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Get clearer fonts on your LCD display.

April 22, 2008

There's an easy way to boost the clarity of text on your flat screen. Right-click an empty area of your desktop and click Properties. Cl...

Use the prefetch switch to load applications faster

April 20, 2008

Windows XP's media player has a little extra command included in its shortcut, the '/prefetch:1' switch. This helps the applicat...

Disable the themes service

April 20, 2008

If you are not a fan of the appearance of Windows XP, there is an easy way to turn it off and go back to the more sober and traditional Wind...

Set priority for important programs

April 20, 2008

To set priority load the program you wish to change the priority for. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Task Manager. Select the applicatio...

Optimize your page file size

April 20, 2008

Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller am...

Move the page file from system drive

April 20, 2008

The page file is the area of a hard drive which Windows reserves for use as virtual memory when there is more data than can be stored in the...

Keep Windows operating data in main memory

April 20, 2008

Windows XP contains several tweakable memory settings in the registry, one of which is the DisablePagingExecutive registry key. This control...

Disable the 8.3 naming convention

April 20, 2008

Windows XP uses two different names for each and every file on your system. One is the name that you see in explorer and in the command prom...

Stop the 'last access update' stamp

April 20, 2008

Every time a directory on an NTFS drive is accessed by Windows XP, it updates that directory and every subdirectory with a time stamp to ind...

Disable Last Access Timestamp

April 20, 2008

Whenever XP reads a file, it stamps the file with the date and time that you accessed it. This feature has its place but is not required for...

Memory Tweaks

April 20, 2008

There are 3 tweaks you can make to change how XP uses memory. Open Regedit and Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sess...

Virtual Memory

April 20, 2008

Windows uses your Hard Drive as swap memory but its default configuration can cause a major loss of performance with the memory swap file ge...

Unload DLLs

April 20, 2008

Windows does not unload dll files a program has used after it has been closed, to speed up a possible restart of the program. Use Regedit to...

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Get clearer fonts on your LCD display.

Use the prefetch switch to load applications faster

Disable the themes service

Set priority for important programs

Optimize your page file size

Move the page file from system drive

Keep Windows operating data in main memory

Disable the 8.3 naming convention

Stop the 'last access update' stamp

Disable Last Access Timestamp

Memory Tweaks

Virtual Memory

Unload DLLs

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