Speed up PC with simple tricks I

Oct 22, 2009 by admin

If you think that you XP is running very slow than here are some tips that you can follow to speed up your PC a bit. Remember that this trick works best in windows XP. Before following these tips make sure that you have made a proper backup.

(1) Disabling Windows XP services which are unnecessary

1. Click the Start Menu and select Run. In the text box, type services.msc and click OK. This will start the Services utility.

2. Now that you are in the Services utility, you will see a list of a lot of services on your computer. First, you will need to stop the service that you want to disable. Right-click the service name and select Stop on the pop-up menu.

3. When the service is stopped, right-click the service again and select Properties. Located on the General tab, look for the Startup Type drop-down box. Click the arrow on the drop-down box and select Disabled.

4. Click the OK button and from now on, the system will not start the service any more during boot, speeding up your windows XP system starting process.

Disable only following services:

Background Intelligent Transfer Service

Distributed Link Tracking Client

Error Reporting Service

Fast User Switching Compatibility

Help and Support

Indexing Service

Messenger Machine

Debug Manager

Network Location Awareness (NLA)

Portable Media Serial Number Service

Remote Registry (Only included with Windows XP Pro)

SSDP Discovery Service

Terminal Services

Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)

Wireless Zero Configuration (If you have a wireless network card, do not disable this )

Windows Time

WebClient Task Scheduler.

Following these simple steps will surely improve your windows XP machine.

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