Make sure you have the very latest drivers for all your devices if not get onto the manufacturers websites and download them. Make sure that your hardware is functioning at its best You don't have to spend a lot of money to get good performance. no one needs desktop themes and paint etc installed.
Only install the Windows components that you really need and always do a custom install e.g. This way you will wont have obsolete files scattered around and the all important registry is kept to a minimum. Always do a clean install of your Windows operating system Never upgrade over an existing system. The more Ram the better ! - aim for a minimum of 512 meg Ram upwards ! I personally recommend 512 meg Ram for a normal machine as the price of Ram is very good nowadays. Some of these tips are only for the more experienced users out there and unless performed right will result in the death of your operating system - you are warned ! One of the biggest performance increases you can do straight away is to make sure you have adequate RAM installed in your machine. Optimising tips that are mainly for Windows 9x Optimising tips for Windows Millennium Optimising tips for Windows NT Optimising tips for Windows 2000 Optimising tips for Windows XP Security tips and securing internet information server Useful programs that I use Internet tweaking sites that I recommend, including security, overclocking and misc sites Bios tweaking tips Overclocking tips ConclusionĬHAPTER OPTIMIZING WINDOWS 9x TIPS (most of these apply for ME, NT, 2000 & XP also) I shall go through many, many tips here. I find the best way to use this document is just to dip in and read.
This just digs you a deep hole real fast and you won't have any idea how to get out. Don't go performance crazy and make big broad changes to your system all at once if you are new to tweaking. Remember backup your data - everyone says it - so do it. Also in this document are tips for overclocking your computer, tips for tweaking your Bios, security tips, links to tweaking websites and a small list of some of the more useful programs that I have found on my travels. The tips are split up into sections, Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000 and XP etc. These tips will tell you indepth, the various things you can do to tweak your Windows system and to give you a lot more horsepower. A lot of these tips I have found out myself and also from various contributors and websites which are listed in these tips.
This text file and its associated files represent some of the best optimising and tweaking tips available on the Windows platform. INTRODUCTION I have been messing around with various operating systems for many years now and there's nothing I like better then to get the best performance and stability possible from a system. Winxp win2000 biostweaking internetsecuritysites Mr.X.'s TWEAKING AND OPTIMIZING WINDOWS DOC Updated Janu (set your page setup to A4 and all margins to 20mm or 2 cms for optimal display and go into options and change to wrap to ruler)