{"id":25956,"date":"2011-11-28T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=25956"},"modified":"2011-11-28T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:35:18","slug":"maketecheasier-com-4-tips-to-make-windows-7-boot-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/maketecheasier-com-4-tips-to-make-windows-7-boot-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Maketecheasier.com: 4 Tips to Make Windows 7 Boot Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110628maketecheasier.jpg\" alt=\"pptips\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Miguel Leiva-Gomez for MakeTechEasier.com<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a hobbyist that runs a home server, or even a regular computer user that wants to get things done quickly, you will know how important it is to start Windows quickly. 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