Speed Up Your Windows 8 PC Performance

Improve Your PC Performance & Make Your System More Faster

Either You Have Upgraded To Windows 8 Or Buy A New PC Or Laptop Of Windows 8 You Can Even Boost Up Speed Of Windows. Usually, Problem Arises When You Upgrade To Windows 8 On Existing PC. Old Hardware Can Make It Little Slow But You Can Still Optimize Windows 8 And Get Some Speed To Go A Long Way. Then I am Trying To Speed Up Your System By Some Tips And Tools

Perform Tasks That Can Help Improve Performance......The Tasks In The Left Pane Of Performance Information And Tools Can Help You Improve Your PC's Performance. Open Performance Information And Tools By Swiping In From The Right Edge Of The Screen, Tapping Search (Or If You're Using A Mouse, Pointing To The Upper-Right Corner Of The Screen, Moving The Mouse Pointer Down, And Then Clicking Search), Entering Performance Information And Tools In The Search Box, Tapping Or Clicking Settings, And Then Tapping Or Clicking Performance Information And Tools.

1. Adjust Visual Effects

Some Visual Effects Can Slow Down Other Tasks On Your PC. You Can Turn These Effects On And Off And View More Options.

2. Disable Animations

Windows 8 Has Some Animations That Works When You Minimize, Maximize A Window. You Must Have Noticed It Fade Out And Fade In When You Minimize, Open Or Close. It Consumes Your Computer Processing Memory. You Can Disable This And Can Feel A Faster PC. You Can Do This In A Simple Way.

• Press Win + R
• Type ‘Command’ And Press Enter
• Now Type Systempropertiesadvacned and Press Enter
• You Can View System Properties with Advanced Tab
• Now Click Setting Button in Performance Section
• Now You Can See a Performance Option Window
• You Can Uncheck Boxes on Animations That You Don’t Want To See Or You Can Use ‘Adjust For Best Performance’
• Click Ok

3. Adjust Indexing Options

If It's Taking Too Long To Search For Things On Your PC, You Can Narrow Your Search To Focus On The Files And Folders That You Most Commonly Use. If You Need To Free Up Space On A Hard Disk, You Can Change The Location Of The Index. If You Change This Location, The Windows Search Service Will Automatically Be Restarted, And The Change Will Not Go Into Effect Until The Restart Is Complete.

Open Indexing Option

Click Start Button

Then Clicking Control Panel.

In The Search Box, Type Indexing Options, And Then Click Indexing Options. Click Advanced.

If You're Prompted For An Administrator Password Or Confirmation, Type The Password Or Provide Confirmation. In The Advanced Options Dialog Box, Click The Index Settings Tab.

4. Optimize Your Drives

Windows 8 Has Also Introduced A New And Improved Feature “Optimize Your Drives” Which Is Previous Known As “Disk De-Fragmentation” In Previous Windows Operating System Like Windows XP, Windows Vista And Windows 7. Keeping Your Hard Disk And Solid State Drive (SSD) Optimized Is Good Option For Speeding Up Your Windows 8. For Turning On This Feature Select Your Drive You Want To Get Optimized. Then Select Its “Settings” And Click On “Defragment And Optimize Your Drives”.

5. Adjust Power Settings

Some Power Settings On Your PC Are Designed To Use Less Power From Your Battery To Make It Last Longer. You Can View And Change Settings To Balance Your PC The Way You Want To Between Higher Performance And Longer Battery Life.

To Make a Custom Power Settings Go To Run (Windows+R) Type powercfg.cpl Its Will Bring Power Configuration Wizard No Set It As Your Choice

6. Open Disk Cleanup 

 

This Tool Deletes Unnecessary Or Temporary Files On Your Hard Drive So You Can Increase The Amount Of Free Storage Space. Windows Inbuilt Utility Software ‘Disk Cleanup’ Can Help You To Make Pc Faster. It Can Also Delete Temporary Files, Empty Recycle Bin, And Other Items That Are Of No Use. To Do This Go To Drive Properties>>General>>Disk Clean UP

Now Choose Drive That You Want To Clean


In Disk Clean Up Tab Check Boxes That You Want To Delete An Click Ok

Now Its Will Calculate How Much Free Space You Will Get After This Performance

Now You Will Asked For Confirmation Click Delete Files

7. Disable Start up Program 

Stop An App From Running Automatically When Windows Starts...Whenever Your Computer Boot, It Used To Read Programs That Are On Startup. These Are Programs That You Have Installed Over The Time And Forgot To Uninstall Or Disable At Startup. Such Kinds Of Programs Are Burden On Your PC And You Should Deal With Them As Soon As Possible. It Will Reduce Boot Time And Speed Up Computer. You Can Do This By Two Simple Way.

Lunch Task Manager
Start UP
Uncheck Programs That You Feel Unnecessarily Loading
Click Apply And Ok
It Will Prompt You To Restart
Changes Will Take Place Once You Will Restart

 OR

• Press Win + R
• Type ‘msconfig’ And Press Enter
• Choose Startup Tab
• Uncheck Programs That You Feel Unnecessarily Loading
• Click Apply And Ok
• It Will Prompt You To Restart
• Changes Will Take Place Once You Will Restart

8. Speed Up Your PC With Readyboost

Readyboost Can Speed Up Your PC By Using Storage Space On Most Flash Memory Cards And USB Flash Drives. If You Have a Storage Device That Will Work with Ready Boost, You'll See An Option To Use Readyboost When You Plug It Into Your PC. If You Select This Option, You Can Choose How Much Memory On The Device To Use For Speeding Up Your PC.

Turn on ReadyBoost

• Plug A Flash Drive Or Flash Memory Card Into Your Computer.
• In The Autoplay Dialog Box, Under General Options, Click Speed Up My System. 
• In The Properties Dialog Box, Click The Readyboost Tab, And Then Do One Of The Following: 
• To Turn Readyboost Off, Click Do Not Use This Device.

To Use The Maximum Available Space On The Flash Drive Or Memory Card For Readyboost, Click Dedicate This Device To Readyboost. Windows Will Leave Any Files Already Stored on the Device, But It'll Use the Rest to Boost Your System Speed. To Use Less Than The Maximum Available Space On The Device For Readyboost, Click Use This Device, And Then Move The Slider To Choose The Amount Of Available Space On The Device You Want To Use. Click OK.

Note: For Readyboost To Effectively Speed Up Your Computer, The Flash Drive Or Memory Card Should Have At Least 1 Gigabyte (GB) Of Available Space. If Your Drive Or Card Doesn't Have Enough Available Space For Readyboost, You'll See A Message Telling You To Free Some Space On It. For Best Results, Use A Flash Drive Or Flash Memory Card With At Least Double The Amount Of Available Space As The Amount Of Memory (RAM) In Your Computer.

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How To Enable Windows 8 Picture Passsword

Windows 8 Picture Authentication 

OR 

Windows 8 Picture Password

Picture Password Is A Feature Introduced With Windows 8 That Allows You To Create Three Different Gestures On Any Image Of Your Choice And Use Those Gestures As Your Password. The Gesture Can Be Any Combination Of Circles, Straight Lines, And Taps. For Example If The Picture You Chose Was Of A Face Your Picture Password Could Be A Tap On Each Eye And Then A Circle Around The Mouth.







Windows Charms Is A New Feature That Was Introduced With Windows 8 That Gives You Access To Search, Share, Start, Devices, And Settings. This Menu Appears When You Move You Mouse on The Right-Hand Side of The Screen or Press The Windows Key + C on The Keyboard. The Black Bar along the Right-Hand Side of the Above Picture Is an Example of What the Windows Charms Looks like When open.




Step-1 Open The Windows Charms


Step-2 Click Settings & Then More PC Settings


Step-3 In The PC Settings Window Click Users and Then Select Choose Your Picture


Step-4 Create a Picture Password







You Are Successfully Created a Picture Password To Log In Log of Your System And Log In With Selected Picture








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How To Setup Windows 7 or Windows 8 Using USB Drive

Setup Your Windows 7 or Windows 8 Using USB Drive

In This Article I am Going To Show You How Do You Able To Setup a USB Drive For Installation of Windows 7 or Windows 8 Using Power ISO .

Requirements: 

Power ISO:

Poweriso (Download) Is A Powerful CD / DVD / BD Image File Processing Tool, Which Allows You To Open, Extract, Burn, Create, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split And Convert ISO Files, And Mount ISO Files With Internal Virtual Drive. It Can Process Almost All CD / DVD / BD Image Files Including ISO And BIN Files. Poweriso Provides An All-In-One Solution. You Can Do Every Thing With Your ISO Files And Disc Image Files

ISO Setup File Windows 7 or Windows 8

Step1: Create Bootable Usb Drive

Start Poweriso V5.6 Version, Download

Insert The Usb Drive You Intend To Boot From.

Choose The Menu "Tools > Create Bootable Usb Drive". 

The "Create Bootable Usb Drive" Dialog Will Popup. If You Are Using Windows Vista or Windows 7 / 8 Operating System, You Need Confirm The Uac Dialog To Continue OK.

In "Create Bootable Usb Drive" Dialog, Click "..." Button To Open The Iso File Of Windows 7 Or Windows 8.

Select The Correct Usb Drive From The "Destination Usb Drive" List If Multiple Usb Drives Are Connected To The Computer.

Choose The Proper Writing Method. "Usb-Hdd" Is Recommended.

Click "Start" Button To Start Creating Windows 7 / 8 Bootable Usb Drive.

If No Errors Occurred In The Above Process, You Should Now Be All Set To Setup Windows 7 / 8 From Usb Drive!

Step 2: BIOS Boot order Setup

Now You Have To Reboot And Go To The BIOS Setup Configuration To Boot From Usb.as a 1st Boot Device Now Reboot The System.

While Booting (Before Windows Starts Loading), Get Into The Bios Configuration Screen By Hitting Something Like F1, F2, Delete or Escape. Hotkey Instructions Are Generally Provided On The Screen.

Go To The Section That Contains Your Boot Devices.

With Your Usb Drive Plugged In, The Usb Drive Should Be Listed. If It Isn’t, Your System Might Not Support Booting From Usb. Assuming That It Is Supported (As Is The Case With Virtually All Modern Hardware), Promote Your Usb Drive To The Primary Boot Device.

Exit From The Bios Configuration, Saving All Changes.

If You’re Completely New To Bios Configuration, Read This Article  over At Tom’s Hardware Might Be A Good Primer. Be Aware Though, That You Can Seriously Screw Up Your System By Providing Incorrect Settings!

Step 3: Booting And Setup Windows 7 / Windows 8 From Usb Drive

Assuming That You Properly Configured Your Bios And Your Usb Drive Supports Booting,  Windows 7 / 8 Setup Should Now Load. Depending On The Speed of Your Usb Drive, This May Take A While.

If It Isn’t Working, Then Double-Check The Following Before Making A Scene: 

1. Is Your Bios Properly Configured For Booting (Usb Device Listed And Does It Have 1st Priority?)

2. Have You Correctly Prepared The Usb Drive In Step One? (Restart The Procedure.)

3. Does Your Usb Drive Properly Support Being Booted From? (Try Another One!)

4. Note: The Above Guide Works With Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 Only.

Note : Above Process Is Only For Windows 7 & Windows 8 For Windows XP

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