Make Your Pc Faster, Guaranteed

Make Your Pc Faster,
Guaranteed:
1. First, run a scandisk or
checkdisk. Let Windows fix any
errors.
2. Run a disk cleanup utility...this
will flush your temporary
internet folder,
trash can, temp system files, etc.
3. Delete any garbage files or
data...if possible, run a Duplicate
File Finder
program.
4. Run Defrag on all partitions
(NOTE: run this after you have
deleted all trash
and excess files!)
5. Run a registry cleaner utility
and delete or get rid of any
orphaned entries
in that registry.
6. Check your exisiting swap file
for it's size and location (*will
explain
location later in the post). If you
have alot of ram (i.e. 1 gig and
over) set this
swap file to something small,
like 250 mb. The reason is that
this will force
Windows to load more into
memory, resulting in faster
performance (note:
some games and applications
actually require a certain sized
swap file so
check your applications
performance after making a
size adjustment for any
error messages.)
7. Under XP, you can tell
Windows to use Classic Style on
your desktop, - this
will remove the neat single click
and internet-style desktop but
for lower end
systems this will improve
performance in other areas,
such as gaming and
multi-tasking.
8. Run msconfig and under
startup and only keep the
programs that are
essential to load in the tray icon
(and hence stay resident in
memory).
Uncheck anything else non-
essential, like an ATI or Nvidia
control panel,
Quicktime utility, Real Audio, etc.
9. Upgrade drivers! Check for
the latest BIOS, video,
motherboard, sound, etc
drivers from the manufacturers.
Alot of my friends had chipsets
on their
motherboard that had
advanced disk management
capabilities or AGP port
settings but the drivers weren't
loaded for them so they were
never being
used. A simple upgrade realized
a noticeable difference. For
instance, they
didn't have the latest driver for
their AGP port so it was set to
1x, instead of
being used at 4x!
10. (OK, so this won't speed up
your PC but it could save you
alot of time and
trouble later on!) After making
all these improvements, make a
working
backup! I use Ghost, but for XP
users you can also use System
Restore...
Enjoy!!!!