How to Increase Virtual Memory ? Learn with live technician.com

Windows XP -


1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Performance pane, click Settings.
4. In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.

5. In the Virtual memory pane, click Change.

6. Change the Initial size value and the Maximum size value to a higher value, click Set,

and then click OK.

7. Click OK to close the Performance Options dialog box, and then click OK to close

the System Properties dialog box.

Increase Virtual Memory on Vista and Win7 -

To increase the initial virtual memory on your computer, with Windows Vista:

1. Open Windows Start

2. Click Control Panel. On the left, select Classic View.

3. Click the System icon.

3. On the left, select the Advanced System Settings.

4. Under Performance, click Settings.

5. In Performance Options, select the Advanced tab.

6. Under Virtual Memory, click Change.

7. In Virtual Memory, uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.

8. Check Custom size, and type in the sizes you want.

9. Click Set, then OK, and restart your computer.

How to Create System Restore Point ?

1. Right-click on My Computer and go to Properties.

2. Next click on the System Protection link.

3. The System Properties dialog screen opens up and you will want to click on Create.

4. Type in a description for the restore point as “live-Technician”, which will help you 

remember the point at which it was created.

5. The time it takes to create the restore point will depend on the amount of data,computer speed etc.

6. Click close.

Microsoft System Configuration (MSconfig)

1. Click on the Windows 7 start icon in the bottom left corner of your screen.

2. Type MSCONFIG in the search box and then either press enter on your keyboard or

double-click on the MSCONFIG program that appears in the search results.

4. Windows 7 will launch Microsoft's System Configuration Utility. Click on the Startup
tab.

4. This takes you to a page with a list of "startup items, remove the check mark from the
item which you want to disable.

5. Click on Apply and then OK button.



6. A message will pop up telling you that you must restart your computer before these 

changes will take effect. Click on "Restart" and your computer will automatically reboot.

Note: If you ever want to turn on any of the startup items you disabled with MSCONFIG, just run MSCONFIG again.

How to Open and Use Disk Clean Up utility? Learn With live-technician.com

1. Open the Start Menu, click on All Programs, Accessories folder, System Tools folder,
and Disk Cleanup. (see screenshot below)


NOTE: You could also type cleanmgr into the search box and press Enter to open Disk
Cleanup.

2. Select the drive that you want to use Disk Cleanup on, and click on OK. (see screenshot

below)

NOTE: You will not see this window unless you have more than one drive or partition on your

computer.

3. You will now see this screenshot below for a moment. Afterwards, do step 4, 5, 6, or 7 for

what you would like to delete using Disk Cleanup.

4.  To Delete Unnecessary Non-System Files

A) Check the type of files box that you want to delete, and click on OK. (see screenshot

below)

B) Click on the Delete Files button. (see screenshot below)

C) The files will be deleted and Disk Cleanup will close.


5. To Delete Unnecessary System Files


A) Click on the Clean up system files button. (see screenshot below)


NOTE: If you just did a upgrade install or repair install recently, then you will also see the Files discarded by Windows upgrade option. 
This would be for the C:\$INPLACE.~TR and

C:\$WINDOWS.~Q folders. If you just did a custom install recently, then you will also see the
Previous Windows installations option. This would be for the C:\Windows.old folder.

B) If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.


C) Repeat steps 2 to 4.



6. To Open Programs and Features
NOTE: This will open the Programs and Features window where you can uninstall programs.
Normally you could also do this by opening Programs and Features in the Control Panel.
A) Click on the Clean up system files button, and repeat steps 2 and 3. (see screenshot
below step 5A)


B) If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.


C) Click on the Delete button to confirm the deletion. (see screenshot below)

D) The files will be deleted and Disk Cleanup will close.

Steps To Optimize the computer for Best Performance

1. Create Restore point and name it as “live-technician”.
2. Delete Temp and %Temp%. (do not delete items from prefetch folder)
3. Run Disk Cleanup utility.
4. Increase Virtual Memory.
5. Adjust “performance options” for best performance.
6. Uninstall Unwanted Programs.
7. Disable unwanted services and unwanted start up programs from MsConfig.
8. Check for infections and remove them with Malwarebytes/Super
Antispyware/Hitman Pro/SmitFraud Fix.