PC performance optimizer

[uptown]

Finally someone has found a good use for Dell! 

[APDrone]

Back to the OP..

Going through all the effort of having everything backed up and reinstalling the OS might sound a bit intimidating.

If you want to see if a 'quick fix' will help.. and I don't know what you've done up to this point, I use 'Registry Mechanic' about once a month or so to keep the registry clean.

And, I found that defragging the HD makes a significantly better increase with XP than it ever did with Win 98.

Personally, I haven't reinstalled XP in over 6 years on my main machine.. ( 3x different motherboards and 3 different HDs, at least, since original install.. and I can't count the video and sound cards..  )

God only knows how much useless crud I have accumulated over the years.

Only reason I don't clean it up with a reinstall is that I have a nice, shiny new box of 'Full' Window 7 waiting to install ( which will wipe everything clean anyway ) once my employer authorizes our remote log-in software Win7 version.


Have fun.

[Dragon]

Personally, I haven't reinstalled XP in over 6 years on my main machine.. ( 3x different motherboards and 3 different HDs, at least, since original install.. and I can't count the video and sound cards..  )

Um.... basically it's like this:

5 let x=new part installed
10 if x=z(new motherboard) then goto 50
20 if x=y(new primary hard drive) then goto 50
30 if x=v(new vc) then goto 60
40 if x=g(new sc) then goto 60
50 reinstall XP; goto 5
60 run without XP reinstall