How To Speed Up Xp (7 Different Ways) (improved) - I feel the best tutorial I have made so far. www.itneed.net

Hello Trappers,
This is another tutorial on How to Speed up XP however different and more effective ways so I suggest you read this one than my old one.
So in this tutorial I will show you:


7 ways to speed up Windows XP
1. The “Disk Cleanup” utility.
2. Remove Cached Web pages.
3. Defragment the Hard drive.
4. Disable indexing on the C: drive.
5. Disable Windows Visual Styles.
6. Edit Windows Start-up items.
7. Defragment the registry.
That’s allot to do so let’s get started!



Step 1: Run Disk Cleanup
You can do this by going to Start > Programs > Accessories >System Tools > Disk Cleanup.
Select the Drive you want to clean up click ok and then will remove any unnecessary files.



Step 2: Remove Cached Web Pages
Open up Internet explorer > Tools > Delete Browsing History.
Then click Delete all then click yes.
Keep in mind the does delete passwords.



Step 3: Defragment the Hard Drive.
To do this go to...
Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter.
You may want to save this one for last as it takes a while to complete the task(s)
If you want to know if you hard drive even needs to be defragmented click Analyze, However I recommended just clicking Defragment.
Defragment just complies all the files on your hard drive so they are easy to access.



Step 4: Disable Indexing on the C: Drive.
While we are on this subject just go to Start > My Computer. To make my computer open faster go to Tools > Folder Options > View (Tab) > Automatically search for network folders and printers just uncheck that.
Ok Now with that bonus tip out the way go to your C: Drive, Right click > Properties and Uncheck the Box that says Allow Indexing Service to Index this disk for fast file searching > Apply > Ok....



Step 5: Disable Windows Visual Styles.
Start > Right click My Computer > Properties > Advance (Tab) >(Performance) Settings > Adjust for Best performance
And this will disable all the Windows XP fancy visual stuff.



Step 6: Edit Windows Start-up Items.
Start > Run > “msconfig” > Start-up (Tab)
This then shows everything that starts up with your computer and allot of these programs are not even used or necessary. To find out what they are you can kinda stretch out the middle Command column or Google.com it!
But just go through the list and uncheck anything that’s not necessary and this will help your computer to boot faster. Then just click Apply when you are through with it.
Then since we are here click on the Services Tab, At the very bottom check the box saying “Hide All Microsoft Services” Then scan through what is ever left and uncheck anything you know you don’t use.
Once you done that click close and restart your computer.



Step 7: Defragment the Registry
Now since windows does not have a program/application to do this we are going to download some useful FREEWARE, Now go to “www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm” And Download RegSeeker.
Once downloaded extract it to your desktop and run the .exe
Down the left side click “Clean the Registry” and then select auto clean. This is going to pull up all unnecessary registry files. It should delete them by itself once done.

That’s it now after all that restart your computer and you should have a 1337 Computer speed
If you know of any other good tips or tricks please post them below to help other members out .


-Ash.
www.itneed.net

 

 

 

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To correct a few things or rather improve on them a bit more:

Steps 1-3, these are only effective if you wait a few months for those to be effective, because if you do them on a daily to weekly basis your not going to see much of a difference in terms of PC speed. As for number two, all you really need to do is lower the cache sizes in the browsers.
I do believe number 4 is disabled to begin with unless you purchase a business version of Windows operating system. As for step 5 that is only useful if the computers are really old computers, or if you haven't changed out your RAM in the last couple of years.

Step 6 is usually the first thing you want to do after uninstalling all the crapware that your computer comes with if you buy a new one or when you install new programs that can be start up when you boot the computer.

As for step 7, you usually don't want to mess with your regiistry at all, but there are a few programs that actually do it well and that is glary utilities and CCleaner.

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ived tested it! and it works a little for me!
but thanks for the sharing this info to us!

ahh
the CCleaner was great it removes all uneccesary files!

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Not really a good idea to edit with msconfig. If you do something incorrect by mistake, your most likely going to mess up your PC. Continue using this method with extreme caution.

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Well If you don't feel it is a good idea or you are worried you might do something wrong in the settings make a system restore point before doing this. That way you can revert to the settings before you edited them.

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