If you are running Windows Vista, then this article will quickly and easily help you to free up some memory in order to speed up your computer. By default, the Windows Aero theme is the default theme for Windows Vista. This is fine if you have more than 2 GBs of memory (i.e. RAM), not running multiple applications simultaneously and really want to have the cool Windows Aero effects such as transparent windows. However, the Windows Aero theme uses about 30 MBs of RAM under the minimal settings. Here is a capture of the task manager showing the Desktop Windows Manager (dvm.exe) using 33 MBs of RAM.

By simply switching to a less memory aggressive theme, you can free up some memory to speed up your PC. To do this, right click on your desktop and pick Personalize, then click on Windows Color and Appearance. Choose to open the classic appearance properties link and then change your theme to Windows Vista Basic as shown here:

Once you apply the new theme settings, you will have freed about 30 MBs of memory that is now available for other more important programs. Here is a screen shot of the task manager once the Windows Vista Basic theme is applied:

We hope you enjoyed this simple yet effective tip to speed up your Windows PC. For further computer speedup, try a free scan using RegCure.

Ever wonder why your computer takes longer to loadup windows the more you use it? We all have purchased a brand new computer and it seems so much faster to boot up to Windows then it is now. The slow bootup is not your imagination and may not be due to anything being wrong with your PC. From my experience, the slow bootup time is due to the increased Windows startup entries added by installed programs. For example, if you installed Adobe Acrobat reader, it automatically adds an entry into your Wndows startup file to load Adobe Acrobat when Windows loads. In addition, this startup will also try to check for updates everytime Windows is started up. This adds to increased use of resources and longer bootup times. Therefore to increase the bootup time of your Microsoft Windows computer, remove any programs from the Windows startup that is not necessary. To do this go to Start>Run and type in msconfig. This will bring up the Windows’ System configuration window as shown here:

Fig. 1 Windows system configuration window.

When the Windows system configuration window comes up, choose Selective Startup. Now you can click on the Startup tab and uncheck any programs that do not need to be loaded at startup. Just becareful not to uncheck any programs you do not know are necessary. Here is a screen shot:

Fig. 2 Startup tab programs.

Once you are done, click apply and Windows should load up faster the next time you startup. If your computer still seems slow, then please try the free PC scan offered on RegCure-PC-Optimizer.com.

Many people confuse java with javascript and vice versa. If you see a java error or a javascript error, knowing the difference between the two can help you fix the issue or even ignore it altogether.

 Java is a programming language developed by Sun. Java is often used to write standalone programs for your computer and applets. Usually if you see a java error this means that the java program or applet installed on your PC is at fault. To remedy a java error you may need to reinstall the program, reinstall the java runtime client, and/or fix any corrupt registry items related to the offending java program. Usually updating of the java runtime envirnoment is done automatically. If your java runtime envirnoment (JRE) has problems updating, you may need to reinstall it.

To learn more about java please vist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)

Javascript is scrippting language and does not need to be compiled. Javascript is run by your web browser. If you see a javascript error, it usually means that your internet browser cannot process the script. This can be do to bad java script programming by the website you are visiting and/or isssues with your web browser. The best way to diagnose java script problem is to try to open the same webpage on a different computer. If the error still occurs then it is most likely an error on the webpage side, which has nothing to do with your PC.

To learn more about javascript please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript

A printer spooler queues up print jobs for later printing. This is a great tool if you are dealing with networked printers or have several computers printing to the same printer. The printer spool will help the printer to print the pages in a queue. In general, consumer grade printers have insufficient memory to store all the pages that you are printing. A printer spool with queue everything to be used later.

This service is required if you have printers with applications that use the printing sub-system (like PDF converters). If this does not fit your needs, you can disable the print spooler service. This will save about 3.8 MB in memory resources. Your printers will still be “installed” if you disable this service, but not visible in the printers folder. After restarting the print spooler, they will reappear and be available for use. I place this service into manual mode and only start it up when printing is required. In manual mode, the service will not automatically start at boot time. However, if you do a lot of printing, automatic mode is the most convenient.

If you have a print spooler error, try disabling and then re-enabling the service again. If this does not work, uninstall the printer and reinstall it again.

Dr. Watson is an error windows that is shown a specific software has caused an error in the Windows operatiinf system. Whenever a program crashes. the Dr. Watson debugger screen is shown. This tells you that some error has occurred in the system and you have to send this error report to the publisher or ask for help. However, usually the error message is more of an annoyance then it is helpful.

People start thinking that there is some problem with their computer or there is a virus in their system. The program error may be caused by a virus, but this could also be the result of software not working properly. There are ways with which you can disable Dr. Watson messages to keep appearing.

On the Microsoft online help center, you can find ways to disable the debugger. If you are not a programmer, this is recommended that you should not try to debug the program.  In new version of Windows like Vista, Dr. Watson is disabled by default. To enable it, press the F1 key on the desktop and search for Dr Watson Debugger and you can start it up.