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<blockquote data-quote="Billl Gates" data-source="post: 2944775" data-attributes="member: 97732"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: black">I have wrote this tutorial for all of you using Microsoft Windows XP version of Operating System.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: black">This tutorial helps in speeding up your system significantly.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Before you begin using this tutorial, kindly follow these tips:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><strong>Follow every instructions very carefully.</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><strong>Make a back-up copy of your hard disks, in case you do anything wrong.</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><strong>Make a system restore point. In case you do anything wrong, you can just restore your PC to earlier settings.</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: #111111">Before editing the registry, backup the registry first. </span></strong></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><strong>Most changes take place after you reboot your PC.</strong></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">OK...Lets Begin <img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/jump.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: #111111"><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 1. </span><span style="color: #111111">Convert Your Hard Drive to NTFS</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">If your drive is using FAT16 or FAT32, you can gain performance by converting it to NTFS. </span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click on the Start</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click Run</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Type <span style="color: red"><strong>cmd</strong></span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Type <span style="color: red"><strong>CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS</strong></span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><span style="color: black">Enter</span></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Follow the instructions and your drive will be converted to NTFS. </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><strong><span style="color: red">NOTE:</span></strong> NTFS drives can only be accessed by Windows 2000/NT/XP and Vista. Older versions of Windows are only compatible with FAT, FAT16 and FAT32. </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: #111111"><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 2. </span><span style="color: #111111">Remove Malware from your System</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Spyware comes bundled with a lot of free software found on the Internet. It can slow your machine down to a crawl. Download and install <a href="http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html" target="_blank">Spybot Search & Destroy</a>, start your computer in Safe Mode and give your machine a full scan for spyware. </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 3. Disable Indexing Services</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>To disable do the following:</strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Start</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Settings</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Control Panel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Double-click Add/Remove Programs</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click the Add/Remove Window Components</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Uncheck the Indexing services</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Next</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click OK</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: #111111"><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 4. </span><span style="color: #111111">Reduce Visual Effects</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Reduce Windows XP can look good ...but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources.</span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Start</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Right click My Computer</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Go to the Advanced tab in the Performance area</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click Settings</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Choose "Adjust for best performance"</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">If you still want to keep the look of Windows XP, you can leave the last 3 check boxes selected. It is recommended that you do uncheck these boxes when installing a big or graphics heavy program (like the Adobe programs). Sometimes unchecking these will help rendering pictures, movies or listening music. </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 5. Speedup Folder Browsing</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:</span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Open My Computer</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click on Tools menu</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click on Folder Options</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click on the View tab</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Apply</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Ok</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Reboot your computer</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 6.<span style="color: #111111">Improve Swapfile Performance</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.</span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Start</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click Run</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Type </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>msconfig</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click on the System.ini tab</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click on new</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">In the blank box type <span style="color: red"><strong>ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1</strong></span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Press Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Restart your PC for the changes to take effect </span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 7. Remove the Desktop Picture</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.</span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Right click on Desktop and select Properties</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Select the Desktop tab</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">In the Background window select None</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Ok</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 8. Optimise Display Settings</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:</span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Start</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Settings</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Control Panel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Double-click System</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Advanced tab</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">In the Performance tab click Settings</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Leave only the following ticked</span></li> </ul> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 15px">Show shadows under menus</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 15px">Show shadows under mouse pointer</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 15px">Show translucent selection rectangle</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 15px">Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 15px">Use visual styles on windows and buttons</span></li> </ol><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 9. Optimise Your Pagefile</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.</span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Right click on My Computer and select Properties</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Select the Advanced tab</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Under Performance choose the Settings button</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 10. Remove Fonts for Speed</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.</span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Open Control Panel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Open Fonts folder</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Move fonts you don’t need to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\FONTBACKUP) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 11. Disable Services</strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Start</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Run</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Type <strong><span style="color: red">services.msc</span></strong></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">Enter</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">To turn off a service, double-click on it and select Disabled under Startup type.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>For normal use, disable the following services:</strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Alerter</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Background Intelligent Transfer Service</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">ClipBook</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Computer Browser</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Error Reporting Service</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Help and Support</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Indexing Service</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">IPSEC Services</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Messenger</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Network DDE</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Network DDE DSDM</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Performance Logs and Alerts</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Portable Media Serial Number</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">QOS RSVP</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Remote Desktop Help Session Manager</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Remote Registry</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Secondary Logon</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Server</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Smart Card</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Smart Card Helper</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">SSDP Discovery Service</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">System restore Service</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Uninterruptible Power Supply</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Universal Plug and Play Device Host</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">WebClient</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Windows time</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Wireless Zero Configuration</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">WMI Performance Adapter</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Before disabling any services, read the description. You might need it for proper functioning of your system.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 12. Remove Unwanted Programs from Startup</strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Start</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Run</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Type <strong><span style="color: red">msconfig</span></strong></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click on the Startup tab</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Uncheck any programs you dont want Windows to load at startup</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Please be careful what you remove from here.If you don’t know what a particular program is do a Google search on the name of the process and then decide whether to keep it or not. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: black"><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 13. Remove Widgets and Background</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #333333">Different third party widgets and visual styles like for Vista like look and feel make your system slow. If you remove such packages you system will perform better on CPU and memory intensive tasks. Selecting default and no wallpaper as background also gives better performance than that of "high quality" wallpapers. </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: black"><u><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u> 14. Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)</span></strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Right Click My Computer</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Select properties</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Select the Hardware tab</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click the Device Manager button</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Double click IDE/ATAPI controllers</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Keep on checking if DMA is enabled for each, you have to double click each option</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Advanced Settings tab. The tab may or may not be available for each option. It is only available in Primary and Secondary Channels.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Set the transfer mode to "DMA if Available" both for Device 1 and 0</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Perform the same operation for other items in the list, if applicable.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: black"><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 15. Defragmentation</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Defrag your disk drives twice a month for faster data access.</span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Start</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">All Programs</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Accessories</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">System Tools</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Disk Defragmenter</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Select a drive and click ‘Defragment’</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px">This will start the defragmentation process.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 16. Update Windows</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">I recommend that you use <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Windows XP Service Pack 3</a>, and update your computer using Windows Update to resolve known security and stability problems. This will give you a stable operating system that has been built to handle your system resources best. Also, make sure all your device drivers are up-to-date.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 17. Disable Fast User Switching</strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Start</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click Run</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Type <strong><span style="color: red">control userpasswords</span></strong></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Enter</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">In the User Accounts window, click on <strong>Change the way users log on or off</strong></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Make sure the <strong>Use the Welcome screen</strong> option is ticked</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Uncheck <strong>Use Fast User Switching</strong></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click on Apply Options</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Close the window</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>Few Registry Tweaks</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: #111111"><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 18. </span><span style="color: #111111">Make Menus Load Faster</span></strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click </span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Start</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click Run</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Type </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>regedit</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Find </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Select </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>MenuShowDelay</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Right click and select </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>Modify</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Reduce the number to around 20, but not too less</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><span style="color: #111111">Close Registry Editor</span><br /> </span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: #111111"><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 19 I</span><span style="color: #111111">mprove Boot Times</span></strong></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Click </span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Start</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click Run</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Type </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>regedit</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Find </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Select <strong><span style="color: red">Enable</span></strong> from the list on the right</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Right click on it and select </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>Modify</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Change the value to </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>Y to enable</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><span style="color: #111111">Close Registry Editor</span><br /> </span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><strong><img src="http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 20. </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111"><strong>Improve Shutdown Speed</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.</span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click Start</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Click Run</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Type </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>regedit</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Find </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Right click <strong>WaitToKillAppTimeout</strong> & </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Select <strong>Modify</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Change the value to 1000</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Right click <strong>HungAppTimeout</strong> and Select <strong>Modify</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Change the value to 1000</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Find </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Right click <strong>WaitToKillServiceTimeout</strong> and select <strong>Modify</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Change the value to 1000</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Enter</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #111111">Close Registry Editor</span></span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billl Gates, post: 2944775, member: 97732"] [SIZE=4][B][COLOR=black]I have wrote this tutorial for all of you using Microsoft Windows XP version of Operating System.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=black]This tutorial helps in speeding up your system significantly.[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] Before you begin using this tutorial, kindly follow these tips:[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][LIST] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][B]Follow every instructions very carefully.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][B]Make a back-up copy of your hard disks, in case you do anything wrong.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][B]Make a system restore point. In case you do anything wrong, you can just restore your PC to earlier settings.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#111111]Before editing the registry, backup the registry first. [/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][B]Most changes take place after you reboot your PC.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]OK...Lets Begin [IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/jump.gif[/IMG][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#111111][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 1. [/COLOR][COLOR=#111111]Convert Your Hard Drive to NTFS[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]If your drive is using FAT16 or FAT32, you can gain performance by converting it to NTFS. [/COLOR][/SIZE][LIST] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click on the Start[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click Run[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Type [COLOR=red][B]cmd[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Type [COLOR=red][B]CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][COLOR=black]Enter[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Follow the instructions and your drive will be converted to NTFS. [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][B][COLOR=red]NOTE:[/COLOR][/B] NTFS drives can only be accessed by Windows 2000/NT/XP and Vista. Older versions of Windows are only compatible with FAT, FAT16 and FAT32. [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#111111][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 2. [/COLOR][COLOR=#111111]Remove Malware from your System[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Spyware comes bundled with a lot of free software found on the Internet. It can slow your machine down to a crawl. Download and install [URL="http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html"]Spybot Search & Destroy[/URL], start your computer in Safe Mode and give your machine a full scan for spyware. [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 3. Disable Indexing Services[/B] Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. [B]To disable do the following:[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click Start[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Settings[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Control Panel[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Double-click Add/Remove Programs[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click the Add/Remove Window Components[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Uncheck the Indexing services[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Next[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click OK[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#111111][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 4. [/COLOR][COLOR=#111111]Reduce Visual Effects[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Reduce Windows XP can look good ...but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources.[/COLOR][/SIZE][LIST] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Start[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Right click My Computer[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Go to the Advanced tab in the Performance area[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click Settings[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Choose "Adjust for best performance"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]If you still want to keep the look of Windows XP, you can leave the last 3 check boxes selected. It is recommended that you do uncheck these boxes when installing a big or graphics heavy program (like the Adobe programs). Sometimes unchecking these will help rendering pictures, movies or listening music. [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4] [B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 5. Speedup Folder Browsing[/B] You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Open My Computer[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click on Tools menu[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click on Folder Options[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click on the View tab[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Apply[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Ok[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Reboot your computer[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 6.[COLOR=#111111]Improve Swapfile Performance[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.[/COLOR][/SIZE][LIST] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Start[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click Run[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Type [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]msconfig[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click on the System.ini tab[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click on new[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]In the blank box type [COLOR=red][B]ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Press Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Restart your PC for the changes to take effect [/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 7. Remove the Desktop Picture[/B] Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Right click on Desktop and select Properties[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Select the Desktop tab[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]In the Background window select None[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Ok[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 8. Optimise Display Settings[/B] Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click Start[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Settings[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Control Panel[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Double-click System[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Advanced tab[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]In the Performance tab click Settings[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Leave only the following ticked[/SIZE][/LIST][LIST=1] [*][SIZE=4]Show shadows under menus[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Show shadows under mouse pointer[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Show translucent selection rectangle[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Use visual styles on windows and buttons[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 9. Optimise Your Pagefile[/B] If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Right click on My Computer and select Properties[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Select the Advanced tab[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Under Performance choose the Settings button[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4]Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size. [B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 10. Remove Fonts for Speed[/B] Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Open Control Panel[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Open Fonts folder[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4]Move fonts you don’t need to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\FONTBACKUP) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain. [B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 11. Disable Services[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click Start[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Run[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Type [B][COLOR=red]services.msc[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4]To turn off a service, double-click on it and select Disabled under Startup type. [B]For normal use, disable the following services:[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Alerter[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Background Intelligent Transfer Service[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]ClipBook[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Computer Browser[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Error Reporting Service[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Help and Support[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Indexing Service[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]IPSEC Services[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Messenger[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Network DDE[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Network DDE DSDM[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Performance Logs and Alerts[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Portable Media Serial Number[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]QOS RSVP[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Remote Desktop Help Session Manager[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Remote Registry[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Secondary Logon[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Server[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Smart Card[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Smart Card Helper[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]SSDP Discovery Service[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]System restore Service[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Uninterruptible Power Supply[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Universal Plug and Play Device Host[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]WebClient[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Windows time[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Wireless Zero Configuration[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]WMI Performance Adapter[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4]Before disabling any services, read the description. You might need it for proper functioning of your system. [B][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 12. Remove Unwanted Programs from Startup[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click Start[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Run[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Type [B][COLOR=red]msconfig[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click on the Startup tab[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Uncheck any programs you dont want Windows to load at startup[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4]Please be careful what you remove from here.If you don’t know what a particular program is do a Google search on the name of the process and then decide whether to keep it or not. [B][COLOR=black][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 13. Remove Widgets and Background[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#333333]Different third party widgets and visual styles like for Vista like look and feel make your system slow. If you remove such packages you system will perform better on CPU and memory intensive tasks. Selecting default and no wallpaper as background also gives better performance than that of "high quality" wallpapers. [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4] [B][COLOR=black][U][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG][/U] 14. Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Right Click My Computer[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Select properties[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Select the Hardware tab[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click the Device Manager button[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Double click IDE/ATAPI controllers[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Keep on checking if DMA is enabled for each, you have to double click each option[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Advanced Settings tab. The tab may or may not be available for each option. It is only available in Primary and Secondary Channels.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Set the transfer mode to "DMA if Available" both for Device 1 and 0[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Perform the same operation for other items in the list, if applicable.[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][B][COLOR=black][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 15. Defragmentation[/COLOR][/B] Defrag your disk drives twice a month for faster data access.[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click Start[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]All Programs[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Accessories[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]System Tools[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Disk Defragmenter[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Select a drive and click ‘Defragment’[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4]This will start the defragmentation process. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 16. Update Windows[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=black]I recommend that you use [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en"]Windows XP Service Pack 3[/URL], and update your computer using Windows Update to resolve known security and stability problems. This will give you a stable operating system that has been built to handle your system resources best. Also, make sure all your device drivers are up-to-date.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [B][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 17. Disable Fast User Switching[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click Start[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click Run[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Type [B][COLOR=red]control userpasswords[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Enter[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]In the User Accounts window, click on [B]Change the way users log on or off[/B][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Make sure the [B]Use the Welcome screen[/B] option is ticked[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Uncheck [B]Use Fast User Switching[/B][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Click on Apply Options[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Close the window[/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]Few Registry Tweaks[/B][/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#111111][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 18. [/COLOR][COLOR=#111111]Make Menus Load Faster[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click [/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Start[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click Run[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Type [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]regedit[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Find [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Select [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]MenuShowDelay[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Right click and select [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]Modify[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Reduce the number to around 20, but not too less[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][COLOR=#111111]Close Registry Editor[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#111111][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 19 I[/COLOR][COLOR=#111111]mprove Boot Times[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Click [/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Start[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click Run[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Type [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]regedit[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Find [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Select [B][COLOR=red]Enable[/COLOR][/B] from the list on the right[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Right click on it and select [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]Modify[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Change the value to [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]Y to enable[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][COLOR=#111111]Close Registry Editor[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][B][IMG]http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif[/IMG] 20. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111][B]Improve Shutdown Speed[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.[/COLOR][/SIZE][LIST] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click Start[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Click Run[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Type [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]regedit[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Find [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Right click [B]WaitToKillAppTimeout[/B] & [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Select [B]Modify[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Change the value to 1000[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Right click [B]HungAppTimeout[/B] and Select [B]Modify[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Change the value to 1000[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Find [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][B]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Right click [B]WaitToKillServiceTimeout[/B] and select [B]Modify[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Change the value to 1000[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Enter[/COLOR][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4][COLOR=#111111]Close Registry Editor[/COLOR][/SIZE][/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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