Steps to Improve Computer’s Speed

Here are some easy and magical ways to improve the speed of your computer.
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1. Processor scheduling should be set to background services and not Programs.
2. Visual effects should be set to a minimum.
3. Switch off Desktop Background Image.
4. Disable Screen Saver
5. Disable Fast User Switching
6. Switch Off Power Schemes
7. Switch Off Hibernation
8. Activate DMA on Hard Discs/CD ROMS.
9. Disable System Sounds.
10. Do Not Map Through Soundcard.
11. Disable System Restore.
12. Disable Automatic Updates.
13. Startup and Recovery Options.
14. Disable Error Reporting.
15. Disable Remote Assistance.
16. Fix Swap File (Virtual Memory).
17. Speed Up Menus.
18. Disable Offline Files.
19. Disable Remote Desktop
20. Disable Internet Synchronise Time.
21. Disable Hide Inactive Icons.
22. Disable Automatic Desktop Cleanup Wizard.
23. Disable NTFS Last Access Time.
24. Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips.
25. Disable CDROM Autoplay.
26. Disable Disc Indexing Service.

Now the ways to accomplish these tasks:
1.Processor scheduling should be set to background services and not Programs.
For setting processor scheduling to background services just perform these simple steps,
Go to

Start Menu >Settings > Control Panel >System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced Tab > Background Services.

This has the effect of switching from more frequent and smaller CPU time slices (applications), to less frequent and longer CPU time slices (background services). This allows the audio application or driver to “hang on” to the CPU for longer without interruption.

2. Visual effects should be set to a minimum.

Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Visual Effects Tab > Adjust for best performance

3.Switch Off Desktop Background Image.
Right Click Desktop > Properties > Desktop Tab > Background None

4. Disable Screen Saver
Right Click Desktop > Properties > Screen Saver > None

5. Disable Fast User Switching
Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts > Change the way users log on or off > Untick Use Fast User Switching

6. Switch Off Power Schemes
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Always On > Turn off monitor and turn off hard discs to Never

7. Switch Off Hibernation
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Hibernate > Untick Hibernation

8. Activate DMA on Hard Discs/CD ROMS
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers > Right Click Primary IDE channel and Secondary IDE channel > Properties > Advanced Settings Tab > Tra

9. Disable System Sounds
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds Tab > Sound Scheme to None.

10. Do Not Map Through Soundcard
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Hardware Tab > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properties > Audio Devices > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properti

11. Disable System Restore
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > System Restore Tab. Tick the “Turn off System Restore on all Drives”

12. Disable Automatic Updates
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Automatic Updates > Turn off automatic updating. I want to update my computer manually

13. Startup and Recovery Options
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Untick Automatically Restart

14. Disable Error Reporting
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Advanced > Error Reporting > Disable Error Reporting

15. Disable Remote Assistance
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Remote > Untick Allow remote assistance invitations to be sent from this computer

16. Fix Swap File (Virtual Memory)
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory Change > Custom Size. Set initial and maximum size to the same value

17. Speed Up Menus
Start > Run > Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop Folder.
Set MenuShowDelay to 1

18. Disable Offline Files
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options > Offline Files Untick “Enable Offline Files”

19. Disable Remote Desktop
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Remote > Untick “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer”

20. Disable Internet Synchronise Time
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Date and Time > Internet Time > Untick “Automatically synchronize with internet time server”

21. Disable Hide Inactive Icons
Start > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu > Taskbar TAB > Uncheck “Hide Inactive Icons”

22. Disable Automatic Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Desktop > Customise Desktop > Untick “Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days”

23. Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS File Systems Only)
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control > Filesystem. Add a new DWORD value – “NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate” and set value to 1.

24. Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > Advanced. Create a new DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips and set to 0.

25. Disable CDROM Autoplay
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Services > Cdrom. Set autorun to 0.

26. Disable Disc Indexing Service
Right Click Start > Explorer > Right Click Each Disc > Properties > Untick “Allow Indexing Service to index this disc for fast file searching”

Do you have questions, comments, or suggestions? Feel free to post a comment!

 

Saving and Improve Battery Life for Android

All right we at Android Advices always go with latest firmware updates, latest android mobile news and review of the Android mobile phones. We also covers individuals tips like on how to increase battery life on various devices like Motorola Defy, Samsung Replenish, HTC Aria and other mobile & tablets.

There are few tips by which you can improve the battery life of your mobile phone, almost certain things mentioned here can’t be avoided. Provided here is the general tips where you can save your mobile phone battery for quickly draining out -

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  Charging it Up

  
  

  If you are using Android phone then you have to charge your mobile phone at least once a day and almost everyday. If are among those person who never puts his phone down then you have to charge your phone twice a day. So be ready with your charging cable or charger at your desired time. Unless you have an amazing phone with better backup like upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo which has 2500 mAh battery (no details on battery backup life but I am sure it would offer at least 12 hours of battery life on continuous usage). Apart from that if you have mobile phone with 8 hours or 10 hours battery life specifications then after few months of usage of your phone the battery life would be reduced considerably due to physical aging of the components and life of chargeable batteries is not long enough.

  
  

  One thing I should praise about Android phone is that it can be charged using your microUSB card slot connection to PC too. A better alternative is to have an extra battery along with you.

  
  
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  Screen Brightness

  
  

  The screen brightness on your mobile phone uses most of the battery so it’s advised that you use auto brightness if possible. If you mobile phone doesn’t have the setting of auto brightness then pick something setting sensible for a default and work.

  
  

  Importantly you should set screen timeout on your mobile phone. It’s the time amount in inactivity before your screen goes to dark (power saving) or auto lock. Keeping your mobile phone setting for longer timeout it’s just wasting the battery and on the other hand if you set it for 10 or 15 seconds, it would be not that much difficult for you to unlock your devices and be back to your work. Preferably, I would say keep it 20 seconds or 30 seconds.

  
  

  For the LED screen on some of the Android devices, you will not find the option of auto brightness. It will have the settings from low, medium and high. The high setting will keep you screen for the maximum power usage, the medium is nice for indoor use and the low one works very well in the dark.

  
  
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  Desktop Background

  
  

  You love those lovely live wallpapers but they consume battery continuously. The live wallpapers apart from consuming the battery continuously it also consume a part of your processor as the process runs continuously. Again this is not the battery problem and there is no reason to complain about the batter drains when you have the live wallpapers on your mobile phone.

  
  

  An interesting fact is that on your LED screen, dark wallpapers consume less battery than their counterparts.

  
  
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  GPS & Wi Fi

  
  

  When GPS is ON in your mobile phone, it consumes a hard amount of processor memory and battery would be eaten away like no man’s business. So it’s better advised to use GPS when you need it. The Foursquare app to consume a little battery while running, so keep it usage to the limit.

  
  

  Also, Wi Fi is present in most of the Android mobile phone, infact you can live on Android mobile phone without 3G or Wi Fi connectivity. Turn off your Wi Fi whenever you don’t need them. These settings are available in Home > Menu > Settings and then go to Wireless and Networks.

  
  
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  Wireless Radio & 3G

  
  

  You love 3G but most of the times when you are connected to 3G internet on your mobile phone, the battery meters quickly drain out. Again, it’s not the problem of your phone or the battery, the 3G and the 4G networks consumes more battery as the connectivity is faster.

  
  

  So until and unless you are not using the 3G services, its better to switch to GSM mode network rather than going with the dual mode network or the WCDMA mode which drains the batter faster than GSM mode. The reason is when you are on dual mode, the phone would sending/receiving signals from both 2G and 3G, hence require power for both to operate.

  
  

  The same goes with the Wi-Fi radio. The wireless radio is always seeking for the signals which require power all the time thus it will soon drain out your battery life. So avoid using wireless radio.

  
  
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  End or Kill Processes

  
  

  There are few apps which would continuously run on your mobile phone. Now the twist here is, instead of running unnecessary apps, you can end or kill them if you are not using them continuously.

  
  
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  Disable Apps that Sync Constantly

  
  

  There are few apps in your Android mobile phone which keep on updating and sync. The built in email application other GMail can eat up your battery badly because it syncs with your email too regularly. If you have sync settings available then you can set sync after every hour or so because you might be receiving mails not all the time and continuously. The email application settings are available in Account Settings > Email check frequently.

  
  

  The same things goes for the Twitter and Facebook accounts. The tweets are always available every minute just like the Facebook friends updates, wall post and pictures, which when on would drain your battery quickly. Set them to be updated at a particular interval.