How to Tweak Windows XP

Do you want a faster PC? Aside from an upgrade, there are other ways to optimize your PC's performance. Are you ready?

If your PC is XP with SP2 or SP1, then this is for you. What we are trying to do here is to tweak your PC. 'Tweak' maybe sounds a little different, but thanks to our generous guides out there, we can now experience the ultimate performance that our XP can give. This procedure is safe. Just follow the steps correctly.

Compared to other OS, I bet Windows appears to be the most user friendly. But actually, it's not. If you have already visited your registry, I think you understand what I am talking about. We can see a lot of folders with names we cannot understand. That makes it complicated.

We will be following the guide of Black Viper.

Part One: Let us make it really safe. Before we go to tweaking, we will be making different profiles. In this way, we will not lose the default settings of Windows. To make other profiles, here's Black Vipers Guide. Follow steps 1-14.

(If you will read a little introduction about it, you will learn a lot. )

Part Two: Here, you will be choosing what configuration you think best suits you. Here's a quick explanation. We will try to configure which service will be disabled,automatic or manual. You can choose from 8 configurations. How to know what configuration will suit you? In this link, please scroll down to 'Table Header Information". There you can see see configurations namely DEFAULT Home, DEFAULT MCE 2005, DEFAULT Pro, DEFAULT Pro x64, DEFAULT Tablet PC 2005, "SAFE" Configuration, Power User Configuration, and Bare Bones Configuration. They also have their description.

Part Three: Tweak it. All you have to do is to open your services, and using the profiles you made, just copy the configuration laid out on the table in this link (Scroll down until you see the table named 'Black Viper's Windows Service Pack 2 Service Configurations').

To go to services, click start -->> control panel (Classic view) -->> administrative tools -->> services

Your PC is now TWEAKED!! With your new configuration, you will experience a faster PC. just be sure to choose the correct configuration profile upon rebooting your PC.

Cheers!