Advanced System Settings on Windows 7: How to View Them

Sometimes you need to change advanced settings on your PC, and in this guide, we’re going to show you all we know about advanced system settings in Windows 7.

What are advanced system settings in Windows 7?

Advanced system settings are hidden settings that allow you to modify various lesser-known features of Windows. They are grouped into 3 sections.

Performance

Using these settings you can adjust the visual appearance of Windows and improve your performance. For example, from this window, you can disable animations, thumbnails, and other settings to improve your performance.

You can also adjust the size of virtual memory on your drive to enhance your performance when all your RAM is used. To learn more about this, we have a guide on how to change pagefile.sys file that might interest you.

Lastly, there is DEP (Data Execution Prevention) which is a security feature that prevents malicious code from running in memory locations reserved that are reserved for data. To learn more, don’t miss our article on how to disable Data Execution Prevention.

User Profiles

In this section, you get the basic ability to manage all user profiles on your PC. For example, you’ll be able to change the account type, delete the account, or copy it to a different location.

Startup and Recovery

In this section, you can set the default operating system if you’re using a multiboot as well as configure how long will the list of operating systems appear on your screen.

You can also adjust settings related to system failure, such as writing to error to the system log, enabling automatic restart on system crashes, and more.

Environment variables

Lastly, there’s an option to configure environment variables. To learn more, our guide on how to edit environment variables is a great place to start.

Where are the advanced system settings in Windows 7?

You can find advanced system settings in the Control Panel in Windows 7.

How do I get to advanced system settings?

1. Use Control Panel

1. Open the Start Menu and go to Control Panel.
    
2. Navigate to the System and Security section.
   
3. Next, select System.
   
4. Lastly, click on Advanced system settings.
   

2. Use the Run dialog

1. Press the Windows key + R.
2. Enter SystemPropertiesAdvanced.
3. Click OK.

As you can see, it’s pretty simple to view advanced system settings on Windows 7. The process is the same for all Windows versions, so you can apply the same steps if you want to access advanced system settings on Vista for example.

If you’re using modern versions of Windows, don’t miss our guides on how to view advanced system settings on Windows 10 and how to open advanced system settings on Windows 11.