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Disable XP Boot Logo
Disabling XP splash screen will slightly speed up the overall boot process. However removing the splash screen will also cause you not to see any boot-up messages but if your system runs without any problems then it should not matter.
1. Edit boot.ini
2. Add ” /noguiboot” right after “/fastdetect”.

(or check the /noguiboot switch in msconfig on the boot.ini tab)
after restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new switch.


Windows XP Icon Cache
Do you experiencing icon lag while browsing through all your Start icons and programs? Do you have a smaller menu delay and your icons need ages to load?Just refresh the icon cache by deleting the IconCache.db file from your profile directory, should fix the problem (usually /Documents and Settings/Username/Local Settings/Application Data). It will be automatically recreated.

Unload .dll’s to Free Memory
Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in memory for a period of time after the application using them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of memory.

1. Find the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer].
2. Create a new sub-key named ‘AlwaysUnloadDLL’ and set the default value to equal ‘1′ to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.
3. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

I tried this then watched the task manager, memory recovered it self.

Shutdown XP Faster
Start - Run - Regedit
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

and reboot

If still having a problem, make the next change:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Right-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and change it to 2000

NOTE: The lowest value Windows will recognize is 1000 (1 second)

Optimise NTFS
NTFS is a good filesystem, but its comes at a slight cost in performance. By default NTFS will automatically update timestamps whenver a directory is traversed. This isn’t a necessary feature and slows down large volumes.

Disable it by pointing regedit to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem and set ‘NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate‘ to 1.

NTFS uses disparate master file control tables to store filesystem information about your drives. MFT files grow and become fragmented and slows down all access to the drive. By setting aside a little space MFT’s can grow without becoming fragmented. In the same key where you disabled the last access feature create a new DWORD value called ‘NtfsMftZoneReservation’ and set it to 2.
Faster Boot-Up without tons of fonts
Many of the files that load during the boot-up process are fonts. You probably only use a handful of them. Moving some you never use into another folder should be helpful for faster boot-up.

1. Create a New Folder by right clicking on desktop. New>Folder.
2. Open “Fonts” in Control Panel. Switch to Classic View to find them easier.
3. Highlight a group of fonts younever use and move them to the other folder. Repeat if you have tons of fonts.
4. Put the folder into My Documents for easy access.
5. Reboot and see if it starts any faster for you. If not, just copy the fonts back to the original font folder.