Speed-up Windows XP Startups
Allan Kelly wrote in and reminded us of a great tip on how
to speed up your Windows XP start up times. Just clean out
your prefetch folder. Windows XP keeps track of your
frequently used programs and sets them up so that they start
up faster. However, sometimes a lot of junk gets into the
prefetch folder and can slow things down. Try this:
Open the Windows Explorer and go to c:\WINDOWS\Prefetch folder.
Click the View menu and then click the Select All command.
This should highlight all the files in the folder. Once all
the files in the Prefetch folder are selected, press the DELETE
key on the keyboard to delete these files. Click Yes to send
the files to the Recycle Bin.
Restart your computer. You should find that Windows XP starts
a lot faster! Do this once a week and your Windows XP startups
will always be snappy.
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