Windows 8 Working hours. How to find out the computer's work time. Control multiple task panels

Hello.

Most Windows users are rarely satisfied with the speed of its work, especially since some time after it is installed on the disk. So it was with me: "New" OS of Windows 8 The first month was enough to work quickly, but then all the well-known symptoms - folders do not open up so quickly, the computer turns on long, often appear "brakes", it would seem on the level ...

In this article (the article will be from 2 parts ()) we will be touched initial setting Windows 8, and in the second - we optimize it for maximum acceleration with various software.

And so, part of the first ...

1) Disable "unnecessary" services

By default, after installing Windows, services work, most users that are not needed. For example, why the user is a print manager if he has no printer? Such examples, in fact, quite a lot. Therefore, let's try to disable the services that most do not need (Naturally, you need a one or another service - to solve you, that is, Windows 8 optimization will be under a specific user).

Attention! Disable services Everything in a row and at random is not recommended! In general, if earlier it did not have a business, I recommend optimizing Windows to start from the next step (and to this return after everything else will already be completed). Many users, not knowing, disconnect services in random order, leading to unstable Windows ...

To start, you need to go to the service. To do this: Open the OS control panel, and then take the search for "services". Next, select "View Local Services". See fig. one.

Now, how to turn off one service?

1. Choose one or another service from the list, and click on it two times the left mouse button (see Fig. 2).

2. In the window that appears: first click the "Stop" button, and then select the start type (if the service is not needed at all, simply select from the "Do not run") from the list).

List of services that can be disabled * (alphabetically):

1) Windows SEARCH (search service).

Enough "voracious service", indexing your content. If you do not use the search, it is recommended to disable it.

2) offline files

Offline file service performs the service cache maintenance service, responds to user login events to the system and output from the system, implements the properties of the General API and refers to the work of the offline files and changes in the cache state of the events that they are interesting.

3) IP Supporting Service

Provides the possibility of tunnel connection using tunneling technologies for IP version 6 (6TO4, ISATAP, proxy and Teredo ports), as well as IP-HTTPS. If you stop this service, the computer will not be able to use additional features Connections provided by these technologies.

4) Secondary Login

Allows you to run processes on behalf of another user. If this service is stopped, this type of user registration is unavailable. If this service is disabled, then other services cannot be launched, which are clearly dependent on it.

5) Print Manager (if you do not have a printer)

This service allows you to set print jobs in the queue and ensures interaction with the printer. If you disable it, you will not be able to print and see your printers.

6) Customer Tracking Changed Relations

Supports NTFS file connections moving within a computer or between computers on the network.

7) NetBIOS support module via TCP / IP

Implements NetBIOS support via TCP / IP (NetBT) and NETBIOS name resolution for customers on the network, allowing users to receive general access To files, printers, as well as connect to the network. If this service is stopped, these functions may not be available. If this service is disabled, all the service-dependent services cannot be launched.

Provides support for sharing files, printers and named channels for this computer through network connection. If the service is stopped, such functions cannot be performed. If this service is not permitted, you cannot run any explicitly dependent services.

9) Windows Time Service

Manages the date and time synchronization on all clients and servers on the network. If this service is stopped, the date and time synchronization will not be available. If this service is disabled, any services that are clearly dependent on it cannot be launched.

10) download service windows images (WIA)

Provides receiving images from scanners and digital cameras.

11) Portable Device Enumerator Service

Applies group policies to removable storage devices. Allows applications such as player Windows Media. and the import wizard of drawings, transmit and synchronize the content when using removable storage devices.

12) Diagnostic Policy Service

Diagnostic Policy Service allows you to detect problems, troubleshoot and resolve issues related to work. windows components. If you stop this service, the diagnostics will not work.

13) Program Compatibility Assistant Service

Provides support for software compatibility assistant. It monitors programs installed and running user, and detects well-known compatibility issues. If you stop this service, the program compatibility assistant will work incorrectly.

14) Windows error registration service

Allows the sending of error reports in the event of termination of the program or hangs the program, and also allows the delivery of existing solutions to problems. Also allows logging for diagnostic and recovery services. If this service is stopped, error reports may not work and the results of diagnostic and recovery services may not be displayed.

15) remote registry

Allows remote users Change the registry settings on this computer. If this service is stopped, the registry can only be changed local usersworking on this computer. If this service is disabled, any services that are clearly dependent on it cannot be launched.

16) Security Center

WSCSVC (Windows Security Center) is monitored by the security parameters of the security system and logs them. These parameters include a firewall state (on or off), antivirus program (on / off / outdated), anti-spin program (enabled / off / outdated), windows updates (Automatic or manual download and installation of updates), control of user accounts (enabled or disabled) and Internet parameters (recommended or different from the recommended).

2) Removing programs from autoload

A serious cause of the "brakes" of Windows 8 (and indeed any other OS) can be the forwarding of programs: i.e. The programs that are automatically downloaded (and start) together with the OS itself.

Many, for example, a bunch of programs are launched every time: torrent clients, reading programs, video editors, browsers, etc. Moreover, what is interesting, interest 90 from the whole set will be used from a big case to the large. It is asked why they are all needed every time the PC is turned on?

By the way, when optimizing the startup, you can achieve a faster power on the PC, as well as increase its performance.

Most fast way Open programs for programs in Windows 8 - Press the CNTRL + SHIFT + ESC keys (i.e. through the task manager).

Then, in the window that appears, simply select the "" tab.

Fig. 4. Task Manager.

To disable the program, simply select it in the list and click on the "Disable" button (bottom right).

Thus, disabling all the programs that you rarely use, you can significantly increase the speed of the computer: applications will not download your rAM And load the processor with useless work ...

(By the way, if you disable even all applications from the list - OS still download and work in normal mode. Tested on personal experience (repeatedly)).

3) OS Setup: Topic, Aero, etc.

It's no secret that, compared with Winows XP, the new Windows 7 OS, 8 are more demanding on system resources, and is largely due to the newcomer "design", all sorts of effects, Aero, etc., many users are an excess and not need to. Moreover, having turned it off, you can increase (although not a lot) performance.

The easiest way to turn off the new-fashioned "things" is to install a classic theme. On the Internet there are hundreds such - hundreds, including for Windows 8.

There are many new features and procedures in Windows 8 compared to the preceding OS, because of which even the most experienced users of the PC may feel beginners. This is the side effect from the transition to the operating system designed to work both with the sensor controls and with the traditional mouse and keyboard. But you should not be afraid. In this article, we tried to summarize all abbreviated keyboard commands, techniques and hidden utilities that will help cope with the hybrid OS.

Fast access menu

Right-click on the lower left corner of the screen - regardless of whether you are on the Start screen or in the desktop mode, it displays the menu quick access (Quick Access Menu), opening a straight road to many key functions System management, including disk dispatcher, task dispatcher, device dispatcher and control panel. The quick access menu is a tool for those who want to quickly perform certain tasks. It is only bad that Microsoft decided to hide it in the corner of the screen, without telling anyone about it.

Ordering applications

The initial screen can turn into a chaotic jait, if you fix on it in the form of tiles too many applications and other items. Use the built-in tools, they will help break the existing elements into groups, each of which will be assigned their name.
First of all, drag all the tiles you want to assemble into a group, on a free space located on the right side of the screen. The operating system isolates them from others and unite. When you are satisfied with the assembly, use the semantic zoom function (press the button "Scale" button in the lower right corner). It will help to scale the interface and get a general desktop plan. Right-click on the group and select the "Name group" item on the left side of the panel below. Enter the name of the group and enjoy the initial screen.

The quick access menu is hidden from the eyes in the lower left corner of the screen.

Fast closing applications

It would seem, with the closure of applications there should be no difficulty, but very quickly you will find that windows Applications No closing button. Microsoft pushes users to translate applications in the background mode, where they will consume the minimum amount of resources, constantly at hand. But if your soul opposes this, close the application by dragging it with the mouse or finger from the top of the screen to the bottom. In the drag and drop process, the program will first turn into a miniature, and after it reaches the lower edge of the screen, and it will disappear at all. In addition, the application can be closed using task manager or key combination +.

Contextual search

The search function, placed on the Charms Miracle Buttons panel, has gained extra power. It allows you to search for directories not only by car with Windows 8, but also in a wider Windows ecosystem. Select the data area in which the search will be performed. It can be all installed applications, system parameters, your files, email messages or even external service like a Windows store or Bing Maps. Enter keyword and press . You can do without accessing the buttons panel and its search element. Just start typing text, and a text box will appear on the screen to enter a search query.

Privacy Management

Many applications are clearly connected with personal information. Your photos, location information and name are found in the system. Is it possible to trust the machine on which such a number of confidential data is located? To configure privacy settings, press the key combination + I and select "Changing Computer Settings". Next, specify the "Privacy" item and adjust the settings as necessary for your personal data.

Setting up SmartScreen.

The SmartScreen service warns the user before starting an unidentified application and before opening a suspicious file downloaded from the Internet. Of course, it is always useful to have an idea of \u200b\u200bthe origin of files, but constant warnings are very quickly starting annoying. Settings are easy to change in such a way that no warnings will be issued at all, but for this you will need administrator rights. Select "Control Panel * All control panel elements * Support Center. In the left side of the screen, specify "Change windows settings SmartScreen. " In the window that appears, turn on the desired function Windows SmartScreen Management.

Change scale

The initial screen is filled with numerous tiles representing applications. When these tiles are a bit, they are all well noticeable, but what should be done if their number reaches a few hundred? Most of them are hidden from the eyes, they become visible only after scrolling the screen. Here is the function of the semantic zoom (scale). If a touchscreen display is used, then in order to see the general plan of the entire information presented on it, simply reduce the navigation of the starting screen. This feature is also available to those users who work only with the keyboard and mouse. Hold down And scrolling the mouse wheel back and forth, you can change the screen scale.

Simultaneous execution of Windows 8 and desktop applications

You may notice that when using multiple Windows 8 monitors, you are located on the main screen, and the additional display is allocated for the desktop. It may seek the impression that in such a situation, the full-screen operation of the applications of both types is supported - Modern-style programs are located on the left, and the applications for the desktop are on the right. However, as soon as you refer to the desktop on the second screen, Windows 8 applications in the Modern style will disappear on the first and instead there will be a desktop.
The secret of the simultaneous startup of the applications of both types is to use the new Windows 8 screen separation function. The desktop takes place a narrow strip on the left, and Windows 8 applications are the remaining part of the screen. Now the second monitor can be left for full desktop viewing. In this case, we really receive a convenient multitasking with the possibility of switching between Windows 8 programs and desktop applications, and their full-size representation allows you to extract the maximum benefit from the proposed functional.

Boot management using task manager

No longer have to run the msconfig utility to define programs included in the autoload. To see which programs are automatically started when you start Windows, it is enough to go to the "Auto-loading" tab in the dispatcher windows tasks 8. To do this, click the key combination ++ And select the "Task Manager" item from the proposed menu or type "Task Manager" (without quotes) in the search bar "Search". Go first to the "More details" tab at the bottom of the screen, then to the "autoload" at the top and select those programs that must be automatically started at the initial start of Windows.

In the task manager, it is convenient to view programs that are automatically launched when booting Windows

Create graphic passwords, choosing images and defining for them a set of gestures

Download in desktop mode without starting applications

One of the main claims to Windows 8 was that after loading it immediately carried out the transition to the initial screen, which was irritated by many long-time desktop adherents. This deficiency will help to correct the utilities offered by independent developers (for example, Start8). In addition, you can configure the system configuration in such a way as to immediately switch to the desktop mode without installing anything additionally. On the start screen Type the "Schedule" (without quotes) to find in the "Parameters" settings utility "Task Schedule". Follow the link "Task Scheduler Library", which is on the left, and select the right item "Create a task". Come up with the name task (for example, boot to desktop). Click the Trigger tab, click "Create" and select the item from the drop-down list indicating that the task will automatically start when the system is booting ("when logging into the system"). Click OK, go to the Actions tab, select "Create" and enter Explorer in the "Program or Script" field.

Log in to the system without entering the username and password

To speed up the PC boot process, you can disable the authorization screen in Windows 8. Open the "Run" window (click Combination + R). In the command entering the command, type NetPlwiz to contact dialog box "User accounts". In the top of the window, turn off the "Require name and password" function. Click OK, last enter the username and password to confirm your choice, after which the system will stop issuing a request for authorization when downloading.

Refresh PC

If the system begins to slow down, it may be time to refresh it, returning to the original state. Previously, it was necessary to find the Windows distribution on optical disk, Make copies of all data and execute the system installation procedure again. Now, to reinstall Windows 8 without losing data, it is not even necessary to leave the system.
To reinstall the system, press the "Parameters" button in the Charms panel and go to the "Changing Computer Settings" tab located at the bottom of the screen. Select the General tab and find the section "Restore PC without deleting files" in the middle of the screen. (To fully return to factory settings, you need to select "Delete all data and reinstalling Windows"). Select "Start" and click "Next". After a few minutes, your PC will reboot, and you will get a freshly installed version of Windows 8. And in order to get rid of all kinds of unwanted consequences, naturally, it makes sense to pre-make backup All data.

Delete old Windows data

If a hDD before windows installation 8 was not formatted, probably there were some data from the previous version of Windows. All of their Windows 8 puts in the Windows.old folder, and the volume occupied by them can be estimated using the utility "Liberation of the disk space by removing unnecessary files" (Disk Cleanup). Click on the Charms panel "Search" button and type Disk Cleanup. Select the above utility, set the drive letter and click OK. After executing the program will result in the volume of old data, which may be sufficiently significant (in several gigabytes and even more).
If you are already working in windows Environment 8 and do not experience nostalgia for old data, they can be deleted (they include former settings Windows, old application files and documents). To do this, it is enough to choose the appropriate item and click the OK button.

Gestures supported by Windows 8

1. Movement from the left edge inside the screen
2. Movement from the right edge inside the screen
3. Movement from the top edge inside the screen
4. Movement from the bottom edge inside the screen
5. Capture and move the application to the left and right
6. An increase in the image by breeding the fingers and its reduction as a result of their convergence

Loading in safe mode

Loading B. safe mode - good way Get access to the system in those situations where it interferes with its normal loading. Such interference includes corrupted device drivers, as well as the impossibility of downloading files required for system functioning. Previously, to download in safe mode it was enough to press the key When starting the system, but in this case, the transition to mode is initiated in this case. automatic recovery. How to return the old good good safe mode back? At the time of download, holding the key , Press To go to recovery mode. Select Advanced Options, then Troubleshoot and again Advanced Options (Advanced Options occurs here repeatedly). Specify Windows Startup Settings and finally click the RESTART button. The computer will reboot, and the user will have the opportunity to log in in safe mode.
In order to activate the safe mode without leaving Windows, open the "Run" window ( + R) and enter msconfig. Click the "Load" tab and set the "Safe Mode" option. Now the system will start loading in safe mode until the previously installed option is removed.

Quick transition to recovery mode

There is a quick way to call the troubleshooting menu, which may like those who do not want to mess with the boot windows disk 8 and press the key . Holding the left key , Select the "Restart" option in the "Shutdown" menu at the bottom of the charms Windows 8. The computer will restart, and you will get access to a special menu that suggests the ability to reset, reinstall and restore the system, as well as changes in the Windows starting parameters.

Windows 8 To Go

Clients who have the version of Windows 8 Enterprise, can use the new windows feature 8 to go to place a boot copy. In this case, they have the opportunity to work safely with their system anywhere. Connect to the computer formatted USB drive sufficient capacity, and then find and run the Windows to Go utility. Wizard Create A Windows to Go asks to specify external storage, Select a file. ISO Windows 8 (it can be found at go.pcworld.com/eval) and set the BitLocker password if you want to encrypt the disk. Click the Create button, and the wizard will independently execute all the necessary operations. If everything went smoothly, you will receive an encrypted flash drive with a copy of Windows 8 ENTERPRISE EDITION. From this disk connected to the USB port, you can download the computer.

Receiving POP3 mail in the "Mail" application

The Windows 8 "Mail" application does not support accounts running through the POP3 protocol, and we have many difficulties when trying to connect all your accounts. While Microsoft will not eliminate this explicit omission, we can offer a rather simple (although not too convenient) a way to bypass the current situation. You need to start free webmail, which would take letters from the POP3 servers and at the same time supported by the mail application. As available options We can offer Gmail or Outlook.com. Create free account On one of these services and connect POP3 accounts to it using the instructions set out on Outlook.com and Gmail.
Making sure that the POP3 mail enters your box on Outlook.Com or Gmail servers, connect the mail application to the relevant service. Voila! Now your POP3 Mail will come to the inbound mailboxes of the mail application through the intermediate postal service.

Enable and disable live tiles

With all the abundance of tiles located on the initial screen, their presentation may seem too inert, despite the bright colors. It is here that live tiles will come to the rescue and come. They in real time output information directly to the initial screen. To view it, you do not have to even open the application. The weather tile, for example, reporting on current weather conditions, and the mail tile will demonstrate the topics of the latest reports. By right-clicking on the tiles, you can independently determine which of them will be alive, and which are not. At the bottom of the tile, the settings panel will appear where you can enable or disconnect the live mode. Simply select the option you want - and ready! However, live mode and update in real time are not supported by all applications.

Placing games on a computer

In Windows 8, there is no "Games" folder, which we remember on Windows 7, but it is not worth upset about this. If you set any game for the PC of the current generation to the computer (and they, as a rule, are stored in this directory), the folder will be created automatically. If you have any difficulties with the game and you need to quickly find the "Games" folder, right-click on the "Game" icon on the initial screen and select the "Open Placement" item at the bottom.

Family security

Want to avoid unwanted surprises with their accounts credit cards? Turn on the family security mode by passing the "Control Panel - Accounts and Family Safety Chain" and specifying an account for which this mode will be enabled. Now you will regularly receive reports on operations made on behalf of the specified account, on the level of filtering on the network and temporary restrictions, as well as identify the rules for shopping in the Windows store, start games and work with applications.

Activate family security settings in order to ensure control and impose restrictions on other accounts.

It is useful to create separate standard accounts for children and other family members who would like to restrict access to a computer. (Note that family security parameters do not apply to the administrator account.)

Turn off the computer with one click

In Windows 8, the "Turning off" button is placed in the "Parameters" menu, which causes users to pass a multistage computer to turn off the computer. But with a single cunning trick, you can place the shutdown button right at the bottom of the desktop. Create a shortcut on the desktop (click on the desktop right-click and select the item from the context menu "Create a shortcut").
Enter:

Shutdown.exe -s -t 00 (label on shutting down a computer)

or

Shutdown.exe -r -t 00 (label to restart the computer) T is time in seconds.

(Yes, yes, it is zero, and not the letter "O") in the field of information about the location of the item and click the Next button. Enter a name for a shortcut (preferably something like Shutdown or Restart) and click Finish. Right-click on the newly created label and select context menu Item "Properties". On the Label tab, select "Change icon" and click OK to close the dialog box. Pick up the taste icon in the list. Once again, click on the label with the right mouse button and select "Stop on the initial screen." The icon can be placed on the initial screen in a convenient place for the BAS. After clicking on it, the computer will complete the work and turns off.

Control multiple task panels

Windows 8 allows you to create separate taskbar to each of the experienced users who have several monitors at their disposal. If earlier you had only one monitor, now it's time to start it. The newest Microsoft operating system displays the attached programs on all task panels displayed. In addition, you get access to additional settings: Right-click on the taskbar and select "Properties". If you give preference to the old windows method 7, you can configure the taskbar in such a way that it is displayed only on the main monitor.

Application management on multiple monitors\u003e

Especially for those who use several monitors at once, developers operating system Added a pair of key combinations that allow you to manage Windows 8 applications on multiple monitors (old key combinations are also supported to manage applications on multiple monitors in Windows 7). Key In conjunction with the arrows, the windows to one or another side of the screen still attachs, and the combination +AND +Move the full-screen application of Windows 8 from one monitor to another. It is very convenient if you want to read the news, keeping the mail "Mail" application on the screen of another monitor, or you wish to select one monitor under the desktop application, and the other - under new windows programs 8.

Background slides

Perhaps it will seem increasing improvement, but in Windows 8 medium it has become possible (finally!) Display various displays. background images. Even if the background images on the desktop will be changed within the same slideshow, when choosing different initial images for various monitors, the background pictures on them will remain different. If monitors have a different screen aspect ratio and different resolution, Windows 8 will be credited and this.

Internal edges when using multiple monitors

Windows 7 had limited support for recognizing the edges of the screen only when using one monitor. When connecting the window to one of the edges, the application automatically occupied the corresponding half of the display. If several monitors were used, the displays was perceived by the system as one monitor. When it was necessary to deploy the window to half the screen, the border recognition technology in the case of a two-monitor configuration did not work with respect to the "internal" edges.
But Windows 8 supports recognition of any edges in all monitors. For example, if you cross the window to the left border of the right display (i.e. to the inner edge), the side panel with miniatures of working applications will still appear on the screen. And if the icon is supplied to the upper left corner of the left display, you will see the Charms panel. Do not forget that it is necessary to hold the mouse pointer for 1-2 seconds to trigger the effect. In the inner edge or corner. The width of the recognized common corners and interior edges is only six pixels. To recognize, it is necessary to hold the mouse pointer for a few seconds for a few seconds.

Return DVD.

Windows Media Player is still part of Windows 8, but in new version The programs cannot be reproduced dVD discs. If you are not going to refuse to view a DVD on a computer, you will need a version of Windows 8 Pro and additional package Media Center Pack. If you prefer free products, we recommend downloading flexible and free multimedia vLC player. Of course, he has no shine inherent in Microsoft Media Center software, it is quite functional. In addition, VLC offers DVD disc playback tools with the ability to capture video, powerful file transcoding modules, Internet video and podcast configuration functions and even specific Blu-ray support using expansion modules.

More pleasant for the eyes

Many laptop computers run under windows control 8, beautiful high-resolution displays are squeezed into a tiny portable frame. They have density of points of points exceeding all imaginable limits, and the pixels themselves turn out to be thinner of the razor blades. In the desktop mode, the text on such screens looks too small, and therefore here and speech can not be about what a comfortable reading. Fortunately, the reception that helps to cope with this problem in Windows 7 is applicable in Windows 8.
Right-click anywhere in the desktop, select the "Screen Resolution" in the Context menu, and then link "Changing the size of the text and other items". It will simplify work with a PC, without sacrificing the beauty of the image on a high-resolution display. Select the mode most suitable for your device. The parameter "Changing the size of the text and other elements" is useful when you use the touch interface, because it is much easier to get a finger in graphic elements and text of increased size. If we are talking About the portable or desktop PC, the "Change only text size" parameter will allow you to save the small dimensions of the icons and use the screen space as efficiently as possible. Right size The text is selected from the drop-down menu.

On the way to the basket

The new version of the operating system, unlike Windows 7, does not default any warnings in cases where the user wants to get rid of the file. Remote file. immediately falls into the basket, and no confirmations are required for this (Ironically, this is one of the few cases when the task in the new OS is solved faster than in previous windows versions). If you want to return a warning (sometimes a confirmation request is useful, preventing accidental deletion), click on the basket of the right mouse button and select Properties in the context menu. Set the "Request Delete Confirmation" option and click OK. To get rid of the warning, it is enough to turn off the previously installed option.

Disable the screen lock

The new lock screen will be useful when you work with a tablet or telephone, and it turns into a PC only to an additional obstacle that you have to overcome on the path to the initial screen.
Fortunately, get rid of the screen windows locks 8 is quite simple.
Open the command to execute commands by entering the "Run" in the search bar by pressing the combination + R or moving the mouse pointer to the upper left side of the desktop by clicking the right button and selecting the "Run" item in the quick access menu. Dial the gpedit.msc and press the key. to open the "Local Editor group Policy" In the left menu, go to "Computer-Administrative Templates-Personalization Pattern Pattern Configuration".
Make double-click On the "Prohibition of changing the lock screen" of the main panel to open a new window. Set the switch to "Enabled", click OK, and the lock screen will no longer disturb you.

Disable the lock screen to speed access to the system's initial screen.

User Account Control

Each Warning of the User Account Control System (User Account Control, UAC), accompanied by a screen darkening, not only makes you interrupt the starting operation to confirm it, but can also lead to the freezing of old equipment. Disable warnings UAC can significantly increase windows performance 8 on outdated equipment and save the sole PC user from excess irritation.
Click in the Charms button "Search", set the mouse pointer on the "Search" panel and type the UAC in the search bar. In the list of obtained results, select "Changing Account Control Settings", after which the User Account Management Settings window opens. Move the runner to one division down so that Windows 8 does not darken the screen and outwriting warnings only in cases where the application tries to make changes to the system parameters. Move the runner to the extremely lower position completely disables all notifications, which increases the efficiency of experienced users.

Activate Windows Protector

The Windows 8 operating system contains a wide range of security tools, which include Windows Defender. But many new PCs with the Windows 8 operating system installed on them are supplied with the default protector disconnected. To improve PC safety, it is recommended to enable this tool at the first opportunity.
To do it, type on the initial screen Windows Defender.. The system initiates the program search. Click on windows icon Defender, which appeared in the search results. The window displays the window Windows DefenderAnd if Microsoft anti-virus software is disabled, you will see a lot of frightening red in it, warning about existing risks and a large image of a crossed computer screen. Make sure that the "Protection in Real Time" is selected on the left pane and set the "Enable Real Time Protection (recommended)" option. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the window.

Useful hidden Windows 8 utilities

Perhaps Windows 8 is not the most simple to use the system, but it is difficult to reproach Microsoft in the niceness. Being closer to the newest operating system of the company, you will find a rich assortment of a wide variety of tools, many of which make the utilities of independent developers excessive.

Keep track of the stability of your PC

On the home screen of Windows 8, enter the reliability, select "Parameters", and then - "View system reliability log". The system will go into the desktop mode, and a window with a timeline will appear on the screen. In this case, an interactive diagram is displayed on the display. If you click on the column, the detailed description will appear below. In my case, the story of stability showed moments when the ASUS AI Suite package stopped his work. It turned out also that this software was the cause of multiple failures in Windows 8 operation.
The stability monitor tracks the installation and update of applications and drivers, issuing the user with accurate information about when it happened. Relevant knowledge will help you troubleshoot problems.

Diagnostic tool DirectX

IN previous versions Windows Diagnostic DXDiag utility has been activated when installing DirectX. Now, when the DirectX interface is an integral part of the operating windows systems 8, the DXDIAG program is also installed on the computer from the very beginning. This is a real storehouse useful informationwhich may be invaluable when identifying problems with DirectX. The "Screen" tab provides information about the installed graphics processor, the display interface (DVI, HDMI, etc.), the distribution of graphics memory, etc. The Sound tab provides information associated with audio devices and drivers. DXDIAG utility provides more high level Details than device manager. It is designed specifically for working with DIRECTX devices.

Use the stability monitor to view the history failure history

New Display Calibration Tools

As a rule, with factory settings, the PC monitor produces a too bright image with unnecessary saturated colors. Of course, you can spend $ 60 or even more on the purchase of equipment and software for calibrating colors. And this money, most likely, will not be invested, if you professionally do computer graphic. But the built-in color calibration tool will provide you with most of the necessary information. Dial in the CALIBRATE search line and specify "Parameters". In the search results, select "Calibrate the Monitor Colors". On the color calibrator greeting screen, a link to the Support Center manual will appear. All you need is to consistently go through all the proposed steps, reading the explanatory text.

Remove the maximum benefit from the task scheduler

This utility helps to schedule the launch of individual Windows applications. Typical example - drawing up the schedule of program work reserve copy. But the task scheduler allows you to create and complex scenarios that must be performed in a certain time and in a certain order.
To start the task scheduler, type the Schedule in the Search line, specify "Parameters" and select "Task Schedule Schedule". Some incorrectly use the task scheduler capabilities in order to initiate the launch of applications during the system loading process, while this is enough to include the appropriate programs in the autoload list. But even if you are not going to create complex task scenarios, it all occurs from time to time it makes sense to think about how this utility can be useful to you.

Starting a virtual machine

Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise version include Virtual Dispatcher hyper-V machinesoriginally integrated into Windows Server. However, by default, the components needed to the computer are not installed. If you want to use Hyper-V, open the control panel, select the "Programs and Components" item and go to the "Enable or Disable Windows Components" link. Select Hyper-V and click OK. After installing the HYPER-V, you must restart the PC. As a result, two applications will be installed: Hyper-V (Virtual Machine Manager, Running Required Software) and Hyper-V Manager, designed to create and delete virtual machines and files. VHD. After virtual machine It will be created, you can install any OS on it, including Windows 3.1, Linux, BSD, etc.
-Sekretov Recall that Windows 8 did not include some functions included in the server version, including virtualization tools. graphic processors and a number of exotic network functions.

That's all. Thank you for reading an article. I hope she was helpful to you.

Microsoft when viewing Windows 8 made a bias on improving the performance and optimization of the new operating system, compared with the predecessors. In my opinion, Windows 7 is generally successful, and in stability and performance, especially if you compare with Vista.

But, nevertheless, Microsoft with Windows 8 set a goal to increase productivity compared to the seven
While it was too early to talk to their goal or not reached, until few users set themselves new windows, and sufficiently were not tested, but in general it was noticed that when loading and turned off the eight faster, and total performance It seems faster. This happens because the "eighth window" uses less memory and disk space, consume less CPU resources
Windows 8. file manager, task dispatcher, and even the installation process itself was optimized, the ultimate goal of these improvements is to increase productivity and minimize the consumption of resources, which in turn will lead to a decrease in energy consumption and, possibly, increase the time autonomous work On laptops, tablets and other mobile devices. After all, the focus on mobile devices Windows 8 is visible not armed with an eye. Thus, it is not necessary to buy a new computer to install Windows 8, it must go well on computers sharpened on Windows 7. However, if you have an older iron, then this is also not a reason for disorder. In this article, consider how to optimize windows work 8, including on old gland.

Minimum system requirements of Windows 8

Although Windows 8 is latest version Microsoft operating system, her minimum requirements not much higher than that Windows Vista.released as much as 6 years ago
According to Microsoft, Windows 8 to hardware requirements:

• Processor: 1 Gigahertz (GHz) or above
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit versions)
• Disk Space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Video card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphic device With WDDM Driver

If you want to take advantage of some of the auxiliary functions and windows features 8, these additional elements will also be required:

• To use the sensor, you need a tablet PC or a monitor that supports multitouch.
• To gain access to Windows Store. To download and run the program, you need active connection The Internet and screen resolution is at least 1024 x 768.

Let's start optimization

After installing the operating system. It would be good for cleaning from any unwanted garbage left from installation. For these purposes, for example, Suslener is suitable.
Go directly to the settings. We allocate my computer, press the right mouse button and select Properties. If you can not find my computer, then this can be done in two ways.

1. Right-clicking - Personalization - Changes in the desktop icons - put a tick on my computer

1. Click on the conductor on the taskbar - on the left of my computer

Select additional system parameters - Parameters

After opening, go to the Visual Effects tab, and then mark "Provide the best speed" and click Apply.

If there is a visual effect that you need, then you can choose it individually, but remember each effect degrades the speed of the computer.

Disabling dynamic tiles

For further windows optimization 8 On the old equipment, it is recommended to disable many unnecessary startup elements, it is possible to disable unused hardware and shut down any insignificant dynamic (i.e. connected to the network) tiles.
Disabling the dynamic tile is easier than the paired turnip. On the start screen, simply right-click on any online tile and select the option at the bottom of the screen. Turn off the dynamic tile.

By the default of Windows 8 Running sports, tourism, finance, news, mail, bing and weather and all active. If you can live without them, then it makes sense to disable them

Disconnecting not used equipment

There are not many equipment that can be disabled. Shutdown However, speeds up Windows, it will boot faster and releases RAM, because the component driver will not be initialized. There are two ways to disconnect hardware through bIOS system or in the equipment manager. The BIOS method is preferred because the component will not even be found Windows. The exact procedure will vary from the system to the system, but you usually need to press F2 or DEL, when the computer is turned on. To disable hardware components through the Device Manager, for this right-click on my computer - Properties - Device Manager. To delete, select the device and clicking the PCM, select Disable.

Which devices can be turned off

• Built-in modem - in all oldest lathes Dial-UP modem
• Built-in Network cardif you use Wi-Fi, or 3G modem
• CD-DVD - drive, I already do not remember when the last time I used them
• COM (RS-232) and LPT ports
• And other (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi if you do not use)

Setting up autoload

To disable unnecessary autoload elements, you can use the stronger programsCleaner or Windows 8 embedded configuration utility (MSCONFIG). How the rule third-party programs more flexible and have more opportunities. For example, CCleaner has additional features that allows you to configure the launch of Internet Explorer add-ons if you want to bring order in the browser

In Fresh Windows 8, there will be no many autoload elements. After installing a plurality of applications, there will be an order of magnitude higher there, they must be turned off. To disable unnecessary autoload elements in CCleaner, click on the Tool button on the left side of the program menu, and then click on the Start button. In the download menu, click on the Windows tab, and each program that runs with Windows will be listed. Remove all unnecessary ticks, with the exception of antivirus and utilities that you regularly use

There are several ways to disable the services in Windows 8, but using the system configuration utility (aka msconfig) seems to be the most reliable and least confusing. To start the system configuration, press Win + R, in the Run MSConfig field and press the ENTER key. When the utility opens, click on the service tab, and then mark the option in the lower left corner with the inscription "Do not display Microsoft services". This will allow you to save from disconnecting necessary services and Identification of third-party

Disable some services will not affect the application of applications. But there are services when you turn off which the application for which it responds will be launched. So be careful.

Disable Account Control

Each time the UAC (User Account Control) warns, the window pops up, and this window pauses the system and require disappointment, but the warning and effect of the screen darkening can occupy eternity on the old equipment. Troubleshoot UAC notification can significantly increase the performance of Windows 8 on the old equipment. But you can minimize the number of pop-up windows, still having a certain level of additional protection, you can also simply reduce the level of the UAC notification.

To do this, extend the charms menu by placing the mouse cursor in any upper or lower right corner of the screen, or press Win + C and click on the search icon. Then select the parameters on the search bar and enter the UAC in the search field. "Changing Account Control Settings" will appear in the left pane.

Next, simply drag the slider down one step, after that Windows 8 will notify you only when the application tries to make changes to the system. Move the slider until it stops down turns off all notifications, which is not recommended. However, if you are confident in your antivirus softwarethen uac can be turned off at all