Speed up Your windows Xp

1. Using Disk Cleanup

# Click start in the bottom left corner, then click run.
# Type, “cleanmgr.exe” in the text field.
# Press “okay”. This can take a while if you have never done it before.

2. Defragment Your Computer - This will place similar files physically closer on the hard disk and will help improve load speeds.

* Click start, again, then click run.
* Type, “dfrg.msc” in the text field.
* Click Defrag to start it.

3. Stop unwanted Start-Up programs.

* Run msconfig
* Choose startup box
* Select uncheck programs you don’t want to run on startup

4. Make Windows Load Faster

• Click Start, then Run.
• Type in ‘msconfig’ and press enter.
• Click on the BOOT.INI tab at the top.
• Over to the right there will be a box labeled Timeout with 30 in it. Change the 30 to a 3.

6. Speed Up Processing Time

* Turning off the fancy Windows XP graphics will noticeably increase the speed of your computer.
* Go to Start, (Settings), Control Panel, System. NOTE: You may need to ‘Switch to Classic Mode’ to see the System applet.
* Go to the Advanced tab. Click the Settings button under Performance.
* Select the ‘Adjust for best performance’ radio button, then Apply, and OK.
* The graphics aren’t as flashy, but your computer will run a lot faster.