Wow XP Is really Terrible without tweaks

[Shibathedog]

So while im waiting for my new HDD to come in the mail, i did a final last reformat to squeeze just a little bit more use out of this busted old HDD and installed XP SP2. Usually when i install Windows i have this big list of apps and tweaks that are must do/haves. But since in a couple days ill be disposing of this piece of crap i decided not to bother because ill just have to do it all again anyway soon. I never really noticed how terrible XP is like this :/ Internet browsing and system usage/stability is awful. It's really sluggish and anything P2P gets piss poor performance, its REALLY slow.

[Wizard]

Obviously

[Elazul Yagami]

So while im waiting for my new HDD to come in the mail, i did a final last reformat to squeeze just a little bit more use out of this busted old HDD and installed XP SP2. Usually when i install Windows i have this big list of apps and tweaks that are must do/haves. But since in a couple days ill be disposing of this piece of crap i decided not to bother because ill just have to do it all again anyway soon. I never really noticed how terrible XP is like this :/ Internet browsing and system usage/stability is awful. It's really sluggish and anything P2P gets piss poor performance, its REALLY slow.

 

what's the list of apps and tweaks then?

[James]

Might be your system with the problem . I have not tweaked XP and it runs fine .

And like you say your hard drive has issues so how can you expect an OS to run properly ?

 

I can understand those who need to tweak XP when they have low end PC's

Mine runs smooth ( No tweaks ) and its only a 3 gig P4 with 1.5 gig of ram .

[Shibathedog]

well its mostly anything internet related

 

Its probably just because i turn all those stupid visual effects off and i hate waiting for those animations and crap when i click things so it seems slower