Best Performance Windows XP

Best Performance Windows XP

Posted by MJ  |  at  7:53 PM

After installing Windows Xp its default settings is its the best appearance. You can adjust your Windows Xp to its best performance by changing its visual effects and disabling some windows appearance properties.

When you adjust windows xp to its best performance it disable:

• Animation of windows when minimizing and maximizing
• Fade or slide of menus into view
• Fade or slide of tool-tips into view
• Fade out of menus items after clicking
• Show of shadows under menus
• Show of shadows under mouse pointer
• show of translucent selection rectangle
• Show of window contents while dragging
• Slide of open combo boxes
• Slide of task-bar buttons
• Smooth edges of screen fonts
• Smooth scroll of list boxes
• Using of background image for each folder type
• Using common task in folders
• Using drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
• Using Visual styles on windows and buttons

To adjust windows xp into its best performance follow this steps:

1. Go to "My Computer" right click go to "properties".
2. System properties window will appear, go to "advance" tab.
3. In Performance level click "settings".
4. Performance window will appear choose "adjust for best performance".
5. Click Apply then OK. Windows Xp is finish setting to its best performance.

This is a basic way of making windows xp to its best performance if you want to maintain your computer performance apply the important things to do after installing windows.

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Important Things To do After Installing Windows XP

Important Things To do After Installing Windows XP

Posted by MJ  |  at  9:57 PM

There are some important things to do after installing your windows operating system. This things are recommended to apply in order to keep your system in a good performance and ready to use. The following things is applicable in all windows operating system.

1. Install device drivers. Device drivers are very important to install in order to optimize your system performance. Those device is very important such as Audio controllers, Video adapters, Network Adapters,Chip-set and other external hardware like webcam, Printer, Scanner etc. Those devices will work properly after installing there respective drivers.

2. Install Windows Updates. It is highly recommended to install windows update after installing windows because it helps to protect your computer from issues and protecting your privacy, It also helping to maintain your computer and hardware performance.

3. Set your display properties to the highest or best video setting compatible to your Monitor.

4. Adjust to its best Performance.

5. Get Back missing Desktop Icons.

6. Install Antivirus. An antivirus program protects you against the known threats online such as viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, and even hardware. It helps to avoid system corrupt and hardware problems causes by viruses.

7. Install recommended programs needed by your system.

USB Disk Security
Winrar
Pdf Reader
Tuneup Utilities
Office
Flash Player
Media Player
Messenger (optional)

8.Install your needed program.

9. Make System Restore. It allows you to restore your computer to a previous state without losing personal data files.

This is a personal tips you can improve these post by leaving your suggestions through comment.

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How to Install Windows Xp

How to Install Windows Xp

Posted by MJ  |  at  12:22 AM

Things Needed:

1. Windows Xp Installer with Product Key.

System Unit:

1. 300 MHz Processor or higher.
2. 128 MB of RAM.
3. At least 1.5GB of available space on the hard disk.
4. CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
5. Keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc.

First thing you need to do when you install windows is to check that your system unit is working properly and in good condition. Make sure your cd-rom drive and hard disk drive is connected. You can check it in standard CMOS Setup in your system BIOS. The next important settings you need to configure in your BIOS is to set your cd-room drive as the 1st boot device, the purpose of this settings is to tell your computer to read first the cd-room drive wherein your windows installer is mount on it before reading the hard disk. Save settings and Exit BIOS.

Lets start the Windows Setup on How to Install Windows Xp.

Insert your windows Xp SP3 installer in your cd-room drive, The System will read the windows installer inside the Cd-room wait until it show "Press any key to boot from cd" then press any key.

After Windows Setup is loading the files. Welcome to Setup window will appear, to setup windows Xp press "Enter".

Please wait until Windows Xp License Agreement window will appear. Then to agree the Licensing agreement press "F8".

Next step the system will search if you computer has a previous installation of XP. If there is a previous installation computer will detect it if you want to repair it press "R" but if you want a fresh copy of windows Xp press "Esc". If there is no previous windows installation the system will go to Hard disk Partitioning window. If you want to create partition or divide your hard disk to 2 or more parts press "C" but make sure that all partition is deleted. To delete partition press "D". Then if you already created partitions select a partition that you want to install windows xp then press "Enter".

The Partition you've selected is going to be formatted. Select "Format the Partition Using the NTFS File System its either normal or quick. Setup is now Formatting.

The setup will check your disk and create a list of files to be copy. Then the setup will be copying the files, wait until 100 percent or your computer to reboot.

Setup is finished preparing installation you will notice that every reboot it always show "Press any key to boot from cd" but don't press any key again to continue in installing windows if do press any key the setup will restart.

Wait until the "regional and language options" window will appear then click "Next". Personalize Your Software Window Will Appear Encode your Name and Organization then click "next". Enter Your Product Key. Then enter your computer name and administrator password and click "next". Enter the Date and Time Settings.

Wait until Network Settings window will appear. Choose Typical Settings and click "next". Input your work group or if you have domain if you don't know about it just click "Next". Wait up to 25 minutes and your computer will reboot.

Finalizing Setup. Welcome Window Will Appear Click Next. Help to Protect you PC window will appear choose if want to turn automatic updates or Not (optional) then Click Next. Setup is checking your internet connectivity just skip this window. Registering Microsoft window will appear choose "no, at this time" and Next. Enter Your Name or User account and click Next.

Installing windows Xp is Finish.

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