subject: How To Make Windows Faster - Optimize Processor Time For Free [print this page] Your pc can become sluggish for several reasons. No matter what the cause may be, though, there are still many ways on how to make Windows faster again. If your machine is working in a snail-like pace even when there is only few applications running then you should check the processes that are operating in the background. A number of them processes are only used once or possibly twice per session but watch out as they keep hogging your CPU during the time your pc is running.
So, one of the thing you can do now to fix this is to optimize processor time and use a little priority tweak. What you will learn in this article is very useful especially if you are experiencing stability issues. When running, your CPU gives attention to system processes for uneven amounts of time, depending on what they prioritize. And when it comes to priorities, some background processes also have their own. As a result, they tend to make the processor to always concentrate on them.
In order to take care of this sort of issue, one will want to optimize CPU speed time and starve the background processes. Of course, this requires the utilization of the Registry Editor tool that comes with Windows. It's important to make sure before you proceed with the tweak that you own sufficient knowledge in using the Registry Editor and modifying entry values as incorrect utilization and alteration of values can bring about system issues.
Note: If you have less than 512MB of RAM, I do not recommend using the following procedure. It is also not a good idea if your machine is using either Internet Information Server (IIS) or SQL Server as it can make these background processes to slow down significantly.
Nonetheless, here are the steps that you must follow:
1.Open up the Registry Editor utility
Click Start, then Run
In the Open field, make sure to type regedit.exe
Click OK
2.Once the utility is loaded, navigate to the below registry path
3.Look for the value Win32PrioritySeparation beneath the Name field and right-click on it
Note: The main purpose of the Win32PrioritySeparation entry is to define the strategy used for improving CPU time. Its value suggests how much CPU time is received by the threads of a process every time they are scheduled.
4.Click Modify
5.Ensure Hexadecimal is selected
6.Set the Data Value to 26
7. Click OK
8.Close the Registry Editor
9.Reboot your pc.
With this tweak on how to make Windows faster, an increase in the overall performance of your foreground processes is noticeable after restart.
