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Application Defrag
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Application and Boot file Defrag
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Automate Disk Cleanup
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Cleanmgr.exe is designed to clear unnecessary files from your computer's hard disk. You can use command-line options to specify that Cleanmgr.exe cleans up certain files. You can then schedule the task to run at a specific time by using the Scheduled Tasks tool.
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CD ROM Stops AutoPlaying
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...and the AutoPlay Tab has disappeared in My Computer, Devices With Removable Storage, Right Click on CDROM, Properties
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Clicking AVI Files on explorer causing 100% CPU Usage
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Well windows seem to have a REALLY big problem when it comes to reading AVI files.
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Disable Debug Scripting in Internet Explorer
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Don't you hate it when you are browsing a page it asks you "Would you like to debug this page?"
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Disable Indexing Services
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Indexing services is a small program that hogs HUGE amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy.
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Disable Recent Documents History
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Normally when you open or access a document or file it is added to the list of recent documents on the Start Menu. This tweak will stop files from being added to the list.
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Disable Search from looking in zip files
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Windows XP Search can get slow if you have a lot of compressed files on your hard drive.
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Disable XP Boot Logo
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It is possible to disable XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall boot process.
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Disable zip folders
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Are the ZIP folders too slow for you?
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Disable Automatic Updates
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A lot of people already know about Automatic Updates and how to disable them by selecting the appropriate option from within the Automatic Updates tab in My Computer. A lot of you might not realise this, but the Automatic Update service still runs even when you select to disable it here.
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DMA Mode on IDE Devices
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Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels.
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Easily Disable Messenger
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Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache
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Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache
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Edit Hidden System Settings using Group Policy Editor
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Windows XP Pro has a great program called Group Policy Editor that allows system administrators to modify the settings to a great number of windows features.
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Enable or disable boot defrag
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A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment.
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Enabling/Disabling PIO/DMA
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To enable or disable PIO/DMA modes simply follow these steps
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Faster Boot Up without tons of fonts
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Many of the files that load during the boot-up process are fonts.
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Faster Dual Boot Timeout
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If you dual boot your PC using Windows XP's dual boot process, you can reduce the timeout period your PC uses before booting to the default OS.
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Faster startup of Windows XP
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If your computer takes a long time to become useable after starting up or logging on, or you want a clean boot of Winodws XP try this
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Fonts
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As a relative beginner, wrestling with fonts is making me fairly frantic, but I found something ...
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Free up some more disk space
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Free up some more disk space
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Fresh install with no ACPI
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Fresh install with no ACPI
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Getting More Processing Power
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Getting More Processing Power
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HDD slowdown when booting
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If, like I had , you have a 3min+ or slower boot time where Windows XP seems to sit for 2+ or so minutes with the XP logo doing nothing before everything comes to life, then do the following.
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Increase speed by tweaking prefetcher settings
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This is an unique technique for XP, which could improve the performance significantly by tweaking the prefetcher (which is a cache folder).
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Intel Application Accelerator
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It would be great to download drivers that sped up your hard-disk access by 10's of percent wouldn't it?
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