Preparing Your System (1-8)
Use 'whole system' performance benchmarks
Tweak insurance part 1: backing up and editing the registry
Tweak Insurance part 2: Creating a system restore point
Saving your hard drive space from the system restore utility
Tweak insurance part 3: Restoring BIOS defaults
Tweak insurance part 4: Use hardware profiles to experiment with system settings.
Editing BIOS settings
Editing registry settings without restarting
BIOS tweaks and Insight (9-13)
Change memory Latency times
Set the correct AGP mode
Update your bios
Disable unneeded ports
Disable built-in features on your motherboard
Overclocking your processor and memory (14-16)
Overclocking the memory/front side bus
Changing the CPU multiplier
Modify Processor and memory voltage
WindowsXP Software and Registry Performance Tweaks (17-46)
Stop the 'last access update' stamp
Disable the 8.3 naming convention
Keep Windows operating data in main memory
Obtain the newest drivers for your hardware
Disable performance counters
Move the page file from system drive
Create a 'permanent' page file
Optimize your page file size
Defrag page file with PageDefrag utility
Set priority for important programs
Check your hard drives with scandisk
Force XP to unload DLL files after closing a program
Thaw out your desktop
Speed up mouse movement, part 1
Speed up mouse movement, part 2
Create a RAID configuration
Disable the themes service
Remove the desktop picture
Change to the NTFS file system
Perform a manual Application and Boot file Defrag
Disable the hibernation feature
Disable automatic sensing on network cards
Use the prefetch switch to load applications faster
Verify DMA mode is set for all drives
Do a windows repair install
Stop hard disks spinning down
Reduce recycling bin reserved space
Enable write caching on hard disks
Defragment your hard disk(s)
Turn off the indexing service
3d game benchmarks
Change your Monitor's refresh rate (CRT monitors only)
Fix the refresh rate for 3d games
Enable AGP Master 1WS Write/Read
Enable AGP Fast Write
Set Video Memory Cache Mode
Overclocking ATI video cards
Overclocking Nvidia Video cards
Disable VSYNC
Network and Internet Performance Tweaks (56-66)
Increase maximum number of simultaneous connection in Internet Explorer
b' devices slow down 802.11g networks
Proprietary modes for wireless networking
Closer is better for wireless
Enhance your Internet connection.
Increase DNS cache size
Disable DHCP with DSL connections
Do not cache failed DNS entries
Use CTRL+ENTER to speed up Internet address entering
Get a faster network connection to Windows 9x/ME computers
Remove the QoS Bandwidth Reserve Setting
WindowsXP User Interface Shortcuts and Hints (67-78)
Create shortcut keys
Create a custom shortcuts toolbar
Using ALT+TAB to switch between applications
Add the address taskbar to desktop
Disable error reporting
Reduce menu delays
Restore the Quick launch bar
Increase desktop graphic performance
Make 'my computer' open faster
Remove the need to enter a password to login to XP (be careful!)
Sort out spam
Keyboard shortcuts using the Win Key (ÿ)
Improving Windows XP boot speed (79-94)
Disable floppy drive seek
Set primary display adaptor
Enable quick POST/memory test
Eliminate unwanted programs from boot up
Scan your PC for spyware and Adware
Disable boot virus detection
Change boot sequence.
Disable the XP loading screen
Eliminate unwanted fonts to increase boot speed
Turn off bios disk detection
Use the Bootvis utility
Use the Intel application accelerator
Disable unnecessary services
Disable unneeded devices in device manager
Disable auto detection for empty IDE slots
Reduce wait time after XP boots
Increasing XP shutdown speed (95-99)
Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 1
Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 2
Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 3
Disable the Nvidia driver helper service
Auto kill tasks on shutdown
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