5 nice way to speed you personal computer

If ya got Windows XP, here are 5 nice ways to speed up your performance…..

Speedup Folder Browsing
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You may have noticed that every-time you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers every-time you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:

* Open My Computer
* Click on Tools menu
* Click on Folder Options
* Click on the View tab
* Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
* Click Apply
* Click Ok
* Reboot your computer

Speed Up Boot Times
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This tweak works by creating a batch file to clear the temp and history folders everytime you shutdown so that your PC doesn’t waste time checking these folders the next time it boots. It’s quite simple to implement:

* Open Notepad and create a new file with the following entries:
o RD /S /q “C:\Documents and Settings”UserName without quotes”\Local Settings\History”
o RD /S /q “C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\History”
o RD /S /q “D:\Temp” Speedup Folder Access - Disable Last Access Update
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If you have a lot of folders and subdirectories on your computer, when you access a directory XP wastes a lot of time updating the time stamp showing the last access time for that directory and for ALL sub directories. To stop XP doing this you need to edit the registry. If you are uncomfortable doing this then please do not attempt.

* Go to Start and then Run and type “regedit”
* Click through the file system until you get to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\FileSystem”
* Right-click in a blank area of the window on the right and select ‘DWORD Value’
* Create a new DWORD Value called ‘NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate’
* Then Right click on the new value and select ‘Modify’
* Change the Value Data to ‘1′
* Click ‘OK’

Improve Swapfile Performance
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If you have more than 256MB of RAM this tweak will considerably improve your performance. It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of memory (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.

* Go to Start then Run
* Type “msconfig.exe” then ok
* Click on the System.ini tab
* Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
* Click on new then in the blank box type”ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1?
* Click OK
* Restart PC

Improve XP Shutdown Speed
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This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.

* Go to Start then select Run
* Type ‘Regedit’ and click ok
* Find ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop’Select ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’
* Right click and select ‘Modify’
* Change the value to ‘1000′
* Click ‘OK’
* Now select ‘HungAppTimeout’
* Right click and select ‘Modify’
* Change the value to ‘1000′
* Click ‘OK’
* Now find ‘HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop’
* Select ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’
* Right click and select ‘Modify’
* Change the value to ‘1000′
* Click ‘OK’
* Now find ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol’
* Select ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’
* Right click and select ‘Modify’
* Change the value to ‘1000′
* Click ‘OK’