Laptop running slow

So-called broadband speed tweaks are techniques to improve performance of DSL and cable Internet connections. Home networking enthusiasts started experimenting with cable and DSL tweaks many years ago, when broadband Internet services first became popular. Performance tweaks for low-speed (dialup) Internet often do not work for broadband links. Additionally, while broadband speed tweaks originally focused [...]

Plenty of tips. First off, get a real good big case with a hefty 300-400 watt power supply, quiet fans and one that is easy to take apart. You should go for a case that has a of of drive bays, whether you intend to use them or not, and that have plenty of internal [...]

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 [...]

Windows XP stores a couple of values in its registry which are responsible for determining how long to wait before shutting down open applications and services once the shutdown command has been given. By editing these two settings and changing them to lower values, you can considerably decrease the amount of time that Windows XP [...]

If you have more than 1GB RAM then there is no reason that Windows XP should run from page file in hard disk. you can increase the speed of your computer by forcing the windows XP to run from Computer’s RAM (Memory). This one is the best tweak for windows XP I ever found, and [...]

I’ve whinged about IE7 being too slow (certainly compared with the fab free Firefox, my fave browser ()) and found a registry tweak which helped. Now after more digging, there seem to be two main hacks to make browsing via Internet Explorer faster, which apparently (but I’ve not tried them on anything but IE7) work [...]

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 [...]

To my knowledge , if you have just updated , you should be OK , MS say they have have fixed all their faulty patches . Did you download all the security fixes ? Here are some other things to try . http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/winxp…rvices-3.shtml http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/winxp…es/index.shtml http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/wfp/index.shtml If your system hangs about 2 or 3 minutes at [...]

Warning! #1 Should you do a repair install and is it the best choice? A Repair Install is not foolproof and should not be considered the cure-all fix for non-boot situations. The below procedure applies only if you can still boot into Windows. To prevent loss of data and/or program settings, perform the following before [...]

Registry Edits for Windows XP Understand the risks, up to and including the loss of data and having to reinstall the operating system, before editing the registry. Use the information at your own risk. Backing Up and Restoring the Windows XP Registry Items listed are registry edits, implemented by using registry editor. Launch registry editor [...]