This guide will show you how to shorten the time it takes for your desktop to appear when you turn your computer, and make it shut down faster as well. Here are a few tips to get you right to your desktop as quickly as possible after startup.<\/p>\n
To speed up Windows XP shutdown times:<\/p>\n
Turn off services that you don\u2019t need. If you want XP to shutdown faster, you need to have less services running for it to shutdown. Disable any unneeded services.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t clear virtual memory at shutdown. Clearing the page file can provide more security, but that comes at the expense of speed. I don\u2019t really care if someone can look at my page file. If you are more concerned with the shutdown speed, then you will want to disable this option in the registry. You will need to locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management registry key and change the ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0.<\/p>\n
To speed up Windows XP Startup times:<\/p>\n
Waiting for your computer to boot can be a painful process. Though Microsoft has taken steps to speed up the boot process, it still can be improved. Here a few suggestions you can follow to speed up your Windows XP boot time.<\/p>\n