Defrag Your Hard Drive in Windows XP
If you do not defrag, not only does your PC slow down to the point it’s unusable, it can also wreck your whole Windows XP install! Click “My Computer”, right click this icon (hard drive icon) and click “Properties”: Now you see this screen… Click the “Tools” tab. When you do that this screen comes [...]
Clean Your Desktop in Windows XP
Desktop Cleanup Wizard removes unwanted shortcuts from your Microsoft Windows XP desktop. By default, Desktop Cleanup Wizard will run every 60 days but what about if you want your desktop clean RIGHT NOW? This guide will show you just that. Right-click with your mouse on any blank space on your desktop and in that menu [...]
Clean Junk from Your PC in Windows XP
Cleaning out junk files will give you some extra hard drive space and speed things up. Double-click “My Computer”, right click this icon (hard drive icon) and click “Properties”: Now you see this screen… Click the “Disk Cleanup” button and you see this screen… Just select what you want to delete and press the “OK” [...]
Shutdown Services in Windows XP
A lot of these services that are keeping your Windows XP bogged down you will NEVER use! First we will show you how to access the tool that will allow you to disable services: Click “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” and double-click this icon (administrative tools icon): A new window now opens. You will see this [...]
Improve Visual Performance in Windows XP
Don’t worry, we are not going to disable ALL Windows XP visual settings. We are just going to disable the ones you can’t see that slow your Windows XP down. Click “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” and double-click this icon (system icon): This window now opens… Click the “Advanced” tab and your window will look like [...]
Improve Shut Down Time in Windows XP
Does it take ages for you to shutdown your PC? this registry tweak will speed it up! Click “start”, “Run” and type in regedit. If you did everything correct your window will look like this… Click the “OK” button and this window opens… Double-click “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”, double-click “System”, double-click “CurrentControlSet”, double-click “Control”, double-click “Session Manager” and [...]
Enable DMA in Windows XP
DMA is not turned on for some computers. We’ll show you how to see if it’s on or off. You for sure want DMA on. This is one major tweak that really can show results! Click “Start”, “Control Panel”, right click this icon (system icon) and click “Properties”: This window now opens… Click the “Hardware” [...]
Disable Windows XP Sounds
You know those sounds you hear when you click a folder etc.? Not only are they useless and can get annoying they also slow Windows XP down. Click “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” and now click this icon (sounds and audio devices icon): This window now opens… Click the “Sounds” tab and your window will now [...]