Date: 05/02/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: no keywords

I was curious as to if anyone here does any program/registry/settings tweaking to make their computer shutdown/boot up faster, and what programs (if any) they use to do the tweaking their Win XP systems.

I am a fan of XP-Antispy along with XP Smoker for some basic quick settings/registry tweaks. For more in depth tweaking/utilities I like Tweak XP-Pro.

My current boot up time from power-on to a fully loaded desktop (NAV loaded, USB devices recognized, etc) is 27 seconds.

My current shutdown time from the time I hit Shutdown/Restart is 7 seconds.

I am running with no paging file as well.

Current System Specs:
-Asus A8V Deluxe Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64 VIA K8T800Pro VIA VT8237 Chipset DDR400 1 x AGP8X 5 x PCISlots IEEE 1394 USB 2.0 ATX Audio Lan with
-Athlon 64 3500 CPU
-Ballistix Tracer 184-pin DIMM (w\LEDs) - DDR PC4000 • 2.5-4-4-8 • UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR500 • 2.8V • 64Meg x 64
-Cooler Master KHC-L91-U1 Hyper 48 CPU Cooler
-Ultra 500W ATX Power Supply w/ 2x 80mm Fans - Titanium & UV Blue
-PNY - GeForce 6800 GT 256MB
-Dell 2001FP 21 inch LCD Monitor
-ASUS DRW-1608P Black IDE DVD Burner - 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 24X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 2M Cache
-2x (RAID 0 setup) WD740GD - Rotational Speed 10000RPM - 8MB Buffer - Average Latency 2.99 ms - OEM
-Black Mitsumi 7-in-1 USB 2.0 FA404M Internal Memory Card Reader/ Writer + Floppy Disk Drive Combo, OEM
-THERMALTAKE Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
-Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Digital Speaker System w/Digital Hardware Decoder -RETAIL
-Ultra UV light
-Lots of UV reactive cabling (rounded)
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Coming soon:
-Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamers Sound Card
-2x Seagate ST3400832AS 400GB 7200RPM Serial ATA 8MB Hard Drives

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