How to Speed Up Windows XP?

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Description

Speed up Windows XP is one of the most googled phrase on the Web. Obviously, computers are meant for speeding up work, hence, there is no chance to stay with a slow PC.

Solution:

Techvedic shows you the way to instantly and easily speed up Windows XP. Here it goes:

a)      Switch to NTFS hard-drive: Convert your hard drive to NTFS, if your drive is using FAT16 or FAT32. Do as follows: Press “WinKey + R” and in the window that comes up, type "CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS" (without quotes). Follow the instructions and your drive will be converted to NTFS.

Note: NTFS drives can only be accessed by Windows 2000/NT/XP/Vista/7. Older versions of Windows are only compatible with FAT, FAT16 and FAT32.

b)      Scan viruses and malware:  Use any online virus removal tool or install any compatible Internet security software to remove those. Take hints from security software testing agencies like VB10, AV-Comparatives, AV-Test, etc. to decide about the best Internet security software.

c)      Registry Defragmentation: A lot of changes happens to the registry settings with the prolonged computing. You need to remove unwanted entries to make sure it works properly. Take help of the built-in Windows tools or derive a matching one from third-party vendors.

d)      Disable the Indexing Service: Windows XP Indexing Service take care of the sequence of the different files stored on your hard-drive, which in turn speeds up Windows XP. The service runs behind the scene. However, you can disable the process in order to save memory resource. It can be done as: My Computer>right-click on the hard drive>Properties>click on the check box to clear the check mark next to "Allow indexing service to index this hard drive for faster searching". Click “OK.” It may take a while for the operation to complete.

e)      Reduce Visual Effects: Appearance or look matters the least, when it comes to finish urgent tasks. Hence, to speed up Windows XP, you can think of reducing the visual effects. Follow as: “Start>right click My Computer>Performance>Advanced tab>Settings”, and then choose "Adjust for best performance.” Uncheck graphics features that you don’t need. However, it may impact performance of graphic-rich program like the Adobe programs. Sometimes unchecking these will help rendering pictures, movies or listening to music.

f)       Speed up folder browsing: My Computer>Tools menu>Folder Options>View tab. Uncheck "Automatically search for network folders and printers" and "Launch folders in a separate process". Click “Apply,” then click “OK.”

g)      Increase computer download speed: Search online for "tcp optimizer" and download the program and run it. Once open go to File > Backup current settings and save it. Once saved adjust your speed to what your max internet speed it supposed to be. Then click on optimal settings then apply and reboot. It would enhance the XP performance.

h)     Disable unnecessary programs/services: Windows XP is pre-loaded with services and programs that take up system resources and you may never need those programs. Alerter, Clipbook, Computer Browser, Distributed Link Tracking Client, Indexing Service, IPSEC Services, Messenger, Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing, Portable Media Serial Number, Remote Desktop Help Session Manager, Remote Procedure Call Locator, Remote Registry, are a few to name. To disable these services, press WinKey + R and type "services.msc", double click on the service you want to change, change the startup type to "Disable".

a)     Speed up folder access by disabling Last Access Update: Press “WinKey + R” and type "regedt32", click through the treeview until you arrive at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem." Right click in a blank area of the window on the right and select New > DWORD Value. Call it "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" and then double click the new value and change the value data to "1", and press “Enter.”

b)      Improve boot times: Press “WinKey + R” and type in "regedt32," then press “Enter.” Find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction", Select "Enable" from the list on the right, double click on it, change the value to "Y", and press “Enter,” and close the window. Now press “WinKey + R,” type in "msconfig" and click “OK.” Select the “Startup” tab, and uncheck programs that you don’t need, except any antivirus or Internet security software.

Congrats! Now, you can experience better performance from your Windows XP-based machine. For further help, contact Techvedic’s computer support helpdesk, as per below contact-detail:

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