SPEEDING UP “WINDOWS 8” AND "WINDOWS 8.1"

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Web location for this presentation: http://aztcs.org Click on “Meeting Notes”` 2

SUMMARY Using the "System" applet of the Windows “Control Panel” and using services.msc which is a “Microsoft Management Console” Snap-in, you can dramatically increase the speed of any "Windows 8" or 3 "Windows 8.1" computer.

BASIC STRATEGY

• No direct editing of the “registry” • Make reversible changes to the "Windows.." operating system • Make “image backups” and “restore points”, prior to making changes • Take advantage of the compounding effects of multiple speedup tweaks 4

PROCEDURE & TOPICS

• Step 1: Make an image backup of your "Windows" hard drive • Step 2: Create a “restore point” with Windows' "System Restore" • Step 3: Set “Visual Effects” for “..best performance” • Step 4: Supersize the swap file 5

PROCEDURE & TOPICS (continued)

• Step 5: Run “Revo Uninstaller Freeware” • Step 6: Use "services.msc" to disable some services • Step 7: Perform “Error-checking” on all hard drives. • Step 9: Defragment all hard drives • Step 10: Turn off startup programs 6

DETAILS OF STEP 1: Drive Image Backup

• Use "Redo Backup", "Macrium Reflect Free Edition", "Clonezilla", "Acronis True Image..", or "Windows 7 File Recovery" AND an external hard drive to create a "backup image" of the entire C: drive of your "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1" computer. 7

DETAILS OF STEP 1: Drive Image Backup (continued)

• Our instructions for using the free and open source “Clonezilla” to make an image backup of a hard drive can be found at http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/wi nhardsig/CZ-backup.pdf 8

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• If your "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1" computer has "Secure Boot" in a UEFI (instead of a legacy BIOS), only the "Alternate" Ubuntu-based AMD64 "LiveCD" of "Clonezilla" will be able to boot up and backup with "Clonezilla..". 9

DETAILS OF STEP 2: Create a “Restore Point”

• Use Windows' “System Restore” to create a “restore point” o See http://www.vikitech.com/11302/syste m-restore-windows-8 and http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/ 4692-system-restore-how-dowindows-8-a.html 10

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Step 2a: If you are in the "Start" screen, click on the "Desktop" tile:

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Step 2b: Hover the mouse pointer over the lower left-hand corner of the "Desktop":

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Step 2c: When a thumbnail of the "Start" screen appears, use the RIGHT mouse button to click once, without moving the mouse pointer:

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Step 2d: A "Power User's Task Menu" will pop up:

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Step 2e: Use the left mouse button to click on "Control Panel":

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Step 2f: An "All Control Panel Items" window will be displayed:

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Step 2g: Click on "System and Security" or "System":

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Step 2h: Click on "System":

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Step 2i: Click on "System protection" in the "System" window:

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Step 2j: Click on "Create" in the "System Protection" tab of the "System Properties" box:

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Step 2k: Type in a description for the "restore point" that you are about to create. For example: You might type in "Just before performing Windows 8/8.1 speedup tweaks"

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Step 2L: Click on the "Create" button:

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Step 2m: Close all open boxes and Windows by clicking on their "x" buttons:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3: Set “Visual Effects” for “Best Performance” • Step 3a: If you are in the "Start" screen of "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1", click on the "Desktop" tile:

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DETAILS OF STEP 3: Set “Visual Effects”.. (continued) Step 3b: Hover the mouse pointer over the lower left-hand corner of the "Desktop":

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DETAILS OF STEP 3: Set “Visual Effects”.. (continued) Step 3g: Click on "System and Security" or "System":

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DETAILS OF STEP 3: Set “Visual Effects”.. (continued) Step 3i: Click on "Advanced system settings":

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DETAILS OF STEP 3: Set “Visual Effects”.. (continued) Step 3j: Click on the “Settings” button in the "Performance" section of the "Advanced" tab of the "System Properties" box:

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• Step 3k: A “Performance Options” box will appear:

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• Step 3L: Select the "Adjust for best performance" option:

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• Step 3m: Click on the "Apply" button:

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• Step 3n: Close all open Windows and boxes by clicking on their "x" buttons:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4: Supersize the Swap File Step 4a: If you are in the "Start" screen of "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1", click on the "Desktop" tile:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4: Supersize the Swap File (continued) Step 4j: Click on the “Settings” button in the "Performance" section of the "Advanced" tab of the "System Properties" box:

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• Step 4k: Click on the "Advanced tab:

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• Step 4L: Click on the "Change.." button in the "Virtual Memory" section of the "Advanced" tab:

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• Step 4m: A "Virtual Memory" box will be displayed:

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• Step 4n: Remove the checkmark that is to the left of "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives"

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• Step 4O: Select the "Custom size" option:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4: Supersize the Swap File (continued) Step 4p: Change the number in the “Initial size (MB)” box to a much larger value but do not exceed the “Space Available” value that is displayed. (We suggest 200000..)

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• Step 4q: Change the number in the “Maximum size (MB)” box to the same number that you used in “Step 4p”.

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• Step 4r: Click on the "Set" button:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4: Supersize the Swap File (continued) Step 4s: If a "System Properties" box states that you have to set the maximum page file size below 4096, click on its "OK" button and go immediately to Step 4za in “Appendix 1” on page 138:

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• Step 4t: Click on the "OK" button of the "Virtual Memory" box to make the "Virtual Memory" box disappear:

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DETAILS OF STEP 4: Supersize the Swap File Step 4x: If a “System Settings Change” box states that “You must restart your computer..”, click on its “Yes” button:

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• Step 4y: After your computer reboots, use your Web browser and other software application programs to see if your computer is significantly faster than prior to the performance of this procedure.

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• Step 4z: If your computer is not significantly faster, perform Step 4a through Step 4z again, and try a larger minimum and maximum swap file size in "Step 4p" and "Step 4q".

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DETAILS OF STEP 5: Run “Revo Uninstaller Freeware”

• Run “Revo Uninstaller Free” to remove unwanted toolbars, updaters, and miscellaneous software programs. o See http://www.revouninstaller.com/rev o_uninstaller_free_download.html 75

DETAILS OF STEP 5: Run “Revo Uninstaller Freeware”

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DETAILS OF STEP 6: Use “services.msc” to disable some services • Step 6a: If you are in the "Start" screen of "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1", click on the "Desktop" tile:

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• Step 6L: Use the "Export List.." box to save the “List Report” to a location in any hard drive, giving the report an appropriate name based on the time and date. (The comma delimited .csv opens with less problems in Microsoft Excel, compared to the other available file formats.) 89

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• Step 6m: Stop and disable “services” that you do not need. (Do not make any changes to the "Volume Shadow Copy" service or the "Power Service". The "Power Service" is needed by "Windows Audio" service so disabling it will cause your sound card to fail. The "IP Helper" service is needed for conventional file and printer sharing in "Windows 7", "Windows 8", and "Windows 8.1".) 92

DETAILS OF STEP 6: Use “services.msc”.. (continued) Step 6n: For documentation on what you can stop and disable, see http://www.blackviper.com/serviceconfigurations/black-vipers-windows-8-serviceconfigurations/ and http://www.tweakhound.com/2013/10/22/tweak ing-windows-8-1/10/

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• Extended view versus standard view of the services.msc "Microsoft Management Console" snap-in o See http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ configure-services-mmc-to-open-instandard-view-by-default/ 105

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• In the example in page 137, you would run the defragmentation process on drives C: and and L: , all of which are hard drives that are used to store data files • However, you should NOT run the defragmentation process on the D: drive which is labeled "System 137 Reserved"

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Turning on "Physical Address Extension" ("PAE") • Step 4za: Perform “Step 4za" through "Step 4zt", only if you were directed here from “Step 4t” (on page 65). • The objective of these additional steps is to turn on "Physical Address Extension" which is also known as "PAE". • "PAE" is a Windows kernel extension. Some processors support it and some 139 do not.

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zb: Go to http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zc: Scroll down to the bottom of this Web page:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zd: Click on "Register" button in to to obtain a copy of "EasyBCD" for personal, non-commercial use:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zf: Use the "Save" drop-down button to "Save As.." the "EasyBCD....exe" file to the "Desktop":

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zg: Click on the "Run" button to install "EasyBCD" into your computer:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zh: If a "User Account Control" box is displayed, click on its "Yes" button.

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zj: Click on the "I Agree" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zk: Click on the "Next" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zL: Click on the "Install" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zm: Click on the "Finish" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zn: Click on the "OK" button:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zo: The "EasyBCD" application window will be displayed:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zr: Click on the "Advanced" tab of the "Change Settings" section:

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zu: Click on the "X" exit button to close "EasyBCD":

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) • Step 4zv: Reboot the computer. • Step 4zw: Go to “Step 4A” (on page 41).

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Turning on "PAE" (continued) If you are running Windows 7 inside an "Oracle VM VirtualBox" virtual machine: Prior to running the tweak with "EasyBCD", you will probably have to turn on "Enable PAE/NX" as follows:

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