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postheadericon 10 Simple Ways to Speed Up your Windows Xp

1. Defrag Disk to Speed Up Access to Data

One of the factors that slow the performance of the computer is disk fragmentation. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together. To speed up the response time, you should monthly run Disk Defragmenter, a Windows utility that defrags and consolidates fragmented files for quicker computer response.

  • Follow Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter
  • Click the drives you want to defrag and click Analyze
  • Click Defragment

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postheadericon Speed Up Computer Boot

Your pc is running slow again? Well, there are few steps you can take in order to speed up computer boot, but, there’s another simple and more elegant way to do that which won’t require you to have any special skills or require you to repair your Computer by yourself. Read the following quick review and easily find out the ultimate way to effectively speed up your windows.

Do you experience a windows ‘freeze’ occasionally? or maybe you get unknown error messages, windows crashes, and other popular windows problems – in most cases it is is probably about your System’s registry system. When time passes by, when you download, install/uninstall so many programs onto your windows, it happens that several programs aren’t installed/uninstalled properly, while corrupting parts of your windows registry.

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postheadericon WinHack – Speed Up Your Windows XP Computer (Part 1)

WinHack – Speed Up Your Windows XP Computer (Part 1)

speedup windows xpAs you use your computer more and more, speed becomes a larger issue. Maybe you’ve downloaded a bunch of unnecessary freeware or you just have used your computer for quite a while – either way, computers gradually become not so fast.

But today, I will show you how to speed up that computer of yours and make it like new! So here are just a few methods:

Disable Unnecessary Windows Services
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Are you sick and tired with your slow pc? Well, there are so many things you can do if you want to speed up your laptop, but, there’s another method which won’t require you to be technical or require you to repair your Pc by yourself. Read the following report and quickly find out the ultimate way to effectively speed up your windows.

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postheadericon Speed up Your Windows Vista Computer with ReadyBoost

I find it very comical that everyone that comments says,” Ready Boost is no substitute for system RAM.”

Well of course it’s not! IT WILL NOT EVEN HELP SOMEONE WITH LOW RAM OR HIGH RAM! ITS NOT RAM RELATED!! ITS HDD RELATED!

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postheadericon Tips and tricks to speed up your Windows XP computer

The problem I hear most from my clients is “My computer is slow”. There can be many reasons your computer is “slow”. In this article I will describe some simple techniques for speeding up your Windows XP installations. The main culprit for a “slow” computer is insufficient RAM. There are several settings you can change on your computer to speed up applications and the basic operation of your system. These tips are geared toward basic computer users who don’t understand how computers operate and what makes them “slow”.

Windows XP is a beast. It uses a lot of your system’s RAM just to run and load windows. Many new computers since the release of XP only come with 256MB or 512MB of RAM. So while your computer may be “new” it has barely enough RAM to just run Windows. Add your web browser, Microsoft Office, or some other applications and soon your computer will slow to a crawl. So first things first, check your RAM. If you want to do any “real” work in Windows I suggest a minimum of 1GB of RAM. (To check your RAM, right click on “My Computer”, select “Properties”. Your RAM should be listed in the information on this screen)

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postheadericon Windows XP Slow Startup

Experiencing Windows XP slow startup can be quite an annoyance, as this means that your computer takes very long to boot up. Waiting for 5-10 minutes for your computer to just start is something, that may not go down too well with many people. However, you can rest easy knowing that there are some easy answers to the question, “How to fix Windows XP slow startup?”, and some easy ways to make computer faster.

Computers gradually become slower over time as more and more data is stored on them. Newer programs and applications also slow down a computer, because the machine takes longer to process the programs that were created after the computer was. This situation prompts you to think why is my computer so slow and most importantly, how to make a computer run faster. Though Windows XP is one of the most stable and reliable operating systems released by Microsoft, Windows XP slow startup problems are simply inevitable.

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postheadericon WinHack – Speed Up Your Windows Computer (Part 2)

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 services that could easily slow down your system. Unfortunately yes, there are also non-Microsoft services!

The Other Unnecessary Windows Services to Disable
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postheadericon Clean-up Free

Note: You will see the new WebTechGeek web page format with – older WTG web page format. I hope you like the new!

Clean-up & Free-up your – Computer Hard Drive Steps! Web Tech Support page Part 1, 2, 3

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