How to Accelerate Windows XP

How to Accelerate Windows XP

Here are some ways that we can use to accelerate the performance of Windows XP:

1. Clean Desktop
To speed up loading of Windows can be done by reducing the icons and files scattered didesktop.

2. Change Wallpaper
Use wallpaper that is simple and does not burden the computer memory.


3. Using Windows display Clasic
How: Right-click Desktop, select Properties. Open the Themes tab and select Windows Classic from the Theme List.

4. Adjust For the Best Performance
One way to accelerate a PC is to eliminate the appearance of fine and animations that take time. how to open the Control Panel, click System, click the Advanced tab, click Performance - Settings, Select Adjust for best performance.

5. Delete temporary files
To add disk space, delete the temporary files are located at: C: \ Windows \ Temp and C: \ Documents and Settings \ USER \ Local Settings \ Temp, or use the Disk Cleanup program in a way: Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Systems Tools, Disk Clean Up.

6. Set Paging File
To set pege file or virtual memory do I right-click My Computer, click Properties click the Advanced tab, Click the Performance - Settings, click Advanced Tab, click on Virtual Memory Change.

If the installed memory of less than 512 MB of page file set to the value 1.5 x 512 MB installed memory RAM.Misal the Initial Size column on the contents of 768 MB and the maximum column sizze keyk 1000 MB. Click Set - OK

However if the installed RAM is a GB or more aja Diabale this feature by selecting: no paging file

7. Turn off the Indexing Service functions
Do I click Start, Select Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services. Search Indexing Service Right click on Indexing Service, click Properties, in Startup type select Disable

8. Just load the program needed
Here's how: Click Start, Run type "msconfig", In the StartUp Tab
Disable unnecessary programs by removing the check mark on the program.

9. Un-install programs that do not need from the Add / Remove Programs (and the Add Remove Windows Components) in Control Panel.

10. Perform regular Defrag on your hard drive in a way: Click Start, AllPrograms, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defrag.

11. Optimization Windows Start Up
When Windows start up process, some programs will run automatically. If these programs are too many, so of course will result in windows xp start-up process is slow.

To overcome this, we need to choose any program that needs to be run when windows start up (such as antivirus) and any program that does not need to run. The trick is as follows:

* Click start - run - type: msconfig
* System Configuration Utility window will open.
* Click on the tab start up. Select the programs that do not want to start automatically in a way to uncheck the program.
* Click Apply
* Restart your computer

12. Windows Service Optimization and background process.
To perform optimization service-service windows, we must understand the function of each - each service is run by windows. Several windows service that we can turn off the computer, especially if we are not connected to the network for example: Automatic Updates, Indexing Service and Messengger. To turn it off, right click on the service, choose properties and on the startup type select disabled.

While to know the background process running, apart from services like the window above, we can see it immediately and do the configuration of the icon that appears in the lower right (notification area).

13. Optimization Hardisk
Hardisk an automated data storage so that treatment needs to be done regularly. Some ways to improve hard drive performance is as follows:

* Run the Disk Cleanup Wizard to delete the files that are not necessary.
How: Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup.
or click start - run - typed: cleanmgr

* Run Disk Defragmenter to rearrange the data on a disk.
How: Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Defragmenter.
or click start - run - type: dfrg.msc

* Run Scandisk to make sure the structure of files and directories on the hard drive is free from error.
How: Open Windows Explorer, right click on the hard drive aka the scan, select Properties. Select the Tools tab, select the Error Checking, click Check Now ..
or click start - run - type: chkdsk / f

14. Turn off Fast User Switching Feature
Fast User Switching feature allows multiple users (the user) in one computer to log on simultaneously, for example when user A is using the computer, suddenly the user B wants to use the computer first, then user B simply click the logoff and click Switch User to on behalf of user B login without needing to logoff user A first.

Given these fiture allow a user to switch accounts without logoff, but the risk is certainly going to slow down computer performance. To turn off Fast User Switching feature can be done as follows:

* Go to User Account Management, click start - run - type: nusrmgr.cpl
* Click on "change the way users log on or off"
* Uncheck the Use Fast User Switching option

That's some way we can do to improve and maintain our computer's performance by doing some optimization of several components of windows.