Keep XP fast and stable!

[Medievil]

Well, i know there are alot of guides floating around on the net, but still wnated to make my own guide, i will tell you here how to tweak xp and also how to keep it fast!

first, lets start with removing programs we dont use, they take up hard drive space and might slow down your system by just sitting there!

go to the control panel, then software, let it load up, could take a while if you dont have a very fast pc like me,

there click the sort menu, and select sort last time used, there remove progs you havent used for a few weeks, and reboot your pc!

Spyware

after rebooting the pc i suggest to start cleaning out spyware, spyware is made by pc nerdy's that dont have friends in real life and that are frustated cause they have no friends, so they make progs that look like what sites you go too, and then it sends commercials depending on your intrests, with the money the nerdys get from it they visit hores

a nice ap to clean spyware is microsoft antispyware

you can download it from here

Trash Files

Now its time to remove some temp files that are on your system, they take place in and actuall dont do anything

a nice app i recommend is CCleaner

as you can see it removes cookies, history and all that other **** that can be cleaned up!

Now lets defrag our system, defragging means putting all files togheter on the filesystem in the right place, its kinda complicated to explain how it really works, but lets just do it

Windows has a built in defragger but it sucks, lets install better software, i recommendo&o defrag

it works great and fast, defrag your pc weekly!

THIS GUIDE AINT FINISHED!!! CHECK BACK TMORROW!!!

Clean the registry

Now lets clean the registry, the registry is something that contains all setting sand stuff of your pc, its one of the most important things to run xp!

a good reg cleaner is tune up utillities

Windows Update

Very important is too keep windows up to date! it helps keep your computer safe!

load up internet explorer and go to windowsupdate.com, let it install the software it needs to run windows update and install all updates and service packs, if it asks you to reboot, reboot and then check back at windows update till there are no further updates!

Virusses

Another thing that can slow down your computer are virusses, its allways recommend to have a antivirus an a firewall running to prevent anything bad to get on your computer

a antivirus i recommend is kaspersky

and a firewall thats very good is Outpost

a firewall protects you from hackers that get on your system and put malicieus software on your computer!

Alternative browser!

I'm not saying ie is a bad browser, but its currently the most used browser around, and hackers focus on it, so it aint that safe anymore

a good browser i recommend is firefox!, firefox is made by mozilla company and i a very fast and safe browser

Get it here!

or another nice browser is opera!

yeah, we all hate the opera, but its just the browsers name, and its one of the best browsers availible, shame it aint as popular as firefox

Download the opera 8 beta, its awesome, and dont start ****ting its beta! its really good and i didnt come acros a bug yet!

Netscape

yeah its back lol, there is a version 8 beta

find it here

Edited March 20, 2005 by Medievil

[Cloud Constructors]

bookmarked

[Rudy]

please use a spellchecker :pinch:

[McLaren_F1]

Good start, Medievil

[JustGeorge]

Right- click on My Computer-Properties-Advanced-Performance and uncheck everything except what I left to speed up the GUI and still allow themes.

Edited March 19, 2005 by denzilla

[Medievil]

oops, posted in the wrong forum

i'm not english, so pointed me to spelling mistakes would help :p

grtzzz

[lnmnky]

Will you be able to edit it tomorrow?

Keep it coming!

[McLaren_F1]

oops, posted in the wrong forum

i'm not english, so pointed me to spelling mistakes would help :p

grtzzz

585639890[/snapback]

Well, i know there are alot of guides floating around on the net, but still wnated to make my own guide, i will tell you here how to tweak xp and also how to keep it fast!

its wanted :p

[Rahul]

please use a spellchecker :pinch:

585639876[/snapback]

dude you can either thank him for making a guide , or you can make your own guide.

there is no room for complaints like "please use a spellchecker" its kinda rude

[chacho]

You probably won't be able to edit it tomorrow.

Obvious stuff, really.

[benyahuda0]

Keep it coming Medievil. A nice simple guide starting at the begining will be very useful. Spelling and grammer's not so important so long as you use cut and paste or screenshots in the places it would matter.

Thanks

[Medievil]

kinda updated

still not finished though :p

[Koolslacker]

pretty cool and I don't really care about spelling as long as it's understandable.

[joker999]

Great :) *bookmark*

[Valerus]

Thanks.

[Cube]

Microsoft antispyware and tune-up utilities are two must haves.I love both apps they're so quick and useful!

For firewall I'd recommend sygate, since its free anyway and not a resource hog like outpost was for me.

[Cloud Constructors]

who needs a firewall though, when you've got a router with a built-in hardware firewall...right?

[Help]

Nice guide.. but why the yellow?

[Cube]

who needs a firewall though, when you've got a router with a built-in hardware firewall...right?

585644547[/snapback]

I use both

[HoochieMamma]

I use both

585646124[/snapback]

Same.

[raider360]

oops, posted in the wrong forum

i'm not english, so pointed me to spelling mistakes would help :p

grtzzz

585639890[/snapback]

Hehe. Maybe u russian (or somewhere from past USSR)? :) I see u have russian Firefox :D

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nice guide, btw ;)

[EduardValencia]

it's a very basic guide,perfect to begin with,cheers ;)

[Billprozac]

who needs a firewall though, when you've got a router with a built-in hardware firewall...right?

585644547[/snapback]

:no: Ummm :no: , router work at layer 3. Good firewalls work at layer 7. Two very different things.

[Hum]

I'm sure many know of this, but for those who haven't heard of it before, this site lists many good XP tweaks: ;)

http://www.blackviper.com/

[cdcase]

:no: Ummm :no: , router work at layer 3.  Good firewalls work at layer 7.  Two very different things.

585672183[/snapback]

Expound on this please.