As a tech writer, one of my biggest pet peeves is the plethora of bad advice littered across almost every web site dedicated to system tweaking. Besides the tweaks that simply don’t work, some of them will actually cause your computer to run even slower—or worse.

作为一名技术作家，我最大的烦恼之一就是在几乎每个致力于系统调整的网站上乱七八糟的坏建议。 除了根本无法执行的调整之外，其中一些调整实际上还会导致计算机运行得更慢甚至更糟。

In my latest article on Lifehacker, I examined some of the most offensive myths out there regarding PC performance tweaking, and debunk them once and for all:

在我关于Lifehacker的最新文章中，我研究了有关PC性能调整的一些最令人反感的神话，并一劳永逸地揭穿了它们：

• Disabling QoS to Free Up 20% of Bandwidth 禁用QoS以释放20％的带宽
• Make Vista Use Multiple Cores to Speed Up Boot Time 使Vista使用多个内核来加快启动时间
• Clearing Out Windows Prefetch for Faster Startup 清除Windows预取以加快启动速度
• Cleaning the Registry Improves Performance 清理注册表可提高性能
• Clear Memory by Processing Idle Tasks 通过处理空闲任务清除内存
• Clean, Defrag and Boost Your RAM With SnakeOil Memory Optimizer 使用SnakeOil内存优化器清理，整理碎片并增强RAM
• Disabling Shadow Copy/System Restore Improves Performance 禁用卷影复制/系统还原可提高性能
• Enable SuperFetch in Windows XP 在Windows XP中启用SuperFetch
• Disabling Services to Speed Up the Computer禁用服务以加速计算机

If you are a system tweaker, I absolutely recommend reading through the article.

如果您是系统调整者，我绝对建议您通读本文。

Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths – lifehacker.com

揭穿常见Windows性能调整神话– lifehacker.com

In case you missed some of my other posts over there, you can also read them here:

如果您错过了我那里的其他一些帖子，也可以在这里阅读：

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• Smart and Easy Ways to Reduce Printing Costs

  简便的降低打印成本的方法

• Closing Microsoft Office’s Annoying Clipboard Bar

  关闭Microsoft Office的烦人剪贴板栏

• Save Time and Typing with Outlook 2007’s Quick Parts

  使用Outlook 2007的快速部件节省时间和打字

• How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying

  如何减少Windows Vista的烦人

Note that I’m only writing part-time over there, and all of you, my awesome subscribers, still come first.

请注意，我只是在那儿做兼职，而我这些很棒的订阅者们仍然排在第一位。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/the-geek-blog/how-to-geek-on-lifehacker-debunking-windows-performance-tweaking-myths/