The windows Millennium Edition loads faster, doesn’t have real-mode DOS, and has many enhancements over Windows 98 .

Organizing system Restore :
If your restore folder is full , assigning more space won’t do any good . To get rid of this problem , you have to go to Control panel – > system and click on the performance tab, and then click on the file system . A new window will pop up . Here, click Troubleshooting tab . Select the ‘ Disable System Restore ‘ option , close the applet and reboot the machine for setting to take effect . The Restore folder intact, go to Control panel – > System -> File system and look for Read-ahead Optimization slider .

Set this slider to minimum . The hard drive will start deleting files from the Restore folder . Now, set the slider back to maximum and close the applet . Only the most recent files will be restored . This is the good exercise to do before defragmenting your hard disk .

You’re more likely to retain visitors to your site if the pages load fast . A fast loading site holds attention , so the won’t go clicking around other windows .

Table smart :

In browser table don’t show up on a page until the content with in the tables have been downloaded , making a page seem slow . Avoid nested tables and long vertical tables . Instead , stack tables on the top of each other pages then appear to load faster as each table shown up faster . In this context , its better to place your navigational links horizontally towards the top as the will show up before most of the rest of the page . Keep the most important links at the top and the rest on the left , are keep top-level selection on the top and the subsection on the left .

To make a table stand out on a page , use a border around it rather than a fixed image , that is fixed in size . Nest the table with in a single cell table with a cell padding of one pixel ( or more for thinker border) and a bckground of the color you want for the border .

Motherboards Drivers

More than being just functional patches, driver updates for motherboards can immensely boost system performance – especially if the updated drivers contain fixes for major issues. Regardless of which chipset your motherboard is based on , there are a few thumb rules for optimizing driver-related setting for peak performance .

First before installing a fresh set of drivers, make sure to uninstall the existing set . Do this from Control panel > Add or Remove Programs . Select the drivers that you wish to remove and click the ‘Remove button’ . This way you can ensure that only new files are installed , and that there is no trace of older drivers .

When installing updated drivers , pay close attention to the options offered during installation . The decision you make , in each installation step, will affect the way your computer runs . For example , when installing the Via Hyperion drivers, you are asked to make decision on the working of the AGP ,and should always select the ‘High Performance ‘ Option .

Air Flow :

The most important cooling principle is proper airflow . A traditional ATX cabinets has two fans , one to suck air, and other to expel hot air . To maximize airflow within the cabinet , carefully twist, tie or tape up all loose cables, and places them away from critical components , such as the CPU, hard disk and RAM .

Heatsinks

The CPU is the most utilised and most important components in the system . To extract the best performance , you should have a high quality heatsink and fan combination . Consider buying Thermaltake, Ever cool, Akasa and other such well-known heatsink and fan combinations . They do cost on the higher side, but they boost your system’s performance as well increase its life .