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| 154666 | 2003-06-24 05:09:00 | how can I speed up windows xp home? I am running a new compaq presario amd athalon xp 2600+processor and I swear it is getting slower than when I first bought it.I have deleted temporary files ran ad aware and that doesn't seem to have helped at all. | adis25 (1801) | ||
| 154667 | 2003-06-24 05:17:00 | You'll find that it does quickly slow down. You can try running defrag s/w once a week. You can also go into control panel / system / {environment} / performance. {I'm not quite sure on the complete path at the moment since I'm currently on an NT machine}. Programs such Norton system tools can clear out invalid registry settings etc. PC world have a raft of ideas to help speed up XP in a back issue - so have a look on the web site, or hunt through your old copies... Hope this at least helps a wee bit. Nic |
nicnz (2273) | ||
| 154668 | 2003-06-24 05:21:00 | > how can I speed up windows xp home? I am running a > new compaq presario amd athalon xp 2600+processor and > I swear it is getting slower than when I first bought > it.I have deleted temporary files ran ad aware and > that doesn't seem to have helped at all. I am guessing you have run windows update & you have win XP SP 1 If you do have Win XP SP1 have a read of this: > From MS support site: > > May 28, 2003: Microsoft released an updated patch for > Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). This revised patch > corrects the performance issues that some customers > experienced with the original Windows XP Service Pack > 1 patch. For additional information, click the > following article number to view the article in the > Microsoft Knowledge Base: > > 819634 (support.microsoft.com > EN-US;819634) You May Experience > Performance Issues After You Install the 811493 > > The fix for this is included in the > 811493 patch (support.microsoft.com > EN-US;811493) > > NOTE: This is a revided version of the 811493 patch > that MS re-released to fix the slow down problem. Hope this helps |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 154669 | 2003-06-24 05:47:00 | Those were really useful responses, Nic and Stu. I've just obtained (finally) XP pro - do the same slow-down problems occur with this version? Cheerz |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 154670 | 2003-06-24 06:09:00 | > Those were really useful responses, Nic and Stu. > > I've just obtained (finally) XP pro - do the same > slow-down problems occur with this version? Yes & No, once you install the above patches I will happen then once you apply the new fix it should come right. Hope that makes sence & Hope this helps. :) **Note to self need to do a FAQ on this topic soon :D :)** |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 154671 | 2003-06-24 06:14:00 | Please Note: You MAY experience a slow-down, not you WILL experience a slow-down. On 4 PC's here, SP1 and subsequent updates have NOT induced any slow down. Directories with large numbers of files do cause a slow-down effect in my opinion and experience however, which is likely often the reason Windows goes "faster" after a reformat and install. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 154672 | 2003-06-24 06:20:00 | > Directories with large numbers of files do cause a > slow-down effect in my opinion and experience I understood that the large directories issue applies even to win 9.x - the recommendation is that your root directory shouldn't be overloaded, but any number of subs is ok. Numbers of files is irrelevant, unless I misunderstood? |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 154673 | 2003-06-24 08:28:00 | Two sites that I find excellent for tweaking Win XP are at Extreme Tech (www.extremetech.com) and Tweak XP (www.tweakxp.com). | tommy (2826) | ||
| 154674 | 2003-06-24 12:15:00 | I have Widows ME & XP home on the same machine. ME is faster on the computer & online. ME is compatable with most software. XP has to be tweaked to accept some software. The only good thing about XP Home is that it is stable when multi tasking. I find that I use ME most of the time. It has never had a patch or update & is very reliable, for me anyway :-) |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 154675 | 2003-06-25 13:13:00 | if you are talking about slow bootup there is a free utility on the microsoft site for speeding up bootup times url is www.microsoft.com click on the + beside Test kit and tools the utility is bootvis.exe if you what more info on this utility do a search on google but its reported as decreasing boot times by about 50% |
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