Increase The Performance Of Windows With Registry.
1.) Reduce the System Shutdown Time
When you click on Turn Off button, a message is sent to all programs running on your XP system to shutdown. The default time to allow applications to shutdown is 20 seconds. To reduce this time to say 5 seconds, in the Registry Editor navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Here, double-click on the value “WaitToKillAppTime” and change its default value 20000 to 5000 and select the OK button.
2.) Faster Menus
To improve the responsiveness of the drop-down menus, go to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop
Here, double-click on the value “MenuShowDelay” and change its value data to “0”.
3.) Disable CD AutoPlay
To prevent your CDs from playing automatically when you insert them in the CD-drive, navigate to the following location in the registry editor:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
Here, double-click on the value “Autorun” and change its value data to 0.
4.) Reduce the Time for Windows Reporting an Application as Not Responding
To reduce the reporting time for Not Responding programs, open the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Here, double-click on the string value “HungAppTimeout” and change the default value from 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds) to a smaller value say 1000 (1 second).
5.) Disable startup programs
Programs that load during system startup unnecessarily uses a lot of system resources and slow down your computer. To disable these startup applications or programs, first open each of the following keys listed below one-by-one.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Go through the list of programs that added here and remove the programs that you don’t want to load at startup of the window.
6.) Hide Desktop Icons
To ensure that your beautiful wallpaper is not speckled by icons, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Right-click on the right pane, select Binary Value and name it as “NoDesktop” and change its value data to 01 00 00 00.
Registry tweaks or tricks can help you customize your XP computer and even increase the performance of your system. While working within the registry, you must also keep in mind that registry cleaning is also very important in order to maintain an error-free, healthy system. You can clean and remove registry errors with the help of registry cleaner tools and ensure yourself a healthy registry and enhanced system performance.
7.) Reduce the waiting time for Chkdsk to check your drive at system startup
To reduce the time for Chkdsk to check your drive at startup, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
Here, open or create the DWORD value, "AutoChkTimeOut" and set the number of seconds (in milliseconds) you want Chkdsk to wait before scanning your hard disk during Windows startup.
