How to Speed up the Start Menu Access

If you feel START MENU in Windows XP running too long, you can make it faster to accelerate the START MENU tips below: Tip of times, we use the facility registry editor (Regedit).

The steps are as follows :

* Make sure you back up your Registry to anticipate the things that we do not want.

* Open Regedit by clicking Start>> Run>> then type in regedit followed by the ENTER or OK to perform the Registry Editor window, as below.
 Then click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER>> CONTROL PANEL>> DESKTOP
* Then move to the right column, scroll down and find the variable MenuShowDelay. Change the default value of 400 into a smaller amount.
* Make a double click on the edit window pops up MenuShowDelay string
* Then fill it with value 0 or according to your wishes.

The smaller the value the faster and conversely the greater the value the more it will slow. You can try to see the difference.

* Continue by pressing OK.
* Then restart the computer or log off continued with the login again.

Now, make sure you see the difference.

Clean Windows XP Prefetch Files

Prefetch files that exist on Windows XP is the file that serves to accelerate the process of loading the programs are often run on Windows environment and also serves to accelerate the process of booting Windows XP. However, if the folder has too many / management (especially the files that have been "old") then this may result in decreased performance of Windows. Therefore, to keep your computer's performance remains a "fit", we must be diligent, industrious clean up the files located in direcktori C:\Windows\Prefetch\ it.

Actual "job" is a trivial job, but sometimes because of laziness or even forget the job eventually became overlooked which can then cause the computer's performance to be declining (slowing).

we certainly do not want these things happen, If so, we can create a program that enables automation to deletion prefetch files every time the computer is turned off (shutdown) automatically.

If interested, please follow the steps as follows.

First, open notepad

Second, type the command like below.

del C:\Windows\Prefetch\*.*/q

Third, save with a *. bat extension (eg prefetch.bat) on the directory we want.

Fourth, open the group policy editor (gpedit.msc) by clicking Start>> Run>> type "gpedit.msc" (without quotation marks) and press ENTER or OK until the window pops up group policy editor.

Fifth, and then click Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Scripts (Startup / Shutdown)

Sixth, on the right hand column select (double click) on the Shutdown window pops up like below.

Seventh, click Add and then will appear a window like below.
Eighth, in the Script Name click browse and point to the folder or directory where we store the new file we created earlier.

Ninth, if it has been found click Open and then click OK ("Scripts" Parameters emptied only).
Tenth, click Apply and / or OK.

Now try to restart the computer and then check the directory C:\Windows\Prefetch\ and make sure the files *.pf it was clean.

Enable the Windows XP Hibernate feature

Hibernate is one feature that has Windows XP which allows data stored on the memory is transferred to the hard disk when the computer is turned off. And when the computer is turned on again so that data will soon be "transferred" back to memory. By "technology" like it then shutdown and boot process becomes faster because the computer does not need to retrieve data from the hard drive but directly from the memory.

In addition, with Hibernate, the computer will be able to display the last application that was running when the computer is turned off. Suppose that, before the computer is turned off, we still run MS Word and MS Excel then when the computer is turned on again, we will find both applications are still running like before the computer is turned off. With these advantages, presumably Hibernate function is suitable for laptop users a "mobile" which may often turn off and turn on the laptop in places different.

To enable the Hibernate feature is in the following manner.

1. right click on Desktop and select Properties to show the window "Display Properties".
2. then click the tab "screensaver" and then click the button "Power" which is at the bottom right to show the "Power Option Properties".
3. and then click the tab "Hibernate" and then check the the "Enable Hibernate".
4. and then click Apply or OK.
5. when they wanted to activate, click on START and then click Turn Off Computer option button will display a "Hibernate" and then click the Hibernate button.
6. if it does not appear the option "Hibernate", press and hold down the shift key on the keyboard until the Standby will change to Hibernate.
7. completed and saved a try.