Tweaking

Advanced XP Tweak allows you to fine-tune your Windows XP and Internet Explorer easily and safely. It is the best way to tweak and optimize your Windows XP system. Advanced XP Tweak gives your system the look you want, and optimizes its performance for the tasks you do most often, while cutting CPU and RAM expenses on the tasks you are unlikely to perform.

Windows XP has a Prefetcher component, which shortens the amount of time it takes to start Windows and programs. When trouble shooting either Windows or program start-up issues, it might be helpful to disable the prefetcher using HSLAB Prefetch Manager, because it runs as a background service while other applications are running or loading. When a Windows XP system is booted, data is saved about all logical disk read operations.