Speed up Windows : Make it Faster

We all usually run are Windows operating system on default settings. There are several hidden tweaks and tools known to developers which can make your speed up Windows and make it run faster.

ActiveHowTo.com has an excellent and comprehensive article with a huge number of detailed tips to Make Your Windows Fast As Never Before! And some of the tips they recommend are -

“Disable indexing services
Optimise display settings
Disable performance counters
Speedup folder browsing
Improve memory usage
Optimise your internet connection
Optimise your pagefile
Run bootvis – improve boot times
Remove the desktop picture
Remove fonts for speed
Disable unnecessary services
Turn off system restore
Defragment your pagefile
Speedup folder access – disable last access update
Disable system sounds
Improve boot times
Improve swapfile performance
Make your menus load faster
Make programs load faster
Improve xp shutdown speed
Speed up boot times
Free up memory
Ensure xp is using dma mode
Add correct network card settings
Remove annoying delete confirmation messages
Disable prefetch on low memory systems”

See the detailed article on how you can fix up each of these Windows settings and get the power software to tweak the rest to speed up Windows.