making xp load faster

BudBud Chesterfield, Va
edited January 2004 in Science & Tech
i have win xp pro is there a guide or website that shows how to disable all unneccesary things to speed windows up?

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  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited January 2004
    bootvis
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1415 ;)
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited January 2004
    i want it to also use less resouces when running too, sorry forgot to mention
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

    configure your services will be your best bet....

    Gobbles
  • BusterBuster New York
    edited January 2004
    I would also recommend blackvipers site. I used it and just disabling Windows Themes saved me so much resources.
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    This guide was just updated last week and is fairly comprehensive. There are also 3 WinXP guides (or more) on www.tweaktown.com (look under 'Articles' then search by year 2002) that I use religiously with every new install. Not that I employ all their tweaks, it would take a week, but the speed up stuff all works.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    speed up XP load times by installing 2000 :D

    Gobbles
  • PreacherPreacher Potomac, MD Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Am I the only one that had problems with Bootvis? I used it based on a Maximum PC article and my computer would just hang at startup.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    naaa... I could never get bootvis to do anything productive for me... dont feel alone...

    Gobbles
  • PreacherPreacher Potomac, MD Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Gobbles wrote:
    naaa... I could never get bootvis to do anything productive for me... dont feel alone...

    Gobbles

    Gobbles,
    Sounds like I got an Amen on that one! :p When I could get it to work correctly, I never even noticed a difference.
  • MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
    edited January 2004
    Never messed with bootvis but tried most all of the other speedup tips in that rag Preacher. Yeah, I subscribe too. Gonna win that Mod contest one day! ;)
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited January 2004
    Bah I followed the blackviper page and it loads freakin slow now. LIke twice the time.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    which settings did you use?

    better yet.. which services did you disable? certain services should not be disabled.

    Gobbles
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited January 2004
    Heck if I remember. I am just going to repair if I ever find my XP CD.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Gobbles wrote:
    speed up XP load times by installing 2000 :D

    Gobbles

    Agreed.

    I tried turning off unneeded services and it saved me, roughly a massive, 600k. Not worth the time. If you need the extra RAM free, use 2000. XP is a resource hog.
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