some tips that i use to speed up my pc/windows xp
: disable some service that you din't use, like iis, smtp, messenger, aplication manage, alerter, www publishing and some service
: don't use a wallpaper may save some memory
: defragment disk once in a blue moon

i preper to set those service to manual so i can use it when i neet it
and there some security values in gpedit.msc that may speed up your windows too but it will slow your shutdown

You could also terminate some useless processes that are currently running on your system. That way, your computer would use less memory and would run faster. Well, you could always turn on those processes again if you need them or if better yet, terminate and uninstall them if they are just plain useless.

MindSoft Utilities XP 8 is what I use and it seems to do the job just fine and there is plenty of places to download it rather you want to pay for it or not

By default , Windows will automatically use hard drive space for extra memory if window needs more Ram memory and you hardware RAM is full. This process is called virtual memory process. It was invented by DEC more than a decade ago to speed up the computers with little amount of RAM.

You may be able to reduce the amount of hard drive allocated for virtual memory and therefore speed up the computer when you have a lot of RAM. It takes more time to access memory in the hard drive.

Some programs was able to teak windows virtual memory settings. I have learned the hard way that those programs will be messed up if you upgrade your windows OS. They would actually slow down your computer.

I think with the cost of RAM is going down, the best way is to buy more RAM. Depending on you applications, most of the time Windows XP will run fast if you have 512 Megs of memory.

Is it a command that just cancel the menu delaying?!

I donno watever u guys are speaking about ..
i heard about the softwares u were speaking and adding hardwares ...
but i can not afford adding hardware to my laptop ..
nor can i afford removing some instances that i do not need ..
the laptops allways have a bunch of small applications which can not be stopped or .. which can just be removed ...
infact the best way to speed up ur PC is to switch it off and start working manually

How much faster will my PC go? I just tried it and my PC is the same as always and that is slower than Christmas. Do I need some kind of program?

Setting 'File System' to 'Network Server' makes your computer faster because it optimizes the file system. More data is cached when reading from the disk, so reading in files is faster. Does anyone know other ways to speed up my computer, as some of the stuff i do on it is really slow (Pentium II 350mHz w/Windows 98 SE)

daniel

Will there be other trade off setting the File System to "Network Server" when you are not really a network server?

You mentioned that more data is cached when reading from the disk and thus will be faster. Some questions popped up in my mind as I just studied file management systerm. What I know is that you still have a fixed amout of cache in your computer, so caching more data doesn't make any sense as some other data in the cache will have to be removed from the cache for thie 'more data' to be written to the cache.

wow dude that helps a lot i needed to speed up my computer as well cause mine is only a 500mhz on a celeron so i really needed to know that information. im sure other people will like it to