Windows 7

Cleaning up Windows 7

Windows 7, as any Microsoft product, comes with a lot of bloat and crap. Unfortunately design is so bad that there is no way to clean it up. Here some links to help a bit.

Best Guides

• Tutorial: Reclaim disk space in Windows Seven, Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded      # To run in admin, and in sys32

Disable hibernation

• Disable it as follows

powercfg.exe -h off

winsxs

• Disk Cleanup update
  Microsoft issued an update of Disk Cleanup that allows to reduce a bit the winsxs folder.
  • Breaking News! Reduce the size of the WinSxS Directory and Free up Disk Space with a New Update for Windows 7 SP1 Clients
• How to reduce the size of winsxs in windows 7 ultimate x64
• Engineering Windows 7 - Disk Space
  Windows engineering trying to justify what cannot be justified, with bad arguments.

DriverStore

• How do I delete folders from the Windows 7 DriverStore?
  This was of no help for me on pc-112-597. I had to delete the folder manually

Other links for general information:

• How to Reduce the Size of the Winsxs directory and Free Up Disk Space on Windows Server 2012 Using Features on Demand