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How to Make Windows XP Startup Faster Do you get frustrated while you wait around for your slow Windows XP computer to startup Windows XP will automatically load and startup any program that is in the startup folder whether you intend to use it or not This article will show you how to speed up the bootup process of your PC by removing the programs that bog it down

1 Save any open work

2 Shut down all applications

3 Click Start-gtRun

4 In the text box labeled Open enter msconfig and click OKThis will start the system configuration utility (Remember If you disable the necessary applications from the msconfig the computer may not start properly Hence while using msconfig keep a note of the applications which you want to uncheck to start while computer starts)

5 Click on the Startup tab You will see a list of all the startup programs that get loaded automatically when you startup your computer The more items you have checked to startup the longer it takes for your computer to startup

6 Uncheck the programs that you donrsquot want to start up and click Ok

7 Restart your computer and you should notice that it starts up quicker

1 Look under the BOOTINI tab You will see a box labeled Timeout and a numerical value By default its 30 which means 30 seconds of wait time before boot This can be changed using 3 seconds (Note if you have more than one operating system this means the wait time to startup to the highlighted OS you might want a bit more than 3 seconds)

1 Delete the temporary files periodically from your computer to make the applications run faster Type Temp in the run dialog box by clicking on Start -gt Run and click on OK You will see an open folder with many files Click on the Edit menu and click on Select all and then click on the File menu and select Delete Note Always confirm that the folder which is opened has a temp on the top of menu bar and the folder indicates that it is a temporary folder

1 Always perform a disk defragmentation at least once in a month start the disk defragmentation from the system tools available in the accessories from the start

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menu it takes a longer time and it is advised not to run any applications in the computer including the screen savers while running disk defragmentation

1 Perform a scandisk to see that your computer hard drive is in healthy condition and it helps your computer run faster

After you have done all this another method you can do is to allow the computer to hibernate Hibernation closes and opens Windows faster than normally

1 Go to Start-gtControl Panel-gtPower Options Click on the Hibernate tab 2 Click on the box that says Enable hibernation to check it 3 Click on the Advanced tab and change the Power buttons options if you want to

hibernate by pressing the sleep button or the power button Otherwise holding the Shift key while in the Turn Off Computer menu will give you the option to hibernate

4 Restart your computer every week or so to clear your computer

The power can then be completely turned off even at the socket so that no power is wasted

Simply browse to the windows folder (Ex CWindows) and under there you should see the prefetch folder Go into the prefetch folder and delete all the files (Careful It should look like this cwindowsprefetch) We need to edit a registry key to tweak it Open regedit and browse to this key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementPrefetchParameters

Under this key you should see a value named EnablePrefetcher

It has 4 possible values

0 - Disabled The prefetch system is turned off

1 - Application The prefetch only caches applications

2 - Boot The prefetch only caches boot system files

3 - All The prefetch caches boot and application files

We dont want to disable it entirely This would actually make boot times longer This is because this feature is also used to speed up the loading of boot files That is why we are going to pick the number 2 option It allows us to keep the advantage of caching system files without continually clogging the system up with applications

Set the value to 2 and reboot

The 2nd time you boot it should boot much faster Remember that the side effect is that launching individual applications once windows has loaded will now be slightly slower

When installing new software choose not to add the program to the startup folder

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Regularly check to see what programs are running from your startup folder as malicious programs such as spyware may have installed itself without your knowledge

If you accidentally uncheck a program just retrace the steps above and recheck the program and restart your computer

Adding more RAM to a Windows XP computer helps it boot faster and since RAM prices are very low these days its an easy way to boot faster

Visit httpwwwSysinfoorg and look up the program and its details you dont know what one of the listed programs do

Save any open work before making changes

Shut down all applications before making changes

Dont uncheck anything from Symantec or any other anti-virus or anti-malware software Doing so may disable or hinder the protection of your PC

SlowComputercom - more tips hints tweaks and information on making your slow computer faster

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