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Added: May 1, 2009
XP Speed Secret #6: Clean Your System Registry Of course, the fastest and easiest way to speed-up your computer is to allow a software program to do it for you! Although you will find that all of the adjustments in this book will speed up your system, the most effective and easiest way to give your computer blazing speed is to clean up your systems Registry. Your computer is like your car: it needs periodic maintenance to keep it running at optimum performance. Installing and un-installing programs, surfing the Internet, emailing, and other everyday activities create a sort of sludge that builds up in your computer over time, much like an automobile engine. After a while, it doesn't startup like when it was new, it stalls unexpectedly, and performance is sluggish on the (information) highway. We strongly recommend running a free Registry scan to find out how many errors you computer is hiding from you. Your computer will likely have hundreds of Registry errors that are dramatically slowing down the potential speed and performance. XP Speed Secret #7: Run Disk Clean-Up Both Windows and application programs tend to leave temporary files lying around on your hard drive, taking up space. A hard drive that is close to being full can cause Windows to slow down or interfere with efficient disk access and virtual memory operations. If you surf the web a lot, your temporary internet files folder can become quite large, causing Internet Explorer to slow down or malfunction. Cleaning up unneeded files, scanning for disk errors and defragmenting the hard drive can help to restore some zip to your system. Try to run once a month for peak performance. 1. Double-click the My Computer icon. 2. Right-click on the C: drive 3. Select Properties 4. Click the Disk Cleanup button (to the bottom- right of the Capacity pie graph) 5. Select / check Temporary Internet Files and Recycle Bin 6. Click OK XP Speed Secret #8: Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA) 1. Right-click on My Computer, select Properties 2. Select the Hardware tab 3. Click the Device Manager button 4. Double-click IDE/ATAPI controllers 5. Double-click on the Primary IDE Channel 6. Click on the Advanced Settings tab (as shown in figure) The tab may or may not be available for each option. It is only available in Primary and Secondary Channels. 7. Set the Transfer Mode to "DMA if Available" both for Device 1 and 0 8. Click OK 9. Perform the same operation for other items in the list, if applicable. XP Speed Secret #9: Disable File Indexing 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 will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you dont search your computer often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following: 1. Click Start button 2. Select the Control Panel 3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs 4. Click the Add/Remove Window Components icon on the left side of the window 5. This may take a few seconds to load. Be patient. 6. Look for the Indexing Services component in the list 7. Uncheck the Indexing Services 8. Click Next 9. Click Finish XP Speed Secret #10: Remove Un-Used Programs & Files You may have a bunch of software packages on your hard drive that are no longer needed, or they were gratuitously installed when you downloaded some other package. Toolbars, file-sharing programs, free email enhancers, online shopping "companions" and download managers are notorious for this practice. These uninvited guests can put a big drag on your startup time, cause web pages to load slowly, and generally bog down your computer. 1. Click Start button 2. Select Control Panel 3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs icon 4. See what programs are installed that you dont typically use 5. Select the Remove button for the ones you know you don't need If youre unsure about some programs, do a web search to learn about the ones that you need to keep. LINKS: http://www.windowsaccelerator.com/ - YOU CAN GET FREE COPY OF "SPEED SECRETS EBOOK" HERE!
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