(Please refer to my previous post before trying these tweaks)
The first software is: MSCONFIG Cleanup
It will help you to remove disable item in startup list.
More information about his software you can find here:
http://www.get-in-control.com/msconfig-cleanup/. Or search Google for MSCONFIG Cleanup
Second: just a manual trick.
Go to Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts
Then, click change the way users log on or off.
Untick the Fast User Switching
Third, use a Bootvis tool. Windows XP use task scheduler to defrag the boot files. So, it only defrag the bootfiles at a certain time. Using Bootvis, you can do the process anytime so that you can get fast boot time often. In addition, besides optimizing boot time, you can also reduce the time needed for Windows XP to resume after a standby and hibernating.
Dowload it here. Or search Google for Bootvis Tool
To use Bootvis, follow instructions below:
1. Open the program
2. Tick the disk utility check box
3. Go to [Trace], click "Next Boot + Drivers delay"
4. Wait for the system to restart your computer.
5. After your computer has restarted, open the programs again. Now go to [Trace], click "Next Standby & Resume" Wait for the program to restart your Windows again. Do the same step for "Next Hibernate & Resume"
6. Go to [Trace] then click Optimize System. After your computer have been restarted, the program will optimize your boot files automatically. So wait for the moment and enjoy a cup of coffee. After the optimization finished, proceed to the next tweak.
For the next tweak, you'll use Services to find out how to disable unnecessary services in Windows XP. Please don't skip this step since this will bring a lot of improvement to your boot time.
After you have completed this step, download and install TuneUp software to clean your hard disk from useless files. Clean up your registry and compact it.You can use the trial to avoid paying them any bucks. The alternative are Regseeker and CCleaner. Use Regseeker to optimize your registry and CCleaner to clean up your hard disk.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Monday, September 3, 2007
Making Windows XP start faster
Here are some tips and tricks to fast start your Windows XP:
(http://www.bloganything.net/221/make-windows-xp-boot-faster-part-1.html)
First trick: Make your system do a boot defragment. This will put all the boot files next to one another on your hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, your system will start faster. On most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but it may not be on yours, or it may have been changed inadvertently.
To make sure that boot defragment is enabled on your system, run regedit.exe from the Run dialog box. Find this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. Edit the Enable string value to Y if it is not already set to Y. Exit regedit.exe and then restart your computer.
(http://www.pc-speed-up.com/)
The next step only applies to those systems with only have one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel.
Each time you boot Windows XP, there’s an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch directory (%SystemRoot%Prefetch) and there’s no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP really improves loading time of installed programs. We only want WindowsXP to boot faster and not decrease its performance.
1. Open notepad.exe, type “del c:windowsprefetch tosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as “ntosboot.bat” in C:
2. From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “gpedit.msc”.
3. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.
4. In the new window, click “add”, “Browse”, locate your “ntosboot.bat” file & click “Open”.
5. Click “OK”, “Apply” & “OK” once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “devmgmt.msc”.
7. Double click on “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”
8. Right click on “Primary IDE Channel” and select “Properties”.
9. Select the “Advanced Settings” tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn’t have ‘device type’ greyed out select ‘none’ instead of ‘autodetect’ & click “OK”.
10. Right click on “Secondary IDE channel”, select “Properties” and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer. WindowsXP should now boot REALLY faster.
(http://www.bloganything.net/221/make-windows-xp-boot-faster-part-1.html)
First trick: Make your system do a boot defragment. This will put all the boot files next to one another on your hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, your system will start faster. On most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but it may not be on yours, or it may have been changed inadvertently.
To make sure that boot defragment is enabled on your system, run regedit.exe from the Run dialog box. Find this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. Edit the Enable string value to Y if it is not already set to Y. Exit regedit.exe and then restart your computer.
(http://www.pc-speed-up.com/)
The next step only applies to those systems with only have one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel.
Each time you boot Windows XP, there’s an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch directory (%SystemRoot%Prefetch) and there’s no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP really improves loading time of installed programs. We only want WindowsXP to boot faster and not decrease its performance.
1. Open notepad.exe, type “del c:windowsprefetch tosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as “ntosboot.bat” in C:
2. From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “gpedit.msc”.
3. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.
4. In the new window, click “add”, “Browse”, locate your “ntosboot.bat” file & click “Open”.
5. Click “OK”, “Apply” & “OK” once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “devmgmt.msc”.
7. Double click on “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”
8. Right click on “Primary IDE Channel” and select “Properties”.
9. Select the “Advanced Settings” tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn’t have ‘device type’ greyed out select ‘none’ instead of ‘autodetect’ & click “OK”.
10. Right click on “Secondary IDE channel”, select “Properties” and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer. WindowsXP should now boot REALLY faster.
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