5 Registry Tweaks To Make

Windows 8 Run Faster

How To Make Windows 8 Run Faster? The question is everyones mind who use
Windows 8 daily. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is faster than older versions of
Windows and also Windows 8 boot startup is so fast compare to Windows 7 and
Vista. But here I give you registry tweaks to make your Windows 8 PC super faster.
The Windows registry holds everything like all system configurations, all settings, etc.
The Registry update automatically when you something update in your Windows 8 PC
then there are also update in registry, registry process working automatically on
background.
Before use registry tweaks back up your default registry. (How To Back Up &
Restore Windows Registry)

Registry Tweak 1: Increase Aero Peek Speed

Windows 8 aero peek preview at the end of the task bar show desktop option,
the standard delay time is 500 ms. Follow simple steps to speed up aero peek in
Windows 8.
Step 1:
Open Run(Win Logo + R) and Type regedit and click Ok to open registry editor.

Step 2:
In the registry editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft
Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Advanced

Step 3:
Now Right click on right pane and Click New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Now enter
DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime name of the new DWORD.

Step 4:
Now double click on DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime and mark Decimal in Base
section. Now enter 500 in value data and click Ok.

Step 5:
You will see the difference after restart your PC.

Registry Tweak 2: Increase Taskbar Preview Speed

In Windows 8, you will see small box when you roll over the arrow on taskbar icons.
But this process takes some delay time to see preview of running programs. The
standard time is 400 milliseconds. So follow simple steps to increase taskbar
previews Speed.
Step 1:
Open Run and Type regedit and click Ok to open registry editor.
Step 2:
In the registry editor, go
to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Ex
plorer Advanced
Step 3:
Now Right click on right pane and Click New DWORD (32-bit) Value. Now enter
ExtendedUIHoverTime name of the new DWORD.
Step 4:
Now double click on ExtendedUIHoverTime and mark Decimal in Base section.
Now enter 400 in value data and click Ok.

Step 5:
You will see the difference after restart your PC.

Registry Tweak 3: Increase Menu Speed(Speed Up Double Click

To Open Programs)
When you double click on any programs and menus then it will take some delay
time to open. So follow instructions and simple steps to increase menu speed in
Windows.
Step 1:
In the registry editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control Panel Desktop
Step 2:
Now find MenuShowDelay and double click to open MenuShowDelay.
Step 3:
Now enter value under 400 milliseconds and Click Ok.

Step 4:
Restart your PC to see effects.

Registry Tweak 4: Disabling Low Disk Checking To Speed Up

Your PC
If your all disk are full and there are low space available then appears a warning
from Windows. Windows continually check your disk space that not depends on your
disk space. If there are lots of free space available in your disk then the checking
process is running. So follow steps to disabling low disk checking and increase your
Windows 8 PC speed.
Step 1:
Open Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft
Windows CurrentVersion Policies

Step 2:
Now find explorer if not exist then create it. Right click on right pane and then
click Key. Name this new Key Explorer.
Step 3:
Now select Explorer.
Step 4:
Now right click on the right pane and click DWORD (32-bit) Value then enter the
name NoLowDiskSpaceChecks.
Step 5:
Right click on NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and Click Modify.

Step 6:
In DWORD dialog box, change the value to 1. and click ok.

Registry Tweak 5: Disable Notification Balloons

Notification Balloons are automatically pop-ups on taskbar as some new notification
and warnings. If you dont like this type of balloons then follows simple steps to
disable.
Step 1:
First open Registry Editor.
Step 2:
Go
to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Ex
plorer Advanced

Step 3:
Now right click on the right pane and click DWORD (32-bit) Value then enter the
name EnableBalloonTips.
Step 4:
Right click on EnableBalloonTips and Click Modify.
Step 5:
In DWORD dialog box, Now set the value data to 0. and click ok.

Hide Drives in My Computer (All Windows) Popular

This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer and Explorer. It is
possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.
Open your registry and find or create the key below.
The "NoDrives" value uses a 32-bit word to define local and network drive visibility for each
logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the 32-bit word correspond to drive letters A
through Z. Drives are visible when set to 0 and hidden when set to 1.
If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):

A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N:

8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V:
2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863
For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which means the value
should be set to "9".
To disable all the drives set the value to "67108863".
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
Note: These drives will still appear in File Manager, to remove File Manager, delete or rename
winfile.exe.

(Default)

REG_SZ

(value not set)

NoDrives

REG_DWORD

0x03ffffff (67108863)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...

Registry Settings
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: NoDrives
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)