Advancement of technology has given a new dimension to our life. If you want to start your car, just turn the key in your car ignition, want to play TV, hit the On button on your TV remote, everything has become very easy. you also expect the same from your computer. You hit the power button of the CPU and expect the computer to start instantly. But it is not happening. After hitting the power button you need to wait for several minutes before your PC is ready to run. What to do? The situation might be annoying but there are ways to speed up your PC's startup time. Go through the article and learn how to do this. You can also consult a PC repair company for Windows support.
By making some simple changes to the system BIOS, you can help speed boot time in Windows. Let's see how to do it. Tturn the computer on and enter the system BIOS screen either by pressing the DEL key, or by pressing F2 key as mentioned in the motherboard manual. You will get to the BIOS screen and in the BIOS setup, look for a BOOT menu and select it with your keyboard arrow keys, Tab, and Enter. You will find an option for Quick Boot. Enable it. Under Boot Device Priority change the first boot device to be the hard drive. Exit and Save Changes and the computer will reboot.
It is also recommended to remove unnecessary startup programs. Open Run dialog box and write Msconfig. Click the Startup tab, it will display a list of programs that launch at startup. Uncheck the boxes on the left-hand side of the Msconfig window that you don't want during Windows loading. Then click Apply and OK to confirm. You need to restart the computer to get the effect.
Clean the Windows Registry as most of the times computer experiences slow startup due to registry errors. Windows crashes and error messages are the results of registry errors. Registry problems occur due to references left behind after uninstallation as well as incorrect removal of software and missing or corrupt hardware drivers. You can consult a remote computer support provider for online registry repair. Or you can download or install registry repair software that will scan your Windows registry for invalid or obsolete information and make your computer stable and run faster.
To optimize Windows startup it is recommended to disable unnecessary Windows services. There are a number of services that load but they are not needed. They take up memory space and CPU time. As a result the startup time of the computer goes up. You should disable these services to free up system resources.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
How to Fix a PC That Will Not Hibernate in Windows 7 or Windows Vista
Normally, we find the option of hibernate to keep our PC in sleep mode. This option is available in every PC irrespective of what operating system we have installed. Windows 7 or Windows Vista both is new from Microsoft, and nowadays everyone uses these as preferred operating systems. In this article, you will learn the causes and potential fixes that let your PC will not hibernate in Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
The causes of no hibernation in windows 7 or Windows Vista in your PC
Especially when we talk about Windows 7, then there may be chances that any hardware device might be preventing your computer to go in sleep mode. Mainly USB flash drivers and USB mice are widely found devices that can prevent your PC to hibernate. When we talk about Windows Vista, may at times it happens that the hardware does not support the hibernation, and therefore, does not have hibernate option, and if it has hibernate option, then either such option is disabled or the hibernation file cleaner has been deleted by Disk clean up utility.
To fix the error if PC will not hibernate in Windows 7 or Windows Vista
If you have Windows7, then open device manager by clicking on start, thereby click control panel, system and security and then under system you must click device manager. It may ask you the password or confirmation, and then provide the details asked and submit. In the list of hardware systems, you can find the devices which are preventing hibernation and then double click on the device name. Click on the power management tab and then clear the box of allow this computer to wake. In windows Vista, all such issues above mentioned can be fixed by using the powercfg -a utility from run as administrator in the command file. To turn hibernation back, you need to type powercfg -h.
It's always good to make sure that your system is error free. I'm sure that you know by now that it is a tedious job, fixing each error manually. You can better use a system toolkit or registry cleaner.
Source: http://goo.gl/8SRJI
The causes of no hibernation in windows 7 or Windows Vista in your PC
Especially when we talk about Windows 7, then there may be chances that any hardware device might be preventing your computer to go in sleep mode. Mainly USB flash drivers and USB mice are widely found devices that can prevent your PC to hibernate. When we talk about Windows Vista, may at times it happens that the hardware does not support the hibernation, and therefore, does not have hibernate option, and if it has hibernate option, then either such option is disabled or the hibernation file cleaner has been deleted by Disk clean up utility.
To fix the error if PC will not hibernate in Windows 7 or Windows Vista
If you have Windows7, then open device manager by clicking on start, thereby click control panel, system and security and then under system you must click device manager. It may ask you the password or confirmation, and then provide the details asked and submit. In the list of hardware systems, you can find the devices which are preventing hibernation and then double click on the device name. Click on the power management tab and then clear the box of allow this computer to wake. In windows Vista, all such issues above mentioned can be fixed by using the powercfg -a utility from run as administrator in the command file. To turn hibernation back, you need to type powercfg -h.
It's always good to make sure that your system is error free. I'm sure that you know by now that it is a tedious job, fixing each error manually. You can better use a system toolkit or registry cleaner.
Source: http://goo.gl/8SRJI
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