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These are some services which are actually not needed for the average user.

REGISTRY EDITS.

Please note if you do not know how to edit the registry and your not well experienced with a computer please do not try to attempt this. Please create a system restore point before proceeding.
1)Click on start go to run and type regedit

2)Navigate through the following Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Curr entControlSet\Control\

Session Manager\Memory Management

1.DisablePagingExecu tive -Double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep data in memory instead of paging sections of RAM to hard drive.

2.LargeSystemCache- Double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernel to Run in memory.

Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and replace the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box

For the next two, if the dword value indicated does not exist, create it:

Double click on the WaitToKillAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 2000
Double click on the HungAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 1000

Restart your comouter

If there is a problem do the following change to the registry
8) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Curr entControlSet\Control

9)Right-c lick on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and change it to 2000
Warning: While rare, the "WaitToKillService" may cause problems. If a program is in the process of saving and is closed or "killed" this may prevent it being saved.
Be wary therfore.

Hope this helps in accelerating your PC performance without spending anything on extra hardware. Enjoy!

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