Pls Help, Need Serious Performance Boost

imcool · 10-05-2005, 06:39 PM

These days, all i have is an old omnibook 900. Config

-p3, 300 Mhz
-ram-128 mb,
-shared video memory
-other bad things

I am on win xp(please don't ask me to change, i can't), i've tried to optimise it but to very little avail, i am now in desperate need of really good speed tweaks.

Thanks in Advance

grinning_devil · 10-05-2005, 07:02 PM

ur running XP on this ??? !!!!

Code:

Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional
â€¢ PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
 
â€¢ 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)

above system req. are frm microsoft site at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...g/sysreqs.mspx

to make somewhat changes to the speed >>

go to system properties nd go to "advanced" tab ,after that click on "performance settings" button ... nd then click on "adjust for best performance" ..

disable system restore ... frm system restore tab in system properties ..

go to display properties > settings > appearence > effects button > uncheck everything there ...

dont use a background image ...

go to run > msconfig > startup tab > uncheck everything there ...

i hope ur NOT using norton on that configuration .....!! go for KAV..avast ...etc....

nd MOST important ... either u upgrade ur hardware or downgrade ur OS

drvarunmehta · 10-05-2005, 09:07 PM

defrag your HDD

increase size of the swap file and spread it over 2 partitions

khattam_ · 10-05-2005, 09:34 PM

try Speederxp from SpeederXP.com and see how your computer rocks.....................

koolbluez · 11-05-2005, 07:53 AM

Try to dl free tweakin utils like X-Setup, Optimizer XP, Tweak UI, Windows Registry Guide and visit AXCEL216's MAX Speeed WinDOwS Â©Tricks + Secrets..

More info @ the site.

devilhead_satish · 11-05-2005, 11:26 AM

System Mechanic, Tune Up Utilities ......

imcool · 11-05-2005, 04:26 PM

used most of these, defrag will take a lifetime so i'll set it up this evening.

dIgItaL_BrAt · 15-05-2005, 12:53 AM

disable all unwanted services using the run-->services.msc command

mario_pant · 15-05-2005, 12:10 PM

turn off all the eyecandy.........
goto control panel>system>advanced>performance>settings>Visual Effect>optimize for best performance......
and there u go....
mannn..... i am in great doubt that u really have such an old "Baba Adam Zamaana" machine...... does it really work.... or even play prince1?

imcool · 15-05-2005, 02:28 PM

it works man, and well, it was the ultimate in 2000 and cost my dad Rs. 1,20,000. Within a uear he was fed up with it and gave it to me. I'm Running Xp Pro with the following software -

Windows Media Player 10
Picasa
Firefox and opera both
Bluetooth Service is always running along with shareaza

fragileninja · 15-05-2005, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imcool

These days, all i have is an old omnibook 900. Config

-p3, 300 Mhz
-ram-128 mb,
-shared video memory
-other bad things

I am on win xp(please don't ask me to change, i can't), i've tried to optimise it but to very little avail, i am now in desperate need of really good speed tweaks.

Thanks in Advance

I've been running Windows XP on a PII 266 MHz machine with 96 MB RAM for sum years now. I surf net on it and watch sum AVI clips too 8)

Here are my settings
- In performance tab in system properties choose "Adjust for best performance"

- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
Delete everything here.

-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
Delete everything here apart from the drivers

- If ur comp is not on high risk than disable the antivirus softwares to save memory. (I perform a sys check weekly but autoprotect in NAV is off)

- Disable all unused services in Registry. Type services.msc in Run. Check this out for help!!!
http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks6.htm

- Make sure that ur page file is on a separate partition. If not than do it!

- Preferably install all softwares to a separate partition to avoid fragmentation in ur Windows partition

- Defrag ur HD.

- Frequently clear History, Recent documents and Temporary Internet files. Also make sure that u've cleared "Local settings\Temp"

ATB

Biplav · 18-05-2005, 09:07 AM

Quote:

koolbluez wrote:Try to dl free tweakin utils like X-Setup, Optimizer XP, Tweak UI, Windows Registry Guide and visit AXCEL216's MAX Speeed WinDOwS Â©Tricks + Secrets..

nice one koolbluez thanks!