In case you haven’t noticed, I love optimizing processes. Along those lines is a post by Dan "Tweak Monkey" Kennedy over at Tweak 3D that shows you have a dozen ways to squeeze more performance out of your current Windows XP desktop. Serious tweakers might not find a lot of surprises in there, but it did remind me of the handy app CCleaner, which I haven’t run for awhile. It’s a registry and trash cleaner.
Tweak away!
Link: Tweak3D.net – Windows XP 15 Minute Tune-Up.
Don’t throw out that old PC yet!
A fine-tuned Windows XP PC can run quite fast even it’s seriously lacking in the memory and CPU department. Before you chuck out your PC to buy a new one, try stripping some of the rust that’s built-up over the years; the results may surprise you.
It’s probably your operating system that’s slow, not the PC. It’s software, not hardware – you know, invisible 1s and 0s held in an electric field representing your data. Your computer is still fast, but there’s a ton of stuff slowing it down. There’s more 1s where there should be 0s and your PC is killing itself fighting an impossible battle to burn off this fat.
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CCleaner is good but each time it is update I have to remember to check Firefox options otherwise it cleans data I want to keep. BTW, I don’t understand why after I unchecked it, it is still checked.