Are these "Worthy" XP performance Tweaks?

Does anyone know of this site ( http://kadaitcha.cx/xp/performance.html ), and/or know of or see any problems with any of these tweaks suggested here, please (I do understand that getting into the registry is potentially disastrous).

Thanks in advance,
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Not sure, but heres some more,

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

There is another option that is offered by Microsoft: XP PowerToys. Several of the included tools are very useful, especially Tweak UI and SyncToy.

 

It really depends on the system, if its very very slow, every slight tweak can show improvement, but if its a system is running fairly well to start with, the tweaks will show less of an improvement. Best bet is to give it a shot and see what happens. Oh for sake of backwards compatibility, i never switch off the 8.3 file names. Sometimes its easy write a quick .bat file to move stuff around and leaving 8.3 filenames can make that easy to do in some cases.

 

Eval of Windows XP tweaks at http://kadaitcha.cx/xp/performance.html

1. Yes - not a performance tweak but a usability tweak:
   ClearType Tuner PowerToy
2. OK
3. No - not necessary - might interfere with older programs that only recognize 8.3 filenames.
4. NO - Windows manages this quite well.
5. ??? - my advice: No - leave it alone
6. Yes - His instuctions are for Disabling the Service which is OK, but he contradicts himself
   about managing services further down the page.
   Easier / Safer:
   • open My Computer
   • right click the C: drive
   • select Properties
   • uncheck Allow indexing service to index this disk for fast file searching
   • click Apply and Wait for it to finish processing
   • click OK
7. Yes - mostly:
   Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Performance settings button > Visual effects tab
   (another contradiction?? - if you click Adjust for best performance,
   Smooth edges of screen fonts will be Unchecked and then ClearType Will NOT Work! )
   check Only the following:
   • Smooth edges of screen fonts
   • Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop
   I also use these:
   • Show shadows under menus
   • Show shadows under mouse pointer
   • Show translucent selection triangle
8. Yes - more RAM can help if you have less than 1GB
9. Yes - probably OK
10. duh?? - there are some that you can disable with care!!
    www.BlackViper.com: Windows XP (32-bit) Service Pack 3 Service Configurations
11. ??? - Don't know - never read about that
12. Yes - suposedly that works on a separate drive, but NOT on a separate partition.
13. OK - but I think there is another way to do that without editing the Registry:
    maybe TweakUI 2.10 for Windows XP
14. Yes - if you have an Ultra-DMA capable drive, then "Enable DMA if available" is OK
    Disk defragmenters:
    Auslogics Disk Defrag
    MyDefrag Defrag 4.3.1
    
    Use this - it works!!
    PageDefrag v2.32

He never mentions this:
NTREGOPT

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Hi David - thanks - unfortunately this (XP) machine is maxed-out with 2Gigs of RAM. Unless two matching sticks of RAM would help more, or there's a "type" of RAM that's higher performance (with heat-sinks or some such??).

Likewise, to the best of my knowledge (according to the Startup ControlPanel prog installed here) there are only three (or four?) startups on this machine, and I've situated/configured/customized the services per the BlackViper.com settings.

Oh well, maybe I just need to donate this old machine to charity or something at this point...?

Thanks again!