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samarinder
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 |  Posted 2006-03-01 9:32 AM
Subject: 23 ways to speed up XP without defragmentin
Hey check these out
1.) To decrease a system's boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer.
2.) If a PC has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can dramatically improve system performance.
3.) Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system. If you're not sure, here's how to check: First, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Next, examine the File System type; if it says FAT32, then back-up any important data. Next, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the prompt, type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS and press the Enter key. This process may take a while; it's important that the computer be uninterrupted and virus-free. The file system used by the bootable drive will be either FAT32 or NTFS. I highly recommend NTFS for its superior security, reliability, and efficiency with larger disk drives.
4.) Disable file indexing. The indexing service extracts information from documents and other files on the hard drive and creates a "searchable keyword index." As you can imagine, this process can be quite taxing on any system.
The idea is that the user can search for a word, phrase, or property inside a document, should they have hundreds or thousands of documents and not know the file name of the document they want. Windows XP's built-in search functionality can still perform these kinds of searches without the Indexing service. It just takes longer. The OS has to open each file at the time of the request to help find what the user is looking for.
Most people never need this feature of search. Those who do are typically in a large corporate environment where thousands of documents are located on at least one server. But if you're a typical system builder, most of your clients are small and medium businesses. And if your clients have no need for this search feature, I recommend disabling it.
Here's how: First, double-click the My Computer icon. Next, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching." Next, apply changes to "C: subfolders and files," and click OK. If a warning or error message appears (such as "Access is denied" , click the Ignore All button.
5.) Update the PC's video and motherboard chipset drivers. Also, update and configure the BIOS.
6.) Empty the Windows Prefetch folder every three months or so. Windows XP can "prefetch" portions of data and applications that are used frequently. This makes processes appear to load faster when called upon by the user. That's fine. But over time, the prefetch folder may become overloaded with references to files and applications no longer in use. When that happens, Windows XP is wasting time, and slowing system performance, by pre-loading them. Nothing critical is in this folder, and the entire contents are safe to delete.
7.) Once a month, run a disk cleanup. Here's how: Double-click the My Computer icon. Then right-click on the C: drive and select Properties. Click the Disk Cleanup button -- it's just to the right of the Capacity pie graph -- and delete all temporary files.
8.) In your Device Manager, double-click on the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers device, and ensure that DMA is enabled for each drive you have connected to the Primary and Secondary controller. Do this by double-clicking on Primary IDE Channel. Then click the Advanced Settings tab. Ensure the Transfer Mode is set to "DMA if available" for both Device 0 and Device 1. Then repeat this process with the Secondary IDE Channel.<
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scorpionking
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Posts: 260
| Posted 2006-03-01 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: 23 ways to speed up XP without defragmentin
another one... use Classic Theme... it also speeds up XP ... and use utilities like System Mechanic or Tweak XP if u dont want to go to different places to defragment.. empty trash and temp folders... and optimize ram and set page file mem... and other stuff... plus they offer great tools like hiding CMD and partitions... with direct registry links..!
oh and yeah... if anyone is using a 1 GB ram... then do not couple it with a 256MB or lower ram. then both the RAM slots will work at 333 Mhz... (i.e. the speed of the lower one) ... using only the 1 GB one will give better performance.
I think INtel Application Accelerator also helps (for Intel boards)
oh another one i personally feel (others may strongly disagree) ... NEVER INSTALL AN ANTI-VIRUS program... it does more harm than the virus itself by quarrantining or deleting the exe files of the infected programs rendering them useless... What is the most that ur AV will do?? It will tell u that u have a virus... in any case... u HAVE to completely format the system to get rid of it!... and its not like u cant tell that their's a virus without an AV program. ...
Use a firewall instead........... like zone alarm... its antivirus is pretty reasonable... and the anti spyware is superb!
whatsay u?
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