<Thought this info drawn from Fred Langas newsletter would be of interest to
list members -- sorry for the length>
>>> Sol
Fred, Here are some suggestions that I find vital to
XP/Win2000 performance.
1. Always disable the Indexing service. This service is the
equivalent of the hated Find Fast program installed by
previous editions of Microsoft Office. It consumes incredible
amounts of system resources and is basically useless.
2. Get Mike Lin's great free startup control panel at
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml This little tool is a
control panel applet that allows you to see all the programs
that start with the system. You will often be surprised how
many useless and resource consuming programs there are. If you
are in doubt what a program is and does and whether it is
something useful that you need, the program allows you to
disable it and test the result at your next boot. (Mike Lin
also has a great Startup Monitor that asks you each time some
program tries to add itself to the programs that start with
the system - http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml )
3. Bootvis is a free Microsoft tool (only for XP) to monitor
what happens when the system starts. It also has an
optimization function that places all the programs that need
to start with the system at the "front" of the harddisk, thus
speeding boot performance. Get it at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.ms
px
4. Pagedefrag is a great free tool available here
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
It defragments your pagefile (swapfile) and your registry
files every time you boot. This greatly improves system
performance.
5. Regularly use the free Lite version of the ultimate
Defragmentation tool Diskeeper.
http://www1.execsoft.com/dklite.exe This is a much improved
version of the built-in defragmentation utility in Win2000 and
XP - developed by the same company.
Following the above suggestions will greatly improve your
system performance.
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First, for context, here are the original articles:
Setup Secrets for Win9x and ME:
http://content.techweb.com/winmag/columns/explorer/1999/0831.htm
Ten Ways to make Windows 98 Run Better
http://content.techweb.com/winmag/windows/features/98runbetter/default.htm
Ten Ways to make Windows ME Run Better
http://content.techweb.com/winmag/windows/features/merunbetter/default.htm
System Setup Secrets (Win9x/ME) Updated for 2001
http://www.informationweek.com/LP/columnists/langa/2001/03.htm
System Setup Secrets For Windows XP
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12803122
Ten Ways To Make Windows XP Run Better
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011204S0009
and see many reader setup tips via:
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Setup+Secrets&sp-a=0008002a-sp00000000
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