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Run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter regularly. If you're too lazy to do that, just add it to scheduled tasks. It's also a good idea to install programs sparingly and to remove programs you don't need. Use a spyware and virus scanner, and look into buying a disk maintenance program if necessary. Found my XP tuning reg file what I was tweaking from I thought it might be a good idea to write something like your guide since the retro gaming scene is growing.
If you want I can send it to you and some other useful XP tricks and you can add them to your guide. Reply 1 year ago. Reply 6 years ago. Don't get Norton, don't get norton, don't get norton, don't get norton, don't get norton!
If this is an optimization guide, I'm baffled by your advice to get Norton :. Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. Reply 13 years ago on Step 6. Norton is the best security software out there, and the extra security is worth a slightly slower computer to me. Reply 9 years ago on Introduction.
For all the times I have fixed computers, I can't count how many times uninstalling Norton solved a problem you can spend hours trying to fix. I actually had a laptop myself where the wireless was suddenly not working for no reason at all, I had tried everything and Norton had been disabled since I bought it, I actually had to go in and uninstall under add and remove programs and my wireless started working again.
Do a search for Top Antivirus, I didn't find anything in the 5 top results saying anything about Norton. Reply 12 years ago on Introduction. Please don't email me to argue this, I won't respond. Find a forum to argue about it. The recommendations below are not designed to give you the highest scores on a synthetic benchmark but to give you the best overall performance for your system including stability.
The size of hard drives today are huge and making the page file a little larger than it "needs" to be hurts nothing and you're covered if you're ever doing something that requires more.
Comparison of bit and bit memory architecture for bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server Action: Adjust Page File. Purpose: Performance. It's possible to read the contents of the pagefile if you boot into another operating system.
However, if you have only a single operating system, the pagefile will be locked and not readable. With a single operating system, you shouldn't wipe the contents of the pagefile; those contents may be helpful to you if you ever need to run a forensic analysis of the machine. The Windows XP operating system automatically installs and configures a pagefile during system setup. While the default configuration of the pagefile does a reasonably good job, you can make several improvements on the default configuration.
By following the recommendations I've given here, you'll be able to take command of your pagefile and improve your system's performance. Automatically sign up today! By Dr. Pagefile fragmentation It takes longer to read a fragmented file. Editor's Picks. The best programming languages to learn in Check for Log4j vulnerabilities with this simple-to-use script.
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Show Comments. If you have more than one hard disk, you should place your paging file on another disk than the system disk where Windows is installed.
That is to avoid contention on the disk controller when Windows is working with system files and the paging file simultaneously. Usually the system disk is C:, so select any other disk if you have one and then check the "Custom size" radio button.
Type in the same value for "Initial size" and "Maximum size", so that Windows doesn't need time to resize the paging file while you are working with your computer. Microsoft recommends about 1. Click the "Set" button to commit the changes you have made. It is possible to have multiple paging files on multiple disks, but try to avoid having a paging file on your system disk. Just select that disk and select the "No paging file" radio button.
A lot of performance tips for Windows XP talk about the overall sexy-ness of Windows XP and the performance price you have to pay for it.
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