go to
START..
RUN...type in
MSCONFIG...then click on
OK or press
ENTER..
click on
START UP TAB...
uncheck everything
EXCEPT your AV and firewall...if its a laptop you have to be careful about what you uncheck or your touch pad and wireless and things like that will not function for you..
google each start up item to decide if you need it to load with windows...unchecking them does not remove them ..they just don't launch at startup...
the next thing we are going to do is turn off indexing ....its a resource hog and if you aren't searching for things on your computer 10 times a day it will only slow down your system....
click on
start...
my computer...
right click on
C: drive....
properties...on the general tab..
uncheck...allow indexing on this drive..and compress files...if it ask about sufolders... say yes
if you do not have the box on your system...
then
START...
RUN...type in
SERVICES.MSC...then
OK...scroll down until you find INDEXING SERVICE...click on it and in the general tab set it to
DISABLED...then exit...
back up your registry first before doing these tweaks using erunt
Whenever XP reads a file, it stamps the file with the date and time of the access. This feature has its place but is not required for normal use unless you rely on the date of last access for backup purposes, which is a rare requirement for most backups. Putting a timestamp a file that has just been read means that a write access has to be made to disk, so every time a read is executed, a corresponding write is also executed.
click
START...
RUN...type in ...
cmd ...then press
enterAt the command prompt...type in
FSUTIL behavior set disablelastaccess 1...press
enterif you ever need timestamps like for work
To turn timestamps back on, repeat the command but replace the 1 with 0
To clean your temp folder, Temp File Cleaner by OldTimer
here...
next get diskeeper lite
here...
after installing it...click on the
icon...close the "nag" screen...click on your
c drive to select it ...then down towards the bottom ...click on
defragment now...first time you use it it may take 15 to 30 minutes to complete...do it about every two weeks and it will complete in about 7 minutes...
reboot and tell me hows its running...