[Hurricaneboi]

Hey guys, my bootup time is okay, but I've been enduring sluggish performance in xp itself (after loading windows), such as slow loading of applications and startup items (of which i only have less than 10 including AV/firewall/antispyware).

I even have to wait for objects to appear when I click the Start button. I'm sure this is not the case with many users here.

Can anyone provide any solution to boost my desktop performance?? thanks!!

[Gollum]

most effective way is still a reformat and reinstall.

[Hurricaneboi]

besides that lei unker

[Gollum]

buy faster processor.

brute force it to work the way u want

[Hurricaneboi]

hmmm...no tweaks ah???

this E6300 running at 3.4ghz liao. unless cache also plays a big part la...this one only got 2mb.

[proyb2]

not enough lah, get a Raptor harddisk if you want top notch performance.

[reddevil0728]

Tweaking Companion for Vista and XP

[Blueberry]

get more rams 3gb max

get sata II if your can support

check for virus or spywares

upgrade the whole computer to quad cores

[proyb2]

Originally Posted by Blueberry

get more rams 3gb max

get sata II if your can support

check for virus or spywares

upgrade the whole computer to quad cores

lol, quad cores graphics card, quad cores soundcard, quad cores mobo?

[LatecomerX]

Originally Posted by Hurricaneboi

Hey guys, my bootup time is okay, but I've been enduring sluggish performance in xp itself (after loading windows), such as slow loading of applications and startup items (of which i only have less than 10 including AV/firewall/antispyware).

I even have to wait for objects to appear when I click the Start button. I'm sure this is not the case with many users here.

Can anyone provide any solution to boost my desktop performance?? thanks!!

Uninstall installed-on-an-impulse software and scan for malware on your system.

[kyouta]

trying clearing your prefetch folder and let it fill itself up again ... alotta old programs will be stuck in your prefetch

[Hurricaneboi]

thanks reddy...that's a HELL of a read!

i got 2GB rams running at ddr2-960...planning on adding another 2GB but later den decide

i am already on sataII

virus / spyware? always on the lookout, daily scans, hardly any attacks.

that one a bit out of budget but this E6300 running at 3.36ghz liao!

[Hurricaneboi]

Originally Posted by kyouta

trying clearing your prefetch folder and let it fill itself up again ... alotta old programs will be stuck in your prefetch

sry where can i find this folder?

[Hurricaneboi]

Originally Posted by LatecomerX

Uninstall installed-on-an-impulse software and scan for malware on your system.

did the former already (uninstalled anything i dont use anymore)...no malware/spyware/virus

[Nashaz]

defrag registry with auslogics reg defrag as well as defrag hdd with auslogics disk defrag, use ccleaner clean out all your crap and invalid registries, use it to also uninstall programs that u cant find in add/remove progs in control panel...

worse come to worse, uninstall all your active running programs and install them back one by 1 to see which one will cause your system to get bogged down...

PS. all the above progs are foc and free of malware...