You can create easily a file on your desktop that will, upon double click, clear up Windows memory. This makes your PC run a little faster, having less system tasks. The instructions are simple.

1. Right click on your desktop>>New>>Shortcut
2. Type this into the location box (without the quotation marks)

“%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks”

3. Click Next. Name the file anything you want. Eg: Panic Button! Click OK.
4. Just double click that file anytime and it will filter out idle processes.

If you don’t understand those instructions (tsktsktsk) you can view the video below.

Clear Your Windowsxp Memory With A Single Click! - video powered by Metacafe

Enjoy.

These three factors of Windows startup time are among the simplest and easy-to-fix ones. Some of us might have gone great depths to decrease loadtime but are you overlooking these things?

1. Startup programs

The most basic of basic. All you have to do is make sure that your startup folder in Start>>All Programs does not contain too many programs. Just delete the ones you don’t need/want. However, that folder does not list everything so you might need to dig deeper; clean it in your registry. Sometimes, the items remain in the folder and beneath it even after uninstalling, so read this to fix it.
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