Click on the “Optimize" button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


• Step 8O: After the defragmentation for the C:

drive completes, you should defragment any

additional hard drives or hard drive partitions

where you store operating system, program or

data files:

Click on the listing of the drive; then click on

the “Defragment" button.

Do NOT run the defragmentation process on

hard drives or hard drive partitions that belong

to the "Windows.." operating system such as

those named "System", "System Reserved",

"Dell Utilities", Factory Image", "Backup", etc.

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DETAILS OF STEP 8:


• In the example in page 129, you

would run the defragmentation

process on drives C: which is a

hard drive that are used to store

data files

• However, you should NOT run the

defragmentation process on the

drive which is labeled "Recovery"

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APPENDIX 1

Turning on "Physical Address

Extension" ("PAE")

• Step 4za: Perform “Step 4za" through

"Step 4zt", only if you were directed here

from “Step 4r” (on page 60).

• The objective of these additional steps is

to turn on "Physical Address Extension"

which is also known as "PAE".

• "PAE" is a Windows kernel extension.

Some processors support it and some

do not.

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Turning on "PAE" (continued)

• Step 4zb: Go to

http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/

http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/

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• Step 4zc: Scroll down to the bottom of

this Web page:

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• Step 4zd: Click on "Register" button in to

to obtain a copy of "EasyBCD" for

personal, non-commercial use:

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• Step 4ze: Click on the "Download!"

button:

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• Step 4zf: Use the "Save" drop-down

button to "Save As.." the

"EasyBCD....exe" file to the "Desktop":

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• Step 4zg: Click on the "Run" button to

install "EasyBCD" into your computer:

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• Step 4zh: If a "User Account Control" box

is displayed, click on its "Yes" button.

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Turning on "PAE" (continued)• Step 4zi: Click on the "Next" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued)• Step 4zj: Click on the "I Agree" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued)• Step 4zk: Click on the "Next" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued)• Step 4zL: Click on the "Install" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued)• Step 4zm: Click on the "Finish" button:

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• Step 4zn: Click on the "OK" button:

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• Step 4zo: The "EasyBCD" application

window will be displayed:

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• Step 4zp: Click on the "Advanced

Settings" button:

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• Step 4zq: The lower right quadrant will

be a "Change Settings" section:

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• Step 4zr: Click on the "Advanced" tab of

the "Change Settings" section:

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• Step 4zs: Use the down arrow button to

Change "PAE Support" from "Default" to

"Force Enable":

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• Step 4zt: Click on the "Save settings"

button:

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• Step 4zu: Click on the "X" exit button to

close "EasyBCD":

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• Step 4zv: Reboot the computer.

• Step 4zw: Go to “Step 4A” (on page 38).

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If you are running Windows 7 inside an

"Oracle VM VirtualBox" virtual

machine:

Prior to running the tweak with

"EasyBCD", you will probably have to turn

on "Enable PAE/NX" as follows:

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If you are running "Windows 8" or

"Windows 8.1" inside an "Oracle VM

VirtualBox" virtual machine

(continued):

Use the right mouse button to click on the

"Windows 8" virtual machine in the

"Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager" window.

Select "Settings" from the pop-up context

menu.

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If you are running "Windows 8" or



(continued):

Click on the "System" selection of the

"Settings" box.

Click on the "Processor" tab.

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If you are running "Windows 8" and



(continued):

Put a checkmark in the box to the left of

"Enable PAE/NX", if there is not one

already there.

Click on the "OK" button of the "Settings"

box.

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