How To Speed-up Windows

1. Speeding up your Windows PC startup time :

You can optimize your computer’s startup speed by launching Run on your Windows computer and typing “msconfig” without the quotes. This will take you to the System Configuration Settings which has five tabs – General, Boot, Services, Startup, and Tools.

Under the General tab, you’ll find 3 startup selections: normal, diagnostic, and selective. During normal startup, all device drivers and services will be loaded by your computer. If this is ticked, it may be the reason why your computer is taking long. Choose either diagnostic or selective startup to speed up the starting time of your Windows computer. Diagnostic startup only loads basic devices and services whereas with selective startup, you can choose to load neither system services nor startup items. After making a selection select “Apply.”

Under the Boot tab, select Advanced options so you can choose the number of processors to facilitate boot speed. If you have a dual-core or quad-core processor, assigning more than one of them to help with the start-up process can significantly boost your computer’s speed. Unfortunately, this optimization tweak is not so efficient on power so if you’re using a laptop, expect some battery drain after startup.

Finally, there’s the Services and Startup tab where you can specifically choose which services and startup items are going to load.

2. Speeding up your Windows Start Menu :

The Start Menu is another serious offender as it often takes time to load. Once again you need to open Run but this time, you will type “regedit.exe” to launch the Registry Editor. Go to theHKEY_CURRENT_USER folder and find Control Panel –> Desktop –> MenuShowDelay. Then, double click MenuShowDelay to edit its value. Type in the numbers on the blank and hit “OK.” Remember, the lower the value the faster the Start Menu will load.

Another trick for speeding up your Windows Start Menu would be to limit the number of shortcuts on your desktop. It could be that you just have too many icons on your desktop and that’s what is causing your computer to take long when loading the Start Menu.

3. Speeding up the Right Click Menu :

Yet another disappointing slow-down that Windows users experience is the time it takes the Menu to show up when hitting the right click. Installing third-party programs that allow you to remove items from the context menu should speed it up.

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How to Make Your XP Genuine- Just by Double Click!!

It's 2012! That means 10 years have been passed since Microsoft released Windows XP for the first time. Though this OS is obsolete still nearly 50% users use XP in their Computers. 

Sometimes you may have trouble to make your XP genuine. If your XP detected as invalid once  then you are in a deep trouble. You've to install it again. Besides while installing Microsoft Security Essential your OS must be genuine. In that case your Windows XP will show continuous error message about software piracy. 

So, in this post you'll get the easiest way to make Windows XP genunine. Follow the steps below.

1. Download the 1 KB zipped .reg file from here. 
2. Double Click on the zipped file to open it.
3. Now double click again and hit yes > OK.
4. Now restart your PC and enjoy the genuine Windows XP.

Note: This tips has been tested on Windows XP SP 2. Other service packs were not tested. To check your service pack version, go to properties of My Computer. 

Make Windows 7 Genuine - Simple and Easy Steps

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Add a Password on Zipped folder - Windows XP Only

In windows XP, you can protect your files and folders by adding a password. And no software is necessary for this purpose! All you need is just to create a ZIP file and set a password. Let's do it.

1. First, select the files and folder that needs to be password protected.
2. Now right click on it and send it to Compressed (zipped) folder. 
3. Double click on the zipped folder to open it. 
4. Now click on the file menu and select Add a password.
5. Type and confirm the password in the Add Password window and hit OK.
6. From now, whenever someone tries to open this folder, he will be supposed to enter the password to open the file. 

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And sorry to note this system has been removed from Windows 7 and Windows 8. 

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Get System Information by Simple CMD Command: Systeminfo !!

There are many ways to view your system information. But each of these ways has some advantages and disadvantages. You can't get information about all issues from a system. As a result you should know different ways to view your PC information. In this site two posts have already been published about viewing system information. 

1. DirectX Diagnostic Tool: Press Start + R > Type dxdiag > Press Enter > Get Details of your system. 
2. Speccy: A third party tool to view system information. It shows both hardware and software information. Also great for measuring the system temperature. 

Another popular way to get the system information is System Properties. You can get this by clicking right to the My Computer Icon and then choose Properties. Keyboard shortcut to view System Properties is Start + Pause. But it shows only minimum information. Just Processor, RAM and System type (32 or 64 bit). 

If you would like to get details about your system you must use either Dxdiag or Speccy. But today I'm gonna share something else with you! Yes, you can do it by a simple command. Let's start- 

1. Press Start + R to open Run.
2. Type cmd to run Command Prompt.
3. Type systeminfo hit enter and wait for 2/3 seconds
4. Now you get the details!

Systeminfo will show the following information:

• OS Name, Version, Manufacturer, Configuration and Build Type

• Name of the Registered Owner and Organization

• Product ID

• Windows Installation Date

• System Boot Time

• System Manufacturer, System Model and System Type

• Processor and its Capacity

• BIOS Name with Version

• Windows Installation Directory

• System Language and Keyboard Input Method

• Time Zone (Selected GMT Time Zone)

• Total Physical Memory/ RAM

• Virtual Memory: Maximum, Available, In Use

• Others: Page File Location, Domain, Logon Server, Hotfix, Network Card etc.

Have a look at the image below to get a clear idea

Actually, a single way to do something is not enough for a person. Every system has some exclusive advantages. So you need to know all possible ways to do any task. That's why I've presented this command to you even after there are 3 other ways to view system information. 

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Windows XP All Editions

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the Windows XP operating system, in addition to a small number of new updates.

Windows XP SP3 will not significantly change the Windows XP experience.

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Safe XP

Safe XP allows users to quickly tweak various security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.), as well as and option to remove items from the Start menu, network security settings and more.Safe XP improves your system performance and makes Windows to run faster, more secure and reliable!
It is suitable for beginners and experts!

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WinXP Manager

WinXP Manager is a system utility that helps you optimize, tweak, and clean up Windows XP. It will increase your system speed, improve system security, and meet all of your expectations. It's compatible with Windows XP SP3 entirely!

WinXP Manager Features:

• Information
• Optimizer

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