Hangs is vague but since you already deleted it you need to do the following to optimize your boot time. Turn off your computer and time with a stop watch from when you press the power button to the...

I am listening and I am telling you it is nonsense. Either Prefetching was broken in some way on your system, never properly optimized before testing or your testing was flawed. I have worked on...

Does anyone know how this works? Listen Prefetching does not load ANYTHING that is not already being loaded. What it does is OPTIMALLY load what is ALREADY being loaded. Prefetching is an...

Don't state nonsense. If Windows now boots in 35 seconds and you delete the prefetch files and it then boots in 60 seconds, you will not notice this? If an application loads in 10 seconds but you...

Are you delusional? IE still has over 80% of the browser market and IE7 is the nail in the overhyped Firefox coffin. Get the facts:

http://www.FirefoxMyths.com

Check the Task Manager, even with disk paging disabled, Windows is still paging.

What benchmarks? Windows only pages when necessary it does not page just to increase disk writes.

This is not completely correct. The Prefetcher does track the first ten seconds of an application launch from a cold start of that application and then creates a Prefetch Trace file which includes a...

This post by Dani is inaccurate. Obsolete entries do NOT slow your system down in ANY way. They do nothing but take up a ridiculously small amount of disk space. Do NOT clean the folder, it is self...

This is actually a Myth and will reduce performance:

XP Myths (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html)

I realize this is an old thread but it showing up high in Google. Just an FYI but this "tweak" is a Myth:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html

v1.0.1

Performance Myths - Firefox is the Fastest Web Browser
Performance Myths - Firefox is Faster than Mozilla
Security Myths - Firefox is the Most Secure Web Browser
Feature Myths - Firefox...

You just said why it matters. People "think" it is faster when it is not. Could it be it "seems" faster is due to others saying the same thing?


I've heard this alot. Usually people promoting...

Firefox Myths (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html)


Interesting as quite a few of these are widely believed to be true. Please no flaming. ;)

XP Games - A Windows XP Freeware Game Guide (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPGames.html)


:D Free Games!

Follow this Guide: Optimize XP (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html)

- That was in reply to a spammed post that has since been removed.

v2.0.0

Tweaks - Page File Instructions Updated
Internet - SP2 TCP/IP Slowdown Fix Instructions Updated
Internet - Windows...

There is much more you can do to improve Boot Times like using:

Autoruns to disable useless startup applications
Turning off unnecessary services
Making sure your system is Virus and Spyware...

When adjusting your Cache size it is better to use Cacheman. For this, more detailed Page File optimization info and many more Optimization tips go here:

Optimize XP - A Windows XP Optimization...

This has nothing to do with this post. Your Tips, most of them are useless. Numerous ones are complicated registry modifications that a simple check box in windows can do. Waste of time.

SP2 includes numerous improvements over SP1, the security features added to Internet Explorer are in no way redundant. They eliminate the risk of auto installing spyware for one. The XP Firewall is...

Any tweak program or application you have to pay for should be avoided. The only application there are not a good free version for are Disk Defragmenters. There is not much changed in relation to P2P...

Or you can just use Atomic Clock Sync utility (http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/), works with (Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98, 95 or NT4).

Optimize XP - A Windows XP Optimization Guide (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html)

Optimize Windows XP to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows XP's default...

You can find more information about SP2 and the steps necessary for a successful upgrade here:

Optimize XP - A Windows XP Optimization Guide...