Billl Gates
09-15-2008, 08:38 PM
I have wrote this tutorial for all of you using Microsoft Windows XP version of Operating System.
This tutorial helps in speeding up your system significantly.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif Before you begin using this tutorial, kindly follow these tips:
Follow every instructions very carefully.
Make a back-up copy of your hard disks, in case you do anything wrong.
Make a system restore point. In case you do anything wrong, you can just restore your PC to earlier settings.
Before editing the registry, backup the registry first.
Most changes take place after you reboot your PC.OK...Lets Begin http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/jump.gif
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 1. Convert Your Hard Drive to NTFS
If your drive is using FAT16 or FAT32, you can gain performance by converting it to NTFS.
Click on the Start
Click Run
Type cmd
Enter
Type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS
EnterFollow the instructions and your drive will be converted to NTFS.
NOTE: NTFS drives can only be accessed by Windows 2000/NT/XP and Vista. Older versions of Windows are only compatible with FAT, FAT16 and FAT32.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 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 Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html), start your computer in Safe Mode and give your machine a full scan for spyware.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 3. Disable Indexing Services
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary.
To disable do the following:
Click Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click Add/Remove Programs
Click the Add/Remove Window Components
Uncheck the Indexing services
Click Next
Click OKhttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 4. Reduce Visual Effects
Reduce Windows XP can look good ...but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources.
Click Start
Right click My Computer
Go to the Advanced tab in the Performance area
Click Settings
Choose "Adjust for best performance"If you still want to keep the look of Windows XP, you can leave the last 3 check boxes selected. It is recommended that you do uncheck these boxes when installing a big or graphics heavy program (like the Adobe programs). Sometimes unchecking these will help rendering pictures, movies or listening music.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 5. Speedup Folder Browsing
You may have noticed that everytime 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 everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:
Open My Computer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab
Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
Click Apply
Click Ok
Reboot your computerhttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 6.Improve Swapfile Performance
It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.
Click Start
Click Run
Type msconfig
Enter
Click on the System.ini tab
Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
Click on new
In the blank box type ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
Press Enter
Restart your PC for the changes to take effect http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 7. Remove the Desktop Picture
Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.
Right click on Desktop and select Properties
Select the Desktop tab
In the Background window select None
Click Okhttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 8. Optimise Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:
Click Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click System
Click Advanced tab
In the Performance tab click Settings
Leave only the following ticked
Show shadows under menus
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show translucent selection rectangle
Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
Use visual styles on windows and buttonshttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 9. Optimise Your Pagefile
If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.
Right click on My Computer and select Properties
Select the Advanced tab
Under Performance choose the Settings button
Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change
Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. 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.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 10. Remove Fonts for Speed
Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.
Open Control Panel
Open Fonts folderMove fonts you don’t need to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\FONTBACKUP) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 11. Disable Services
Click Start
Click Run
Type services.msc
EnterTo turn off a service, double-click on it and select Disabled under Startup type.
For normal use, disable the following services:
Alerter
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
ClipBook
Computer Browser
Error Reporting Service
Help and Support
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Performance Logs and Alerts
Portable Media Serial Number
QOS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Server
Smart Card
Smart Card Helper
SSDP Discovery Service
System restore Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
WebClient
Windows time
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance AdapterBefore disabling any services, read the description. You might need it for proper functioning of your system.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 12. Remove Unwanted Programs from Startup
Click Start
Click Run
Type msconfig
Enter
Click on the Startup tab
Uncheck any programs you dont want Windows to load at startupPlease be careful what you remove from here.If you don’t know what a particular program is do a Google search on the name of the process and then decide whether to keep it or not.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 13. Remove Widgets and Background
Different third party widgets and visual styles like for Vista like look and feel make your system slow. If you remove such packages you system will perform better on CPU and memory intensive tasks. Selecting default and no wallpaper as background also gives better performance than that of "high quality" wallpapers.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 14. Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)
Right Click My Computer
Select properties
Select the Hardware tab
Click the Device Manager button
Double click IDE/ATAPI controllers
Keep on checking if DMA is enabled for each, you have to double click each option
Click Advanced Settings tab. The tab may or may not be available for each option. It is only available in Primary and Secondary Channels.
Set the transfer mode to "DMA if Available" both for Device 1 and 0
Perform the same operation for other items in the list, if applicable.http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 15. Defragmentation
Defrag your disk drives twice a month for faster data access.
Click Start
All Programs
Accessories
System Tools
Disk Defragmenter
Select a drive and click ‘Defragment’This will start the defragmentation process.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 16. Update Windows
I recommend that you use Windows XP Service Pack 3 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en), and update your computer using Windows Update to resolve known security and stability problems. This will give you a stable operating system that has been built to handle your system resources best. Also, make sure all your device drivers are up-to-date.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 17. Disable Fast User Switching
Click Start
Click Run
Type control userpasswords
Enter
In the User Accounts window, click on Change the way users log on or off
Make sure the Use the Welcome screen option is ticked
Uncheck Use Fast User Switching
Click on Apply Options
Close the windowFew Registry Tweaks
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 18. Make Menus Load Faster
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Enter
Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Select MenuShowDelay
Right click and select Modify
Reduce the number to around 20, but not too less
Close Registry Editor
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 19 Improve Boot Times
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Enter
Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction
Select Enable from the list on the right
Right click on it and select Modify
Change the value to Y to enable
Enter
Close Registry Editor
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 20. Improve Shutdown Speed
This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Enter
Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Right click WaitToKillAppTimeout & Select Modify
Change the value to 1000
Enter
Right click HungAppTimeout and Select Modify
Change the value to 1000
Enter
Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l
Right click WaitToKillServiceTimeout and select Modify
Change the value to 1000
Enter
Close Registry Editor
This tutorial helps in speeding up your system significantly.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif Before you begin using this tutorial, kindly follow these tips:
Follow every instructions very carefully.
Make a back-up copy of your hard disks, in case you do anything wrong.
Make a system restore point. In case you do anything wrong, you can just restore your PC to earlier settings.
Before editing the registry, backup the registry first.
Most changes take place after you reboot your PC.OK...Lets Begin http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/jump.gif
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 1. Convert Your Hard Drive to NTFS
If your drive is using FAT16 or FAT32, you can gain performance by converting it to NTFS.
Click on the Start
Click Run
Type cmd
Enter
Type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS
EnterFollow the instructions and your drive will be converted to NTFS.
NOTE: NTFS drives can only be accessed by Windows 2000/NT/XP and Vista. Older versions of Windows are only compatible with FAT, FAT16 and FAT32.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 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 Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html), start your computer in Safe Mode and give your machine a full scan for spyware.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 3. Disable Indexing Services
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary.
To disable do the following:
Click Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click Add/Remove Programs
Click the Add/Remove Window Components
Uncheck the Indexing services
Click Next
Click OKhttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 4. Reduce Visual Effects
Reduce Windows XP can look good ...but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources.
Click Start
Right click My Computer
Go to the Advanced tab in the Performance area
Click Settings
Choose "Adjust for best performance"If you still want to keep the look of Windows XP, you can leave the last 3 check boxes selected. It is recommended that you do uncheck these boxes when installing a big or graphics heavy program (like the Adobe programs). Sometimes unchecking these will help rendering pictures, movies or listening music.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 5. Speedup Folder Browsing
You may have noticed that everytime 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 everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:
Open My Computer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab
Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
Click Apply
Click Ok
Reboot your computerhttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 6.Improve Swapfile Performance
It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.
Click Start
Click Run
Type msconfig
Enter
Click on the System.ini tab
Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
Click on new
In the blank box type ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
Press Enter
Restart your PC for the changes to take effect http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 7. Remove the Desktop Picture
Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.
Right click on Desktop and select Properties
Select the Desktop tab
In the Background window select None
Click Okhttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 8. Optimise Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:
Click Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click System
Click Advanced tab
In the Performance tab click Settings
Leave only the following ticked
Show shadows under menus
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show translucent selection rectangle
Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
Use visual styles on windows and buttonshttp://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 9. Optimise Your Pagefile
If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.
Right click on My Computer and select Properties
Select the Advanced tab
Under Performance choose the Settings button
Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change
Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. 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.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 10. Remove Fonts for Speed
Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.
Open Control Panel
Open Fonts folderMove fonts you don’t need to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\FONTBACKUP) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 11. Disable Services
Click Start
Click Run
Type services.msc
EnterTo turn off a service, double-click on it and select Disabled under Startup type.
For normal use, disable the following services:
Alerter
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
ClipBook
Computer Browser
Error Reporting Service
Help and Support
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Performance Logs and Alerts
Portable Media Serial Number
QOS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Server
Smart Card
Smart Card Helper
SSDP Discovery Service
System restore Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
WebClient
Windows time
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance AdapterBefore disabling any services, read the description. You might need it for proper functioning of your system.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 12. Remove Unwanted Programs from Startup
Click Start
Click Run
Type msconfig
Enter
Click on the Startup tab
Uncheck any programs you dont want Windows to load at startupPlease be careful what you remove from here.If you don’t know what a particular program is do a Google search on the name of the process and then decide whether to keep it or not.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 13. Remove Widgets and Background
Different third party widgets and visual styles like for Vista like look and feel make your system slow. If you remove such packages you system will perform better on CPU and memory intensive tasks. Selecting default and no wallpaper as background also gives better performance than that of "high quality" wallpapers.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 14. Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)
Right Click My Computer
Select properties
Select the Hardware tab
Click the Device Manager button
Double click IDE/ATAPI controllers
Keep on checking if DMA is enabled for each, you have to double click each option
Click Advanced Settings tab. The tab may or may not be available for each option. It is only available in Primary and Secondary Channels.
Set the transfer mode to "DMA if Available" both for Device 1 and 0
Perform the same operation for other items in the list, if applicable.http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 15. Defragmentation
Defrag your disk drives twice a month for faster data access.
Click Start
All Programs
Accessories
System Tools
Disk Defragmenter
Select a drive and click ‘Defragment’This will start the defragmentation process.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 16. Update Windows
I recommend that you use Windows XP Service Pack 3 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en), and update your computer using Windows Update to resolve known security and stability problems. This will give you a stable operating system that has been built to handle your system resources best. Also, make sure all your device drivers are up-to-date.
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 17. Disable Fast User Switching
Click Start
Click Run
Type control userpasswords
Enter
In the User Accounts window, click on Change the way users log on or off
Make sure the Use the Welcome screen option is ticked
Uncheck Use Fast User Switching
Click on Apply Options
Close the windowFew Registry Tweaks
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 18. Make Menus Load Faster
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Enter
Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Select MenuShowDelay
Right click and select Modify
Reduce the number to around 20, but not too less
Close Registry Editor
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 19 Improve Boot Times
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Enter
Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction
Select Enable from the list on the right
Right click on it and select Modify
Change the value to Y to enable
Enter
Close Registry Editor
http://srv.xboard.us/images/smilies/question.gif 20. Improve Shutdown Speed
This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Enter
Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Right click WaitToKillAppTimeout & Select Modify
Change the value to 1000
Enter
Right click HungAppTimeout and Select Modify
Change the value to 1000
Enter
Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l
Right click WaitToKillServiceTimeout and select Modify
Change the value to 1000
Enter
Close Registry Editor