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Set Process Priority to Run Faster

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Although Windows claimed that it can handle “multi tasking”, sometime our computer run exstremely slow after running few softwares simultaneously.

Especially when burning CDs, old processor might not be able to do other things. As for me, I rather prefer CD burning to finish before continue.

Set Process Priority to Run Faster

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open task manager. Click Processes tab, right click on process that you want it run faster. Set priority to High and you are done. There are 6 priority levels for you to choose: Realtime, High, Above Normal, Normal, Below Normal and Low. For example, you might want to adjust your Nero to High level and see its running faster. (more…)

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Speed up disk cleanup tool

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Frankly speaking, I have downloaded too many softwares to test, but seldom
do disk cleanup. This is no good :(

Since I am a windows user, I have a free disk cleanup tool under
accessories to use. Its time for me to cleanup my computer!

The problem is it took too long time just for it to start and analyzes
the amount of space that can be freed by compressing old files first (see the screenshot below). Sometime it took 5 minutes or more.

disk cleanup tool

How to speed up disk cleanup tool?

The time-consuming analysis can be remove by tweaking windows
registry. But please pay more attention when tweaking registry, delete
wrong key can cause your Windows OS not function properly! (more…)

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