XP Pro performance

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Upgrade your RAM to 512MB.

How to Set Performance Options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

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"Daniel(Tech Student)" <Daniel(Tech Student)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
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| Im not as impressed with Window XP Pro or any of them. For systems with brand new processors with a
gigahertz or more it's great but for those with 800 - 333 mhz processors it's very sluggish. I had Windows
2000 Pro and had better performance from it than I have now with XP. Is there any good tweaks that can make a
significant difference in my performance. Ive looked on the net and the tweaks offer minimal performance help
and a few registry tweaks. The best registry tweak i found was for old processors with external cache because
XP by default is set up for 256kb cache for processors you have 2 change the registry 2 utilize the full
extent of your cache. It has helped a lil bit but Im still unsatisfied. I payed for a bigger better and got a
bigger slower. Any positive input would be much appreciated.

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Did u upgrade? Upgrades sometimes tend to give bad performance. Better to do clean install, in my opinion. Tried defragmenting the drive? increase you RAM. Uninstall stuff that you do not use. Download lavasoft Ad-aware and run it to see if your PC is saturated with ad-software taking up all the resources.

hope this helps

"Daniel(Tech Student)" wrote:

> Im not as impressed with Window XP Pro or any of them. For systems with brand new processors with a gigahertz or more it's great but for those with 800 - 333 mhz processors it's very sluggish. I had Windows 2000 Pro and had better performance from it than I have now with XP. Is there any good tweaks that can make a significant difference in my performance. Ive looked on the net and the tweaks offer minimal performance help and a few registry tweaks. The best registry tweak i found was for old processors with external cache because XP by default is set up for 256kb cache for processors you have 2 change the registry 2 utilize the full extent of your cache. It has helped a lil bit but Im still unsatisfied. I payed for a bigger better and got a bigger slower. Any positive input would be much appreciated.