Enhance Windows Performance !!!

Here is how one can improve the performance of a Windows machine.

· Start > right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
· Click on the "Advanced" tab.
· See the "Performance" section? Click "Settings".
· Disable the following:

Fade or slide menus into view
Fade or slide ToolTips into view
Fade out menu items after clicking
Show Shadows under menus
Slide open combo boxes
Slide taskbar buttons
Use a background image for each folder type
Use common tasks in folders
There, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster.

Clean Prefetch in Windows XP

This is a unique technique for Windows XP. It is well known that it is necessary to scrub registry and TEMP files for Win9X/ME/2000 periodically. Prefetch is a new and very useful technique in Windows XP. However, after using XP some time, the prefetch directory can get full of junk and obsolete links in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down a computer noticeably.

· Open C(system drive):/windows/prefetch, delete those junk and obsolete files, reboot. It is recommended to carry out this operation on a monthly basis.

Cheers !!!