Nothing can be more frustrating than slow booting of you system and your anger reaches its peak when the computer hangs while you are watching that all important live telecast of soccer on sports website. Struggling with the slow performance of windows operating system? Try following simple tips and zoom up the speed of your Windows XP:
To Make the System Fast, Spyware and Viruses Should not Last
Spyware, adware and viruses comes bundled with freeware and shareware when downloaded through internet or even otherwise and become active as soon as the program is installed. This is the main reason behind slowing down of windows operating system and can be corrected by downloading the latest version of any good anti-spyware or antivirus software and perform a system security check at least once a week. AVG Anti-Virus 8.0, Microsoft’s Windows Defender, Quick Virus Remover are some excellent programs that can be used to enhance your systems performance. Also the latest Mozilla firefox browser has a stronger filter mechanism to detect spyware and viruses as compared to more popular Internet Explorer and can be used as default browser.
Defragment your Disk, Overcome Slowdown Risk
Over a period of time the files on the hard disk get placed in a manner which requires time to fetch them when requested. Defragmentation will place the files systematically such that lesser time is required to fetch the data from hard disk. Use these simple steps to defragment the disk:
- Click start and choose run option.
- Type in command “dfrg.msc” in the text field and follow the screen.
Remove Unwanted Software That Will Make Your System Fast That I Swear
Major problems come when new software are downloaded and added to the system without actually using them often. These rarely used software eat up all the active and passive resources of the computer and make the system slow. So the obvious solution is to review your system regularly and remove the unwanted software. This again is a simple procedure which requires to:
- Click Start Settings Control Panel Add/Remove programs.
- Move cursor over the unwanted software and click “remove”
Stop Unwanted Start-Up Programs That Unnecessarily Occupies RAM
Startup script decides the programs which automatically run and use active resources of computers when you start or boot up your system. Therefore remove unnecessary programs from the startup script that will result in faster booting up of system. Use following steps for faster startup:-
- Control Panel Administrative Tools-Services and disable unwanted services. Be doubly sure before disabling any service.
Changing Time Out Parameter ,Make Windows load faster
You can make windows to load faster by changing the time out parameter in Boot Script. You can change the timeout parameter using following procedure
- Click Start Run Command Prompt type “msconfig” – click on tab BOOT.INI
- On the right, Change the value from 30 to a 3 in the box with label Timeout.
Speed Up Processing Time, Speed of Your Computer Will Become Fine
Switching off the Windows XP graphics will substantially increase the speed of your computer. Well it will reduce the graphical effects but makes the computer run faster. If you are an expert windows user than switching to classic mode will definitely improve your systems performance.
- Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced Tab Performance Head Setting select radio button for “Adjust for best performance” and apply.
Speed Up Tips for RAM Hungry Application
The performance of computer greatly depends upon the RAM capacity, alternatively computer ear mark a portion of hard disk for the purpose
- Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced Tab click on ‘Change’ under Virtual Memory head. There are two value indicated there as ‘Initial Size (MB)’ and the Maximum Size (MB)’ - Change ‘Initial Size’ to same value as ‘Maximum Size’ - click set.
Using these simple tips you can surely quench your thirst for having a speedier Windows XP at your disposal.
