How To Boost Your Computer Speed And Performance(17 Ways)

Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the hard drive it is faster. There is a downside to this and because the computer has to index all files, it will slow down normal file commands like open, close, etc. If you do not do a whole lot of searches on your hard drive then you may want to turn this feature off: Open My Computer. Right-click your hard drive icon and select Properties. At the bottom of the window you'll see "Allow indexing service to index this disk for faster searches," uncheck this and click ok. A new window will pop up and select Apply to all folders and subfolders. It will take a minute or two for the changes to take affect but Clean Your Prefetch to Improve Performance This is a unique technique for WinXP. We know that it is necessary to scrub registry and TEMP files for Win9X/ME/2000 periodically. Prefetch is a new and very useful technique in Windows XP. However, after using XP some time, the prefetch directory can get full of junk and obsolete links in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down your computer noticeably. Open C(system drive):/windows/prefetch, delete those junk and obsolete files, reboot. It is recommended that you do this every month. Performance Increase Through My Computer Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don't find it right away. So here it is: Start > right-click on My Computer and select Properties. Click on the "Advanced" tab. See the "Performance" section? Click "Settings". Disable the following: Fade or slide menus into view Fade or slide ToolTips into view Fade out menu items after clicking Show Shadows under menus Slide open combo boxes Slide taskbar buttons Use a background image for each folder type Use common tasks in folders There, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster. Reduce 10 Second Scandisk Wait Time Start MS Dos Prompt (Start run CMD), and type: CHKNTFS /T:4 where 4 is the amount of wait time. CHKNTFS /? for more info.DMA Mode on IDE Devices Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels. Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won't make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. Here's how: Open the Device Manager. One way to do that is to right-click on "My Computer", select the Hardware tab, and select Device Manager. Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and double-click on "Primary IDE Channel". Under the "Advanced Settings" tab, check the "Device 1" setting. More than likely, your current transfer mode is set to PIO. Set it to "DMA if available". Repeat the step for the "Secondary IDE Channel" if you have devices attached to it. Reboot. Load Internet Explorer the Fastest Way Possible Edit your link to start Internet Explorer to have -nohome after it. For Example: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome This will load internet explorer very fast because it does not load a web page while it is loading. If you want to go to your homepage after it is loaded, just click on the home button. Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache Normally, the tweak I've seen asks you to go into HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management and change the value to either O or 1 to the adjustment the LargeSystemCache. However, in Windows XP, all you have to do is: Right-click My Computer.Select Properties. Click Advanced. Choose Performance. Click Advanced again. Select either Programs or System Cache under Memory Usage. Programs = 0 for the registry tweak equivalent System Cache = 1 for the registry tweak equivalent 9)Shutdown XP faster.Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows XP when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable this useless sound. Click Start button. Go to settings > Control Panel > Sound, Speech and Audio devices > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds. Then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it. Now from sounds you can select, choose "none" and then click Apply and OK. Now you should see some improvements when shutting down your system. 10)Easily Disable MessangerGo into: C:/Program Files/Messenger. Rename the Messenger folder to "MessengerOFF". This does not slow down Outlook Express or hinder system performance. Turn Off Autoplay for Program CDs How can you stop Windows XP from launching program CDs? Click Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft Management Console. Double-click Computer Configuration, double-click Administrative templates, double-click System, and then click Turn off autoplay. The instructions on your screen describe how to configure this setting. Click Properties to display the setting dialog. Click Enabled, and choose CD-ROM drives, then click OK, to stop CD autoplay. This setting does not prevent Autoplay for music CDs. Win XP Won’t Completely Shutdown Go to Control Panel, then go to Power Options. Click on the APM tab, then check the "Enable Advanced Power Management support." Shut down your PC. It should now successfully complete the Shut Down process. Adjust Various Visual Effects Open up the Control Panel. Go under System and click on the Advanced tab. Click settings under Performance options. You can now change various graphical effects (mainly animations and shadows). Disable Error Reporting Open Control Panel. Click on Performance and Maintenance. Click on System. Then click on the Advanced tab. Click on the error-reporting button on the bottom of the windows. Select Disable error reporting. Click OK. Click OK. Increase Your Cable Modem or DSL Speed in XP This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with WinXP professional version - might work on Home version also. It may also work with networked machines as well. This tweak assumes that you have let WinXP create a connection on install for your cable modem/NIC combination and that your connection has tcp/ip - QoS - file and print sharing - and client for Microsoft networks , only, installed. It also assumes that WinXP will detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it. If it doesn't do not try this. In the "My Network Places" properties (right-click on the desktop icon and choose properties), highlight the connection then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK. 16)Stop Jerkey Graphics If you are connected to a LAN and have problems with jerkey graphics, this might be the solution: Right-click "MyComputer". Select "Manage". Click on "Device Manager". Double-click on your NIC under "Network Adapters". In the new window, select the "Advanced" tab. Select "Connection Type" and manually set the value of your NIC. (Not "Auto Sense" which is default.). You should reboot. Speeding Up Your Old Shit Pentium by 50% We all know that you really shouldn't try to run Windows XP on anything less that about a Pentium 3 of some sort if you are out for speedy operations and amazing reaction times, but for those of us with the good old Pentium 2's who want to see just how well we can run XP, we have to tweak as much as we can where-ever we can. A real killer to the system's performance is Windows Media Player. Although it may look desirable and fancy with it's rounded off edges and 3rd-Dimensional appearance, the truth is, it takes up a large amount of that precious processing power. All of these troubles however, lead to one thing in particular with this 'new-look' over-rated music and video player...the Visualizations. The look-great I'll admit but like a lot of software these days, it has no purpose. If you run the task manager, and click the Performance tab along the top, you'll see that when Windows Media Player is running and nothing else is active, it takes up around 50% of the processors power. Once these visualizations are turned off, it barely takes up 2-3% of the processors power, which leaves much more room for other applications to work efficiently. Here's how to disable the feature: Open Media Player. Make sure the Now Playing tab on the left is selected. Click the View menu along the top. Go down to Now Playing Tools

3 ways to boost your computer's performance

So you want to speed up your PC but you think you don't know a lot about computers? No problem. By doing just a few simple things, you can notice an immediate difference in how your PC performs

1.Run the Windows Live OneCare safety scanner

The safety scanner can help you increase your computer's performance by removing temporary files, cleaning your registry, and defragmenting your hard disk. Such optimization can help your PC run more efficiently.

· To remove obsolete temporary files and invalid registry items that can accumulate on your hard disk over time and slow down your PC, go to the Clean Up Center and click Clean Up Scan. Temporary files and leftover registry data can be safely removed without deleting any data needed by your computer.

· To fix hard disk fragmentation, which allows your PC to find all the pieces of a file faster because it only has to look in one place for them, go to the Tune Up Center and click Tune Up Scan.

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If you've never defragmented your hard disk or cleaned out temporary files, or if it's been awhile since you've last done so, run the Windows Live OneCare full-service scan to do it all in one fell swoop!

2.Check the hard disk for errors

If you're using Windows XP, you can use the Error-checking tool to check the integrity of your hard disk, including file system errors and bad sectors.
To run the Error-checking tool:
1. Click Start, click My Computer, and then right-click the local disk that you want to check (usually, this is drive C).
2. Click Properties, and then click Tools.
3. Under Error-checking, click Check Now…. Make sure both check boxes are selected, then click Start.

3. Don't use a program? Get rid of it.

Over time, you or members of your family may install software programs on your computer. Sometimes, these new programs are exactly what you're looking for and you use them all the time. Other times, these programs don't do what you hoped and you use them less and less until you forget about them altogether. Even though you aren't using a program, though, it still consumes resources and can affect your computer's performance.
To remove programs you don't need anymore:
1. Click Start, and in Category View, click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Remove Programs.
3. Scroll through the list and examine each program. Windows XP lists how often you use a program and what day you last started it. Note: Don't remove anything labeled "Update" or "Hotfix." These things improve the security of your computer.
4. Click each program you no longer need, click Change/Remove, then follow the prompts to uninstall it.
You may have to restart your computer after removing a program. After your computer restarts, repeat steps 1 through 4 to remove more programs.
Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to add or remove programs.

Add The Blazing Speed Of FireWire To Your Laptop Computer; Belkin Introduces Its FireWire CardBus

Belkin Components, the leading manufacturer of Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectivity products and FireWire digital video editing devices, today introduced its new FireWire CardBus (F5U512/F5U512-MAC).
Designed for the on-the-go laptop user, the Belkin FireWire CardBus adds high-speed FireWire technology to a notebook or laptop computer and provides the "road warrior" with two portable and very convenient 400Mbps FireWire ports.
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With the Belkin FireWire CardBus, users can now transfer large multimedia files between DV camcorders, music synthesizers, drives, and other peripherals. Users can hot swap FireWire disk drives, scanners, and other devices - up to 63 of them! With the included video editing software (MGI VideoWave III SE and PhotoSuite III SE for the PC version and Strata VideoShop 4.5.1. for the Mac version), the user has the ability to produce videotape presentations, develop interactive training and educational materials, create high quality videos and digital movies, and acquire and edit audio/video content right on their laptop. Then, if the user requires, they can send the finished movie or presentation back to their DV camcorder, VCR, or CD/DVD all in one simple connection. The Belkin FireWire CardBus offers plug-and-play capabilities, which means the user no longer has to shut down or restart their laptop computer to detect new devices.
"We are committed to offering FireWire connectivity solutions for computer users whether they are at home or away from the office," said Mark Freeman, product manager for the FireWire line at Belkin. "The FireWire CardBus Adapter is the perfect complement to our current line of FireWire products," he added.
The Belkin FireWire Cardbus for PCs is available to ship in North America now, while the Mac version will be available in North America in December 2000. MSRP for both is $99.99.
Belkin Components is the leading manufacturer of computer cables, surge protectors and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectivity devices, FireWire(R) digital video editing and connectivity products, Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) switches, LAN cabling, peripheral sharing devices, high-quality audio/video cables, and cellular/PCS and computer accessories. Belkin products are available through a network of major distributors, resellers and superstores. For more information, call 1/800/2BELKIN.

Windows Leo Xp Sp3

Windows Leo Xp Sp3Windows Leo Xp Sp3- Best XP Unattended!Based on Windows XP SP3 Corporate Updated to June 10, 2008 with Fully Unattended (leave the mouse alone, it is automatic Setup), please be patient on 13 minutes of Win Setup!!! WGA is integrated so it is activated and ready to visit Microsoft for future updates. No serial needed (if needed for upgrade can be found on CD root). Can be installed on any partition. Minimum Requirements: Pentium 4, 256mbRAM, any Graphic Card.

WinXP Manager 5.2.8

The complete solution to optimize, tweak, clean up Windows XPWinXP Manager is a tool for setting, optimizing, diagnosing and tweaking Windows XP. It bundles more than 30 different utilities in one and help your system faster and more stable, secure and personal! WinXP Manager helps you optimize, tweak, and clean up Windows XP. It will increase your system speed, improve system security, and meet all of your expectations.You can tweak memory and CPU settings, customize IE settings, find and remove junk files, check and repair your registry, control startup programs, optimize your connection speed, validate your Favorites and much more. It also includes an Auto-Optimization option, that allows less experienced users to easily optimize certain settings, using a wizard. The interface is easy to use and all available options are categorized into sections. Includes basic documentation and an annoying nag screen that pops up every few minutes. It's compatible with Windows XP SP3 entirely!

Turn XP into a Blazing Speed Demon

I used to rely on Norton’s Speed Disk, then, eventually Perfect Disc and Diskeeper to optimize my HDD. Defragmenting is the idea- an antiquated process of reorganizing bytes on spinning platter so that each file is grouped into contiguous locations on the disk. Many still believe that defragmenting hard disk drives on a regular basis keeps PCs operating at peak performance. But that idea is behind the times.
Defragmenting served its purpose back when folks chugged along on 486DX4 PCs powered by 5400rpm drives. Now those where slooooow drives and extra spindle movements arising from defragmentation truly hobbled the system. But that’s no longer the case. Today, 7200-RPM hard-disk drives with monster seek and latency times are the bare minimum; most brag a 16-MB cache buffer. Couple that with Windows XP’s high speed NTFS and you’ll quickly discover that defragmenting no longer makes much improvement, if any, to system performance. I say this after thorough experimentation on my QuadCore running on a 10,000RPM Western Digital Raptor. To test, I clocked bootup, shutdown and photoshop load times of a fully defragged system versus a 70% fragmented system. The result? A measly 1 to 2 second difference. Obviously, defragmentation software have finally outlived their usefulness. So instead of spending cash on useless optimization software, try these updated tips to truly kick that PC into overdrive.
1) Toss out your old IDE hard disk and upgrade it to a SATA drive with minimum of 10,000 RPM and 16MB buffer. (or 32MB if you can find one)
2) Upgrade your RAM to 4GB, then eliminate the paging/swap file. This eliminates disc churning and speed up almost all load times. With this change, my XP machine boots up in 14 seconds and shuts down in 4 seconds. (not so stellar on Vista though)
3) Disable file indexing. This is a tiny service that uses a great deal of RAM and induces much disk thrashing. Your system instantly becomes more responsive. Here’s how: First, doubleclick the My Computer icon. Then, right-click on the C: Drive, then hit Properties. Uncheck “Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching.” Next, apply changes to “C: subfolders and files,” and click OK.
4) Zap the Windows Prefetch folder every week. Windows XP can “prefetch” portions of data and applications that are frequently loaded. This allows processes appear to start faster when requested the user. Over time, the prefetch folder overwhelms with references to files and applications no longer in use. Guess what happens? Windows XP wastes time and grinds to a halt by pre-loading obsolete data.
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5) Kill unnecessary animations, and nix active desktop. Here’s how to do it: First click on the System icon in the Control Panel. Then, click on the Advanced tab. Find the Settings button nestling under Performance. Feel free to play around with the options offered here, as nothing you can change will alter the stability of the computer - only its responsiveness.
6 ) Zap extra fonts fonts installed on their computer. The more fonts they have, the more lethargic the system will become. Anything over 300 fonts tax the system and slow down load times- especially graphic apps.
7) Disable unnecessary services. Windows XP loads services you will never need. To determine which services you can disable for your client, visit the Black Viper site for ideal Windows XP configurations. Here are a few services I booted off to streamline my PC:# Alerter# Background Intelligent Transfer Service# ClipBook# Computer Browser# Error Reporting Service# Help and Support# Indexing Service# IPSEC Services# Messenger# NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing# Network DDE# Network DDE DSDM# Performance Logs and Alerts# Portable Media Serial Number# QOS RSVP# Help Session Manager# Remote Registry# Secondary Logon# Server# Smart Card# Smart Card Helper# SSDP Discovery Service# System restore Service# TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper# Uninterruptible Power Supply# Universal Plug and Play Device Host# WebClient# Windows time# Wireless Zero Configuration# WMI Performance Adapter8) Don’t you just hate a single Windows Explorer window tanking up and taking the rest of your OS down with it? Stop it! Open My Computer, hit on Tools, then Folder Options. Click on the View tab. Scroll down to “Launch folder windows in a separate process,” and enable this option. et Voila- a more stable system
9) Every 3 Sundays, open the computer’s cases and blow out all the dust and debris. Inspect your fans and motherboard capacitors for bulging or leaks. By getting rid of sludge, you lower motherboard temperature and increase your system’s stability.
Implement these suggestions and you’ll never need to invest in bloated optimization suites or costly defrag software. Your PC will run lean and mean- helping you get things done in record time. Have fun!

Future Computer: Atoms Packed In An 'Egg Carton' Of Light?

This image depicts an experiment underway at Ohio State University, where physicists are attempting to develop a quantum chip -- a computer chip that uses the quantum mechanical properties of atoms to perform calculations. In the first part of the experiment, lasers and magnetic fields capture vaporized rubidium atoms and form them into a pea-sized cloud. (Image courtesy of Ohio State University)

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A Computer Like Your Brain

A new NASA-developed computing device allows machines to work much like the brain. This technology may allow fast-thinking machines to make decisions based on what they see. A planetary rover might use this technology to avoid obstacles, select scientifically interesting spots to explore just by what it sees and navigate through terrain on its own without review from ground controllers. A spacecraft might use the technology to avoid hazards and identify a pre-selected landing site with very high precision.
“This may well be recognized as a quantum leap in the pursuit of intelligent vision, allowing machines to be significantly more autonomous,” said Dr. Anil Thakoor, supervisor of the Bio-Inspired Technology and Systems Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
The device works much like the brain, whose power comes from the complex networks of interconnections called “synapses” between brain cells. Networks of these brain cells, called neurons, allow humans to make instant decisions based on an observed image or scene. The new processor captures the same capability to process images in real time as a scene unfolds.