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.