This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either
it can be a fresh installation or an older one.
1. Following is a registry file containing a few registry
modifications, which are completely safe and can increase the performance of
Windows. Just download the attached ZIP
file,
extract it and then run the file:
Tweak Windows
XP
Restore
Default Settings (Use this file if you want to restore default
Windows settings)
2. Right-click on Desktop and select Properties,
Now in the new window goto Appearance tab and click on Effects
button. Now in the new opened window uncheck the following options:
- Use the following transition effect for menus & tooltips.
- Show shadows under menus.
3. Right-click on My Computer icon on
Desktop and select Properties (or press <WIN>
key + <Pause/Break> key), now goto Advanced
tab in new window and click on Settings button in Performance
section.
Now disable all unnecessary options in Visual Effects tab,
you can remain following options enabled according to your requirements:
- Show window contents while dragging.
- Smooth edges of screen fonts.
- Use common tasks in folders (If you use the left side pane in My computer)
- Use drop shadows on icon labels on the desktop. (to make the desktop icons label transparent.)
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons. (If you use XP themes.)
4. Open Windows Explorer and click on Tools ->
Folder Options. Now go to View tab:
Now uncheck following options:
- Automatically search for network folders & printers.
- Display file size information in folder tips.
- Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list.
- Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color.
- Show pop-up description for folder and desktop icons.
- Use simple file sharing.
Other options don't affect the system performance. You can enable/disable
them according to your requirements.
5. Right-click on My Computer icon on
Desktop and select Manage (You can also open it by typing services.msc
in RUN and press Enter). Now goto Services & Applications ->
Services. Here you can set a few unnecessary services to Manual,
which will not start with windows and will decrease the boot time and will
increase system performance. Please follow the following tutorial to know about
which services can be safely set to MANUAL:
6. Type msconfig in RUN and press Enter.
Now goto Startup tab and deselect the unnecessary entries,
which you don't want to start automatically with Windows, e.g. you can disable
VGA driver utility, Sound Card utility, etc to speed up the startup time and to
increase system performance.
7. Open Sound & Audio Devices in
Control Panel (or type mmsys.cpl in RUN), goto SoundsNo Sounds in Sound Scheme
section. Or you can remain some of your favorite sounds but set Exit
Windows, Start Windows, Windows Logoff, Windows Logon(None).
tab and select to
8. Also don't forget to:
- Defrag the hard disk regularly
- Install only necessary software
- Use the latest device drivers
- Keep your Windows up-to-date
After following all the above mentioned points, you'll definitely notice
major improvements in your Windows XP performance.
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