WINDOWS SPEED SECRETS - WAYS TO INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR WINDOWS XP [ PART1]

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Windows XP

XP Speed Secret #1: Disable Extra Startup
Programs

There are certain programs that Windows will start every time you
boot up your system, and during the startup phase, they're all
competing for a slice of your CPU speed. Extra or unwanted items
in the startup list will definitely increase your startup time, perhaps
by several minutes. Some common examples are things related to
AOL, RealPlayer, Napster, instant messengers, and video managers.

If you're not sure about an item, no big deal. You can turn it off,
restart your PC, and see if everything seems to work. If not, you can
always go back and re-enable an item in the Startup list. This tip
alone should speed up your start-up by 250%. Here are is what
you have to do:

1. Goto Start button •
Run
2. Type "msconfig", without quotations
3. Hit enter key or click the OK button
4. A System Configuration Utility window will show up
5. Click the Startup tab
6. In the Startup tab you will see several boxes and some of them
will selected (checked). All you have to do is to uncheck
extra items that are of no use. If you run an antivirus
program it is not recommended to uncheck it.
7. After making you choices press the OK button, you will be
prompted to restart computer to apply changes.
8. After restarting your computer a dialogue will be displayed.
You can check the option for not showing this dialogue every
time your PC reboots.




XP Speed Secret #2: Remove Spyware, Adware,
and Malware

Have you scanned your system for spyware, adware and other
unwanted pests? 1 of 6 computers has some sort of Spyware or
Malware! They dramatically slow down your computer because they
use resources to generate popup ads, send spam, and often
interfere with the operation of good programs.

If you havent scanned recently, we recommend a free scan from a
good anti-spyware program. We prefer to use stand-alone, high
quality anti-spyware programs like XoftSpy Pro, which give us the
ability to scan and repair these problems in seconds.

FINAL NOTE: Recent testing has shown that stand-alone programs
do a much better job than the all-in-one packages (eg. Norton
Internet Security) at detecting spyware, adware, and malware.




XP Speed Secret #3: Optimize Display Settings

Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can
waste system resources. To optimize:

1. Click the Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Double-click the System icon
4. Click the Advanced tab
5. In the Performance box click Settings
6. Leave only the following ticked:
a. Show shadows under menus
b. Show shadows under mouse pointer
c. Show translucent selection rectangle
d. Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
e. Use visual styles on windows and buttons
7. Finally, click Apply and OK




XP Speed Secret #4: Speed-Up File Browsing

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 fix this and to increase browsing
speed significantly:

1. Double-click on My Computer
2. Click the Tools menu
3. Select Folder Options
4. Click on the View tab.
5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and
printers check box
6. Click Apply
7. Click OK
8. Reboot your computer




XP Speed Secret #5: Reduce Page File Size

Page file size is not constant by default. Due to this, the operating
system has to resize the file each time more space is required. This
is a performance overhead. All you have to do is to set the file size to
a reasonable limit.

Follow the steps:

1. Right-click My Computer, Select Properties
2. Click the Advanced tab
3. Click the Settings button under the Performance section
4. Click the Advanced tab
5. Under the Virtual
Memory section click
the Change button
6.
"Virtual Memory"
dialogue box will appear
(also shown in the figure
below)
7. Highlight the C: drive
containing page file
8. Select the Custom Size
radio button and give
same values in Initial
size and Maximum size
fields:
If you have less than 512MB
of memory, leave the page
file at its default size. If you
have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to
physical memory size.

9. Click Set, then OK buttons to apply the changes

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[MrKingRoyale]

its ironic how you are teaching everyone to increase speed and yet you have a stupid theme that slows your comp down!

[deicidejan]

@MrKingRoyale it won't, because I got a fast pc

[idodo60]

OMG why do you use NOD32 version 2?!

[deicidejan]

@idodo60 I'm using the newer version now. The video is just old..

[ankur00jainwal90]

hey plz send me these theme link......

[deicidejan]

@ankur00jainwal90 Ok, I will put the link of the theme in the Video Description.

[gingerbollz]

my security system i was with was norton 360 it ran out and changed to web root and my computer is slow coz of norton 360 has made my computer slow or something because ive not toped up with them :(

[vekiixd]

Why do you put 3050 to your virtual memory if you have 1g Ram? Is it ok to do this?

[AzSaidEarlier]

link of theme not working :( could u check?

[julian23561]

just install tune up utilities... it's easier, and safer as well.

[iLoungeAround]

Nice music. You either own a techno club, work at a techno club, visit a techno club, or now live behind a techno club.

[MrAnarchistNinja]

i use TuneUp Utilities 2010 for better performance. My computer used to take at least 6 minutes to fully start up. After i got rid of all of the startup programs defraged my hard drives, ran its disk clean up, etc. it now starts in less than 30 seconds. i would HIGHLY recommend it. It also has a very easy to use theme manager, icon manager, background manager, custom boot screens, a windows logon screen changer, and much more. PM me if u want more detailed answers. ill put a video of it up too

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