Navdeep's New Invention For all Windows 7 Users.. Try It..

Anyone working professionally with a computer has their hands on the keyboard most of the time. Reaching for the mouse can be an annoying disturbance and personally I often turn over my mouse in such situations. An easy solution is to simply keep the hands on the keyboard and complete as many tasks as possible with keyboard shortcuts only.
Apart from making you work more efficiently and faster, you can also impress your friends or colleagues by being able to work without a mouse. This article describes some cool Windows 7 keyboard tricks to get you started. In the end you might never want to take your hands off the keyboard again.

For your convenience, more keyboard shortcut resources are attached at the bottom.
Note that some of these shortcuts will only work if Windows Aero is enabled. If Aero effects are disabled on your computer, it might not be powerful enough to support resource intensive graphical features. The visual effects may also have been disabled to increase overall performance. If you wish to enable Aero nevertheless, have a look at my recent article explaining How To Enable and Troubleshoot Aero Effects in Windows 7.

Aero Shortcuts

• [Windows] + [Spacebar] (Aero Peek)
  Make all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop.

• [Windows] + [D] (Aero Peek)
  Show or hide the desktop.
• [Windows] + [Home] (Aero Shake)
  Minimize all but selected window. Reverse by clicking the key combination again.
• [Windows] + left arrow OR [Windows] + right arrow (Aero Snap)
  Dock selected window to the left or right half of your screen.
• [Windows] + up arrow OR [Windows] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
  Maximized and restores the selected window.
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
  Maximizes and restores selected window in vertical dimension only.
• [Windows] + [Tab] (Aero Flip)
  Launch 3D representation of open windows and click [Tab] key again to flip through them.

Windows & Taskbar

• [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Tag] + left/right/up/down arrow
  Flip window.
• [Alt] + [Tab]
  Cycle through open windows.

 

• [Windows] + [T] OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [T]
  Move focus to front or back of taskbar. Press [T] again while holding the [Windows] key to cycle through items in the taskbar from left to right or, with [SHIFT] button held too, from right to left.
• [Windows] + [B]
  Puts focus on the ‘show hidden icons’ button on the system tray.
• [Windows] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [9]
  Launch first through ninth icon on taskbar, including items pinned to taskbar.
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [9]
  Starts new instance of respective taskbar icon.
• [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [9]
  Cycles through multiple instances of the respective icon.
• [Windows] + [Alt] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Alt] + [9]
  Opens jump list for respective icon.

Multiple Monitors

• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + right arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + left arrow
  Move selected window from one monitor to another. They will remain in the same relative location.
• [Windows] + [P]
  Select presentation display mode.

Magnifier

• [Windows] + [+] OR [Windows] + [-]
  Activates Windows Magnifier to zoom in or out of screen.
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D]
  Switch to docked mode.
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L]
  Switch to lense mode.

• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]
  Switch from docked or lens mode back to full screen mode.
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [I]
  Invert colors.
• [Windows] + [Esc]
  Exist magnifier views.

Other

• [Windows] + [G]
  Cycle through desktop gadgets.
• [Windows] + [X]
  Launches Windows Mobility Center. Especially useful if you’re working on a laptop.

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How To Disable User Account Control?

Que:- What is User Account Control?

Answer:- There are some users that don’t like this feature. For those guys we have here a solution – so you will learn How to Disable User Account Control (UAC) on Win 7. Click on Start button and type UAC into the start menu search box (you can do the same from Control Panel search box) . You will find function Change User Account Control settings.
So, click on the given link Change User Account Control settings. It is so simple to manage it, just  drag the slider up or down, depending on how often you want to be alerted. Please note that, if you drag it all the way down to the bottom, you’ll have disabled the feature completely.

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How To Create A Partition in Windows 7.

Go to Start -> Right Click My Computer -> Manage (look at the image below)

You will see Computer Management window. Now, expand  Storage and under it click on Disk Management. You will see something like that:

and now select the Drive you want to partition. For example, in this case I have selected drive D: When you select a drive to partition, right-click on it and from the menu select Shrink Volume:

You will see the window showing you the Size of the Hard drive and the total amount available to Shrink, something like that:

You can enter in the amount you would like to shrink ( This will be the size of the new partition ) It can’t be more than the amount available to you and remember that Approx 1000 Mb = 1 GB. After that click on button Shrink. Depending on the size and amount to shrink it could take a while. Just be patient and once it’s done you will see an unallocated space. Select it and right click on it. Then select New Simple Volume. There are a few steps left. Follow the Wizard that appears and fill in the Size of the Partition. After that assign a drive letter, you can do that by picking up one of your choice. On the Format page, be sure that NTFS is selected and then Enter a name for your Drive – ie. “Music” and click next followed by finish.

You’re done! Now you have a new partition on your hard drive!

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How to install Ubuntu 10.10

Put your Ubuntu 10.10 CD in drive and restart your system. It will open with welcome box. In that you have to press Install Ubuntu button
You will see a new box call preparing to install Ubuntu box. Just press Forward button.
Now you will see a new box in that you have to select “Install along side other operating system”
Press Forward button.
You will see a new box of “Allocate drive space”: in that you will see a RED COLLUR “advanced partitioning tool” just press it.
Now you will see Allocate drive space.
Now you can see
Device Type Size Used
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 ntfs 104MB 35MB
dev/sda 2 ntfs 209609MB 18054 MB
dev/sda 3 ntfs 157286 MB 3221MB
dev/sda 4 ntfs 133106MB
(Note: - this information is my system hard drive information so in you system your hard drive information you will see)
So I selected /dev/sda 4 for Ubuntu 10.10.
If you just press on /dev/sda4 you will see three button enabled 1. Change 2.Delete 3. Revert
Just to to second button that is deleting after Delete you will see free space
Now just click on free space you will see one box Add
Press add button now it will open a box called Create Partition
Now you have to go Mount point box you will see
/, /boot, /home, /tmp, /usr, /var, /srv, /opt, /usr/local.
First you will go to /boot. Now you have to go “new Partition size in megabytes(1000000bytes);” and now give 4000 ( I have lot of space in my hard disk that way I given 4000 so you have to give as per Ubuntu manual instructions) and press ok button
Now again you go to free space and press /home give 4000 and press OK like that you have to give all partitions. After all partitions allocated is over now you have to give /swap partition.
The size of /swap partitions is 2 times of your Ram (Exp:- RAM is 1 GB you have to give 2GB (2000) as /swap partitions
And finally / (ROOT) reaming available free space you have to give for / (ROOT) partition.
And press “Install Now” button
You will see a box “do you want to return to this partitions menu
Just press “Continue button”
After that you have to
Set Time and press forward button
Key board lay out “USA” press Forward button
Type you name --> fill all filled and press Forward button
After installation is over restart the system
After Installation you will see a box in booting time in that you have to choose which operating system you have to run.
Booting box looks like this
GNU GRUB VERSION 1.98+20100804-5 Ubuntu3
Ubuntu,with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic
Ubuntu,with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (Recovery mode)
Memory test (Memtest 86+)
Memory test (Memtest 86+ serial console 115200)
Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)
In this way I have successfully installed windows7 and Ubuntu 10.10 on HP system in my office. Do the same thing and enjoy.
All the best

Cisco Command Summary

Summary: Cisco Router Configuration Commands - Lists how to enable and disable interfaces, add IP addresses to interfaces, enable RIP or IGRP and set passwords. Cisco Router Show Commands - Handy show commands to check on the status of interfaces. Cisco Router Basic Operations - Covers getting into and out of different modes. Also, some handy shortcut keys are included. Cisco Router Copy Commands - How to save and backup your router configuration and IOS file. Cisco Router Debug Commands - Some useful debug commands.

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Cisco Router Configuration Commands

Requirement	Cisco Command
Set a console password to cisco	Router(config)#line con 0 Router(config-line)#login Router(config-line)#password cisco
Set a telnet password	Router(config)#line vty 0 4 Router(config-line)#login Router(config-line)#password cisco
Stop console timing out	Router(config)#line con 0 Router(config-line)#exec-timeout 0 0
Set the enable password to cisco	Router(config)#enable password cisco
Set the enable secret password to peter. This password overrides the enable password and is encypted within the config file	Router(config)#enable secret peter
Enable an interface	Router(config-if)#no shutdown
To disable an interface	Router(config-if)#shutdown
Set the clock rate for a router with a DCE cable to 64K	Router(config-if)clock rate 64000
Set a logical bandwidth assignment of 64K to the serial interface	Router(config-if)bandwidth 64 Note that the zeroes are not missing
To add an IP address to a interface	Router(config-if)#ip addr 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
To enable RIP on all 172.16.x.y interfaces	Router(config)#router rip Router(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
Disable RIP	Router(config)#no router rip
To enable IRGP with a AS of 200, to all interfaces	Router(config)#router igrp 200 Router(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
Disable IGRP	Router(config)#no router igrp 200
Static route the remote network is 172.16.1.0, with a mask of 255.255.255.0, the next hop is 172.16.2.1, at a cost of 5 hops	Router(config)#ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.2.1 5
Disable CDP for the whole router	Router(config)#no cdp run
Enable CDP for he whole router	Router(config)#cdp run
Disable CDP on an interface	Router(config-if)#no cdp enable

Cisco Router Show Commands

Requirement	Cisco Command
View version information	show version
View current configuration (DRAM)	show running-config
View startup configuration (NVRAM)	show startup-config
Show IOS file and flash space	show flash
Shows all logs that the router has in its memory	show log
View the interface status of interface e0	show interface e0
Overview all interfaces on the router	show ip interfaces brief
View type of serial cable on s0	show controllers 0 (note the space between the 's' and the '0')
Display a summary of connected cdp devices	show cdp neighbor
Display detailed information on all devices	show cdp entry *
Display current routing protocols	show ip protocols
Display IP routing table	show ip route
Display access lists, this includes the number of displayed matches	show access-lists
Check the router can see the ISDN switch	show isdn status
Check a Frame Relay PVC connections	show frame-relay pvc
show lmi traffic stats	show frame-relay lmi
Display the frame inverse ARP table	show frame-relay map

Cisco Router Basic Operations

Requirement	Cisco Command
Enable	Enter privileged mode
Return to user mode from privileged	disable
Exit Router	Logout or exit or quit
Recall last command	up arrow or
Recall next command	down arrow or
Suspend or abort	and and 6 then x
Refresh screen output
Compleat Command	TAB

Cisco Router Copy Commands

Requirement	Cisco Command
Save the current configuration from DRAM to NVRAM	copy running-config startup-config
Merge NVRAM configuration to DRAM	copy startup-config running-config
Copy DRAM configuration to a TFTP server	copy runing-config tftp
Merge TFTP configuration with current router configuration held in DRAM	copy tftp runing-config
Backup the IOS onto a TFTP server	copy flash tftp
Upgrade the router IOS from a TFTP server	copy tftp flash

Cisco Router Debug Commands

Requirement	Cisco Command
Enable debug for RIP	debug ip rip
Enable summary IGRP debug information	debug ip igrp events
Enable detailed IGRP debug information	debug ip igrp transactions
Debug IPX RIP	debug ipx routing activity
Debug IPX SAP	debug IPX SAP
Enable debug for CHAP or PAP	debug ppp authentication
Switch all debugging off	no debug all undebug all

Disclaimer:
The customer acknowledges that the examples provided in this document are solely for illustrative purposes. Further, the customer both understands and agrees that the information in the examples may need to be modified to assure proper functioning on his/her own computer system(s). Verio is not liable for any negative consequences arising from the improper use or modification of the provided examples

How to Configure a Switch

I want to do this! What's This?

 

Catalyst Switch

How to Configure a Switch

User-Submitted Article

This article talks about the basic configuration of a Cisco Catalyst switch. Use these commands when you get a new or used Cisco switch that you want to configure. These commands will work on pretty much any Cisco catalyst switch. When you get a new or used switch, the first thing you will have to do is connect to it. Normally, this is done by using a laptop and a console cable. I assume if you are looking for these type of instructions that you can do already do that. Once you are able to connect into the switch, you can begin configuring it.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cisco switch (e.g. 2950, 3550, 3560, 3750)
• laptop or PC with a console cable

1. 1
   
    
   The first step is to connect to your switch. The easiest way is to attach a console cable using a laptop. The defaul cisco login and password is "cisco"
   
2. 2
   If you have a used switch, you can erase any previous configuration information. The command to erase any previous configuration information is:
   
   (switch)# write erase
   
3. 3
   After you erase the previous configuration, you can reboot the switch with this command: (switch)# reload
   
4. 4
   You can set the switch name with this command: (switch)# host yourswitchnamehere
   
   For example: (switch)# Cisco-Switch
   
5. 5
   You can set the enable password: (switch)# enable password mysecretpassword
   
6. 6
   You can set the enable secret password: (switch)# enable secret mysecretpassword
   
7. 7
   You can set up the console login password with these commmands. (switch)# line con 0
   (switch)# password myloginpassword
   (switch)# logging synchronous
   (switch)# login
   
8. 8
   You set up the telent login line like this:
   (switch)# line vty 0 15
   (switch)# password myloginpassword
   (switch)# login
   
9. 9
   You can hide your passwords like this:
   (switch)# service password-encryption
   
10. 10
    You can save your configuration with this command:
    (switch)# write
    Or you can use this command: (switch)# copy run start
    
11. 11
    You set up the clock: (switch)# clock set 12:00:00 Month Day Year
    
12. 12
    You can set the default gateway like this: (switch)# ip default-gateway x.x.x.x
    
    For example: (switch)# ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1
    
13. 13
    You can set the daylight saving time using this command: (switch)# clock summer-time EST recurring first Sunday March 2:00 first Sunday November 2:00

Installing IIS 7 on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have installed one of the editions of Windows Vista or Windows 7 on which IIS 7 is supported before you proceed. Not all IIS features are supported on all editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Home Basic and Starter editions include only limited basic features of IIS. To see a list of which features are supported on the edition of Windows you are using, see one of the following:

• Available Role Services in IIS 7.0 (Windows Vista)
• Available Web Server (IIS) Role Services in IIS 7.5 (Windows 7)

Also be sure that you have administrative user rights on the computer. By default, you do not have administrative user rights if you are logged on as a user other than the built-in administrator, even if you were added to the local Administrators group on the computer (this is a new security feature in Windows Server^® 2008 called Local User Administrator). Log on either to the built-in administrator account, or explicitly invoke applications as the built-in administrator by using the runas command-line tool.
Note that you can run runas /user:administrator cmd.exe so that every application you run from that command line will be elevated, eliminating the need to use the runas syntax from that command line.
If you are logged on to an account other than the built-in local administrator account, you may see the following security alert dialog box.

Figure 1: Windows Security (User Account Control)

Install IIS 7

1. To open the Windows Features dialog box, click Start, and then click Control Panel.

 

Figure 2: Windows Vista Start menu

2. In the Control Panel, click Programs.

Figure 3: Control Panel Home

3. Click Turn Windows features on or off.

 

Figure 4: Control Panel install options

4. You may receive the Windows Security warning. Click Allow to continue. The Windows Features dialog box is displayed.

Figure 5: Windows Security dialog box

5. Expand Internet Information Services. Additional categories of IIS features are displayed. Select Internet Information Services to choose the default features for installation.

 

Figure 6: Windows Features dialog box - IIS

6. Expand the additional categories displayed, and select any additional features you want to install, such as Web Management Tools.

Figure 7: Windows Features dialog box - IIS feature selection

7. If you are installing IIS 7 for evaluation purposes, you may want to select additional features to install. Select the check boxes for all IIS features you want to install, and then click OK to start installation.

Figure 8: Windows Features dialog box - Installation selection

8. The progress indicator appears.

 

Figure 9: Progress indicator

9. When the installation completes, the Windows Features dialog box closes, and the Control Panel is displayed.

Figure 10: Control Panel Home page

10. IIS 7 is now installed with a default configuration on Windows Vista or Windows 7. To confirm that the installation succeeded, type the following URL into your browser, http://localhost.

Figure 11: Default Web site

11. Next, you can use Internet Information Services Manager to manage and configure IIS. To open IIS Manager, click Start, type inetmgr in the Search Programs and Files box, and then press ENTER.

Figure 12: Default Web Site Home page

If you want to use ASP, Microsoft^® ASP.NET, or PHP, install the modules needed to host these pages; this can be done during the installation of IIS or after the installation is complete.

Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts

Start up hot-keys (press key while booting)

X = Force Mac OS X startup
C = Start up from a bootable CD
N = Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)
T = Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode
Opt-Cmd-Shift-Delete = Seeks a different startup volume
Shift = Start up in Safe Boot mode
Cmd-V = Start up in Verbose mode
Cmd-S = Start up in Single-User mode

Cmd-Opt-Esc = Force Quit menu
Cmd-Opt-D = Show/hide the dock
Ctrl-Eject = Bring up Shutdown/Sleep/Logout Dialog
Ctrl-Cmd-Eject = Restart immediately

Clipboard

Cmd-C = Copy
Cmd-V = Paste
Cmd-X = Cut
Cmd-A = Select All

Finder Navigation

Cmd-N = New Finder window
Cmd-W = Close Window
Opt-Cmd-W = Close all Windows
Cmd-Down = Open File/Folder
Cmd-Up = Navigate to parent
Cmd-Right = Expand folder (in list view)
Cmd-Left = Collapse Folder (in list view)
Opt-Cmd-Right = Expand folder and its subfolders (in list view)
Opt-Cmd-Up = Open parent folder and close current window
Cmd-Shift-H = Jump to your Home folder
Cmd-Shift-A = Jump to your Applications folder
Cmd-Shift U = Jump to your Utilities folder
Cmd-Shift K = Jump to the Network browser
Cmd-Shift G = Goto Folder…
Cmd-1 = View as Icons
Cmd-2 = View as List
Cmd-3 = View as Columns
Cmd-Space = Open Spotlight (OS X 10.4)
Cmd-Delete = Move file/folder to trash
Cmd-Click window title = Display the file path

Menu Commands

Shift-Cmd-Q = Log out
Shift-Opt-Cmd-Q = Log out immediately
Shift-Cmd-Delete = Empty Trash
Opt-Shift-Cmd-Delete = Empty Trash without dialog
Cmd-H = Hide window
Opt-Cmd-H = Hide Others
Cmd-N = File New window
Shift-Cmd-N = New Folder
Cmd-O = Open
Cmd-S = Save
Shift-Cmd-S = Save as
Cmd-P = Print
Cmd-W = Close Window
Opt-Cmd-W = Close all Windows
Cmd-I = Get Info
Opt-Cmd-I = Show Attributes Inspector
Cmd-D = Duplicate
Cmd-L = Make Alias
Cmd-R = Show original
Cmd-T = Add to Favorites
Cmd-Delete = Move to Trash
Cmd-E = Eject
Cmd-F = Find
Cmd-Z = Undo
Cmd-B = Hide Toolbar
Cmd-J = Show View Opts
Cmd = [ = Go Back
Cmd = ] = Go Forward
Shift-Cmd-C = Go to Computer
Shift-Cmd-H = Go to your Home folder
Shift-Cmd-I = Go to iDisk
Shift-Cmd-A = Go to Applications folder
Shift-Cmd-G = Go to Go-To Folder
Cmd-K = Connect to Server
Cmd-M = Minimize Window
Cmd-? = Open Mac Help
Cmd-Space = Open Spotlight (OS X 10.4)

Screen capture

Cmd-Shift 3 = Capture the screen to a file
Cmd Ctrl Shift 3 = Capture the screen to the clipboard
Cmd-Shift 4 = Select an area to be captured to a file
Cmd Ctrl Shift 4 = Select an area to be captured to the clipboard
Cmd-Shift 4, then press Space = Capture entire window

Universal Access

Opt-Cmd-* (asterisk) = Turn on Zoom
Opt-Cmd-+ (plus) = Zoom in
Opt-Cmd– (minus) = Zoom out
Cmd-Opt-Ctrl-8 = Invert Screen colours

Window Management

Cmd-W = Close window
Cmd-Opt-W = Close all windows
Cmd-M = Minimise window
Cmd-Opt-M = Minimise all windows
Cmd-H = Hide Application
Cmd-~ = Cycle through windows for current application
Ctrl-F4 = Cycle through every open window
Cmd-Tab = Bring up the Application Switcher.
Cmd-Tab = Cycle Forwards
Cmd-~ = Cycle Backwards
Cmd-Shift-Tab = Cycle Backwards
Cmd-Q = Quit application

Expose

F9 = Show all open windows on the screen at once
F10 = Show all windows for the current application.
F11 = Shows Desktop
F12 = Activates Dashboard
F12 (hold) = ejects disk

Miscellaneous

Opt-Cmd-D = Show/Hide Dock
Ctrl-Up = Move up one page
Ctrl-Down = Move down one page
Opt-Drag = Copy to new location
Opt-Cmd-Drag = Make alias in new location
Cmd-Drag = Move to new location without copying
Opt-Cmd-Eject = Sleep
Cmd-click window toolbar button (upper right corner) = Cycle through toolbar views
Ctrl-Cmd-D and mouse over word in Cocoa applications = shows Dictionary description for that word

How to Switch Windows 7 to the XP Style Alt-Tab Switcher

A while back, we showed a fun Easter egg in Windows 7 that shows the old XP-Style Alt-Tab switcher if you use a certain combination of keys, and today we’re going to show you how to switch to the old style permanently—not that we’d actually recommend it.
For example, here’s the Windows XP style Alt-Tab being used in Windows 7, which doesn’t use thumbnails like the Windows 7 version does. What we’ll do is use a registry hack courtesy of reader Benjamin. Thanks!

Note: we’re not actually recommending this or saying that it’s better than Windows 7, but it’s an extra option in case you like the old way better. What we do recommend, however, is taking a look at the awesome VistaSwitcher Alt-Tab replacement application. It’s great.

Manual Registry Hack to Enable XP Alt-Tab

Open up regedit.exe through the Start Menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Once you’re there, create a new 32-bit DWORD on the right-hand side, give it the name AltTabSettings, and assign the value as 1.

Once you’ve done so, the Alt-Tab prompt should immediately change to the XP style. To remove and get back to the Windows 7 style, you’ll need to delete the registry key and then log out and back in.

Downloadable Registry Hack

You can simply download, extract, and then double-click on the XPAltTab.reg file to enter the information into the registry. To remove, use the Windows7AltTab.reg file, and then log out and back in.
Download XPStyle Alt-Tab Registry Hack from howtogeek.com

Make Windows 7 Start Menu Search Find Your Applications Faster

When you first get your shiny new Windows 7 PC, typing anything into the Start Menu search box returns exactly what you want instantly—but what about once you’ve built up loads of files? It tends to get really slow, but here’s how to fix it.
Note: we’re assuming that you already use Disk Cleanup on a regular basis, or maybe you’ve already setup CCleaner to clean your PC on a schedule. Still slow? Keep reading.

Make the Start Menu Only Search Applications

The first thing you can do is change the Start Menu search box to only search through your applications in the Start Menu, rather than finding documents, pictures, emails, and going through your internet history.
Head into Taskbar and Start Menu Properties by right-clicking on the Start orb and choosing Properties, then click Customize.

Now scroll down in the list until you find “Search other files and libraries”, which you should set to “Don’t search”.

Note: only make this change if you don’t want to search for documents, pictures, etc, from the Start Menu search box.

Increase Search Speed by Tweaking Search Locations

The second way you can tweak the Start Menu search box to work a little faster is by simply cleaning up the locations that you are indexing so less files are included in the index. This isn’t going to magically make everything all better, but it’ll definitely help if you’ve got loads and loads of files that are being indexed.
Open up Indexing Options, which you can find easily in the Start Menu search box, and then click the Modify button at the bottom of the window.

Now you’ll be able to tweak the indexed locations—if you’ve got directories with loads and loads of files that you’ll never need to search through, you should probably remove them from the search. For instance, I’ve got a couple of code directories with 10,000 files in them, so I got rid of those.

Keep in mind that if you remove items from the index, you’re removing them from the entire index—so if you have a documents folder that you frequently search via Windows Explorer, you probably should leave it enabled.
Note: once you make this change, Windows will have to do some index cleanup, so you won’t instantly see results, and depending on just how many files you have in the index, it might slow the PC down slightly for a very short while as Windows removes the files from the index. Once it’s all done, however, your Start Menu search should be a bit faster.