I've been using Windows since before "Windows for Workgroups 3.x" and
have used most of the Windows releases since, on a wide variety of
cheaper than cheap computers and platforms that are slower than slow.
I'm always interested in new ways to maximize speed and over the years
I've picked up quite a few little tips on how to max out your Windows
PC. I am not fond of being forced to use MS, and am not a MS expert, so I
hope all you Windows peeps will share your tips with us.. And some of
these tips can crash your machine if you don't know what you are doing.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Windows Optimization – Intense Part II
This is part 2 of my Windows XP Optimization article: Make Windows XP Blazingly Fast.
The first article was meant as a detailed and thorough introduction to speeding up Windows-based PC's in a way that makes it easy to follow, without getting too specific. So make sure you read that first, and pay the most attention to freeing up RAM, CPU, and Disk IO speed by reducing the number of services and processes that are running, we will deal with defragmentation, hard-drive speed, Disk IO, Prefetching, and Pagefile/Registry Defragmentation now.
This article has some really really really great stuff for ya. It shows which tools (all but one completely free) are the best and you will use them for a long time, they are all very good. That is just a side benefit, as this article is really more of a step-by-step guide to optimizing your system that won't have to be repeated for at least a year. The result of course is a much more responsive PC.
The first article was meant as a detailed and thorough introduction to speeding up Windows-based PC's in a way that makes it easy to follow, without getting too specific. So make sure you read that first, and pay the most attention to freeing up RAM, CPU, and Disk IO speed by reducing the number of services and processes that are running, we will deal with defragmentation, hard-drive speed, Disk IO, Prefetching, and Pagefile/Registry Defragmentation now.
This article has some really really really great stuff for ya. It shows which tools (all but one completely free) are the best and you will use them for a long time, they are all very good. That is just a side benefit, as this article is really more of a step-by-step guide to optimizing your system that won't have to be repeated for at least a year. The result of course is a much more responsive PC.
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