Increase windows xp stability and performance

This tweak will only work if you have 512MB of RAM or more. What you need to do basically is tell windows xp to keep itself in the RAM to prevent page file swapping which consumes CPU time and here is how you do it

1. Start the Registry Editor by opening the Start menu, then selecting Run.

2.Type in regedit and then click OK

3.Navigate through the registry tree to the following subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\ Memory Management

4. Change the DisablePagingExecutive entry to 1. The complete registry information is:

Value Name: DisablePagingExecutive

Data Type: REG_DWORD

Data: 0 or 1 Default

5.Close the registry and reboot

How to convert from FAT32 to NTFS

This post will teach you how to convert from FAT32 to NTFS without reinstalling windows xp. First thing you need to do is check if you are already using the NTFS file system. I know that sounds kind of them, cause why would you want to know how to convert from FAT32 to NTFS if you didn't already know that have FAT32? But base from my experience working as a Technical Support for a certain company, I'd rather be prepared. Now, back to teaching you how to convert from FAT32 to NTFS,

First thing to check is if or not you are already utilizing the NTFS file system, to do this

1. Click on the "My Computer" icon.
2. Right click on the "C:/" drive.
3. Look for the "File System" label and check if it's FAT,FAT32 or NTFS.

If it's either FAT or FAT32, then follow the next instructions to convert to NTFS

1. Click "Start" menu
2. Click "Run" and type CMD
3. type the following CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS and press enter. This may take a while and it's important that the computer be uninterrupted and virus free.