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Windows XP Speed Tips – Turn off Windows Visual Cosmetics

OnBiz — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:35:27 +0000

Windows XP looks very appealing but displaying all the visual
items can waste system resources. To turn off the visual themes
and all:

Click the Start button
Select Control Panel
Double-click the System icon
Click the Advanced tab
In the Performance box click Settings, click Custom
Leave only the following checked:
“Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop “
Finally, click Apply and OK
If you want a little of Windows XP’s default look without all the bells and whistles, keep the following checked
“Use visual styles on windows and buttons “
You may also want to disable your wallpapers and other
themes to free up some system resources.

Windows XP Speed tip – Disable File Indexing service to increase performance

OnBiz — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:32:05 +0000

Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts
of memory and can often make a computer endlessly loud and
noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files
that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a
search for something on your computer, it will search faster by
scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often,
this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the
following:

Click Start button
Select the Control Panel
Double-click Add/Remove Programs
Click the Add/Remove Window Components icon on the left side of the window
This may take a few seconds to load. Be patient.
Look for the “Indexing Services” component in the list
Uncheck the Indexing Services
Click Next
Click Finish

Windows XP Speed tip – Disabling Unneeded Services

OnBiz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:07:30 +0000

A service is a software application that runs continuously in the
background while your computer is on. The Windows operating
system has numerous services that run in the background that
provide basic functions to the system. Network connectivity, visual
support, and external device connectivity such as printer services
are all examples of the types of services that the windows services
provide. Each of these services that are running in the background
take up system resources such as memory and CPU time. Also, during the booting of the operating system, the service has to be
loaded. On most computers, there are nearly 20 services that are
loaded upon startup. Of these 20 services only a handful are
system critical services. All of the others can be disabled. In order
to disable a service, first you will need to know more about what
the most common services do.
You can find a list of services launching with Windows Xp by going
to start -> run and typing “services.msc” without quotations. You
will see the following:

Windows XP Speed Tips – Check your Start up List

OnBiz — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:36:38 +0000

Certain programs are started up during booting up, they all
compete for a slice of your CPU speed. Extra or unwanted items in
the startup list will definitely increase your startup time, perhaps
by several minutes. Some common examples are things related to
AOL, RealPlayer, Napster, instant messengers, and video
managers.
If you are not sure about an item, no big deal, you can turn it off,
restart your PC, and see if everything seems to work. If not, you
can always go back and re-enable an item in the Startup list. This
tip alone should speed up your start-up by 250%. Here are is what
you have to do:

Go to Start button -> Run
Type “msconfig“, without quotations
Hit enter key or click the OK button
A System Configuration Utility window will pop up
Click the Startup tab
In the Startup tab you will see several boxes and some of them will selected (checked). All you have to do is to uncheck extra Items that are of no use. If you run an antivirus program it is not recommended to uncheck it.
After making you choices press the OK button, you will be prompted to restart computer to apply changes.
After restarting your computer a dialogue will be displayed.
You can check the option for not showing this dialogue every time your PC reboots.

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OnBiz — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:35:11 +0000

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