While the Windows 7 operating system one of the better operating systems that Microsoft has released that does not guarantee that it is the fastest overall. You need to have certain hardware requirements that are met in order to run the Win 7 OS. If can opt to upgrade an older computer to Win 7 but you might find that you are unhappy with its performance unless you update some components. This might even be true if you have some of the most recent hardware there are other considerations that may reduce the performance of a Win 7 computer.

Visual Effects of the Win 7 operating system is a feature that can bog down your computers speed. You can disable many of the effects without a significant decrease in the appeal of the appearance of your computer but will greatly improve its speed.

The Windows 7 operating system has some pretty awesome features. They provide many uses including using a USB Flash drive as virtual RAM. This feature is called Ready Boost. It is recommended that you use a USB drive that has been formatted. You can choose the option to allocate the drive for system speed.

You can also improve the performance of your Win 7 computer by disabling unnecessary sounds. If this feature is active it can use up a good bit of your computers system resources, slowing down your computer. You can choose to turn off all sounds but you might want to keep the sounds for logoff, start up, shutdown, logon and start navigation and still maintain best performance.