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Speed Up Your Windows XP By Disabling File Indexing

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File indexing is a Windows service that like many others, which is totally useless - unless you do a lot of searching on your computer. As most users don’t, it’s a good idea to disable it to speed up actions like opening and closing files and folders on your Windows XP. To disable the Indexing Service: Go to “My Computer” and right click on your hard drive. At the bottom of the window that opens, you should see a check box titled “Allow Indexing Service to index the disk for fast file searching. Just unmark it. Now Click Ok and Apply.

Group policy for Windows XP [gpedit.msc]

One of the most full featured Windows XP configuration tools available is hidden right there in your system, but most people don't even know it exists. It's called the Local Group Policy Editor, or gpedit for short. To invoke this editor, select Start and then Run, or windows key+R then type the following word gpedit.msc After you hit ENTER, you'll be greeted by gpedit, which lets you modify virtually every feature in Windows XP without having to resort to regedit. Dig around and enjoy!

Top 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer

If you want to improve the speed of your computer, that’s great idea... Steps to Speed Up Your Computer’s Performance :: 01. Assure Hardware is Sufficient. 02. Clean Your Desktop. 03. Scan Your Windows System for Errors. 04. Scan for Viruses, Spyware and Adware. 05. Uninstall Unused Programs. 06. Adjust Visual Effects for Better Performance. 07. Don’t Automatically Start Programs. 08. Defragment Your Hard Drive Regularly. 09. Uninstall unnecessary programs from your pc. 10. Delete temporary file from your pc.

Lock your desktop

To avoid having too many icons cluttering up the desktop, there's a way to keep them "stuck" to the desktop. Go to Run menu and typr RegEdit and press enter. Now go into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and right-click New/DWORD Value in the right-hand window, name it NoSaveSettings. Double-click on it and assign it a value of 1 Enjoy It....

Work on your PC Without Mouse.

Work on a computer without mouse is not impossible but it is difficult as you need to know almost all the function of every key and shortcuts. Microsoft Windows operating system provides you a facility, which name MouseKeys. Which lets you control the mouse pointer by using the numeric keypad on your keyboard. But how can you did it. Following the steps.... Pressing the left ALT, left SHIFT and NUM LOCK keys will open a window named MouseKeys. From where if you select the ok button, it will turn on MouseKeys. Then you can use numeric keypad of your keyboard (1-9) to move mouse pointer every where in the monitor screen. You can customize the MouseKeys options by clicking Settings button which will open a window named Accessibility Options. Selecting the Settings button will open a window name Settings for MouseKeys. From that window select the options according to your choice and press the ok button. I tested it Windows XP Pro Service pack2

Remove Folder Option From Your Menu

Go to Start> Run, and type: gpedit.msc Open The Path User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer. Now Double Click On “Remove The Folder Option Menu Item From The Tools Menu. Next time here comes a window, Select enable and apply then OK. Its Done.