Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC!
1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead!
2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible. New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently!
3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using. This helps reduce the overload on RAM.
4. Boot Faster: The 'starting Windows' message on startup can delay your booting for a couple of seconds. To get rid of this message go to c:\ and find the file Msdos.sys. Remove the Read-Only option. Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor. Finally, go to the text 'Options' within the file and make the following changes:
Add BootDelay=0. To make your booting even faster, set add Logo=0 to remove the Windows logo at startup.
5. Restart only Windows: When restarting your PC, hold down
Shift to only restart Windows rather than the whole system which will
only take a fraction of the time.
6. Turn Off Animations: Go to Display Settings from the Control Panel and switch to the Effects Tab. Now turn off Show Windows Content While Dragging and Smooth Edges on Screen Fonts. This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of the various fade/scroll effects.
7 . Faster Start - Menu Access: Go to the Start menu and select Run. Now type Regedit and hit Enter. The Registry Editor will appear on the screen. Now, open the folder HKEY _CURRENT _USER\Control Panel \Desktop. You should see a MenuShowDelay value.I f you don' t then do the fol lowing: right click on a blank space in the right pane and select New\String. Change the name i n the new value to MenuShowDelay. Now that we have the MenuShowDelay value, double click on it and enter 0 in the value dat a field.This set s the start menu delay to 0 milliseconds.
8. Resolut ions: If you are willing to do anything for faster performance from your PC, then try lowering your display resolution. The lower it is, the faster your PC.
9. Turn off Active Deskt op: Go to your Display Properties and switch to the Webtab. Uncheck View MyActiveDesktop As a Web Page.Since the Active Desktop option under Windows 98 uses alot of system resources, this option can have a dramatic effect on the speed of the whole system.
10 .Defragment Often: Wi ndows 98' s Defrag tool uses Application Acceleration from Intel which means that when y ou defragment y our dri v e, dat a i s phy si cal l y arranged on the dri v e so that appl i cat i ons wi l l l oad fast er.
11 . Take your PC to Bed: Usi ng the Advanc ed Power Management feature under Wi ndows 98 gi v es y ou the opt i on to use the sl eep command. T hat way , y ou can send y our PC to sl eep i nst ead of shut t i ng i t down and then rest art i ng i t . I t ' s as si mpl e as pressi ng a but ton and then pressi ng the same but ton to wake i t up. Y ou can t el l Wi ndows aft er how many mi nut es/hours of i nact i v i t y to automat i cal l y sl eep the machi ne i n the Advanc ed Power Management sect i on of the Cont rol Panel .
12. FasterInternet Access: I f y ou use the i nt ernet for reference and the si t es y ou v i si t are rarel y updat ed then t ry the fol l owi ng. I n I E (the same can be done i n Net scape) go to T ool s, I nternet Opt i ons. Nex t , cl i ck on S et t i ngs... i n the T emporary I nternet Fi l es sect i on. Fi nal l y , sel ect Never for the fi rst opt i on and doubl e the amount of storage space to use, cl i ck OK!
13. B enchmarking: Benchmarki ng can be v ery useful when run frequent l y . I t can t el l y ou how y our PC' s component s are performi ng and then compare them to other machi nes l i ke y ours. For ex ampl e, when y ou ov ercl ock y our PC, y ou want to know how much more speed y ou hav e and whether i t i s st abl e. Al l thi s and more can be di scov ered usi ng benchmarki ng. An ex cel l ent pi ece of software for doi ng thi s j ob i s S i S oft S andra whi ch can be found i n the D ownl oads Fi l e Archi v e!
14. Refresh the Taskbar without restarting: I f y ou i n some way change the t askbar, ei ther i n Regedi t or el sewhere, y ou can refresh the t ask bar wi thout rest art i ng. H ol d down Ctrl Al t D el , and doubl e cl i ck on Ex pl orer. Say Y es to c l ose Expl orer, but no to cl osi ng Wi ndows. T hi s wi l l refresh the T askbar and sy st em t ray .
15. Quick CD Eject : I nst ead of pushi ng the but ton on y our dri v e, ri ght - cl i ck y our CD dri v e l et t er i n My Comput er and cl i ck on Ej ec t . T hi s wi l l al so remov e any i cons that hav e become associ at ed wi th the CD dri v e.
16. StartUp Programs: Wi ndows can be sl owed down when programs run on st art up. T o el i mi nat e thi s, check y our St art up fol der. Y ou can access i t from the st art menu: S tart , Programs, S tart Up. Another way to el i mi nat e programs from l oadi ng ev en before Wi ndows actual l y st art s i s by doi ng the fol l owi ng: Cl i ck on S tart , then Run. T y pe msc onfi g. I t wi l l t ake qui t e a l ong t i me for thi s program to l oad, but when y ou fi nal l y see i t on y our screen, ex pl ore the di fferent t abs. T hey al l hav e to do wi th how qui ckl y y our PC boot s, so sel ect what y ou want , and uncheck what y ou don' t want !
17 . Fonts: When Wi ndows st art s, i t l oads ev ery si ngl e font i n the Fonts fol der. T herefore, the more font s y ou hav e, the sl ower the boot i ng process. T o get ri d of unwant ed font s, si mpl y go to the Font s fol der under c:\wi ndows and remov e what ev er y ou don' t want . Font s that hav e a red l et t er ' A' as thei r i con are sy st em font s, so don' t del et e them.
18. Stretching Wallpapers: D on' t "st ret ch" y our wal l paper i n Wi ndows 98 si nce i t actual l y sl ows Wi ndows down when y ou drag i cons around on the desktop.
19. RAM Matters: I f y ou hav e l ess than 32MB then y ou shoul d seri ousl y thi nk of upgradi ng i t to at l east 64MB. Wi ndows runs much more smoothl y wi th 64MB or hi gher and t ends to use l ess hard di sk space for v i rtual memory .
20 . Partitioning: A v ery ni ce l i t t l e thi ng y ou can do to boost sy st em performance. By part i t i oni ng y our hard dri v e, spl i t t i ng one phy si cal dri v e i nto sev eral l ogi cal ones, y ou can gai n sev eral
adv ant ages. 1 . I f y ou get a v i rus or y ou acci dent al l y format a dri v e, not al l wi l l be l ost . 2. By pl aci ng the swap fi l e (Wi n386.swp) on a separat e dri v e, T he swap fi l e wi l l be l ess fragment ed and thus, fast er. 3. Pl ace Wi ndows on a separat e dri v e and whenev er y ou need to rei nst al l i t , y ou rest assured that y our dat a i s safe on a separat e dri v e. Part i t i oni ng can be done usi ng a few programs such as FD i sk whi ch comes wi th D OS. H owev er, FD i sk format s ev ery thi ng on the hard di sk before part i t i oni ng. Al t ernat i v el y , y ou can use Part i t i on Magi c from Power Quest to part i t i on y our hard di sk wi thout l osi ng y our dat a.
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