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Share Slow Windows startup is an issue faced by almost every PC user at one point in their computer’s life cycle. There could be various reasons as to why Windows take a long time to boot. Using msconfig to remove useless programs from the startup menu is one way of fixing the issue. However, a [...]

Windows XP Tips ‘n’ Tricks Make Windows XP work the way you want it to! These tips work with the final release of Windows XP. Unless otherwise noted, all tips should work with both Home and Professional Editions. Please note that some of these tips may require you to use a Registry Editor (regedit.exe), which [...]

This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installation or an older windows. 1.) Following is a registry file containing a few registry modifications, which are completely safe and can increase the performance of Windows. Just download the attached ZIP file, extract it and then run [...]

Thanks for the info on start up. Can you explain a little more about what the DNS issues could be. When shutting down I’m having hangs on MMC, sometimes mshta, exlporer and even power meter. Any thoughts? “Dave Patrick” wrote: > Almost always a DNS issue. > > > Natively you can; Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer [...]

MAKE YOUR MENUS LOAD FASTER This is one of my favourite tweaks as it makes a huge difference to how fast your machine will ‘feel’. What this tweak does is remove the slight delay between clicking on a menu and XP displaying the menu. Go to Start then Run Type ‘Regedit’ then click ‘Ok’ Find [...]

WinHack – Speed Up Your Windows Computer (Part 2) Welcome to the second part of “Speed Up Your Computer.” If you haven’t read the first part I highly recommend doing so here. Finished? OK, let’s move onto part two. In the previous article on speeding up Windows, I talked about how to disable unnecessary Microsoft [...]

Have you ever tried to shut down Windows, only to have the shutdown sequence hang, or to have the computer reboot instead of shutting down? Shut down problems are one of the most common types of problems with the Windows operating system. At the same time though, they are also one of the problems that [...]

Do the following problems exist in your PC? Error messages, slow start ups, freezes and crashes? Then you should consider learning how to repair Windows XP registry. The Windows registry is behind almost every great feature in the operating system of your PC. If it is being corrupted by a software that is not well [...]

Windows 7 is Engineered for speed. Special attention has been given by the Windows 7 team for making Windows 7 faster than the previous operating systems. Windows 7 is much faster than Windows Vista, but even then most of us don’t get satisfied with it. There are many who still have their old PC. Installing [...]

These are some tricks that make use of programs listed in this guide and nothing will happen even if you go. DISABLE INDEXING SERVICES Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of [...]