Nattawat.org :: View topic – Operating System Tweaks, Windows XP Tweaks
Operating System Tweaks, Windows XP Tweaks…Not really for advanced users

After the install of Windows XP do the following :

1) Turn off Hibernate and remove the Hibernate file from the root ( C: ) ( file is 300mb+ )

2) Turn off System Restore on ALL drives

3) Move the Pagefile to another drive like D:

4) Go into MSCONFIG and on the tab “startup” remove all the crap you do not need

5) Advanced Settings : see Below

Go to Start > Programs > Admin Tools > services

Double-click on the unwanted service to get the options for it

Click “STOP” to stop it if it is running

Change the start-up type from Automatic/Manual to DISABLED

The Following Services May Be Disabled :

* Alerter

* Clipbook

* Computer Browser

* Fast User Switching

* Human Interface Access Devices

* Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)

* Messenger

* Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)

* Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)

* Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)

* Remote Procedure Call Locator

* Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)

* Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)

* Server

* SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless “Universal P’n’P”, & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)

* TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper

* Telnet (disabled for extra security)

* Universal Plug and Play Device Host

* Upload Manager

* Windows Time

* Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)

* Workstation

6) Windows xp has the service shutdown time set to 20000 ms which equals 20 secs (no wonder it takes so long).

Go to regedit and change the key :

I set mine to 0 ms and now i shutdown way fast. Experiment with the settings.

==========

Before we start tweaking, I recommend you set up a few things on your operating system.

Make sure you have Administrator privileges on the computer you are
tweaking as some options may have been disabled for use by standard
users. Also, there’s ClearType. ClearType basically works to make text
on your screen appear much clearer and readable

To turn ClearType on, just access your Display properties in Control Panel,

then click on the ‘Appearances’ tab. Then click the ‘Effects…’ button.

Tick ‘Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts…’ and change the listbox to ‘ClearType’.

Then just click OK, Apply, and close down your dialogs.