Windows XP and 2000 Tips & Tricks - How To Run Windows XP Fast And Stable

Everlasting 8 tips for XP to run faster

Standard 8 Tips for XP to Run Faster

 

Everlasting 8 tips for XP to run faster:

Initially when XP was launched there were many problems with reliability and stability. These problems are completely diminished after the launch of Windows service pack 2. And windows xp became a legend and Service pack 3 has further bolstered its prominence. Why your windows xp operating system becomes slower? The main problem is unwanted registry accumulation and Fragmentation. Well try these 8 everlasting tips for Windows xp to run faster. And i hope these everlasting 8 xp tips will definitely makes your system to run faster.

 

Tip 1: Unwanted programs make xp to run slower. To remove these unwanted programs you have to click the Add/Remove icon in control panel. Wait for few secs to open Add/Remove box. Just uninstall all the programs which are unneeded. Or else you can use tool like cleaner. It is absolutely free and you can easily remove the unwanted files and programs.

 

 

Tip 2: One of the biggest mind sucking problems in Windows xp is startup time. Installed programs change their registry by them self and windows load after you switch it on, they too get loaded. You can notice that when you switch on your windows after every re-start. And the installed programs are really unnecessary to be loaded at start up. This leads to increase your startup time of your windows xp. To rectify this problem Click on Start button, go to Run, type msconfig->go to start and disable all the programs which are really unneeded for you. Now Restart your system you will find a marked rise in windows startup time.

Tip 3: Xp operating system is having many features. Because of these features it makes your operating system slower. Whenever you click on XP menu it takes lot of time to open. To decrease that time just Right click on start button and go to properties. Now you can switch to classic menu. You can see a bit faster response in your XP when you restart.

 

 

Tip 4: Sometimes you will be facing problems with stopped programs and you will press Ctrl+Alt+Del to end that program. You would click Task Manager and in it, you will click processes and end the unwanted program. Here you can notice that response time will be much slower. This can be solved with registry key. Go to run and type regedit.exe . This will points to the

Location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ and change this time to kill value to 1000.

Tip 5: Defragment your system regularly. Better to use Iobit smart defragmenter. It is freeware and improves your system performance.

Tip 6: Change your settings from visual effects to best performance settings. For this you have to go control panel, click on System icon and go to advanced option.

Tip 7: Windows is having a dirty habit of saving all the programs. You can delete those saved programs. For this go to Run, Type prefetch. A new window will open. Select all files and Delete it. This will makes your system to load faster. Use it frequently to improve your system performance.

Note: As Prefetch increases the booting time of the OS also increases.

Tip 8: Better to use browsers like Firefox or opera. As the fate there is a relation between browser and operating system. A week browser will definitely hurts your XP.

There are many more registry tricks to make xp run faster. But these are standard tips to make xp run faster.

 

 

 

 

 
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