Windows XP will be the dominant operating system for the next years even though Microsoft released the successor Windows Vista just a few days ago. The major disadvantage of Vista is that it is hardware hungry and poses problems to users of Windows XP who would like to change but can’t because of the hardware of their computer.
My good friend Everton posted a comprehensive guide to optimizing Windows XP which should be useful for everyone who is still running Windows XP. He posted a nice mix of known and lesser known tips that should be at least partially useful for most users. Had to wait with the post because Everton experienced a hard disk failure on his site.
Here is the complete list of tips that he posted at his website:
- Remove Annoying Delete Confirmation Messages
- Disable Indexing Services
- Optimise Display Settings
- Speedup Folder Browsing
- Disable Performance Counters
- Improve Memory Usage
- Optimise your internet connection
- Optimise Your Pagefile
- Run BootVis - Improve Boot Times
- Remove Fonts for Speed
- Turn Off System Restore
- Defragment Your Pagefile
- Make Your Menus Load Faster
- Make Programs Load Faster
- Ensure XP Is Using DMA Mode
- Speed Up Boot Times I
- Speed Up Boot Times II
- Speed Up Boot Times III
- Disable Unnecessary Services
- Speedup Folder Access - Disable Last Access Update
- Improve Boot Times
- Improve Swapfile Performance
- Improve XP Shutdown Speed
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