Speed up Windows XP

Welcome to speeding up Windows XP. I'll just get right into it.

First off I take no responsibilities in what you do with this document. If you use it to create a mob that is your doing. If you damage a computer, you damaged it, not me. Please take responsibility for your own actions.

First thing you could do is turn off some visual effects.


Click Start
Right Click on My Computer
Choose Properties.
Uncheck the the one's you don't need to use.

I normally only leave the following:
Show Translucent Rectangle
Smooth edges on screen fonts
Smooth-scroll list boxes
Use a background image for each folder type
Use common tasks in folders
Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
Use visual styles on windows and buttons

Second thing you can do is clean your registry.


Download a program called CCleaner, you can find it here. Ignore the stuff about donating money, you don't have to unless you want to.

After you download and install CCleaner, open it.
Click on the Registry tab
Warning, I am not responsible for what you delete in the next few steps.
Click Scan for Issues.
When that is done, click Fix Selected Issues.
I'll ask you if you want to back them up, that sounds like a great idea.
After you save your backup, click Fix all Issues.




Since you have CCleaner you can clean off some gunk from your system.


This one is a little free style, click on the Cleaner tab
Then choose anything what you want to get rid of.
Don't delete anything that might be useful.




Another thing you can do is remove things from startup.


CCleaner has a tool for this under the Tools tab
Then Startup

But! a better thing to do is to note which programs start with your computer, and learn how to change each of those program's startup options off. Each program is different.

Lastly you can uninstall programs that you will never use.


You can use CCleaner once again to do this.
Go to the Tools tab
Then go to Uninstall
Then click on what you want to get rid of and choose Run Uninstaller

The best part about CCleaner is that if the uninstaller doesn't run correctly you can use CCleaner to delete the entry manually and go manually remove the files yourself.
After uninstalling programs I recommend running another Registry clean if you know what you're doing.

Obviously, I am missing a lot of things you could do here, you choose defragment your system, use other tools to speed up your machine, or you could even add more ram. The point is that I see people everyday without these simple fixes, and well, I thought I would be nice to tell the world.

I hope this helps! Enjoy