Speed Up PC Performance - Manage Processor Scheduling

How to Manually Manage Processor Scheduling for Better PC Performance?

There are a finite number of resources that are available for a computer's CPU. Windows manages these resources automatically, and can allocate tasks between processors or manage multiple processes on a single processor. You can adjust how Windows manages these resources by prioritizing them between the foreground programs and the background services.

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Speed Up Your PC By Disabling XP Splash Screen

Speed Up Windows XP

Disable XP Splash Screen:

Here’s a method that will speed up the overall boot process of your PC by disabling the XP splash screen. Doing this will hide away any boot-up messages and shows the list of drivers loading at startup.

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Speed Up Windows XP

Speed Up Menu Display

Microsoft Windows XP uses many visual effects to provide a rich, friendly interface. One of these settings allows menus to fade into view when you open them. This visual effect is so smooth that you may never have noticed it; however, the effect does cause menus to take a little longer to appear.

On a fast computer, this shouldn't be an issue. But on a computer that isn’t responding as quickly as you'd like, you can make menus display faster.

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Windows XP - Keyboard Shortcuts - Part III

                                          

                           Most pc users are accustomed to using their mouse for most actions they do on the computer. However, there is a much more powerful and easier way to navigate; this is the Windows keyboard shortcuts. Most of us are aware of the copy Ctrl+C, paste Ctrl+V and Ctrl+Alt+Delete (task manager), but there are many more. Knowing quite a few of these can be very helpful in the event your mouse has stopped working.

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Windows XP - Keyboard Shortcuts - Part II

Dialog box keyboard shortcuts

                If you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode. In this mode, you can use an arrow key to move a cursor with out changing the selection. You can press CTRL+SPACEBAR or SHIFT+SPACEBAR to adjust the selection. To cancel extended selection mode, press  SHIFT+F8 again. Extended selection mode cancels itself when you move the focus to another control.

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Windows XP - Keyboard Shortcuts - Part I

                    Keyboard shortcuts plays a vital role in improving the speed, performance. When it comes to Time factor, we can save maximum type by using these shortcuts. 

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Speed Up Windows XP - Disable Automatic Network Search

Disable Automatic Network Search In Windows Explorer        

                            Did you ever notice that when you open My Computer or Windows Explorer, there is a pause before the window loads? That may be caused by a default setting that tells Explorer to search for network files and printers every time it loads. If your home computers are not networked to each other, then there is no need for this feature.

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Speed Up Windows XP - Reduce the size of System Restore

What is System Restore?

               System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as e‑mail, documents, or photos.
Sometimes, the installation of a program or a driver can cause an unexpected change to your computer or cause Windows to behave unpredictably. Usually, uninstalling the program or driver corrects the problem. If uninstalling does not fix the problem, you can try restoring your computer's system to an earlier date when everything worked correctly.


                              System Restore uses a feature called System Protection to regularly create and save restore points on your computer. These restore points contain information about registry settings and other system information that Windows uses. You can also create restore points manually.


                          System Restore is not intended for backing up personal files, so it cannot help you recover a personal file that has been deleted or damaged.

                            The Size of System Restore is set fairly high by default, around more than 10% which will affect your speed if your your available disk space is less. So you can try to set that to 3%, there's really no need to set it higher than that.

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