Is Windows 7 Slowing Down? Lets Fix It!
I have been using Windows 7 for almost a year and a half now and I haven’t noticed a lag in speed since the first install. I have been installing and unistalling drivers and programs and currently I am not using any startup programs to speed things up. However, my wife, whose PC runs on older hardware has seen a slight slow down on boot and general program use. We certainly cannot expect Windows to take all of the abuse an average user throws at it and have it continue to speed up or stay the same, so I gave my parents some elementary, yet helpful tips for maintaining their PC’s performance, not just in Windows 7, but in any version of Windows.
Learn Commands for Viewing and Managing Boot Configuration Data on Windows 7
Armed with the right set of commands, you can use bcdedit to:
- Create, import, export, and identify the entire BCD store.
- Create, delete, and copy individual entries in the BCD store.
- Set or delete entry option values in the BCD store.
- Control the boot sequence and the boot manager.
- Configure and control Emergency Management Services (EMS).
- Configure and control boot debugging as well as hypervisor debugging. summarizes commands you can use when you are working with the BCD store.
How to Take or Assign Ownership of Files and Folders
The default owner of a file or folder is the person who creates the resource. Ownership can be taken or transferred in several ways. The current owner of a file or folder can transfer ownership to another user or group. A member of the Administrators group can take ownership of a file or folder or transfer ownership to another user or group—even if administrators are locked out of the resource according to the permissions. Any user with the Take Ownership permission on the file or folder can take ownership, as can any member of the Backup Operators group (or anyone else with the Restore Files And Directories user right, for that matter). __(‘Read more…’,'hmth’)
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