Section 12.1. Hacks 108-114

12.1. Hacks 108-114

XP provides you with a variety of ways to hack your system to juice up its performance. Built-in tools, like the Performance Console, can monitor dozens of performance metrics and then take automated actions when those metrics fall below a certain level. You can make better use of your existing RAM by using a variety of different hacks, and the Registry offers many ways to speed up system performance as well.

In this chapter, we'll cover all those ways, as well as others, to help you make sure XP runs as efficiently as possible. You'll also see how you can fix a variety of problems that can bedevil your system if you upgrade to SP2.