Here are some of the tweaks for PCs to make Windows quicker. These are not registry tweaks. These are visual, very simple and step-by-step. Anybody can implement them with little basic computer knowledge.
- Change Display Settings
- Disable Indexing Services
- Speedup Folder Browsing
- Disable Performance Counters
- Improve Memory Usage
- Optimize your internet connection
- Optimize Your Pagefile
- Run BootVis – Improve Boot Times
- Remove the Desktop Picture
- Remove Fonts for Speed
- Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system
- Upgrade the cabling
- Reduce installed fonts. Uninstall all unnecessary fonts in Control Panel
- Do not partition the hard drive
- Install more RAM
- Disable unnecessary services