READ PART ONE HERE
6. SETTINGS:
CHECK FOR UPDATE BUT LET ME CHOOSE WHETHER TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THEM (WIN
7).
This is a setting that is still available to those
that are still using windows 7 operating system on their pc, this setting will
enable you to prevent your pc from downloading unnecessary updates and also
from using your data when not necessary, so the best settings to set your
windows update to is this. And with this also you will be able to choose when
the pc searches for updates and also weather to download and install them, you
can leave the settings the way it is by default i.e. “to download and install updates
automatically” if you have access to unlimited data connection and also uses
your pc a lots, because windows updates tend to be large in size and can be as
large as 5gb of data it will need you to be active to be able to download the
update because it also tends to restart download from the beginning if the
download was interrupted due to internet data failure or system shutdown or
hibernation.
So choosing when to check and install update can
save you a lot of data and also make you to be more in touch with what is
entering and leaving your system in terms of the windows update.
7. SETTINGS: LOW
BATTERY LEVEL AND CRTITICAL BATTERY LEVEL.
This setting is not usually the convectional
settings that you will come across everyday but it is good to know about this
settings, these settings help us to check when the battery level is very low
and also when it has reach the minimum critical level just as the name suggest
and also the corresponding actions that is to be taken along these alerts.
Usually as default the low battery level is 10%
while that of the critical battery is 7%, but to reduce the stress on the
battery it is necessary that we increase them, it will be preferable to
increase the low battery level to around 15%-20% and the critical battery level
to around 10%-15%, it is good to set them around these values or higher.
You can increase these values if the situation
deserves it, to suit your needs because these will go a long way to increase
your battery life.
8. DESKTOP
SETTINGS: OFF AUTO ARANGE ICONS.
These setting is not a very critical setting but it
is good when you usually save a lot of files on your desktop screen. The auto
arrange icon helps to drag items into the desktop grid automatically thus
aligning them with the other items that have been place there in one orderly
manner, this is very good if you care little about the way your desktop screen
looks like and the way the icons type are arranged. But turning this settings
off will enable you to be able to place items on the screen anywhere you like
and make them look organize.
So it is more of a setting just to make things look
arrange for your personalize use other than a very serious settings that needs
serious attention.
Tip: to make your screen look simple and beautiful
add only app shortcut that is needed to the desktop screen and arrange them by
the left side, then other items likes files and folders that you regularly
access you can arrange them neatly on the right side of the screen. It is
better to arrange (stock up) the same items types in files other than leaving
them individually hanging around. It makes your desktop screen looks elegant.
9. BIOS SETINGS:
ENABLE LEGACY SUPPORT.
This is a very backend setting and only very few
windows users might have come across these settings, the setting can only be
access from the bios menu which is usually activated just before your windows
operating system starts to load.
The legacy support has a lot of explanation that can
be written about it, and it can take a whole article to write about, but I will
just state the main reason for this.
Enabling the legacy support grants the user the
ability to install older version of windows on their pc. So if you are using
newer generations of pc that comes pre-install with win8/win10 then this
settings is disable by default. So in case you want to install older version of
windows on the pc, maybe on another partition or anything similar than you will
have to enable this settings to be able to do that.
Like I said this setting is not a very die hard
setting, you can use your pc all your life without having to enable this, but
for those that usually do more with their pc usually developers this is a
settings that you might want to activate to enable you use the pc more ruggedly
since legacy support is not as delicate or sensitive as UEFI boot system
format.
10. BIOS
SETTINGS: ENABLING VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY.
This setting just like the one before it can only be
access through the bios settings. The settings is usually enabled to give the
pc more boost towards its graphics performance, by the pc providing assistance
to the graphics card and the processor of the pc. This setting helps to draw
more power and performance from the overall performance of the pc and with this
uses more power (battery) and also the pc resources (CPU and ram) so most times
by default this settings is usually disable.
So if you use your pc for things like gaming,
graphics work, running virtual machine and related activities then you will
want to enable this so as to make things easier for you. And remember what I
mentioned at the start enabling this put more stress on your battery and also
on your CPU and ram, so if you use your pc just for normal small works then
there might in essence be no need for you to enable this services. Since it
will be a redundancy that will or might be serving no purpose.
These settings are some of the settings you might
want to consider applying to your pc to increase your work output performance
when using your pc. The settings and the associated levels attached to it are
not straight jacketed so you can tune them to suit your needs, taste and also
your pc specs.
To get to know more about your pc and what it can do
for you have to move around the pc and check out what each and every settings
does, be careful to read what the settings says before applying any so that
your story will not end with a regret.
Be sure to comment any other settings that you think
will be helpful to others and leave your questions also in the comment box to
get answers to it.
Check back next week for more.
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