I want my Windows 2000 machine to scream with speed. How can I boost performance without breaking the bank?
Some performance enhancing tricks in Windows 2000 aren’t any different than what you’d do with other flavors of Windows. You should, for instance, defragment your hard drive on a regular basis for the fastest disk access. To launch Windows 2000’s included defrag utility, select Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. But other tips are specific to Windows 2000, or at least outside the ken of Windows 9x. For instance, in Windows 2000 there is a fast, easy way to reclaim RAM and speed up most computer chores. Windows 2000 automatically starts a host of services, small programs that support other software as well as hardware. But many of these services may be unnecessary in your situation. Disable the services you don’t need, and you reclaim RAM that would have otherwise gone to waste. To see which services are loading, right-click My Computer and select Manage. In the left pane, expand Services & Applications, then click Services. The right-hand pane shows the stat
