Tag: few_moments

Making Windows XP Start 60% Faster Tutorial

February 07, 2007 by Jason

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Whenever you start your , you are faced with a few moments of thumb twiddling while XP and prompts you to log on. Although you should expect to wait for a few moments, sometimes XP seems to boot rather slowly. In fact, you may notice that over a period of time the PC that used to roar to life seems a bit sluggish instead. , you can perform several techniques that help XP get the bootup speed you want. This tutorial explores how to put these techniques to work.Stopping Unneeded Startup Services Read More»

Boot Leaner

February 03, 2007 by Jason

You may think a certain program is slowing your system down or actually hanging it for a few moments as soon as it . If so, try starting in “lite” mode. Click Start | Run, then type msconfig and press Enter. When the System Configuration Utility loads, click the Startup tab; you’ll be surprised to see all the programs you’re loading at start-up. For info, the ones that are questionable or otherwise annoying before unchecking them, and reboot
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