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Speeding up Windows XP

Tips on speeding up Windows XP.

There is number of ways you can speed up Windows XP. In this article I will show you a few of them.

1. Disable the Indexing Service. The indexing service can use up a lot of RAM. To disable this follow these steps:

Go to Start

Click Settings

Click Control Panel

Double-click Add/Remove Programs

Uncheck the Indexing Service

Click Next

2. Speed up folder browsing. Sometimes when you open a folder it takes a few extra seconds to open. You can speed this up by doing the following:

Open My Computer

Click on Tools menu

Click on Folder Options

Uncheck Automatically search for network folders and printers

Click Apply

Reboot your computer

3. Remove fonts for speed. TrueType Fonts can use up a bit of resources. To remove do the following:

Open Control Panel

Open Fonts folder

Move fonts you do not need to a temporary directory (e.gC:Fontbackup) just incase you need the back. Remember, the more fonts you uninstall the more system resources you will get back.

4. Optimize Display Settings. Everyone (well almost everyone) thinks Windows XP look cool with the visual styles XP uses, but that can slow down the computer. To optimize do this:

Go to Start

Click Settings

Click Control Panel

Click System

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 section rectangle

Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop

Use visual styles on windows and buttons.

5. Remove programs or files you no longer need or use. Having old programs installed that you don’t use any more can take up a lot of space and slow down your computer a bit. To do this:

Go to Start

Click Settings

Click Control Panel

Click Add/Remove Programs

Click on the programs you don’t need or use

Click Remove

6. Clean the registry. When you remove programs, they leave leftover registry keys in your registry. The keys can slow down your computer. For more information about registry cleaningHealth Fitness Articles, please go here--http://cleaning-the-registry.blogspot.com/

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