So, there is one computer in our house that is pretty old. 8 years maybe? 6? Something like that. Not the problem. The problem is:
IT RUNS LIKE A DINOSAUR! A FAT ONE!
It literally takes 3-5 minutes to log in to someone's account...
It's on XP SP2. 1.60ghz processor, 256MB of RAM.
What are the best guides and tweaking programs that you suggest I use on the computer to make it run faster? Not just any guides. Good ones. And programs too please.

By the way, I have just installed CCleaner and TuneXP 1.5 so don't suggest those.

A ram upgrade would be smart

Maybe run a program like registry mechanic?

You could also disable some programs from booting at start up, should make logging on to user accounts faster.

Un-install un-used progrmas?


Also could check these sites
http://www.tweakxp.com/

http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/WindowsXP.htm

(This post was last modified: 14/02/2008 05:12 PM by YoYoBallz.)

Thanks. Downloading registry mechanic now. And will try to un-install un-used programs.

Be careful with Reg Mechanic, it can be easy to fook up yer system if you aren't careful, but it is a win program...well, kinda.  And if you still have a system disk, maybe it's time to start from scratch.  And with 256mb ram, it can't hurt to through a gig in there.

Yes indeed, 3-5 minutes = a lot of poo poo.

My 533MHz with 128MB SDRAM only took ~20 seconds to log in for XP SP1.

But since it's almost always your poo poo, Start » Run » msconfig and disable all the stuff in the autorun/startup tab (warning, don't play around with the other tabs).

theres a  thread by me here with aload of xp tweaks some are outdated but most work

Squee's XP Tweaks Thread Here is another option, like Squee said above. . . .

i could actually use some of em