Make windows XP faster

Just follow these simple steps to improve the performance of your PC to a new level.

Disable CD Autorun (WinXP Pro Only)

1) Click Start, Run and type gpedit.msc
2) Go to computer configuration, administrative templates, system.
3) Find the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify what you want.

Speed ​​up Browsing

When you connect your computer to the website and so on, some of this information relating to the site to an IP address, that TCP / IP is actually related to the DNS information used, so you do not need to ask for the location of each site or each time you visit a site . Although Windows XP have a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can improve overall performance by increasing its size.

You can do this with the registry entries below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Dnscache \ Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize" = dword: 00000001
"CacheHashTableSize" = dword: 00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit" = dword: 0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit" = dword: 0000012d

Create a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg. then copy-paste coding above into the file created earlier, and combine it into the registry.

Disable Indexing Services

Indexing services is a small program that uses most of the RAM, which often make your computer work hard and noisy. system process indexes and updates lists all of the files that exist on your computer. so when you find a file on your computer, the system will be faster to scan in the index list. if you do not have to search files on your computer, it means that the service is not so meaningful for you. you can disable it in the following ways:

1. Go to Start
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Double-click Add / Remove Programs
5. Click the Add / Remove Window Components
6. Uncheck the Indexing services
7. Click Next

Optimize Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy by displaying all the visual system. Following optimizing her:
1. Click Start
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Click System
5. Click the Advanced tab
6. On the Performance tab click Settings
7. Check the following points:

• Show shadows under menus
• Show shadows under mouse pointer
• Show translucent selection rectangle
• Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
• Use visual styles on windows and buttons.

Speed ​​Up Folder Browsing

You may already have experienced, every time you open the computer, to search the files there are often delays. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files every time you open Windows Explorer. to fix things like this and to increase significantly its, follow these steps:

1. Open My Computer
2. Click on the Tools menu
3. Click on the Folder Options
4. Click on the View tab.
5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
6. Click Apply
7. Click Ok
8. Reboot your computer