daytrader 203 Report post Posted October 18, 2011 Windows XP Tips Disk Tools to Speed Up your PC Every month or two you should do a little disk maintenance to optimize the performance of your computer. 1 - Disk Cleanup - Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup. Click the unnecessary files you want to remove, and click OK. 2 - Run ScanDisk - Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, ScanDisk.(run Standard and check Automatically fix errors) 3 - Run Disk Defragmenter - Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. (note this may take a long time to run the first time.) Disabling Error Reporting By default, WindowsXP will request to report application errors to Microsoft. To turn this off: Right click on the My Computer icon on the desktop Select Properties / Advanced Click on the Error Reporting tab Check Disable error reporting Speeding Up the Display of Start Menu Items An easy way to speed up the display of the Start Menu Items is to turn off the menu shadow. Right click on an open area of the Desktop Select Properties Click on the Appearance tab Click on the Effects button Uncheck Show shadows under menus Setting System Time Over the Internet You can set your system clock to a time server on the Internet. Double-click the time on your taskbar Click the Internet Time tab Check Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server Click on the Update Now button Creating a Password Recovery Disk In case you forget your password, you can create a password recovery floppy disk beforehand to help you out of this problem. Single-click Start menu Go to the Control Panel / User Accounts Click the User Account On the left hand side, click on Prevent forgotten password You will need to know your password to create the disk. If you don't remember your password sometime in the future, click on the green arrow like normal at the login and you will be prompted to insert the password recover disk. Changing the Default Search Settings By default, when you start a search, you are prompted for what you want to search for. (e.g. Pictures, Documents, Files, Computers) To change the preferences, simply click on Change preferences From here you can: Turn off the animated screen character Change files and folders search behavior (setting it to Advanced changes the default search screen to be for simply files) Internet search settings Turn off balloon tips 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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