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Welcome to the Windows XP Guide!

The purpose of this guide is help you get the most out of your experince.

hls_Tip_34x34.gifPrograms You'll Need

PerfectDisk

Ad-Aware SE

RegSupreme

Crap Cleaner

SpywareBlaster

Windows Update

Registry Defragmentation

Once you've got the above we're ready to move on!

xp1.gifUpdate Windows

Execute Internet Explorer and go to Tools and choose Windows Update.

If there are any results in critcal or drivers updates then Select All and perform a Install Now.

xp2.gifRemoving Spyware

Execute Ad-Aware SE and perform a Full System Scan.

If there are any results then Select All and choose Remove.

xp3.gifPreventing Spyware

Execute Spyware Blaster and perform a Enable All Protection.

xp4.gifCleaning Drive

Execute Crap Cleaner and perform a Clean.

xp5.gifCleaning Registry

Execute RegSupreme and perform Deep Scan.

If there are any results Select All and choose a Remove

xp6.gifDefragmenting Registry

Execute Registry Defragmentation and perform a Defragment.

xp7.gifDefragmenting Drive

Execute Perfect Disk and perform a Defragment.

Your done!

It's recommended you perform a reboot now.

I hope you enjoyed my Windows XP Guide,

If you have any comments, etc feel free to post them.

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Regsupreme is not necessary because Ccleaner (you are not showing the latest version which is different btw) also cleans the registry.

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RegSupreme is necessary because it's cleaning ability is far greater than CCleaner...

Simply go do a registry scan in CCleaner followed be one with deep mode in RegSupreme and you will see the diffrence.

As for the screenshots except for CCleaner which is from majorgeeks, the rest are from the actual author's site.

It doesn't matter as the options I gave are still in effect...

Like when I said "Deep" as the mode in RegSupreme even though "Extra Deep" was in the screenshot because from personal experince I know that the mode shown is no longer given.

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As taken from there website...

I myself by the way have noticed a diffrence.

Windows registry is its core, constantly modifying and growing in size. It's being altered each time you install/remove programs or config system settings. Such changes made to Windows registry cause it to grow in size, no matter whether new information is added or deleted from registry. Thus registry quickly loses its linear structure which results in increase of application response time and registry access time.

"Registry defragmentation" performs physical defragmentation of the Windows registry file. After defragmentation your registry will acquire linear structure which will reduce application response time and registry access time. "Registry defragmentation" also removes unused entries, thus making registry even smaller in size. Do not worry if sometimes after defragmentation the registry will become smaller only by 1-5%, the key is not in size but in its linear structure, hence it determines access time.

As for disk defragmentation I will update the guide soon with alot more!

w00t - damn fast response times on this thread :p i hadnt even finished posting and the adware/spy malware removal section had been added - good work. Dare we try to implement a safe 'generally speaking' Services tweak? Also - How to properly configure the Security Center in SP2 to be most effective/least annoying (i can provide this if needed)

Just some thoughts/suggestions

I know right but I just got up early but now all my energy is exhausted so back to bed. :p

If you want to do the security center section then feel free as well as the services (if not then I can do the services)...

Simply private message me!

I will defiantly try to clean it up even more maybe with some bullets as well as screenshots once my image provider gets back online.

Edit: Don't worry about how it's written because I'll customize it to intergrate into the current or future layouts of the post. Also you will most defiantly get credit don't worry!

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