Cleaning your computer’s registry as well as running the defragmentation tool have always been considered among the best things you can do to speed up Windows XP Pro, but they are not the only ones. These two have their intended functions and cannot be used to fix problems other those to which they were originally made for. With that said, there are other notable options that you have to speed up your PC like.

Run software repairs. Know if your PC is running on NTFS file system.
The speed of newer computers are said to be directly linked to their usage of the NTFS file system. The older systems – the FAT16 file system and FAT23 file system – can only dish out speed that are below of the capacity of NTFS. Access the status of your PC’s file system via My Computer in drive C. Go to Properties and check for details. If you found out that your PC is running in FAT23 file system and FAT23 file system, seriously consider upgrading.

Disable bugs in your PC. Malware, depending on the type, can harm your PC in various ways. While adware and spyware are non-malicious, by nature, these still eat up plenty of valuable computer resources which could have been used for other, more useful uses. Always have a malware detection program ready to scan and clear your computer off these unneeded and oftentimes dangerous applications.

Change the settings of the indexing service. Windows XP has services that make computer usage easier for the owners. The problem though is that sometimes the very things that were designed to help you turn your computer speed to a crawl. Among such services is the indexing service. According to many computer geeks, this service is not really that useful. This service only use up computer resources and in no significant way help the PC’s operation. If you think you can do away with this, disable it. To disable the indexing service, go to My Computer, right click on your hard drive and select Properties. Remove the check mark on the box that says, “Allow indexing service to index this hard drive for faster searching”, hit OK then close.

Disable the visual effects that you don’t need. Windows XP dish out excellent speed and brilliant visual effects. These are good save for the fact that they consume significant amount of computer resources. To boost your computer’s speed, disable some of the visual effects.

Boost startup. As you continually use your computer, it will accumulate applications that automatically launch during Startup. To know how many programs and whether you can delete some applications from the Startup folder, access the Startup tab via the MSCONFIG tool. Delete all programs that are unnecessary to boot up. To fully remove all traces of the deleted programs in the Startup folder, hit START, type services.msc, and delete the previously disabled files.

Windows XP has numerous features that users love. It can boot up within 30 seconds, for example. Make the most of its features by following the abovementioned ways to speed up Windows XP Pro.