Some Questions About Windows 7

[Perryg114]

I am an XP user and I just bought a laptop with windows 7 home premium. I like it so far but there are some things I need re-learn.

First of all how do I go into msconfig like I did in XP and get rid of all the crap and bloat wear that is loaded into memory?

Also is there a way to get my quick launch bar on the right hand side like I did in XP. It lets you put icons in the left but why waste already precious vertical realestate but putting the quick launch icons there. Most displays are 16:9 now days with the mind set that everyone who uses a computer is a mindless idiot and all they are going to do is watch movies on the computer and nothing else. With these displays there is a ton of horizontal space so why not use it to put some of these tool bars in?

Any other tips to brute force Win 7 into submission would be appreciated.

Perry

 

[Silan]

You can get msconfig by using run command in start menu. Or you download ccleaner which can do same thing as msconfig and other nice tools, just be careful with registry cleaner.

 

[Rhonda the Sly]

System Configuration = msconfig, just fyi. People tend to use msconfig but SysConfig has always, at least to my knowledge, been hanging around in the Start menu.

 

[MrChad]

What crap and bloatware are you referring to? Keep in mind that Vista/7 handle memory quite a bit differently than XP. You'll see higher overall memory usage during low load times due to indexing, SuperFetch, etc. This memory will be freed when you need it for other programs, however.

 

[Perryg114]

Well pretty much anything that is not microsoft does not need to be there. Like why does adobe need something in memory if there are no pdf files open. There is alot of office related crap that does not need to be running especially since office 2007 trial is going away and I am going to install Office 2003. There is a bunch of stuff from Acer running as well. If it messes something up I can always recheck the box.

Perry

 

[blinblue]

Well pretty much anything that is not microsoft does not need to be there. Like why does adobe need something in memory if there are no pdf files open. There is alot of office related crap that does not need to be running especially since office 2007 trial is going away and I am going to install Office 2003. There is a bunch of stuff from Acer running as well. If it messes something up I can always recheck the box.

Perry

The solution here is to uninstall all the crapware that came preinstalled. Oh, and ditch Adobe pdf and get Foxit, life will be so much better after that

 

[Scotteq]

I am an XP user and I just bought a laptop with windows 7 home premium. I like it so far but there are some things I need re-learn.

First of all how do I go into msconfig like I did in XP and get rid of all the crap and bloat wear that is loaded into memory?

Just type msconfig in the search box, right click the app and select "Run As Administrator". Please use your good judgment as to what you remove. You can also configure Windows Services from the control panel (Programs - Select Services on the left hand side)

Also is there a way to get my quick launch bar on the right hand side like I did in XP. It lets you put icons in the left but why waste already precious vertical realestate but putting the quick launch icons there. Most displays are 16:9 now days with the mind set that everyone who uses a computer is a mindless idiot and all they are going to do is watch movies on the computer and nothing else. With these displays there is a ton of horizontal space so why not use it to put some of these tool bars in?

I agree the vertical placement makes more sense on a widescreen monitor, and you are perfectly free to do that in Win 7. I have my task bar on the right side of the main (my left) monitor, and the couple widgets I run on the Right of the secondary monitor. That puts all of the system stuff on either side of the border between the two.

Right Click the task bar and Unlock it so you can drag it around (just like XP). You may choose to use the "Quick Launch" in the options (disabled by default). Though I prefer pinning frequently used programs - They will *always* be in the same location no matter when/if/what order you run them. I set the program icons to "small", to "combine when full", and I dragged the task bar to widen it enough so I can read "enough" of each name. For programs I use less frequently, I just type the name in the search box and run it from there.

Hope that helps.

 

[JackMDS]

There is an msconfig.exe file in C:\Windows\System32\msconfig.exe

Drag a link to a spot of your choice.
Running by simple double click yields this.