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Accelerating Windows XP

Kill unnecessary services


While XP runs applications in the foreground, it also runs services (processes) in
the background – to aid the OS or provide support to applications. Several services tend
to bog down your system, it is best to switch them off. However, you need to be very
cautious.
Depending upon your needs, there’re a whole lot of services you can suspend.
These include: Alerter, Clipbook, Computer Browser, Distributed Link Tracking Client,
Fast User Switching, Help and Support (don’t disable this if you use Windows Help and
Support), Human Interface Access Devices, IPSEC Services, Messenger, Netmeeting
Remote Desktop Sharing, Portable Media Serial Number, Remote Desktop Help Session
Manager, Remote Procedure Call Locator, Remote Registry, Remote Registry Service,
Secondary Logon, Routing & Remote Access, Task Scheduler, Telnet, Upload Manager,
Windows Time, Wireless Zero Configuration.
To disable these services, go to Start and then Run. Type ‘services.msc’ to run
the Services Computermanagement console. (This also carries a description of the
services). Double-click on the service you want to alter and change the startup Type to
‘Manual’ from the dropdown list. For beginners, this is safer than disabling it
straightaway. See how it works. Be sure, only then ‘Disable’ it.

Speed up folder access


To get faster folder access, you need to kill Last Access Update. (Unless you use
this info, of course). But careful yaar.
Click on start, select Run and type ‘regedit’. Get to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ FileSystem’. Right-click in the bland area on
right pane and select DWORD Value called ‘NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate’. Right click
on the new value. Select ‘Modify’. Now change the value Data to ‘1’ and click on OK.

Shut down faster


Does your XP take ages to shut down? Here’s what you should do to speed up
the process: Click on Start and select Run. Type ‘regedit’ and click on OK. Find
‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \’. Select
‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’. Then right-click and select ‘Modify’. After the given value to
‘1000’ and click on OK. Next pick ‘HungAppTimeout’. Right click and select ‘Modify’.
Modify the value to ‘1000’ and click on OK. Then find ‘HKEY_USERS \ DEFAULT \
Control Panel \ Desktop’. Choose ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’. Right click and select
‘Modify’. Again, change the value to ‘1000’ and click on OK. Lastly, find
‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \System\CurrentControlSet \ Control \ ‘and select
‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’. Yet again, right-click, select ‘Modify’, change the value to
‘1000’ and click on OK.

Swat the unwanted at startup


Click Start > Programs > Startup, and right-click items that you want to kill.
Alternatively, attack c: \ documents and settings \ username \start menu \ programs \
startup, and delete the shortcuts of the programs you don’t need at startup.
Next strike: Scheduled Tasks folder. Go to c: \ windows \ tasks and remove the
programme shortcuts of anything you don’t want to auto-run on a schedule.
Final assault: Click on Start > Run, type ‘msconfig’ and click on OK. Go to the Startup
tab. Now uncheck the box next to a programme you want to disable. To get more info
about a listing, you can widen the command column. But saavdhan yaar: Tamper with
ONLY ONE setting at a time. Note down what you are disabling. And reboot. Also,
tweak with only what you can comprehend.

Boot faster
XP’s boot defragment feature places all boot files next to each other for faster
booting. Usually this is enabled. But in case it isn’t, here’s what you should do:
Click on Start > Run, type ‘regedit’ and click on OK. Find
‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Dfrg \
BootOptimizeFunction’, enable it by changing the value to ‘Y’. And reboot.

Load menus quicker


To fix the delay in display of start menu, click on Start > Run, type ‘regedit’ and
click on OK. Next, find ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ desktop \’. Pick
‘MenuShowDelay’, right-click and select ‘Modify’. Change the value to ‘100’. The lesser
the value, the faster your menus open.

Speed up the swap file


This little tweak will help your PC use every iota of RAM before sliding into the
swap file. Go to Start > Run, type ‘msconfig’ and click on OK. Now go to the
‘System.ini’ tab and expand ‘386enh’ by clicking on the plus sign. Next click on ‘New’.
In the blank dialog box type ‘ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1’, click on OK and reboot
your PC. Those of you with more the 256 Megs of RAM will benefit the most from this
tip.

Stamp out the eye candy


You may not like to hear this but all those glitzy effects (animated menus, menu
shadows, fade effects, cursor shadows…) that make XP look and feel so candy actually
eat away system resources and processing power. So those of you who haven’t been able
to upgrade your PC’s gigahertz but still need to eke max power out of your systems, need
this: Disabling eye candy can boost XP’s performance.
To do so, go to Start > Control Panel and select ‘System’. Next, choose the
‘Advanced’ tab and pick the ‘Settings’ button under performance. Check the ‘Adjust for
best performance’ box and click on ‘Apply’. If you want to be more picky, choose
‘Custom’, and selectively enable or disable effects as you want. Similarly, choosing the
‘Windows Classic’ display will also ratchet up your routines.
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