The tweak is simple. Beside the QoS and others around the Internet for the new XP OS, I found out that native drivers sometimes slow you down (cable and xDSL users). So if you have applied all tweaks and you are still having slow downs try reinstalling your NICs drivers
When you choose a wallpaper using the standard method (selecting a background on the desktop tab, in the properties window), Windows converts this image to a huge .bmp file (even if you selected a .jpg).
We all know that you really shouldn't try to run Windows XP on anything less that about a Pentium 3 of some sort if you are out for speedy operations and amazing reaction times, but for those of us with the good old Pentium 2's who want to see just how well we can run XP, we have to tweak as much as we can where-ever we can. A real killer to the system's performance is Windows Media Player
If you like to view your files in Windows Explorer using the "Details" view here is a tweak to speed up the listing of file attribute....
If you are using Norton Internet Security 2002, and are experiencing slow start-up of XP. i.e. you can see the desktop with icons etc. but it takes 30-60sec before you can start using the computer.
Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows xp when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. to solve this problem you must disable this useless sound.
When a user shuts down Windows XP, first the system has to kill all services currently running. Every once in a while the service does not shut down instantly and windows gives it a change to shut down on its own before it kills it. This amount of time that windows waits is stored in the system registry.
Right Click on Start, and select Properties, and then click on Customize Click on the Advanced tab, and in the Start Menu Items box, scroll down to the bottom In the System Administrative Tools, either click on:
Quick Access to Anything Without a Mouse! If your someone like me who wants quick access to everything then just listen to what I have to say. This article will tell you how to makes shortcuts on your Keyboard that are Ctrl + Alt + "Any Key Of Your Choice." Heres what you have to do:
PROGMAN.EXE runs at a HIGH priority so it is always available with a click on the task bar. Make your desktop look and feel exactly like the easy-to-use WN 3.1 interface!
It seems that even without pointer precision disabled, the mouse under XP is still influenced by an acceleration curve. This is especially noticeable in games. To completely remove mouse acceleration from XP, you will need to go into the registry and adjust the SmoothmouseXYCurve values. Here is how its done.
The readme says that "...this file has not been known to work correctly on Windows XP.", but it worked completely well on my system (Windows Xp Professional Corporate Edition). Enjoy downloading with no spyware from Kazaa!
If XP will not install from the CD or if you have a new drive with no operating system on it yet try these. Please follow this tutorial step by step and you will see how easy it is.
open up IE and go to a web page or site that always seemed to load slowly. It should load a lot more quickly now. NOTE. Always rename or backup .dat or other system files before deleting.
Some usb dsl/cable modems may get disconnected after a little while. A possible reason that could cause this problem is that in windows xp there is an option that allows the computer to turn off a usb device to save power.