CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION

Rationale of the Study

One of the most overlooked features on computers today is the built-in ability to

automatically update software. Keeping your operating system up-to-date is vital for a

healthy computer in today's environment. Software manufactures are constantly fixing

software bugs, updating driver for new devises, and making improvements on the

software that you use every day. While this may not sound like it's that big of a deal - it

is. [1]

An operating system (OS) is a system software that manages computer

hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer

programs. Operating systems are found on many devices that contain a computer -

from cellular phones and video game consoles to web servers and supercomputers.

The dominant desktop operating system is Microsoft Windows due to its reliability and

functionality. And it is, just because of that, dominant. In other words, once a platform

becomes dominant, it tends to stay that way. It's inertia. With millions of applications

available for Windows, it makes sense to use Windows. And with everyone using

Windows, it makes sense to write new applications for Windows. It's self-perpetuating.

The greater the number of Windows computers in the world, the greater the inertia.

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system developed and released

by Microsoft as part of their Windows NT family of operating systems. It is the first

version of Windows that receives ongoing feature updates. Windows 10 introduces what
Microsoft described as "universal apps"; expanding on Metro-style apps, these apps

can be designed to run across multiple Microsoft product families with nearly identical

code‍—i‌ncluding PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface

Hub and Mixed Reality.

Windows 10 is the newest operating system introduced by Microsoft and they

have announced that they will stop supporting Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on 2020

and 2023 respectively. Which means if you have any problem on your old operating

systems by that time, you will not get any help from Microsoft at all leaving your

computer vulnerable to threats. Not many people in the Philippines have enough

knowledge of optimizing their operating system because of the lack of knowledge, or

funds to have a better computer to run extensive tasks due to the demand of faster

computers in the market today. The aim of the researchers is to provide a fully

optimized windows 10 for users who only have low-end specifications for it to still be

functional and efficient.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The purpose of the study is to analyze

1.) Will the researchers’ method of optimizing Windows 10 be effective in

improving the computers' performance?

2.) Will the new User Interface be more accessible and user-friendly?

3.) Will users be satisfied with the optimized operating system?

This is study is invaluable to students, office workers, companies, and Microsoft

themselves because computers have integrated in our daily lives. The purpose of the

study is to help optimize the newest operating system into older computers which can

still be useful to people.

Students - Students nowadays tend to rely on computers and the internet when

it comes to school work. Yet, not all students have the privilege of having a good laptop

or computer. The study can be beneficial to them if they have Windows 10 and a low-

budget PC to help them in their academics faster.

Office workers - They are the main focus of the study. Computers have become

a quintessential part of the office environment. With that said, it is still within the

company's best self-interest to spend as little as they can while maintaining high

performance.

Companies - The study will be helpful to companies because it addresses most

people's complaints where their service is bad due to technical difficulties. With the

optimized operating system it can significantly boost the companies' performance and

help gain the trust of their customers back.

This study aims to investigate how optimizing a windows 10 operating system

can benefit people with low-end computers and companies to have an edge in the

competitive world.

METHODOLOGY

In this part of the study. these are the things that the researchers did in order to

optimize Windows 10 on a low-end computer.

 Start from a fresh install of Windows 10

 Make sure it’s fully updated

 Disable Telemetry by:

 Changing the privacy settings in Windows’ Settings app

 Disabling telemetry in the registry

 Open a command prompt as Administrator, then type the following:

 sc diagtrack start= disabled (the space after “start =” is a must)

 Service changes – Hold the Windows Key + R, then type services.msc and

choose OK.

 Background Intelligent Transfer Service – Automatic (Delayed Start) ->

Manual

 Connected User Experiences and Telemetry – Automatic -> Disabled

 Diagnostic Policy Service – Automatic -> Manual

 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) – Manual (Triggered) -> Disabled

 Windows Biometric Service – Automatic -> Manual

 Download and install the following:

 Aeroglass 1.5.2 - http://www.glass8.eu/download

 Win7 Taskbar Reflection -

http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?

f=21&t=6089&hilit=windows+7+taskbar+texture&start=50#p27834 (Save

the "Win7 Taskbar Reflection for opacity 40 qty .png" attachment)

 Win7 Start Button - http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?

f=18&t=3207#p15050 (Save the "Windows 7.png" attachment)

 ClassicShell - http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/ ,then once installed,

navigate to the following menus and make changes as necessary:

 Skin: WIN7Like

 Start Button -> Replace Start Button -> Button Image: Choose

“Windows 7.png”. -> Button size: 24,32,48,64, etc. base on your

preferences.

 Taskbar -> Taskbar Look: Glass -> Taskbar Opacity: 40 -> Taskbar

Texture: Choose “Win7 Taskbar Reflection for opacity 40 qty.png”

 Menu Look -> Glass Opacity: 10

 7+ Taskbar Tweaker - http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker

 Right-click the tray icon -> advanced options ->

show_desktop_button_size to “12”

 Right-click Taskbar -> Cortana: Hidden -> uncheck Show Task View

Button on the same menu

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/oldnewexplorer.html

 Choose “Use command bar instead of Ribbon”, then install

 UxStyle – https://www.cleodesktop.com/2017/10/patcher-for-win-10-fall-

creators-update.html

 Aero 7 Theme – http://sagorpirbd.deviantart.com/art/Aero-7-Themes-for-

Win10-Final-523979941

 Navigate to “Theme\Themes for Build 14393 Anniversary Update” ->

copy everything to “C:\Windows\Resources\Themes”

 Registry Tweaks:

 Hold Windows Key + R, then type regedit and choose OK.

 Navigate to

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\DWM”

and from there do the following:

 Right-click -> New -> DWORD and name it

“ColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity” -> set it to Decimal “100”

 Right-click -> New -> DWORD and name it “ColorizationColorBalance”

-> set it to Decimal “100”

 Right-click -> New -> DWORD and name it

“ColorizationColorBalanceInactive” -> set it to Decimal “25”

 Right-click -> New -> DWORD and name it “GlassOpacity” -> set it to

Decimal “20”
  Right-click -> New -> DWORD and name it “RoundRectRadius” -> set

it to Decimal “12”

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Using a Third-Party Tool called “ATTO Disk Benchmark” to measure the

performance of the computer on read and write speed on Windows 10 and Windows

9.5, and here are the results:

Table 1 (Windows 10)

The Windows 9.5 version performs slightly worse on smaller file sizes

however, it seems to also have better performances on bigger file sizes.

Regardless, in both cases, the differences are not significant entirely, Therefore,

in terms of read and write speeds, modifying windows does not seem to increase

nor decrease performance at a noticeable level.