Speed Up Windows - How to increase the speed?

Windows Speed

- How to increase the speed?

Windows Speed Up Computer PC - Advanced Tips and Tricks

How to Speed Up the Boot Time and Shutdown Time

Execute a Boot Defragment to order your boot files, and save it one next to the other that will run faster everytime it boots. Boot Defragment must be running by defaut. To verify it go to Regedit and select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Dfrg\ BootOptimizerFunction and set the Enable to Y. Reboot the PC to make it active.

Make your BIOS boot faster by hardware.
Startup your computer by pressing the Bios Setup Key, ussualy is the Delete, F1, F2 or F10 key.

Quick Power On Self Test (POST) Enabling this will make a quick POST every time it boots.

Boot Up Floppy Seek. Disable this option to save some seconds everytime it boots.

Boot Delay. Turn it off. Extra delay is not need it in most cases

Disable XP paging file (pagefile.sys) clear at shutdown.
It is used to store temporal data and slows down the shutdown. Go to registry edit and pick HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ SYSTEM/ CurrentControlSet/ Control/ Session Manager/ Memory Management and set the ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0 (zero).A

Turn Off the services not being used. Windows XP have too many services working for default for several configuration. You can go to control panel > Services and disable or set to Manual Start the services not required. -

Technology PC 2026
Want to Play with the Latest Tech But Don’t Have the Specs to Match? Use NVIDIA GeForce NOW to Play with PC-Only Technology
AI component hikes force the world's largest PC makers to return manufacturing capacity to China — brands to seek lower production costs and efficiency in established supply chain
Phantom Blade Zero PC Performance Benchmarks – Fast-Paced Wuxia That Looks Phenomenal In Path Tracing & Boosted By NVIDIA RTX Tech
Ball State Esports Center: 36 Corsair PCs [2026]