10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP

I've just finished setting up a new PC for a friend and Iways to do this but by far the easiest is to run TCP/IP
think some of you will be interested in some of theOptimizer. Download and install2. Click the General
tweaks I make to all of my PCs to make them just aSettings tab and select your Connection Speed
little bit quicker. I've focused here on the ones which(Kbps)3. Click Network Adapter and choose the
are simple to do and won't cause problems if you getinterface you use to connect to the Internet4. Check
it wrong, rather than listing registry tweaks etc.1. DisableOptimal Settings then Apply5. Reboot7. Optimise Your
Indexing ServicesIndexing Services is a small littlePagefileIf you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves
program that uses large amounts of RAM and canthe operating system from needing to resize the page
often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. Thisfile.1. Right click on My Computer and select
system process indexes and updates lists of all theProperties2. Select the Advanced tab3. Under
files that are on your computer. It does this so thatPerformance choose the Settings button4. Select the
when you do a search for something on yourAdvanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select
computer, it will search faster by scanning the indexChange5. Highlight the drive containing your page file
lists. If you don't search your computer often, or even ifand make the initial Size of the file the same as the
you do search often, this system service is completelyMaximum Size of the file.Windows XP sizes the page
unnecessary. To disable do the following:1. Go tofile to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical
Start2. Click Settings3. Click Control Panel4.memory by default. While this is good for systems
Double-click Add/Remove Programs5. Click the Addwith smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is
Remove Window Components6. Uncheck the Indexingunlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever
services7. Click Next2. Optimise Displayneed 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you
SettingsWindows XP can look sexy but displaying allhave less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file
the visual items can waste system resources. Toat its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change
optimise:1.Go to Start2. Click Settings3. Click Controlthe ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.8.
Panel4. Click System5. Click Advanced tab6. In theRun BootVis - Improve Boot TimesBootVis will
Performance tab click Settings7. Leave only thesignificantly improve boot times1. Download and Run
following ticked:- Show shadows under menus- ShowSelect Trace3. Select Next Boot and Driver Trace4. A
shadows under mouse pointer- Show translucentTrace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and
selection rectangle- Use drop shadows for icons labelsReboot5. Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start,
on the desktop- Use visual styles on windows andanalyze and log your system's boot process. When it's
buttons3. Disable Performance CountersWindows XPdone, in the menu go to Trace and select Optimize
has a performance monitor utility which monitorsSystem6. Reboot.7. When your machine has rebooted
several areas of your PC's performance. These utilitieswait until you see the Optimizing System box appear.
take up system resources so disabling is a goodBe patient and wait for the process to complete9.
idea.To disable:1. download and install the ExtensibleRemove the Desktop PictureYour desktop
Performance Counter List select each counter in turnbackground consumes a fair amount of memory and
in the 'Extensible performance counters' window andcan slow the loading time of your system. Removing it
clear the 'performance counters enabled' checkbox atwill improve performance.1. Right click on Desktop and
the bottom.button below.4. Speedup Folderselect Properties2. Select the Desktop tab3. In the
BrowsingYou may have noticed that everytime youBackground window select None4. Click Ok10.
open my computer to browse folders that there is aRemove Fonts for SpeedFonts, especially TrueType
slight delay. This is because Windows XPfonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal
automatically searches for network files and printersperformance, trim your fonts down to just those that
everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this andyou need to use on a daily basis and fonts that
to increase browsing significantly:1. Open Myapplications may require.1. Open Control Panel2. Open
Computer2. Click on Tools menu3. Click on FolderFonts folder3. Move fonts you don't need to a
Options4. Click on the View tab.5. Uncheck thetemporary directory (e.g. C:FONTBKUP?) just in case
Automatically search for network folders and printersyou need or want to bring a few of them back. The
check box6. Click Apply7. Click Ok8. Reboot yourmore fonts you uninstall, the more system resources
computer5. Improve Memory UsageCachemanyou will gain.Hope you find these 10 tips useful. Let me
Improves the performance of your computer byknow if you did below, or if you have any other simple
optimizing the disk cache, memory and a number oftips you want to share with other readers.The author
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