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The second part of our quick tips section.

1. Still in the system properties window. Disable error reporting. This sends error reports to Microsoft. Click on the error reporting button at the bottom of the screen. Check the box that says “Disable error reporting” and uncheck the box that says “but notify me when critical errors occur”. Click on ok and apply.
2. Turning off harddrive indexing. Windows XP makes an index of all the files on your harddrive to speed up file searching. Using this option will slow down your pc and unless you use it a lot you can disable this option. Open “My Computer” or press the Windows key and E. Then right click on each of the drives and select properties. Uncheck the box that says “Allow the indexing service to index this disk for fast file searching” under the General tab. In the pop up window select the box that says “Apply change to (drive letter):\, subfolders and files” and click on ok. After you have done each drive I would recommend to reboot.
3. Uninstall unwanted programs. Besides increasing your available space on your harddrive it will decreases the number programs to start up. Go to the Control Panel, then select Add/Remove Software to see what packages are installed. Remove software you don’t want or use. In the top corner there is a dropdown menu called “Sort on”. Here you can select different sorting options. Besides “Name” you can also sort the list on the last time you used the program. Programs which aren’t used that often are probably safe to remove.
   
4. Uninstall windows components. Remove windows components which you are not using. Besides saving you valuable hard drive space it reduces chances of having programs with security issues on your pc.
5. Microsoft Bootvis. Microsoft BootVis is a program which analyzes your system during the startup of Windows and can optimize start up and shutdown times. It was originally developed for developers to analyze boot times and see where there are slowdowns.  You can download BootVis here.
   
6. Microsoft PowerToys puts Windows XP on steriods. You can download Microsoft PowerToys here.