[tweakmonkey]

<a href=http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/09/why-windows-takes-so-long-to-start-up.html>IntelliAdmin has a little guide</a> on making your Windows XP OS boot faster. The article covers the usual stuff: prefetch cache and defragmentation, but also disconnecting network drives and file/print sharing (a couple solid ideas). None of the images in the article work because the author linked to "http://127.0.0.1/" for the address, but the contents are readable.

For some reason the article does not cover msconfig (startup applications and services) which (at least in my opinion) can account for bigger delays on booting. <a href=http://tweak3d.net/tweak/xp15minutes/>Read our similar article here</a> for a quick tune-up.

[Bear]

Don't forget http://www.tweakxp.com

Thanks, this helped my slow ass Dell.