Increase your FPS by optimizing winXP (lastly

1. Open your computer properties, by right clicking on the computer with the mouse's right button and selecting properties or go to Start -> Control Panel -> ("Performance and Maintenance" if you are with the default control panel) -> System -> "System Restore" tab -> check the "Turn off System Restore" -> Apply /OK.

2. Open your computer properties, by right clicking on the computer with the mouse's right button and selecting properties or go to Start -> Control Panel -> ("Performance and Maintenance" if you are with the default control panel) -> System -> "Remote" tab -> uncheck both "Allow Remote Assistance invitations to be sent from this computer" and "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" -> Apply/OK.

3. Open your computer properties, by right clicking on the computer with the mouse's right button and selecting properties or go to Start -> Control Panel -> ("Performance and Maintenance" if you are with the default control panel) -> System -> "Advanced" tab -> "Settings" (under the performance topic) -> "Visual Effects" select "Adjust for best performance" (if you do not want your windows to look like "Windows Classic style" select "Use visual styles on windows and buttons", if you want to have a drop shadow on your desktop icons select "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" and if you want to have a common task in the folders select "Use common task in folders", all of the listed options can be found in the "Visual Effects" tab on the bottom of the option list) -> "Advanced" tab -> select "Programs" for the "Processor scheduling" topic and "System chache" for the "Memory usage" topic -> "Change" button under the "Virtual memory" -> select "No paging file" -> Apply/OK.

4. Start -> Run -> write "C:\WINDOWS\inf\sysoc.inf" (without the quotes) -> remove all the "hide" in the text without removing the comas.
Example:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
(This will show you all the hidden Windows components)

5. Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> remove all the unneeded programs in the "Add or Remove Programs" section -> go to "Add or Remove Windows Components" -> remove all the unneeded components on your windows.
5.1 STOP DOWNLOADING PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AND DELETE YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARES...I have not been using an anti-virus program for two years now...and my OS has been running without any problems since then...if you want to be safe download a program, that can make an image/copy of your local disk(where your windows and programs are stored) and every time you have a problem you can just run the program and reinstall the windows by installing the copy of the old disk that way, you wont have to reinstall a windows for hours and install programs for a day.
5.2 I can see that a lot of people are worried not to get unwanted softwares on their computer, just by visiting a website (that is what you get for looking up too much pornographic sites :P) and I guess I can give you a solution to that. Download AVG (get the free edition if you do not want to pay any money). After installing it go to "Start -> Control Panel -> ("Performance and Maintenance" if you are with the default control panel) -> Administrative tools -> Services" and set all the anti-virus services to "manual". The tricky thing here is, that every time you start your game you will have to stop both your anti-virus programs and your anti-virus services (you can do this by going to "Start -> Control Panel -> ("Performance and Maintenance" if you are with the default control panel) -> Administrative tools -> Services -> double click the anti-virus services that you want to stop and set them to "stop". And every time you go to the web you will have to start up your anti-virus program(I think that the services will be activated automatically by starting the program, but just to be sure you can start them yourself just by going to "Start -> Control Panel -> ("Performance and Maintenance" if you are with the default control panel) -> Administrative tools -> Services -> double click the anti-virus services and press "start". I hope I have solved the big problem we have made out of this. :)

6. Start -> Control Panel -> ("Performance and Maintenance" if you are with the default control panel) -> Administrative tools -> Services -> disable all the unneeded services, if you are not sure if you want a current service to be "Disabled" put it on "Manual" that way, the service will be started when needed and done manually by you. Do not be afraid to change the options of a service, it will not allow you to change the option from "Automatic" to "Disabled"/"Manual" if the OS needs that service to run.
> DO NOT DISABLE SERVICES FROM MSCONFIG <

7. Start -> Run -> write "msconfig" (without the quotes) -> "Startup" tab -> Turn off the useless programs
> DO NOT TOUCH ANY THING ELSE IN THE MSCONFIG <

8. Update your drivers.

9. Google the software "cCleaner"(it is a free software), download it and clean your computer from all the useless files you have stored.

10. Deframent your local disks.

Why disagreeing without testing? :)

Originally posted by alfredoboi

[…]and I'm sorry to sound like a douchebag, but are you fucking insane? NEVER delete your antivirus-program […]

Word! Seriously, how can you suggest someone to delete their anti-virus software in the year 2010 AND for windows users, wich are targets for like 60'000+ virusses?