Turning
Off Indexing Speeds Up Windows XP
As
some of you will already know, Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the
hard disk to try and improve searching speed. The only downside to all of
this is that your PC will have to be indexing all of the files, so if you
don't use search very much you can disable this feature:
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Open my computer
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Right click on one of your hard drive icons and
then select properties.
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At the bottom of the window you should see
"Allow indexing service to index this disk for faster searches,"
uncheck this and click then click on ok.
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A new window will pop up and select apply to all
folders and subfolders. Once complete, it takes a few more minutes to make
sure that indexing is now switch off.
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Shutdown
Windows XP Faster
When
you shut down Windows XP, the OS tries its best to make sure that all
services (they help run things like graphics, printers etc) are shut down.
But there are times when they don't close, thus Windows XP tries to give it
the chance to shut down itself. This amount of time that windows waits for
the service to close is stored in the system registry. If you modify this
setting, then windows will shut down the service earlier. To modify the
setting, follow the directions below:
Start Regedit.
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
Click on the
"Control" Folder.
Select
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
Right click on
it and select Modify.
Set it to a
value lower than 2000, say 1000 as a test.
Here
is useful trick that allows you to turnoff your pc very quickly..might help
you in a hurry........
to do this 1.open task manager. 2.press and hold ctrl button in ur keyboard. 3.press turn off from shut down tab in task maneger. 4.surprisingly.....your pc will turn off quickly.. 6.release ctrl key. note : save all data before doing such things. |
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