XP Housekeeping The foundation to make the housekeeping process easy and efficient is the partioning of my hard disk(s). While the primary partition holds the operating system and programme files, the secondary is dedicated to the data files. This way, the
Tuning the Windows environment – Windows XP optimization
Tuning the Windows environment – Windows XP speed optimization Here is a list of items that I apply to optimize a Windows XP system. 1) Review the System Properties Adjust the Performance Options in the Advanced Tab: Visual Effects: Adjust
Tuning the Windows environment – Five essential steps in XP Maintenance
Five essential steps in XP Maintenance Check the disk space for a successful defragmentation. If the system disk has less than 10% free space then install the tools in the next steps on another partition. If no other partition is
Dell™ Dimension™ 4550
Dell™ Dimension™ 4550 Installed Operating System: Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 3 easy hardware access – disappointing system performance
Tuning the Windows environment – A Windows 2000 Pro Clean (re-)Install description
A Windows 2000 Pro Clean (re-)Install description Format the drive C: partition Install the drive in a second pc (running windows NT or XP). Select the disk drive as `slave’ and format the bootable partition with NTFS support. Re-install the
Remote Assistance – the easy way with Microsoft (XP and Vista)
To offer remote support you may use the Remote Assistance built in with XP and Vista. In this example an XP PC requested the assistance from a Vista PC. First, make sure remote assistance is enabled: check the configuration settings
Tuning the Windows environment – Windows Folder Sharing
Windows Folders Sharing (Windows XP) To get full control of your Folder sharing options, you may need to modify the Folder Options settings. In the Windows explorer menu, select ‘Tools’. In the ‘Tools’ pull-down menu, choose the ‘Folder Options’. The
Tuning the Windows environment – File and Print Services
Windows File and Print Services File and Print services over TCP/IP have been disabled on all my PC’s for security reasons. All PC’s communicate over IPX/SPX for File and Print sharing. To share file & print services, only bind the
Tuning the Windows environment – disable services
Services that I have disabled for Windows XP: Distributed Link Tracking Client Help and Support Indexing Service IPSEC Services Messenger Net Logon NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Network DDE Network DDE DSDM QoS RSVP Remote Desktop Help Session Manager Remote Registry
Tuning the Windows environment – msconfig
Tuning the XP and Vista environment The Registry plays a crucial part of the operating system and may become fragmented and cluttered with obsolete and invalid data. Essential system and application configuration settings are stored in ‘ini’ files. Here are
Tuning the Windows environment – optimize XP for audio and video
To optimize XP for audio and video Turn off system sounds Adjust Video Effects for best performance Under Processor Scheduling, select “Background services” Under Virtual Memory, select “No paging file” (provided that enough RAM is installed)
Wintel Desktop
This is a custom built system. While all components are quite old, the system still does a good job. ASUS P4P800-VM Intel 865GE, P4 478 800FSB, VGA, SATA, 4DDR Dual Channel PC3200, 3PCI, SOUND, LAN INTEL PIV 2600 512KB Cache
WinAMD Desktop
WinAMD Desktop This is a custom built system. While all components are quite old, the system still does a good job. MSI K7N2G ATX Mainboard – Socket 462 – Socket A Supports Athlon XP, Duron and Sempron NVIDIA® nForce2 IGP
Tuning the Windows environment – Netbios Security
Netbios Security In Windows XP, you can secure your files from the Internet and disable Netbios over IP in the TCP/IP protocol settings (Advanced options). Windows uses the NetBIOS protocol to share files and print services over your home LAN.