Speed Up XP
How To Save Time Booting Your Computer
If you're like me you probably get just as frustrated when you boot up your computer because it just seems to take forever. Most of us develop a routine where we turn our computers on and then knowing it's going to take some time busy ourselves with other things.
Here's a way to put an end to all the waiting. In fact, when you press the power switch your computer can now roar to life in just seconds.
By putting your computrer into hibernation mode all the documents and applications that were opened will be exactly the same as they were when you put it into hibernation.
Bottom line:
Now when you start your PC in the moring it's ready almost instantly - NICE!
Bump XP's Speed Up By Tweaking Visual Settings
Bump XP's Speed Up By Tweaking Visual Settings: It's pretty common knowledge that changing (improving) the visual appearance of XP can tie an anchor to the XP interface and slow down its performance. On the plus side you can tweak the settings in XP Pro to provide a performance boost. Now the truth is the tweak renders an XP that may not look as good but boy does it improve the performance.
Note: Making the change will not, I repeat will not change how your computer functions.
Microsoft Plans For Automated PC Tune-Up Service
Microsoft Plans For Automated PC Tune-Up Service: Microsoft has been developing a new all-in-one subscription service, called OneCare that is designed to protect computer users from viruses and spyware and give them tools to make machines faster.
[via smh.com.au]
SiSoftware Sandra - Windows System Analyzer - Find Out What's REALLY Going On Under the Hood Of Your XP System!
If you want to find out absolutely EVERYTHING about your windows system here is the software that will do it. Many of the top PC Magazines and technicians use it to run diagnostic and compare system performance.
You'll find out EXACTLY what to do to improve your Windows XP system! I simply would not run a Windows XP or for that matter ANY Windows system without this software!
SiSoftware Sandra - Windows System Analyzer - Screen Shots
Before you download and install Sandra here are several screen shots and a couple of helpful hints about the software.
XP on Steroids Part 1
In this article I'll show you 6 ways to squeeze more speed out of your XP system.
Shutdown Speed, Setting DMA Mode on IDE Drives, XP Prefetcher, ZIP Folders, Unloading DLLs, and Hibernation.
XP on Steroids Part 2
In Part 2 I'll show you 3 more ways to squeeze more speed out of your XP system.
QoS Tweak, L2 Cache Tweak and Network Fix.
Speed Up File Performance In XP
Here is a no-cost suggestion. Assuming you're using NTFS on your Win2000 or WinXP system, you can speed things up a bit by disabling one NTFS capability, namely, the ability to always keep the directory's last access time up-todate.
Speed up XP's menu display
When using the start menu you'll notice a delay between different tiers of the menu hierarchy. For the fastest computer experience possible we recommend...
XP file command speed boost
Would you like to speed up normal file commands like open, close, etc.? After all every bit of speed increase helps, right?
Here's how.
Fine Tune XP for a Speed Boost
Ever wonder what Microsoft Windows XP is doing while you're using your word processor or browsing on the Internet? Windows XP actually uses a whole suite of applications to provide its rich levels of functionality, and virtually everything you take for granted is controlled by one of the individually configurable components of your operating system, all know as Services.
