DISQUS

Anonymous · 4 years ago

As specified in the Windows Design Guidelines. Apply saves settings and keeps the dialog open, while OK saves the settings and closes the dialog.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

The last option in suggestion 2 doesn't apply to the Windows Classic style - if you try to enable it Windows will change to the default XP style.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/fa...
About Bootvis.exe
Bootvis.exe is a performance tracing and visualization tool that Microsoft designed to help PC system designers and software developers identify performance issues for boot/resume timing while developing new PC products or supporting software.
Please note that Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve boot/resume performance for end users. Contrary to some published reports, Bootvis.exe cannot reduce or alter a system's boot or resume performance. The boot optimization routines invoked by Bootvis.exe are built into Windows XP. These routines run automatically at pre-determined times as part of the normal operation of the operating system.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

1. It may be more prudent to simply disable or set to manual the Indexing service from the Service Control Manager, rather than to un-install the service, which would imply that you would never need it in future.
2. The author has not provided links to any of the utilities mentioned, such as CacheMan, TCP/IP Optimizer etc. Their utility in these cases also is disputed at best. My suggestion is that readers should critically analyze these products, before trusting them to make your Win XP faster.
3. Rather than suggesting that users remove their desktop background altogether, which would seriously impact their user XP-erience, I would suggest that they install a wallpaper that is lower in file size and resolution. For instance, .bmp files are generally quite large in size, and may take more resources to display.
4. Be very careful about the fonts you remove from the Fonts folder, since some fonts may not be needed by you, but may be used by the system, or associated programs.
5. I agree with the first post, which questions the application of BootVis to speed up Windows XP.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

I agree about the fonts-- I removed most of them and suddenly in the windows title bars I get wingdings instead of text. But as for bootvis:
http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/bootvis/
"I'm not sure what kind of game they are playing but the "Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve boot/resume performance for end users." is a blatant untruth. From what I understand, Windows XP runs the routines that Bootvis does every 3 days (isn't it strange that all 4 machines showed improvements even though XP is supposed to be doing this by itself?). That may be all well and good but suppose I want to put my machine in a optimized state NOW (especially if I want a clean and optimized Ghost image)? For MS to say it will not improve boot times is ....ridiculous. They may not have created this tool for end users, but it does work."

Anonymous · 4 years ago

.....heh
well i will try this if i ever use windows xp, until than, i guess this list is useless, unless any of it applies to SuSe and KDE

Anonymous · 4 years ago

Sure would be nice to quantify the improvements... some may not be worth much...

lachdanan · 4 years ago

man..this is cool..but i's like ''how to tweak XP for dummies''..
y hope you to postanother guide...wich is more difficult to do..but will have his great reward..
and plizz...put the links...or at least the versions of the programs that you used...
thxs anyway
see ya!

hudz · 4 years ago

what does happen if virtual memory is set way off the recommended (1:1.5). Something like (1:2 / 1:3)? Does computer has any trouble with that?

Anonymous · 4 years ago

I ran BootVis the other day -
before:- [boot + driver delays] - 49.82 seconds to boot completed
after:- [optimize system] - 15.24 seconds to boot completed
but it still takes TO a minute for my other stuff to load & my Anti-Virus to finish the
boot-time scan
It is definitely faster to boot !

Anonymous · 4 years ago

I downloaded Bootvis and ran it like it says to. I rebooted and 20 minutes later, it was still stuck (blue bar wasn't moving) on the Windows bootscreen. The computer was then restarted because it wasn't doing anything and I clicked on "Last Known Good Configuration" and it worked. So I don't recommend Bootvis and don't know what happened to me.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

All this has made my machine very slow! Takes ages to open any apps like MS word now. Seems to crawl to do anything at all.
Any suggestions?

Anonymous · 4 years ago

there's probably one change that you've done wrong. These changes are pretty easy to undo. I think it's probably number 5 or 8 as the others can't really go wrong

Anonymous · 4 years ago

services.msc - disable a bunch of stuff u don't need like ipsec,mdm,messenger etc
msconfig - uncheck useless stuff (non ms)
try not to use pppoe, use basic of driver without extra sw
increase ram - duh

Anonymous · 4 years ago

After applying the tweaks, my computer has all kinds of problems. Worst is that it runs out of memory, which has *never* happened on this computer until now. Also, the virtual memory gets too low, and ZoneAlarm TrueVector shuts down and won't restart. I guess tweak #5 is to blame, or maybe #8, but I don't know enough about it. How do I undo all the changes that CacheMan made when I ran the wizards? Thanks.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

I think maybe the problem was I selected "Disable Executive Paging" in the wizard. That's probably what's zapping my memory. I only have 448 MB RAM. I just re-enabled Executive Paging, let's see if that helps.

Everton Blair · 4 years ago

Did it work?

JWSchwendinger · 4 years ago

Idon't give a "poop" what anyone says.
I took several of your suggestions and what a freakin' difference it has made. i.e. Virtual memory, font removal, the cacheman prog, the services.msc, etc.

THANKS

Everton Blair · 4 years ago

Cheers mate -glad to be of service!

Tiernans Comms Closet · 3 years ago

Check out these articles on Windows Speed tips:
10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP
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Max Clark · 3 years ago

There are some very interesting ideas here on simple things you to can to make your system [feel] faster. While I am not going to subscribe to all of them - I learned a couple new tricks.
10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP
10 Intermediate Wa...

stone · 3 years ago

10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP...

Anonymous · 3 years ago

Your tips I have used before. I can not complain. There are many things that will not help a person regardless of the tips you have provided. Peoples PC's have to be clean and running stable. I use windows XP so I think one of these did not apply to me and was for win 2000. A dirty PC will run like a snail if anyone does a service pack 2 update. Dirty pcs are those that are infected with spyware, maleware, trojans ect. Also there was some one complaining about the bootvis taking for ever. This is most likely because you have 10 million things trying to load like messengers, real player and any other programs that are basicly of no good upon a boot up. Things to have are a firewall, antivirus, antimal-ware, startup process monitor are basic needs.
In short. Your info rocks and thanks for the tips.

Anonymous · 3 years ago

Thanks for all the usefull tips! they really make a difference!
RamPage: http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/
i use windows98 and this program is AMAZING.. a MUST..
SUPOSEDLY you don't need it for windows XP, but through the years that ive used this program, it definately helps!
*WARNING DON'T use the ConservativePagefileUsage=1 fix mentioned in conjunction with automatic ram freeing w/ rampage

James MacAonghus · 3 years ago

I wouldn't run Bootvis. MSFT does not support it any more and says it will not help you. Also in many cases it creates a file that takes up several gigabytes and does not stop growing. Google it for the various issues. I tried it and that's what happened to me, I am lucky to be alive, I tell you.

monu32 · 3 years ago

In page 2/9 given idea about ‘ /prefetch:1' not working.
For IE it's working but home page lost...can u suggest the proper way of that thing?

Everton Blair · 3 years ago

[Comment ID #1840 Will Be Quoted Here]
I think you've modified the shortcut not the actual .exe

Mike · 3 years ago

I have reinstalled windows on my DELL laptop (winxp home)

Now on bootup I am asked to make a selection of which operating system I want to boot to

But I only have one, and they option is for winxp home on both

Please help

user · 3 years ago

right click "my computer"
properties
advanced
under startup and recovery:
settings
edit
then delete the valid entry
file save
close/close...
reboot

Bob · 3 years ago

Did most of the tweaks .. great results ...Thanks!!!

Fitri · 2 years ago

Thanks for your tips

Microsoft promotional dept. · 2 years ago

These are all good tips and this site has proven to be trustworthy and safe as far as getting answers to questions... Staysecure is also another great site very close to this where you can get help with protection and maintainance.. The site is hosted by Jimmy Kolo who is a software and research developer from Redmond washington, home of Microsoft. Jimmy helped develope the new Vista and has also worked on and is working on several other Microsoft projects. Be sure to check him out.

Thomas Butler · 2 years ago

I just completed a quick check-over of your webpage; Most of these ideas sounded plausible, if needed. I run micrsoft's malicious spyware removal program. along with Ad-Aware* I also have my internet and security settings
medium to high medium. If I were running a professional office, much of my PC set-up is very office friendly. Also, having automatic updates turned on,
keeps your system refreshed and up to date.
However, I shall review this information again and retain it in a separate file; if I should reconsider using any or all of these tips,... I might like to keep you apprised of changes/improvements/customer recommendations...
Thomas J. Butler
33 Brooklyn St. Apt 3
Warsaw, NY 14569

thms_btlr@yahoo.com

Windows XP Tips · 2 years ago

These are great tips for Windows XP Speedup. I did try all of them and they really work. I also did tell to my friend to try them and I hope he will also have same opinion.

Thanks@

RAMAKRISHNA · 2 years ago

I THINK THIS IS NOT SO USEFUL FOR ALL BUT IT SHOULD BE IN AN ADVANCED MANNER

Everton · 2 years ago

why are you shouting?

This link might help you calm down

Rohit · 2 years ago

I am writing a document on "Speed up your computer" and planning to post it on our Knowledge Management intranet, so that other employees in my company can also benefit from reading it. I came across an article, available at http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2005/12/05/1..., on the same subject. I would like to include parts of this in my document. I request you to kindly grant me permission to do so. I assure you that I would give appropriate credits and references (in-line citations) to your article in my document.

Everton · 2 years ago

thanks for asking - have no problems with you using as long as you include the accreditation

Rohit · 2 years ago

hi everton,

Thanks for the prompt reply.
But could you please do me a favour,
please send me an email at rohit_malkani@infosys.com saying that you have no objections with me using these tweaks. I can even send you the document for your kind perusal,so that you can approve it.

Thanks.

bigballs · 2 years ago

ok something on this bugged my laptop up i had hibernation enabled now i have lost the tab for hibernation tab and now i cant use it now

Everton · 2 years ago

ok something on this bugged my laptop up i had hibernation enabled now i have lost the tab for hibernation tab and now i cant use it now

None of these changes impact hibernation mode. I'd recommend retracing your steps to see if you made any mistakes

steven · 2 years ago

here is an idea for you?

4 gb + usb pen drive or memeory card 4gb +

move the swap file from the winxp hd! to the usb or memeory card slot device.!""

watch it move then.,........SPEED BOOST WINXP.....

john dewey · 2 years ago

Think the simple way is to use another operating system :)


make a fresh install - back it up vanilla and work away. when it gets clunky just restore vanilla ( takes 10 mins )

easy

pranay · 2 years ago

suddenly disable search option in windows xp with sp2,
in services.msc is on

Chris Beaumont · 2 years ago

How does the Extensible Performance Counter work ? I've installed it but cannot find it anywhere on the Programs list.

Everton · 2 years ago

@Chris - read #4 again

irfan · 2 years ago

thx for the tips, they helped.

Ayman A. Ismail · 2 years ago

Thanks alot it is realy faster

CrackPot · 2 years ago

Thanks for the update wow it worked for me. everyone should try it.

horisly · 2 years ago

thanks for your sharing.
it's the more simple the better for me.

Adam · 2 years ago

Wow, great list Dennis! Now this is why people decide to subscribe to this blog, keep up the good work. Maybe a follow up with Vista instead of Xp?

hal9000 · 2 years ago

Improve XP: remove it and install FreeBSD

Juggler · 2 years ago

Thanks for this. You gave some really great tips on how to make XP run faster and smoother. :)

P.S. Did you allow people to post the exact article on their blog? 'Cause I saw one blog that has the very same article, but it's dated July 30, 2007 :P

Everton · 2 years ago

@Juggler

A lot of people have stolen this article because it ranks so highly on google. Thanks for reminding me to try and get some removed

NLP Master · 2 years ago

Software tweaks are inexpensive ways to boost WinXP performance but with the continuous fall of RAM prices, why not just grab 2GB worth of system memory? Slap that into middling machine and it instantly outperforms the most tweaked up Win OS.

Of course, switching to Apple OS takes you to an even more blissful high. Now that's fast- really fast! Even on low spec Macs

Jan Barber-Doyle · 2 years ago

What about prior versions of Windows? I get the "system low on resources" pop-up all the time when I am on line, and I don't know how to free up resources.

NLP Master · 2 years ago

Programs like QEMM fix up memory problems in older versions of windows- like Win95.

But good luck looking for such programs.

Kline · 2 years ago

For Vista, you can find similiar information at this vista tweaking site, among many others.

Nicholas · 2 years ago

I'm confused about number seven. Do you increase the initial size to match the maximum size or vice versa? I just want to make sure I'm doing this right.

Everton · 2 years ago

@Nicholas

Yes, put the same number in both fields

Michael Samuel · 2 years ago

Thanks for the useful tips! however, I'm trying to make some money online in order to get a Mac! my pc is getting me crazy and I want to get rid of it today before tomorrow!

Samuel · 2 years ago

These are some great little tips. I have implemented a few of them and they have not caused me any problems unlike some methods that have been recommended in the past. This is great as you find that the long you use windows XP the more it gets bogged down are really slows up so these few tips should help:)

future gadgets · 2 years ago

hey, thanks for the post, i've been looking for away to speed up my xp, it seems like I've tried everything, and my windows xp still kinda slow. Very useful tips on speed up folder browsing

Yigit T. · 2 years ago

Thanks nice information, I will try to do

asso · 2 years ago

switch to classic style from xp style an you will notice your computer will befaster

put your mous on the destktop click the right button then chose propreties
then appareance then chose classic style from and then apply and you are done.

bs prabhakara · 2 years ago

september23,2007.12:50PM

thanks for the some of tips it definetly speed of my home pc

bs prabhakara · 2 years ago

tips were quite usefull as for as iam concerned ur tips did help my home pc

angie · 2 years ago

similar to tweakxp..... LOL

km · 2 years ago

Nice Tips, However, i always goto startups services and uncheck some services to make the windows load faster

Sofna · 2 years ago

very nice tips. i am waiting for my new chip and mb in the mail righ tnow, the old one burned out. i will implement these tips and see what it does when i get my new hardware. thanks for the tips.

perscription drugs online · 2 years ago

Do not disable virtual memory, ever! It’s a good thing to keep most of VM on a different HDD than the sistem one, but you also should keep at least 50MB VM on this too. The size of VM is largely debated elsewere, but even if you have 1GB RAM keep at least 256MB.

Suman · 2 years ago

Awesome !!!! this is great. My PC was very slow and i thought that it was because of 128MB ram which i have but it was wrong. After fillowing these 10 steps my computer worked as if it was new. I thank whoever have written this stuff. Man you are awesome. Thank you

viscido · 2 years ago

Great tips, thank you!

Parabala · 2 years ago

I've been using a program called TuneupUtilities and it seems to do a pretty good job at finding bad registry entries. Not sure how much performance it has given me but my pc seems to boot a bit quicker.

Johan De Silva · 2 years ago

Windows XP is very fast anyway but it does need 756MB to 1GB of ram to start flying and any of these tweeks can go out the window. If you browse the internet Firefox is a must becuase multiple Tabs in IE start to make the PC crawl. If you play some computer games like BF2 and want increase load times more 2GB really speed the loading times up. Sorted.

christmas gifts · 2 years ago

This looks seriously brilliant. I'm definitely going to try these out. I run a very clean shop with my windows, but notice that it seems to slow down because of the bulk of its own applications. In fact, the only time my XP software started corrupting is when I un-installed Windows Live OneCare (the free version) and left the computer for a week without touching it (went away.) When I got back, the software had corrupted. Windows XP must be the only software that corrupts when you DON'T do anything and leave it for a while. I've had similar experiences with it on other computers. Looking forward to looking at your VISTA write-up as well.

Selbourne · 2 years ago

"Speedup Folder Browsing" this was a very useful resource. Its been a marked improvement since I have done this small change. Thanks

fertdert · 2 years ago

i did these things and now my explorer bar is gone

HELP!!!!

Rosie · 2 years ago

These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment.

Jacob · 2 years ago

Actually I prefer to have the desktop wallpaper and some Windows visual enhancements. But afterall your article is useful especially on the folder part. Thank you. Found a similar article, hope it is useful too:
http://www.tipskey.com/computer/speed_up_computer_without_paying.htm

Eric Barker · 2 years ago

Thanks for posting! Didn't know about #3, auto-searching for network files and printers. Made the change and it's faster!

sendit · 2 years ago

#5 and 6 are bollocks because nothing on the instructions above relates to anything in the program. I know nothing about these programs or what they do and if I read instructions telling me to click on things which aren't there then I assume the person who wrote this page doesn't know either.

Anonymous · 2 years ago

Wherez those 10 tips to speed up this server where this page runs on. ^^

Got to see if I never need these, but everything little is something. Tho I kno most of these tricks by my own.

jsubbu · 1 year ago

thanks man its useful for me

TechDune · 1 year ago

I actually was googling for speeding up vista and came into this page .:)
A list of 3 procedures..will try one by one and let you know.Thanks

Mark from Bloglyne · 1 year ago

Looking through your archives - have you thought about doing a Vista version of this article?

train2 · 1 year ago

nice one everton blair :D

Bob Ritchie · 1 year ago

Great tips!

Tal · 1 year ago

Yeah, this was great. Cheers for that. Also you might want to try this great vid - http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_speed_up...

Tal · 1 year ago

Cheers!
Maybe you'd wanna try this too -
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_speed_up...

Trex · 1 year ago

Thanks for this post. I am currently upgrading my cousin's pc and this is what I need to speed it up a little bit.

Hanna Honeypot · 1 year ago

Thank you very much!
It was so slow... now it's okay! :))
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I'm very grateful there :P

Portland Paranormal · 1 year ago

Isn't the obvious way to increase windows xp is to decrease program use. I find the number one reason people have slow computers really comes down to they have two many damn memory resident programs running. I saw anything more than 35ish processes running is too much. I don't care if you have 4GB of ram.

Guadagnare · 1 year ago

Awesome, my xp is going slower than ever, I am going to check this out and let you know if it worked for me!

Thanks
Guadagnare

George Lindemann Jr · 1 year ago

Thanks for the wonderful tips. Perhaps having the old win 98 theme also boosts performance

movies · 1 year ago

great tips, but there are simple hard drive defragmentation? :)

JHON · 1 year ago

ONLY MY PC IS DAMN SLOW !!!!

mark redding · 1 year ago

It is possible that it is related to my own mistakes in carrying out the 10 steps. It did lead to frequent blue screens which require a complete reinstallation.

It may be with preconfigured computers like Lenovo, Dell and others that these changes unintentionally change other components of the operating system.

Mark from Ohio

John - car insurance costs · 1 year ago

Thanks for that! Had applied all but tip #10 before and they do work. Must try moving fonts as you suggested.

It might also be worth mentioning that users do a complete backup before attempting any tweaks, as getting it wrong can be a very painful experience.

Norman S. Weinfeld · 1 year ago

I spent a good part of yesterday implimenting many of your suggestions. I did not disable the performance counters as it wasn't clear to me that this program was for Windows XP Home Edition, which is what I have, unfortunately. The Microsoft site referenced stipulates XP Professional and/or 2003 Server I believe it was. Memory use seems to be a good bit improved. However, one problem I am encountering is that when I attempt to open either Word or Outlook, Windows attempts to reinstall the programs and prompts for a CD to be inserted. I am reluctant to do this as I am afraid of losing all my data and settings, etc. Moreover, if I cancel these reinstall windows out enough times (they tend to pop up repeatedly), Word and Outlook eventually open fine with all my old data. Outlook Express still works fine, as does Windows Live Mail - or, at least in the case of the latter, as good as it capable of... I did try reinstating a number of the services I had turned off (Alerter, Clipbook, etc.,) to no avail. Help?

Norman S. Weinfeld · 1 year ago

Addendum re Previous Post: As mentioned in another note below, my system is indeed a Dell (Infineon 8600 laptop)...

Norman S. Weinfeld · 1 year ago

Problem solved (after MUCH wheel-spinning attempting to impliment solutions turned up on the web). Simply moving the removed (per above) fonts back to their original folder did the trick (in spite of error messages received in the doing concerning various "missing or corrupted" "GlobalMonospace.CompositeFont" files...).

kiran · 1 year ago

Hi All,
I have tried TCP/IP optimizer to improve my internet speed but it failed.can anyone suggest me how to improve my download speed for cable/dsl.iam using 96kbps connection and using DHCP Client.

waiting for your response
P.Kiran

Omar · 1 year ago

It's working , and it achieve the task !.

sudhy · 1 year ago

first time i enter this site,i really enjoying this and the notes for speed up xp is very useful to me                                                           thank you

PPC · 1 year ago

Nice list of tips and tweaks to run windows xp optimally. Am currently going through list making sure everything applies to my notebook.

komodo dragon · 1 year ago

good job :) thanks for the tips, they help a lot

keith watkins · 1 year ago

i think that one of the most simple ways to speed up your internet is to keep downloaded media to a minimum instead of storing data on your hard drive download it to disc to save memory which will in fact speed up your computer becuse you have more memory available

leonard berishaq · 1 year ago

who wana do have service pack 3 for freeeeeeee than take my e-mail and i give you i swear and for free for windows xp its an ideally luckmuch better than windows xp
leo-lyon@hotmail.com  im waiting thnx

Wii · 1 year ago

Boy am I glad I stumbled across this article.  My daughter uses our desktop PC and has been complaining about how slow it is getting.  I was about the do a reformat but this has kept her happy for the time being, thanks.

madrid man · 1 year ago

Great tips.

Bobby · 1 year ago

Thanks alot ^^

this really helped as my computer was getting reallly slow!!

thanks!

PS3 · 1 year ago

Thanks for this, has really helped my computer speed up!

Voucher Codes · 1 year ago

Thanks buddy.. Its really helped me to speed up my computer..

Cheers

roshan · 1 year ago

Nice guide and here is also a complied guide that i included your tips in: http://www.teckitech.com/07/21-super-effective-fast-simple-ways-to-speed-up-xp/


Tried it on my own xp it works like a magic

Read roshan's latest blog post....Balisong Styled Concept Music Player>>>

roshan · 1 year ago

This really worked just tried it on my pc and it works like magic...

baldrick · 1 year ago

Your hints/tips/knowledge are much appreciated by me - running a relatively crappy tiny a360+ laptop, many thanks. I don't know how it works, but i have heard tell of a program that puts virtual memory at the "start" of the hdd for quicker access and apparently that makes a low spec pc/laptop run a little quicker - i do have a fixed page-file that is not fragmented but i am led to believe that if it was moved to the "start" of the hdd that would be more efficient. So, - having fixed virtual memory at the "start" of the hdd - is it quicker, and can anybody configure it that way or is special software needed and is it worth it?

Baldrick · 1 year ago

btw peeps its nice to get fixes but if you go back to dabbling in crap you will end up in crap - bad security slows your pc down more than optimum configuration - dont look for steroids when you are using viagra

Xbox 360 · 1 year ago

Thanks will try this when i get home!

Tom Callaghan · 1 year ago

Hi, 
Have been following these steps to speed up my notebook all working fine until I got to number 10.  I deleted all the fonts I didn't recognise or use and found that deleting fonts crashes Firefox version 3.0.1  When I reinstalled them firefox worked again.  If anyone knows which particular fonts cause this problem please let me know.
Thanks for the tips

cheers
tom

Shashank · 1 year ago

Recently i formatted my HDD after 1.5 years :)  , and now i am on optimization spree,  this article of yours is of great help.

Read Shashank's latest blog post....Firefox & IE Gets a Competitor: Google Chrome>>>

SEO Tips · 1 year ago

My PC is getting really slow, going to try these out and hope that they work.  Really dont want to get a re-load as I never get it back the way that it was.

mobilejgame · 1 year ago

Ah, How did you miss the System restore function... It can save you good space on your disk and also make XP effiecient, but this is only for people who are ready to better reinstall XP than using System restore function.

Read mobilejgame's latest blog post....Sony Ericsson’s Digital Photo Frame>>>

Goran Website · 1 year ago

Habe started with the first 3, will try the additional 7 shortly. I was thinking that it had something to do with Google Desktop continously indexing all my data, anyone know if this is true.

K Gift · 1 year ago

I just dont get it, why do we have to do all these things to speed up our PC's. 6 months after I purchased my laptop it is now half the speed. Surely this is a way of getting those IT guys to make more money and there for sell more products. Imagine the PC's would last forever we would not need to update them as often. I will give these a go and see what happens, thanks for the interesting post.

Everton · 1 year ago

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Alexander · 1 year ago

Also adjusting the v-ram improves performance.

kavitha · 1 year ago

is there any terget of the windows-xp,means in bits what is the speed pls answere....!

Matt Alexander · 1 year ago

Wow, my PC is definitely zippier now. Thanks!

Apple Macbook · 1 year ago

A simple way to speed up windows is to completely uninstall it and install OSX instead.

Just kidding (not really)

but this is a very informative post.

Cheap Mobile Calls · 1 year ago

Nice tips. I'm currently using just 3 methods out of your 10 and my computer is a lot faster. Many thanks!

Dan · 1 year ago

Hmmn, those are some very useful tips. You might also wanna check this out. There are quite a few very interesting posts especially the one on how to increase your internet speed.

Free Xbox Live · 1 year ago

Gotta love windows XP over vista.

meeting rooms · 1 year ago

Windows XP is very fast anyway but it does need 756MB to 1GB of ram to start flying and any of these tweeks can go out the window. If you browse the internet Firefox is a must becuase multiple Tabs in IE start to make the PC crawl. If you play some computer games like BF2 and want increase load times more 2GB really speed the loading times up. Sorted.

Brian · 1 year ago

Going back to what Nicholas said along time ago...

"I’m confused about number seven. Do you increase the initial size to match the maximum size or vice versa? I just want to make sure I’m doing this right."

I understand that you want to make sure the numbers are the same as someone replied, but could somebody please clarify which number you change? For example, I had an initial size of 768 and a max size of 1536. Do I make both of them 1536 or both of them 768?
Thanks!

pcmemoirs · 1 year ago

Great tips. I thought I was pretty knowledgable in the PC field, but this is quite detailed and very useful advice on speeding up slow PCs.

Free iPods · 12 months ago

Good post.
But i have upgraded to windows vista :p

bedding ensembles · 12 months ago

I'm still using Pentium 3 pc and this tricks helps me a lot. Thank you.

Webrecsol Optimizer · 11 months ago

hello i am use still P4 use and i read your article this is very use full and great thanks for sharing....

Tips and Reasons · 11 months ago

"Automatically search for network folders and printers" .

Unchecking this actually worked! :)
Thanks...

Free iPods · 11 months ago

Awesome tips.

I still prefer XP to vista any day.

Thanks

Thomas Edison · 11 months ago

I think it's complex for common users, software can help with these tweaks. I recommend to use Boost Windows 2009, the download link is:

http://www.windowsfaster.com/dlds/bwsetup.exe

judono · 11 months ago

hey thanks for the tips now my pc is stupid fast and work really well now when browsin the internet

Google Pagerank · 11 months ago

Now i know why i dumped vista! I followed the instructions from this post and i have quickened up my pc by 20%. nice work! thanks

isa savings · 11 months ago

Great tips but don't ever do that to a brand new pc...

me · 11 months ago

I still prefer XP x64 to Vista or Windows 7  any day.

lefty · 10 months ago

If you REALLY want to speed up your Windows..get Linux and Fluxbox!!!!!!   : )

coxy · 10 months ago

why not do it to a new pc??? mine is new followed these tips and its lightnin fast

Harvey · 10 months ago

Nice tips. Bootvis is a brilliant tool, my computer is now running lightning fast! Well sorta

Fetch · 10 months ago

This is an exact copy of one of the introduction books on my DNE course, but the question is who copied who?

fikel · 10 months ago

Speed up your "Windows and get linux???? Linux is a system built on unix, which does NOT automaticly clean your Windows system... well DUH!

Linux is a completely different thing to Windows. Windows is made by a community, and Windows isn't.

Anyway, if you are gonna change to Linux, i reccomend Ubuntu . It is free and fabulous!

Faster Laptop · 8 months ago

I've been banging my head against Vista for months. I'm probably the only person in the world who likes it over Xp, although XP was always faster.

Alot of your tips work well for Windows Vista (but needed some tweaking), and Ive managed to speed my Vista laptop up considerably.

Thanks!

Cheap DVDs · 8 months ago

Thanks for that - I still use XP in preference to Vista as it's a lot faster, but even so it does slow down a lot over time compared to when I first installed it so any tips to crank the speed back up are much appreciated!

Andy · 8 months ago

Vista aint slower then XP...
If you configure it correctly, its faster.

Also disabling the Wallpaper is bullshit...
No one runs an XP System with less then 256MB of ram, and then the Wallpaper doesnt even affect the spead if you measure it...

rodney · 8 months ago

i run XP at 128MB of ram,an so do others.so it's not true when you say that no one runs XP with less than 256MB of ram.

Adrian · 8 months ago

there are things you can get rid of in the registry to speed up your machine and turn off services that are not needed, for example you can make help and support manual and stop the service meaning it want start but is available if needed, to change the registry is easy to follow the steps

start
run
type in regedit
expand HKEY_local_machine
expand Software
expand microsoft
expand windows
expand current version
click run
in here is evrything that starts on start up you should be able to tell what you can delete things like quicktime itunes real player just be careful if you can tell what it is dont do it. this will also work with vista

Olla · 7 months ago

I have also set up a blog which shows you how to tweak your Windows XP and which software to run to speed it up.
Check it out
http://debianguru.blogspot.com.

Christopher · 7 months ago

Thanks, this stuff actually works!

sweety · 6 months ago

defragmentation also increases speed of a PC by using software tuneup utility

Dave · 6 months ago

Thanks. I noticed significant improvement in my PC's speed after following some of your tips.

tony · 6 months ago

yeah, worked for me as well
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Love Poems & Love Quotes · 6 months ago

I've optimized! My computer runs smother now. Thanks for the advice on the matter. It took me no time.

wsd906 · 5 months ago

WOW thx it really helped my gateway become faster

Mexstalion · 5 months ago

Thanks to you.....

Colin D · 5 months ago

Done the job ,excellent results, which I could buy you a beer .
Thanks again

Liam · 4 months ago

Excellent boot times now!

lola · 4 months ago

lalalaloolooloooo nice :~) :D :) :( ^^ (^^)

Jason Coleman · 4 months ago

One strategy for improving things is rather draconian: back up your computer files, reformat your hard disk, then reinstall the OS from scratch and the key applications you use. Total time lost? Probably a couple of days by the time you get everything restored, but it's really a pretty good annual task for PC users, in my experience. Check out my blog on how to speed up your computer.
.-= Jason Coleman´s last blog ..Why is My Computer Running So Slow? =-.

Pocket digital camera · 3 months ago

I just followed the tutorial and I have my XP works faster, thanks!

allen13 · 3 months ago

Points are good but i have one simple way to speed Window Xp and that is simple click on the below given link and feel the results.
http://www.pcoptimizerpro.com

allen13 · 3 months ago

Type your comment here.My computer is booting very slow and processing slow. Some one suggest me use PC Optimizer Pro for faster computer. After using this software my PC runs very fast.

Shri · 1 month ago

Upgrade DNS settings. Here are a few options and which one is best.

http://everythingoutthere.co.cc/2009/02/speed-u...

black singles · 1 month ago

glad to see the comment bootvis and tweaking it

ceagal · 2 weeks ago

Goto Run and type msconfig, and in the Startup tab unselect the unwanted applications. Then click apply and then OK. Now restart your PC. This makes your PC to run a bit faster while starting.

BigHappy · 2 weeks ago

I feel so guilty I've missed this forum over the years. Iformation here have set me free with no chance of mishap from bad registry tweak.......keep up the good work, from here on in I'll have everyone cheecking this site.
I am now ready for my GEEK learner's permit.

lolstan@hotmail.com · 1 week ago

Thats a pretty nice guide :)

Theres a whole site of tips to speed up your PC here though:

www.fastpcmods.com