Windows Quick Boost

Getting your computer to work at full performance is something that does not necessarily require drastic measures. More often than not, applying some tweaks here and there should be enough to make your system more responsive and faster.

Windows Quick Boost is an application that offers precisely that since it puts at your disposal a series of optimizations you can apply at the push of a button and that should translate into better speed and an overall more comfortable environment.

First of all, users should know that the program’s focus is on ease of use. Being a portable software utility, it requires no installation, so you simply need to run its executable in order to be prompted with a straightforward GUI.

All the controls are packed in the main window, which once again proves the app should cater to the needs of all users alike, novices included. A series of buttons are placed in the top half of the window, letting you easily apply various tweaks, with detailed info on their effect beings displayed at mouse hover.

As for precisely what you can do with the help of this tool, it should be pointed out that the optimizations it can provide you with are not dramatic, but they should increase your productivity.

For instance, it can add new context menu items letting you copy or move files and folders to a new location. What’s more, an “Auto End Tasks” button ensures that user services are forced to end at shutdown or logoff.

Aside from that, the app helps you decrease the time required by your OS to kill user processes when resorting to the integrated Task Manager or when shutting down the computer. Popup delay time for mouse hover can be reduced as well, as is the case of disabling low disk space checks. Moreover, the “Search on Internet” prompt in “Open with” window can be ditched so that you can look strictly at installed software.

As said, enabling any of these optimizations is done simply by clicking a button, but a reboot is necessary in order to take effect. You can apply the tweaks separately, and just to be safe, you can restore the default settings anytime.

What with its intuitive looks and the nice collection of tweaks it offers, the app could be to the liking of a wide array of users, regardless of their technical background.