Hi I’m back!! Today, I would like to show you how to make your computer faster by adjusting the visual effects in your Windows XP. Actually windows xp provides us with a number of visual effects that can make our Windows XP look great, however these effects will make your computer slow. So, it’s up to you now whether you want your windows look great or to make your computer faster as never before. : ) If you ready to make your computer faster by customize the visual effects, follow these steps:

1. Right click on the My Computer and then click Properties to go to System. You also can go to System by Win + Pause Break or Click on the Control Panel and then click on Performance and Maintenance to find System.

2. You can see there are many tabs there. Click on the Advanced tab and then click on Setting.

3. In this windows you can see there are three tabs there. Click on the Visual Effects tab to start customize your Visual Effects. Before you start to customize your visual effects, you should understand what are you doing to make it easy to you to make your computer faster. You can choose to let windows decide what is the best for computer or you can choose adjust for appearance or performance.

I suggest you to select Custom to customize your visual effects because you should choose visual effects that you really want. I had picked two visual effects for my windows Xp to make my computer faster and my windows XP also still remain look great. For more information, you can right-click the item and then click What’s This?

Hopefully you found this article good for you. Here are my previous articles how to make your Windows XP start menu load faster and 5 steps to make your computer startup faster.

Feel like your Start Menu too slow to open pop-up menus? I have idea to make your
windows xp start menu load faster.
Here’s how you can customize the speed of the start menu:

1. Click Start Menu > Click Run

2. Type Regedit > Click OK

3. Find the following key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay

4. Double Click MenuShowDelay and then change value data to 0.

5. Click OK and then Close the registry editor

That’ it! I hope this article can help you to make your windows xp start menu
load faster : )

In this article I’ll show you how to use MSCONFIG tool to make your computer startup faster. MSCONFIG or Microsoft System Configuration Utility is a tool designed to help you troubleshoot problems with your computer. You can edit your startup programs and access SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI and BOOT.INI using this tool. Follow these steps to make your windows xp startup faster : )

1. Start -> Click Run

2. Enter msconfig and click ok

3. Click Startup tab

4. Uncheck program that you don’t want to startup

You can disable programs that you don’t want automatically load when you start your computer. By disabling these programs will help your computer startup faster.

5. Click Ok and restart
Now you should notice that your computer startup faster.

My Hot Tips to Make Your Computer Faster:

* Regularly check your startup folder to prevent malicious programs installed itself without your knowledge.

* Delete the temporary files from Temp folder (Start > Run > %temp% > delete all files).

* Upgrade your RAM to makes your computer boot faster : )

I hope this article can helps you to make your computer faster..

Do you want to know how to make your computer faster? I have great ideas how to make your computer faster and you can now save yourself from aggravation think of your computer problem especially when you are working with your computer. Here are my some tips to make your computer faster.

1. Delete all files on your temporary files, temp and cookies from the computer can make your computer faster and stable.

Follow these steps:

Tools > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders

C:\Documents and Settings\your computer’s name\Cookies

C:\Documents and Settings\your computer’s name\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

C:\Documents and Settings\your computer’s name\Local Settings\Temp

2. I suggest you do disk clean up once a week to free up space on your hard disk. Use Disk Cleanup tool to help you remove downloaded program files, empty the recycle bin, remove optional windows components that you are not using etc.

You can start Disk Cleanup, by:

Start > Run > type cleanmgr > OK or Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup or In My Computer > right-click the disk > Properties > General > Disk Cleanup

3. Take your time to defrag your computer at least once two weeks but I think it is better if you defrag your computer once a week. Use Disk Defragmenter tool to help your puts your data back into sequential order and making it easier for your operating system (Windows) to access it. As a result, the performance of your computer will increase and more efficient.

Start > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter

4. Always check your system to make sure your system has no errors. Check and fix your system using Scandisk and that will make your computer run faster.

My Computer > Right Click on drive C >Properties > Tools > Check Now > Automatically fix file system errors > Start

5. Use MSConfig tool to make you computer start-up faster and crashes less.

6. Uninstall unwanted programs on your computer to free up your system resources such as memory and disk space.

Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs

7. I suggest you avoid opening too many programs at the same time. Only open programs that you really want and this will make your computer faster and run smoothly.

8. Removing spyware and adware from your computer. Spyware and adware are often downloaded onto your computer without your knowledge and these will cause your computer slow.

Tips: Install spyware/adware removal program (such asAd-Aware 2007 and Spybots) on your computer and make sure you always update your anti-virus.

Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org

9. Always make sure that all your programs has the latest updates on your computer.

10. Use registry repair software such as Tune UP Utilities to improve quality performance of your computer.

I hope this article can help you to make your computer faster and keeping your computer clean and running smoothly.