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Next step to increase computer speed in Microsoft Windows Xp or Windows Vista is not to use “visual effects” setting on windows. Because this settting will take more resources to support the screen display.

For Windows Xp, you may find it on “system properties“, Advanced layar. Click on “settings” on  “Performance, Visual effects, processor scheduling, memory usage, and virtual memory” option. Choose the “Adjust for best performance”.

If you still like “appearance” before, you can choose three option from bottom, that are:

1. Use common task in folders.
2. Use drop shadows for icon lables on the desktop.
3. Use visual styles on windows and buttons

The size of windows system restore become a problem, when the system restore had reach the maximun size that alocated to it. The windows sytem become slow down and very heavy to move. This is a burden to the system.

The improve your computer perfomance, you need to realocated the windows system restore space usage on you harddisk drive. This tip work on any version of Windows Xp and Windows Vista. (more…)

On my earlier post about “DIY Computer Repair Service - Step 1“, it is about hardware device driver installation problem that you have to check whether the device driver is installed correctly or not.

The next  “DIY Computer Repair Service - Step 2“, Windows System Restore space usage on C drive (system drive) will cause the system become slow and heavy to move.

By default, Windows Xp or Windows Vista will automatically set the Windows System Restore size on your harddisk drive with maximum space available that assign by windows itself, for example about 5 - 10gb, depend on the size of your hard drive. It will continuesely increase along with the each restore point that created.

You need to reduce the Windows System Restore usage space about 1gb - 2gb for light up you pc. Or you can disable and enable the Windows System Restore to clean up the restore that created before. How to reduce Windows System Restore?