For all the guys who want to optimize Win XP I am posting this small Info thread:
1 Start MSconfig and disable anything that you don't use.
(Especially disable the Nvidia Helpservice this program takes a lot performance away!)
2 Download Ad Aware from http://lavasoftusa.com and make a scan for adware and delete anything it finds. This will also speedup your PC alot.
3 For KaZaA users go to: http://www.kazaalite.nl and Download KaZaA Lite. This is a KaZaA version without the Ad- and Spyware
4 Go to your Control Panel and go to Remove Windows Setup parts and delete MSN explorer, Windows Media Player and MSN Messenger (Only do this if you DON'T USE THEM!) this will make some free memory (At least it made 40 Megs free in my memory on my pc!)
5 Install service Pack 1; This has a fix that fixes a lag with menu's in XP and it also reduces the usage of memory but not that much though (For me it reduced the memory usage with 12 Meg)
6 DO NOT install any Anti Virus program! These program's only slow your pc down. Instead make once a week a scan on: http://housecall.antivirus.com it finds almost all viruses and also will remove them.
If you REALLY want to have a virusscanner though. go to: http://www.free-av.com/ and download this AV program (This one doesn't slow down your PC that much) or download the one from http://www.grisoft.com (This one also doesn't slow down your pc as much as norton does)
7 If you want to do some online gaming I also reccomend to NOT install any firewall. It only slows down your pc. Instead use Microsoft's WinXP built in firewall
That is all for now. I will continue the list later on when I have found more info on how to improve performance in WinXP
1 Start MSconfig and disable anything that you don't use.
(Especially disable the Nvidia Helpservice this program takes a lot performance away!)
2 Download Ad Aware from http://lavasoftusa.com and make a scan for adware and delete anything it finds. This will also speedup your PC alot.
3 For KaZaA users go to: http://www.kazaalite.nl and Download KaZaA Lite. This is a KaZaA version without the Ad- and Spyware
4 Go to your Control Panel and go to Remove Windows Setup parts and delete MSN explorer, Windows Media Player and MSN Messenger (Only do this if you DON'T USE THEM!) this will make some free memory (At least it made 40 Megs free in my memory on my pc!)
5 Install service Pack 1; This has a fix that fixes a lag with menu's in XP and it also reduces the usage of memory but not that much though (For me it reduced the memory usage with 12 Meg)
6 DO NOT install any Anti Virus program! These program's only slow your pc down. Instead make once a week a scan on: http://housecall.antivirus.com it finds almost all viruses and also will remove them.
If you REALLY want to have a virusscanner though. go to: http://www.free-av.com/ and download this AV program (This one doesn't slow down your PC that much) or download the one from http://www.grisoft.com (This one also doesn't slow down your pc as much as norton does)
7 If you want to do some online gaming I also reccomend to NOT install any firewall. It only slows down your pc. Instead use Microsoft's WinXP built in firewall
That is all for now. I will continue the list later on when I have found more info on how to improve performance in WinXP