Tag: Windows XP
How to Optimize Your Swap File to Increase Performance
This optimization tweak forces your computer to use as much RAM as it can before it switches to the slower swap file which...
How to Setup A VPN Server with Windows XP
If you're like the countless number of small business owners who would like to have access to their office's network without being in the...
How to Speed Up your PC by Enabling DMA
It's amazing how many computers I've used that do not have DMA enabled. "DMA (also referred to as bus mastering) is a technique...
How to Disable the Auto Search for Network Folders and Printers
This step-by-step visual guide will show you how to disable the sometimes annoying Windows XP feature that automatically adds network folders & printers...
How to Speed Up Boot Times with Microsoft’s BootVis Utility
This short how-to will walk you through the simple steps necessary to use Microsoft's BootVis Utility to speed up your computer's overall boot...
How to Disable Windows XP’s Indexing Service
Your computer ships with an indexing service that keeps track of all the files on your system, this in turn makes searches a lot...
7 Tips to Boost Windows XP’s Performance
There are several ways in which your computer's performance can be improved. A number of them involve easy tweaks, while others involve a little...
How to Disable Performance Counters
Windows 2000 and Windows XP have a built-in performance monitor that essentially monitors your computer's performance. This feature is something that is hardly...
How to Disable Visual Styles to Increase Performance
Windows contains a lot of visual effects and elements that tend to use valuable resources that would otherwise be used for something useful,...
How to Schedule a Defragmentation on your Windows XP Machine
When you use or install programs on your computer files get scattered all over your hard drive. This is what is referred to as...
Get the Vista Sidebar on Your Windows XP Machine
I found this article on Tech-Recipes demonstrating how to get the Windows Vista Sidebar on Windows XP and thought this would be nice addition...
How to Change Your Windows XP Logon Screen
This step-by-step visual guide will show you how to change your Windows XP logon screen to anything you like. There are several programs...
How to Change Your System Properties Picture & Information
This step-by-step visual guide will show you how to change your Windows XP System properties picture & information. Most OEM machines will have this...