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XP Speed Secret:Disable File Indexing

In: Windows XP

29 Apr 2009

Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of memory and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it [...]

XP Speed Secret: Speed-Up File Browsing

In: Windows XP

28 Apr 2009

You may have noticed that every time you open “My Computer” to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers every time you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing speed significantly:
1. Double-click on My Computer
2. Click the Tools menu
3. [...]

XP Speed Secret: Disable Extra Startup Programs

In: Windows Vista

28 Apr 2009

There are certain programs that Windows will start every time you boot up your system, and during the startup phase, they’re all competing for a slice of your CPU speed. Extra or unwanted items in the startup list will definitely increase your startup time, perhaps by several minutes. Some common examples are things related to [...]

Windows XP supports IPv6

In: Windows XP

23 Mar 2009

XP has IP version 6 support — the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type ‘ipv6 install’ into Run… (it’s OK, it won’t ruin your existing network setup) and then ‘ipv6 /?’ at the command line to find out [...]

Install or Remove a Font in Windows XP

In: Windows XP

23 Mar 2009

This step-by-step article describes how to add and remove fonts in Windows XP. The following fonts are included with Windows XP and are installed on every computer:
· Courier New (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)
· Arial (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)
· Times New Roman (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold [...]

Clean Your Prefetch to Improve Performance

In: Windows XP

23 Mar 2009

This is a unique technique for WinXP. We know that it is necessary to scrub registry　and TEMP files for Win9X/ME/2000 periodically. Prefetch is a new and very useful technique in Windows XP. However, after using XP some time, the prefetch directory can　get full of junk and obsolete links in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow [...]

Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP

In: Windows XP

23 Mar 2009



Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the hard drive it is faster. There is a downside to this and because the computer has to index all files, it will slow down normal file commands like open, close, etc. If you do not [...]

Slow Network Access Not Always Due to Scheduled Tasks Check

In: Windows Vista| Windows XP

23 Mar 2009

If you have very slow access to your network computers through “My Network Places” and have already deleted the Registry entry calling for a check of Scheduled Tasks on the other network computers (documented elsewhere on this site) AND you have multiple network adaptors (i.e. a cable or DSL connection through one NIC and an [...]

Very Slow Boot When Networking

In: Windows XP

23 Mar 2009

On some XP Pro installations, when connected to a network (peer-peer in this case), the computer boot time is over 1:40. The system seems to freeze after logging in and the desktop may not appear or will freeze for a minute.
As timed with the utility, Bootvis.exe, the problem was with the driver mrxsmb.dll, adding over [...]


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