NayNay1991x
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Performance Tips:
1)Turn off or reduce system restore to save hard drive space
2)Altering page files
3)Clean out prefetch folder
4)Set priority for individual programs
5)Cleaning up unwanted startup programs
6)Defrag your hard drive
7)Disable unnecessary services
8)Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
9)Turn Off Windows Indexing service
10)Increasing desktop Graphics Performance
11)Check and set the DMA mode on your drives
12)Smooth out your mouse movement
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Performance 1 to 2
1. Turn off or reduce system restore to save hard drive space
Windows XP includes a system restore utility which is capable of rolling your computer back to a pre-defined point in time, removing all changes made to the system since that point. This can be an extremely useful feature for rescuing your PC from viruses or faulty software problems, but it also eats up a large amount of hard drive space.
By default, system restore reserves a whopping 12% of each logical drive for itself. You can considerably reduce the amount of space system restore uses by cutting back on the number of restore points the utility sets for itself, or you can turn the feature off altogether.
To adjust system restore settings: Right click on 'my computer' and select 'properties.' Choose the 'system restore' tab.
To disable system restore, simply check the 'turn off system restore on all drives' box. Otherwise, highlight a drive and click 'settings.' Turn it all way to Min if you want
1)Turn off or reduce system restore to save hard drive space
2)Altering page files
3)Clean out prefetch folder
4)Set priority for individual programs
5)Cleaning up unwanted startup programs
6)Defrag your hard drive
7)Disable unnecessary services
8)Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
9)Turn Off Windows Indexing service
10)Increasing desktop Graphics Performance
11)Check and set the DMA mode on your drives
12)Smooth out your mouse movement
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Performance 1 to 2
1. Turn off or reduce system restore to save hard drive space
Windows XP includes a system restore utility which is capable of rolling your computer back to a pre-defined point in time, removing all changes made to the system since that point. This can be an extremely useful feature for rescuing your PC from viruses or faulty software problems, but it also eats up a large amount of hard drive space.
By default, system restore reserves a whopping 12% of each logical drive for itself. You can considerably reduce the amount of space system restore uses by cutting back on the number of restore points the utility sets for itself, or you can turn the feature off altogether.
To adjust system restore settings: Right click on 'my computer' and select 'properties.' Choose the 'system restore' tab.
To disable system restore, simply check the 'turn off system restore on all drives' box. Otherwise, highlight a drive and click 'settings.' Turn it all way to Min if you want