So you want to make your computer run faster, increase your frame rate for gaming, and boost your Internet surfing speed? Good idea and a good way to start is by disabling unnecessary programs from running upon startup through msconfig. We are not all “computer geeks” however, and we are not always sure which programs [...]

You can only speed up XP with tweaks and setting changes so much. Be sure all your drivers and software applications are up to date and you have a sufficient amount of memory (at least 256mb). Also backup your system before performing these tweaks.