1. Disk Defrag to speed access to data
One of the factors that slow PC performance is disk fragmentation. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together. To speed response time, you should monthly run Disk Defragmenter, a Windows utility that defrags and consolidates fragmented files for the rapid response team.
* Follow Start> Programs> Accessories> System Tools> Disk Defragmenter
* Click the drives you want to defragment and click Analyze
* Click Defragment
2. Detect and Repair Disk Errors
Over time, the hard disk develops bad sectors. Bad sectors slow the performance of hard and sometimes make data writing difficult or even impossible. To detect and repair disk errors, Windows includes a tool called the Error Checking utility. It will search the hard drive for bad sectors and system errors and repair them for faster performance.
* Follow Start> My Computer
* In My Computer, right-click the hard disk you want to scan and click Properties
* Click the Tools tab
* Click Check Now
* Select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box
* Click Start
3. Disable Indexing Service
Indexing Service is a small application that uses a lot of CPU. For indexing and updating lists of all files on your computer, helps you search for something faster, since it examines the index list. But if you know where your files, you can disable this system service. It will do no damage to your machine, if you search often or not often.
* Go to Start
* Click Settings
* Click Control Panel
* Double-click Add or Remove Programs
* Click Add / Remove Windows Components
* Disable Indexing Service
* Click Next
4. Optimize Display Settings
Windows XP is a looker. But it costs the system resources that are used to display all the visual elements and effects. Windows looks fine if you disable most of the settings and exit the following:
* Show shadows under menus
* Show shadows under mouse pointer
* Show transparent rectangle
* Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
* Use visual styles on windows and buttons
5. Speedup folder navigation
You may have noticed that every time 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 every time you open Windows Explorer. To solve this problem and increase surfing speed, you can disable the option "Automatically search for network folders and printers" option.
6. Disable Performance Counters
Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors several areas of your PC's performance. These utilities consume resources to disable system is a good idea.
* Download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List (
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/exctrlst-o.asp)
* Then select each counter in turn in the "Extensible performance counters' and clear the 'performance counters enabled' checkbox in the bottom button below
7. Optimize your page file
You can optimize your pagefile. Setting a fixed size to your pagefile saves the operating system need to change the size of the paging file.
* Right click on My Computer and select Properties
* Select the Advanced tab
* Under Performance choose the Settings button
* Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change
* Select the drive containing your page file and the initial size of the same as the maximum file size.
Windows XP page file size to about 1.5 X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop will need 1.5 X 512 MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512 MB of memory, leave the paging file at its default size. If you have 512 MB or more, change the ratio of 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.
8. Remove sources of speed
Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use some system resources. For optimal performance, trim the fonts to only those who need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications need.
* Open Control Panel
* Open the Fonts folder
* Move fonts you do not need a temporary directory (eg C: \ FONTBKUP?) If you need or want to take some of them again. The uninstall sources, more system resources you will gain.
9. Use flash memory to increase performance
To improve performance, you need to install additional RAM. Going to let the operating system boot faster and run many applications and access data faster. There is no way easier and more elegant technique for doing that use eBoostr (
http://www.eboostr.com).
eBoostr is a small program that lets you improve performance of any computer, powered by Windows XP in the same way as Vista's ReadyBoost. With eBoostr, if you have a flash drive as a USB flash drive or SD card can be used to make your teammates better. Just plug a flash drive via a USB port and Windows XP will use eBoostr to use flash memory to improve performance.
The product has the best results for frequently used applications and data, which becomes a great feature for people who are using office programs, graphics applications or developer tools. Will surely attract a special attention of laptop owners to upgrade the laptop is usually more complicated and laptop hard drives are by definition slower than those of desktops.
10. Defragment boot your
There is a simple way to speed up XP startup: make your system do a boot defragment, which will all boot files next to each other on the hard disk. When boot files are very close to each other, the system will start faster.
In most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but may not be yours, or could have been changed inadvertently. To make sure that boot defragment is enabled:
* Run the Registry Editor
* Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Dfrg \ BootOptimizeFunction
* Set the Enable string value to Y if not already set to Y.
* Exit the Registry
* Restart
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