subject: Tips To Speed Up Your Windows Xp [print this page] Summary: Summary:
Gradually, your Windows XP system becomes really slow. Follow these steps to speed up your Windows XP.
Step by Step Instructions:
1. Ensure the use of NTFS file system
Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system. First, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Next, examine the File System type; if it says FAT32, and then back-up any important data. Next, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the prompt, type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS and press the Enter key.
2. Remove Malware from your system.
Spyware comes bundled with a lot of free software found on the Internet. It can slow your machine down to a crawl. Download and install a malware tool, start your computer in Safe Mode and give your machine a full scan for spyware.
3. Disable unnecessary services
Windows XP offers a lot of services and there run many programs that take up system resources and you may never need those programs. To disable these services go to Start Run and type services.msc, double click on the service you want to change, change the startup type to Disable.
4. Make menus load faster
To make menus load faster, go to Start, click on Run, and then type regedit and press Enter/Return. Now find "HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop", Select MenuShowDelay, right click and select "Modify", reduce the number to around 100, but not too less.
5. Speed up folder browsing
Open My Computer > click on the Tools menu Folder Options, look for View tab>Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers and Launch folders in a separate process check box > Click Apply > Click OK.
6. Clean registry database
Cleaning of registry can always speed up windows XP significantly as there are thousands of calls to registry file by windows and other programs in just one sec means file needs to be compact. You can get a free scan here.
Other
If you believe that your computer is infected by a virus, you can find a good anti-virus software for your computer. Set the virus scan to scan your documents, especially the ones that you have downloaded from the Internet. This includes files such as songs or game.
