any tips for speeding up xp

[youngpab]

any tips to speed up my windows xp thanks

[menacez]

any tips to speed up my windows xp thanks

I would highly recommend Tune-Up Utilities 2008... Good allrounder m8

[Femalelizzard]

downloaded this somewhere could have been this site actually think its a sticky.:rofl:

[davemac82]

any tips to speed up my windows xp thanks

The best way to speed up XP is to use the maximum RAM your board can take preferably 2gb+ use a good tune up utility as described above and make sure your not using a dodgy copy of xp pro as this will cause you a lot of probz.

[MILLWALLFC]

You may also want to run some adaware programs like spybot, adaware etc, they are all free.

[biffo1]

once u have done ur virus scan , adaware/spyware scans having @ least a gig of mem and u have got rid of all the crap off ur machine u could try some of these :
How To Tweak Xp For Maximum Performance

Before I start going through the tips & tweaks I've picked up over time let me warn you that some of them involve modifying the registry. Always backup your registry before modifying it. You can do this by going to Run & typing Regedit. Now go to File -> Export and save it somewhere safe. If you ever want to go back 2 the way it was you can just double click the save file and it will add the original back.

The majority of these tips & tweaks were first posted on FTC by a few legends, the rest I discovered myself.

To increase system performance

Right click my computer. Click properties.
Click advanced.
Click settings (under performance).
Click Adjust for best performance.
Scroll to the bottom and check the last one ?use visual styles on windows and buttons?.

How to disable XP?s crap built in CD Burner

Click the start button.
Select Run.
Type services.msc and click ok.
Go to IMAPI CD-Burning Com Services open it and click on start up type, change to "Disabled".


These Settings will fine tune your systems memory

You need at least 256MB of ram to do this:

Go to start\run\regedit -and then to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management

1.DisablePagingExecutive -double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to harddrive yeilds faster performance.

2.LargeSystemCache- double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernal to Run in memory and improves system performance a lot.

3.Create a new dword and name it IOPageLockLimit - double click it and set the value in hex - 4000 if you have 128MB of ram or set it to 10000 if you have 256MB set it to 40000 if you have more than 512MB of ram -this tweak will speed up your disckcache.

Reboot

Disable Swap file

For Users with 256 MB RAM or more this tweak will boost their Windows- and Game-Performance.
What it does: It tells Windows not to use any Swap File until there is really no more free RAM left.

Open the System Configuration Utility by typing msconfig.exe in the RUN command. There in your System.ini you have to add "ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1" under the 386enh section.

Restart your Windows and enjoy better Game performance


]Unable to delete from Avi files from HD

XP holds files in it's memory even after you have closed the application using them making it impossible to delete them from your harddrive. To fix this:

Start -> Run -> Regedit
Find the HKEY_CL***ES_ROOT\SystemFile***ociations\.avi\shel lex\PropertyHandler\ directory and delete the "DEFAULT" key.


Disable Services

XP Pro runs a lot of services by default that are pointless if your not on a corporate network, the following services are ones that I safely disable thereby freeing up memory but check what each one does first to make sure your not using it for something:

Go to Run and type services.msc, right click on each service, properties and choose disable.

Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service,
Application Management
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer
Clipbook
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinater
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
IMAPI CD-Burning
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
Net Logon
Net Meeting
Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Portable Media Serial Number
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Smartcard
SSDP Discovery Service
Telnet Themes
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Webclient
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adaptor


Speed Up The File System

NTFS is a great file system, but its feature-set comes at a slight cost in performance. You can negate this a little with the following tips:

* By default NTFS will automatically update timestamps whenever a directory is traversed. This isn't a necessary feature, and it slows down large volumes. Disable it by going to Run and type regedit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\FileSystem and set 'DisableNTFSLastAccessUpdate' to 1.

* NTFS uses disparate master file control tables to store filesystem information about your drives. Over time these core MFT files grow and become fragmented, slowing down all accesses to the drive. By setting aside a little space, MFT's can grow without becoming fragmented.

In the same key where you disabled the last access feature creat a new DWORD value called 'NtfsMftZoneReservation' and set it to 2.


Disable DLL Caching

Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in memory for a period of time after the application using them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of memory.

1. Find the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer].

2. Create a new DWORD sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1' to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.

3. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Tweak The Prefetch

1. Run "Regedit"
2. Goto [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnablePrefetcher]

3. Set the value to either 0-Disable, 1-App launch prefetch, 2-Boot Prefetch, 3-Both ("3" is recommended).

4. Reboot.

It will decrease the boot time but double and increase the performance of your XP.


SpeedUp Your Connection By 20% (Cable Users Only)

1.Log on as "Administrator".
2. Run - gpedit.msc
3. Expand the "Local Computer Policy" branch.
4. Then expand the "Administrative Templates" branch.
5. Expand the "Network" branch.
6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left pane.
7. In the right window pane double-click the "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" setting.
8. On the settings tab check the "Enabled" item.
9. Change "Bandwidth limit %" to read 0.
10. Then go to your Network connections Start=>Control Panel>Network & Internet connections>Network Connections and right-click on your connection. Then under the General or the Networking tab, (where it lists your protocols) make sure QoS packet scheduler is enabled.

It may take effect immediately on some systems. To be sure, just re-boot.

Hope everyone finds these useful.

[skinterz]

well the above post says it all ....what about adding more ram ?

[ghabedi]

hi,
installing a lot of softwares will decrease your xp speed.
uninstalling them(due to some file deletion) decrease speed again.
it's better to re-install xp again

[burnage bowler]

Some excellent advise Biffo Thanks.

[cunny]

any tips to speed up my windows xp thanks

Are we having a laugh here?

What is the system specs also how old is the instalation of windows.

[smirnoff_rules]

Are we having a laugh here?

What is the system specs also how old is the instalation of windows.

u post clockin or just takin the piss ?

[cunny]

u post clockin or just takin the piss ?

Why would i be doing either?

I asked system specs as xp should not be running on at least of 1-2gb of ram also wanted to know the cpu specs.

I also ask how old the instalation of win xp is as it get full of shit over the months with old instalations of programs, shit off the web.

Did i explain myself clearly enough here for you?

Regards

[archers]

Why would i be doing either?

Becouse your post sounds like you having a dig at the op about his computer.

i have a top of the line laptop that i put xp on right away
but i hve to say vista looks much nicer out the box
:marchmellow:

[cunny]

maybe it does but it uses allot more memory than xp does, xp is allot faaster than vista, i have a dual boot between the 2 and also running a quad core desktop machine

[caveman_nige]

I reckon the op has sorted his pc by now so i will close this thread... if it need to be reopened, please ask