A Faster Way To Shut Down And Restart Your Windows XP
If you’re experiencing slow shutdowns and Restart on your Windows XP, this trick will great help you. Shutdown Command = windows key + UU Restart Command = windows key + UR Now enjoy it.
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Speed Up Your Windows XP By Disabling File Indexing
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!