XP TECHIES...Got any good system tweaks?

[leftyandproud]

I've used the standard tweak guides at tweaktown.com, and am looking to squeeze a little more juice out of my aging PC.

I know we have a lot of smart people here and was hoping you guys could post your favorite tips and tricks to boost general PC performance.

Any ideas?

[Gore1FL]

1. I am not saying you should do this but...

have you considered overclocking?

[leftyandproud]

3. no

and I never will..not worth the risk ;)

[Gore1FL]

7. It depends

If you can buy 3 cheap CPUs for the price of an expensive CPU, you can burn 3 out and still break even.

I haven't done it with a P4, but I had great sucess with a P2 and a P3 -- (no replacements)

[4morewars]

2. TweakUI

Get it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

[AntiCoup2K4]

4. Try this site

www.blackviper.com

A lot of interesting Windowsgeek stuff there.

[leftyandproud]

5. first thing everyone should do in my opinion

right click my computer, properties, advanced, performance...

choose the "best performance" option, and click only two folders, the "drop shadows" and "font smoothing". Leave everything else blank. I did this and got an instant 20% boost in speed.

[LibertyorDeath]

6. Hi this guy knows his stuff WinXP Home & Pro run lots of

unecessary services that suck up system resources

Turn the ones of that you don't need

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/Archive/servicecfg.htm

Oh yeah get more Memory

Good luck

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Yes.

X-Tech X-Setup. Lotsa tweeks. Easy, too.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

9. And Blackviper...

Has kitties! ;-)

[leftyandproud]

10. Thanks everyone for the sites

bump!