TURN OFF SYSTEM RESTORE

System Restore can be a useful if your computer is having problems,however storing all the restore points can literally take upGigabytes of space on your hard drive. To turn off System Restore:Open Control PanelClick on Performance and MaintenanceClick on SystemClick on the System Restore tabTick 'Turn off System Restore on All Drives'Click 'Ok'DEFRAGMENT YOUR PAGEFILEKeeping your pagefile defragmented can provide a major performanceboost. One of the best ways of doing this is to creat a separatepartition on your hard drive just for your page file,...

DISABLE UNNECESSARY SERVICES

DISABLE UNNECESSARY SERVICESBecause Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has manyservices running that take up system resources that you will neverneed. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on mostmachines:AlerterClipbookComputer BrowserDistributed Link Tracking ClientFast User SwitchingHelp and Support - (If you use Windows Help and Support leave this enabled)Human Interface Access DevicesIndexing ServiceIPSEC ServicesMessengerNetmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)Portable Media Serial NumberRemote...

RUN BOOTVIS - IMPROVE BOOT TIMES

BootVis will significantly improve boot times1. Download and Run2. Select Trace3. Select Next Boot and Driver Trace4. A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and Reboot5. Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and logyour system's boot process. When it's done, in the menu go to Traceand select Optimize System6. Reboot.7. When your machine has rebooted wait until you see the OptimizingSystem box appear.Be patient and wait for the process to completeREMOVE THE DESKTOP PICTUREYour desktop background consumes a fair amount...

OPTIMISE YOUR PAGEFILE

If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operatingsystem from needing to resize the page file.1. Right click on My Computer and select Properties2. Select the Advanced tab3. Under Performance choose the Settings button4. Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory selectChange5. Highlight the drive containing your page file and make theinitial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actualphysical memory by default. While this is good for systems...

OPTIMISE YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION

There are lots of ways to do this but by far the easiest is to runTCP/IP Optimizer.1. Download and install2. Click the General Settings tab and select your Connection Speed(Kbps)3. Click Network Adapter and choose the interface you use toconnect to the Internet4. Check Optimal Settings then Apply5. Reb...

IMPROVE MEMORY USAGE

Cacheman Improves the performance of your computer by optimizingthe disk cache, memory and a number of other settings.Once Installed:1.Go to Show Wizard and select All2.Run all the wizards by selecting Next or Finished until you areback to the main menu. Use the defaults unless you know exactlywhat you are doing.3.Exit and Save Cacheman4.Restart Wind...

SPEEDUP FOLDER BROWSING

You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browsefolders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XPautomatically searches for network files and printers everytime youopen Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsingsignificantly:1. Open My Computer2. Click on Tools menu3. Click on Folder Options4. Click on the View tab.5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders andprinters check box6. Click Apply7. Click Ok8. Reboot your compu...

SPEEDUP FOLDER BROWSING

You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browsefolders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XPautomatically searches for network files and printers everytime youopen Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsingsignificantly:1. Open My Computer2. Click on Tools menu3. Click on Folder Options4. Click on the View tab.5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders andprinters check box6. Click Apply7. Click Ok8. Reboot your compu...

DISABLE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS

Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors severalareas of your PC's performance. These utilities take up systemresources so disabling is a good idea.To disable:1. download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List2.Then select each counter in turn in the 'Extensible performancecounters' window and clear the 'performance counters enabled'checkbox at the bottom.button below....

OPTIMISE DISPLAY SETTINGS

Windows XP can look good but displaying all the visual items canwaste system resources.To optimise:1.Go to Start2. Click Settings3. Click Control Panel4. Click System5. Click Advanced tab6. In the Performance tab click Settings7. Leave only the following ticked:- Show shadows under menus-Show shadows under mouse pointer- Show translucent selection rectangle- Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop- Use visual styles on windows and butt...

Disabling Indexing Services

Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amountsof RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. Thissystem process indexes and updates lists of all the files that areon your computer. It does this so that when you do a search forsomething on your computer, it will search faster by scanning theindex lists. If you don't search your computer often, or even ifyou do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:1. Go to Start2. Click Settings3. Click Control Panel4. Double-click...

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