After a while of use, (weeks or months), your Windows XP install may seem to boot up a little more slowly than it did when it was new or freshly reloaded… The following 3-part tip will show you how to speed up your boot time, and get your machine back to it’s faster booting old self…

Step 1: Cleaning the Registry
The first thing you should do is scan your registry for errors or references to files that are no longer there… After installing/uninstalling numerous applications, some may leave remnants behind in the registry and slow down your boot time…

As always, anytime you are doing anything with your registry, you should back it up… To back up your registry, simply click on Start/Run/regedit, and then select File/Export from the menu bar… Make certain that the “Export Range” at the bottom of the Export Registry File window is checked on “All”, then select a filename to save your registry to… A good choice is the date you’re backing it up, (i.e. 2006-06-29.reg)…

Once you have backed up your registry, you are now ready to clean it… The program that I use is EasyCleaner from ToniArts, as I have found it be the most reliable…
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Tip #2: Speeding Up Windows XP Boot Time

Originally from Jameser's Tech Tips by Jameser

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