Ignorance and lack of maintenance can affect the performance of Windows XP operating system. As you maintain the hardware, similarly maintaining software and system is also important, lack of which slows down the system and can cause big time troubles too like crashing or slower performance.
There are many ways you can undertake to speed up Windows XP and maintain its performance. Cleaning up the computer, defragmentation, setting up page file and priorities and deleting unwanted programs is a good way of speeding up Windows XP.
Formatting of the computer is a good way of speeding up Windows XP. Before you do this, make sure you take a back up of all the important files because while formatting all files in that partition will be deleted. Formatting can both be done at home or by taking it to hardware/software professional.
Defragmentation is among the best ways of protecting the speed of Windows XP. Click on the start button for this process. Now place the cursor on all programs. Choose accessories. Then click on system tools. Now choose the drive and opt for ‘defragment’ option. The defragmentation will start taking place. This is a simple method that can be done easily at home.
Updating the operating system Windows will also speed up its functioning. Device drivers must too be updated from time to time. This will ensure that your system works fast. Virtual memory optimization also leads to fast performing Windows XP. Press the windows icon key and pause break key simultaneously on your keyboard. This will open by the system properties box. Click on the tab ‘advanced’ and then make sure ‘Processor’ and ‘Memory Usage’ section have ‘programs’ selected under them. Whichever drive the page file is present must be selected. ‘No paging file’ option must now be chosen and set. This will speed up Windows XP.
Go to the start button and click on ‘run’. Type the words ‘control user passwords’ in the box. Now you must go to the option ‘change the way users log on or off’. Here you will see an option saying ‘use fast user switching’. You must deselect this option and click on ‘apply’. This is again a great way of speeding up Windows XP.
Turning off the effects might also help in boosting Windows XP processing speed. Again press windows icon key and pause break simultaneously. Systems property box would open. Go to the ‘advanced’ tab and choose the performance option. Now ‘visual effects’ box will have ‘adjust for best performance’ option. Choose it and apply it. The action will be applied immediately.
Updating windows and deleting all the unneeded programs is considered one of the most efficient ways of boosting up Windows performance. If all of this does not help, further disabling of screensaver, wallpapers, compression and indexing and sounds can be done. By turning off System restore too Windows XP processing speed can be enhanced.
Unwanted programs removal must be among your first priorities. Those fonts which are not regularly used might be deleted too. Disabling unneeded services will help a great deal.
For an enhanced and faster performing Windows XP, system diagnoses and performing above mentioned functions proves to be useful.
