Somany Way to make your computer more faster (No extra hardware required)
1. Disable Indexing Services
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM 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, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:
•Go to Start
•Click Settings
•Click Control Panel
•Double-click Add/Remove Programs
•Click the Add/Remove Window Components
•Uncheck the Indexing services
•Click Next
2. Optimize Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimize:
•Go to Start
•Click Settings
•Click Control Panel
•Click System
•Click Advanced tab
•In the Performance tab click Settings
•Leave only the following ticked:
•Show shadows under menus
•Show shadows under mouse pointer
•Show translucent selection rectangle
•Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
•Use visual styles on windows and buttons
3. Speedup Folder Browsing
You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:
•Open My Computer
•Click on Tools menu
•Click on Folder Options
•Click on the View tab.
•Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
•Click Apply
•Click Ok
•Reboot your computer
4. Run BootVis - Improve Boot Times
BootVis will significantly improve boot times
•Download and Run
•Select Trace
•Select Next Boot and Driver Trace
•A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and Reboot
•Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and log your system’s boot process. When it’s done, in the menu go to Trace and select Optimize System
•Reboot.
•When your machine has rebooted wait until you see the Optimizing System box appear. Be patient and wait for the
process to complete
5. Remove the Desktop Picture
Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.
•Right click on Desktop and select Properties
•Select the Desktop tab
•In the Background window select None
•Click Ok
6. Remove Fonts for Speed
Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.
•Open Control Panel
•Open Fonts folder
•Move fonts you don’t need to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\FONTBKUP?) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.
6. Disable Unnecessary Services
Because Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has many services running that take up system resources that you
will never need. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on most machines:
•Alerter
•Clipbook
•Computer Browser
•Distributed Link Tracking Client
•Fast User Switching
•Help and Support - (If you use Windows Help and Support leave this enabled)
•Human Interface Access Devices
•Indexing Service
•IPSEC Services
•Messenger
•Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
•Portable Media Serial Number
•Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
•Remote Procedure Call Locator
•Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
•Remote Registry Service
•Secondary Logon
•Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
•Server
•SSDP Discovery Service - (Unplug n’ Pray will disable this)
•Telnet
•TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
•Upload Manager
•Universal Plug and Play Device Host
•Windows Time
•Wireless Zero Configuration (Do not disable if you use a wireless network)
•Workstation
To disable these services:
1. Go to Start and then Run and type “services.msc”
2. Double click on the service you want to change
3. Change the startup type to ‘Disable”
7. Turn Off System Restore
System Restore can be a useful if your computer is having problems, however storing all the restore points can literally take
up Gigabytes of space on your hard drive. To turn off System Restore:
1. Open Control Panel
2. Click on Performance and Maintenance
3. Click on System
4. Click on the System Restore tab
5. Tick ‘Turn off System Restore on All Drives’
6. Click ‘Ok’
8. Defragment Your Pagefile
Keeping your pagefile defragmented can provide a major performance boost. One of the best ways of doing this is to creat a separate partition on your hard drive just for your page file, so that it doesn’t get impacted by normal disk usage. Another way of keeping your pagefile defragmented is to run PageDefrag. This cool little app can be used to defrag your pagefile, and
can also be set to defrag the pagefile everytime your PC starts. To install:
1.Download and Run PageDefrag
2.Tick “Defrag at next Reboot”,
3.Click “Ok”
4.Reboot
9. Speedup Folder Access - Disable Last Access Update
If you have a lot of folders and subdirectories on your computer, when you access a directory XP wastes a lot of time updating the time stamp showing the last access time for that directory and for ALL sub directories. To stop XP doing this you need to edit the registry. If you are uncomfortable doing this then please do not attempt.
1. Go to Start and then Run and type “regedit”
2. Click through the file system until you get to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem”
3. Right-click in a blank area of the window on the right and select ‘DWORD Value’
4. Create a new DWORD Value called ‘NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate’
5. Then Right click on the new value and select ‘Modify’
6. Change the Value Data to ‘1′
7. Click ‘OK’
10.Disable System Sounds
Surprisingly, the beeps that your computer makes for various system sounds can slow it down, particularly at startup and shut-down. To fix this turn off the system sounds:
1. Open Control Panel
2. Click Sounds and Audio Devices
3. Check Place volume icon in taskbar
4. Click Sounds Tab
5. Choose “No Sounds” for the Sound Scheme
6. Click “No”
7. Click “Apply”
8. Click “OK”
11. Improve Boot Times
A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option in enables but on some builds it is not so below is how to turn it on.
1. Go to Start Menu and Click Run
2.Type in “Regedit” then click ok
3.Find “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction”
4.Select “Enable” from the list on the right
5.Right on it and select “Modify”
6.Change the value to “Y to enable”
7.Reboot
12. Improve Swapfile Performance
If you have more than 256MB of RAM this tweak will considerably improve your performance. It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.
1.Go to Start then Run
2.Type “msconfig.exe” then ok
3.Click on the System.ini tab
4.Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
5.Click on new then in the blank box type”ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1″
6.Click OK
7.Restart PC
8. Make Your Menus Load Faster
This is one of my favourite tweaks as it makes a huge difference to how fast your machine will ‘feel’. What this tweak does is
remove the slight delay between clicking on a menu and XP displaying the menu.
1.Go to Start then Run
2.Type ‘Regedit’ then click ‘Ok’
3.Find “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop”
4.Select “MenuShowDelay”
5.Right click and select “Modify’
6.Reduce the number to around “100″
This is the delay time before a menu is opened. You can set it to “0″ but it can make windows really hard to use as menus
will open if you just look at them - well move your mouse over them anyway. I tend to go for anywhere between 50-150
depending on my mood
13. Make Programs Load Faster
This little tweak tends to work for most programs. If your program doesn’t load properly just undo the change. For any
program:
1.Right-click on the icon/shortcut you use to launch the program
2.Select properties
3.In the ‘target’ box, add ‘ /prefetch:1′ at the end of the line.
4.Click “Ok”
Voila - your programs will now load faster.
14. Improve XP Shutdown Speed
This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to
shutdown.
1. Go to Start then select Run
2. Type ‘Regedit’ and click ok
3. Find ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop’Select ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’
4. Right click and select ‘Modify’
5. Change the value to ‘1000′
6. Click ‘OK’
7. Now select ‘HungAppTimeout’
8. Right click and select ‘Modify’
9. Change the value to ‘1000′
10. Click ‘OK’
11. Now find ‘HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop’
12. Select ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’
13. Right click and select ‘Modify’
14. Change the value to ‘1000′
15. Click ‘OK’
16. Now find ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control’
17. Select ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’
18. Right click and select ‘Modify’
19. Change the value to ‘1000′
20. Click ‘OK’
15 Speed Up Boot Times I
This tweak works by creating a batch file to clear the temp and history folders everytime you shutdown so that your PC
doesn’t waste time checking these folders the next time it boots. It’s quite simple to implement:
1. Open Notepad and create a new file with the following entries:
RD /S /q “C:\Documents and Settings”UserName without quotes”\Local Settings\History”
RD /S /q “C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\History”
RD /S /q “D:\Temp” <–”Deletes temp folder, type in the location of your temp folder” 2. Save the new as anything you like but it has to be a ‘.bat’ file e.g. fastboot.bat or deltemp.bat 3. Click ‘Start’ then ‘Run’ 4. Type in ‘gpedit.msc’ and hit ‘ok’ 5. Click on ‘Computer Configuration’ then ‘Windows Settings’ 6. Double-click on ‘Scripts’ and then on ‘Shutdown’ 7. Click ‘Add’ and find the batch file that you created and then press ‘Ok’ Speed Up Boot Times II When your PC starts it usually looks for any bootable media in any floppy or cd-rom drives you have installed before it gets around to loading the Operating System from the HDD. This can waste valuable time. To fix this we need to make some changes to the Bios. 1. To enter the bios you usually press ‘F2′ or ‘delete’ when your PC starts 2. Navigate to the ‘Boot’ menu 3. Select ‘Boot Sequence’ 4. Then either move your Hard drive to the top position or set it as the ‘First Device’ 5. Press the ‘Escape’ key to leave the bios. Don’t forget to save your settings before exiting Note: Once this change has been made, you won’t be able to boot from a floppy disc or a CD-rom. If for some strange reason you need to do this in the future, just go back into your bios, repeat the steps above and put your floppy or CD-rom back as the ‘First Device’ Speed Up Boot Times III When your computer boots up it usually has to check with the network to see what IP addresses are free and then it grabs one of these. By configuring a manually assigned IP address your boot time will improve. To do this do the following: 1. Click on ‘Start’ and then ”Connect To/Show All Connections’ 2. Right-click your network adapter card and click ‘Properties’ 3. On the ‘General’ tab, select ‘TCP/IP’ in the list of services and click ‘Properties’ 4. In the TCP/IP properties, click ‘Use the following address’ and enter an IP address for your PC. If you are using a router this is usually 192.168.0.xx or 192.168.1.xx. If you are not sure what address you could check with your ISP or go to ‘Start/run’ and type ‘cmd’ and then ‘ipconfig/all’. This will show your current IP settings which you will need to copy 5. Enter the correct details for ‘Subnet mask’, ‘Default gateway’ and ‘DNS Server’. Again if you are not sure what figures to enter use ‘ipconfig/all’ as in stage 4. Free Up Memory I found this useful app via FixMyXP. ClearMem is an Excellent Tool for speeding up your XP Computer (especially if your system has been on for awhile and you have a lot of applications open). What it does, is it Forces pages out of physical memory and reduces the size of running processes if working sets to a minimum. When you run this tool, the system pauses because of excessive high-priority activity associated with trimming the working sets. To run this tool, your paging file must be at least as large as physical memory. To check your Paging File: 1. Go to your control panel, then click on ‘System’, then go to the ‘Advanced’ Tab, and Under ‘Performance’ click ‘Settings’ then the ‘Advanced’ Tab 2. On the Bottom you should see ‘Virtual Memory’ and a value. This is the value that must be at least as large as how much memory is in your system 3. If the Virtual Memory Value is smaller than your system memory, click Change and change the Min Virtual Memory to a number that is greater than your total system memory, then click ‘Set’ and Reboot 4. Once you have rebooted install ClearMem Ensure XP Is Using DMA Mode XP enables DMA for Hard-Drives and CD-Roms by default on most ATA or ATAPI (IDE) devices. However, sometimes computers switch to PIO mode which is slower for data transfer - a typical reason is because of a virus. To ensure that your machine is using DMA: 1. Open ‘Device Manager’ 2. Double-click ‘IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers’ 3. Right-click ‘Primary Channel’ and select ‘Properties’ and then ‘Advanced Settings’ 4. In the ‘Current Transfer Mode’ drop-down box, select ‘DMA if Available’ if the current setting is ‘PIO Only’ Add Correct Network Card Settings Some machines suffer from jerky graphics or high CPU usage even when a machine is idle. A possible solution for this, which, can also can help network performance is to: 1. RightClick ‘My Computer’ 2. Select ‘Manage’ 3. Click on ‘Device Manager’ 4. DoubleClick your network adaptor under ‘Network Adapters’ 5. In the new window, select the ‘Advanced’ tab6. Select ‘Connection Type’ and select the correct type for your card and then Reboot Remove Annoying Delete Confirmation Messages Although not strictly a performance tweak I love this fix as it makes my machine ‘feel’ faster. I hate the annoying ‘are you sure?’ messages that XP displays, especially if I have to use a laptop touchpad to close them. To remove these messages: 1. Right-click on the ‘Recycle Bin’ on the desktop and then click ‘Properties’ 2. Clear the ‘Display Delete Confirmation Dialog’ check box and click ‘Ok’If you do accidently delete a file don’t worry as all is not lost. Just go to your Recycle Bin and ‘Restore’ the file. Disable Prefetch on Low Memory Systems Prefetch is designed to speed up program launching by preloading programs into memory - not a good idea is memory is in short supply, as it can make programs hang. To disable prefetch: 1. Click ‘Start’ then ‘Run’ 2. Type in ‘Regedit’ then click ‘Ok’ 3. Navigate to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters’ 4. Right-click on “EnablePrefetcher” and set the value to ‘0′ 5. Reboot. Disclaimers:-
There are several way we can optimize our computer system and speedup much faster. There are some tips which not applicable for that computer system which have Internet connection but some of them are useful to optimize Internet speed. No extra hardware is required to optimized your system you can speed up your system up 300% faster. (Please see the attached pdf file)
Note: All steps you have perform on your risk..I am not responsible for any vulnerability..
