10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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.
Hope you find these 10 tips useful please leave a comment below and please share any other tips you may have with other readers.
Feb 07 Update: This guide has been updated and augmented in The Complete Guide To Optimising Windows XP
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Comment by madrid man on 2 July 2008:
Great tips.
Comment by Wii on 25 June 2008:
Boy am I glad I stumbled across this article. My daughter uses our desktop PC and has been complaining about how slow it is getting. I was about the do a reformat but this has kept her happy for the time being, thanks.
Comment by leonard berishaq on 24 June 2008:
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Comment by keith watkins on 18 June 2008:
i think that one of the most simple ways to speed up your internet is to keep downloaded media to a minimum instead of storing data on your hard drive download it to disc to save memory which will in fact speed up your computer becuse you have more memory available
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Comment by komodo dragon on 7 June 2008:
good job
thanks for the tips, they help a lot
Comment by PPC on 5 June 2008:
Nice list of tips and tweaks to run windows xp optimally. Am currently going through list making sure everything applies to my notebook.
Comment by sudhy on 27 May 2008:
first time i enter this site,i really enjoying this and the notes for speed up xp is very useful to me                                                          thank you
Comment by Omar on 24 May 2008:
It’s working , and it achieve the task !.