Because Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has many services running that take up system resources that you will never need. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on most machines:
How many USB widgets have you got plugged into your PC? Are they working properly, who makes then, what;s the serial number, when did you last use it? All these questions and more can be answered by a little freeware utility called USBDview. It’s also handy for getting rid of devices that you no longer use and troubleshooting faulty connections. Please note that it only works with Windows 2000 and XP
If you are planning on purchasing the upgrade version of Windows Vista, you may be surprised to find that you can’t do a clean install of Vista, as it requires you to have XP running on the machine you want to upgrade and the installation process has to be run from within XP.
Luckily there is a fairly simple workaround: Read More»
