5 simple hacks that will make Windows 8 more quickly

C since the release of Windows 8 enough time has passed, but the attitude of the operating system is still ambiguous. Some praise it for the convenience and functionality, while others do not cease to blame for the unusual and the lack of fresh ideas. But no matter how you were treated to the latest version of the system from Microsoft, you will definitely come in handy a few simple tips that will make it work faster and more responsive.

All of these hacks require a change in the system registry settings, so we recommend you to make a copy of a pre and a system restore point.

1. Increasing the speed of Aero Peek

Aero Peek is a useful feature that allows you to see the contents of your desktop, simply move the cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. By default, this feature works with about a half-second delay. You can remove this delay, to instantly show the desktop as soon as the cursor appears there.

1. Start the Registry Editor command regedit.
2. find a branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced.
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3. On the right side, right-click and create a key DWORD With name DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime.
4. Create a new decimal value of this key (value data) equal to 1Which indicates that Aero Peek delay function will equal one millisecond.

2. The rate of occurrence of the preview in the taskbar

You all know that, when you hover the cursor on the icon of the open application in the taskbar pop-up window with his thumbnail. It appears very smoothly and slowly, that, although it looks impressive, but can slow down your work. Decrease delay can be as follows.

1. we find the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Mouse.
2. In this vein, we find the value MouseHoverTime.
3. Fixing this value to 400 1 (Animation time delay in milliseconds).

3. Increasing the speed of opening the context menu

By default, if there is another sub-menu in the context menu, it opens with some delay after the mouse cursor. You can easily remove this delay.

1. Run Regedit.exe and go to the branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control \ Desktop.
2. C the right side is the value MenuShowDelay and click the right mouse button to change it.
3. Fixing the value of this parameter 1That means almost immediate opening of nested pop-up menu.

4. Switch between windows using the hover

IN The center of the special features in Windows have the option to turn on the ability to switch between the windows with a simple hover, without any clicks. Many users of this feature may seem convenient. And to make it even more convenient, you can change the value of the waiting period before activating the window.

1. Run Regedit.exe and go to the branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control \ Desktop.
2. C the right side see value ActiveWndTrkTimeout and click on the right mouse button.
3. Changing the activation window to one that is more comfortable for you. The time is indicated in milliseconds.

5. Turn off unnecessary animations

The Windows operating system is just crammed with various beautiful transitions, popup windows and fading, animation effects and other tinsel. However, not all users want to watch these beautiful, even more so that they take up system resources and time. Therefore, you can disable them.

1. Press the key combination Win + R.
2. In the window that appears, enter the Run sysdm.cpl and press Enter. This will open the System Properties window.
3. Now click on the tab Additionally and Section speed press Options.
4. In the window that opens, leave the tick in front of item Font smoothing irregularitiesAnd all others clear.

After the reproduction of these settings, your system may be, will not look so elegant, but it will work just like lightning.

What other ways to speed up Windows 8, you can advise?