# XP users... nice tweak to speed it up **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 28, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563 "2008-01-28T10:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/1 "2008-01-28T10:05:27Z")
by loading the Kernel and drivers into the memory [http://buzzblogging.com/tweaks/force-windows-to-load-the-kernel-in-memory/](http://buzzblogging.com/tweaks/force-windows-to-load-the-kernel-in-memory/) I didn’t know that you could do this… pretty cool. I’m gonna try it on my XP VM later ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/2 "2008-01-28T10:10:04Z")
yeah been using this for quite some time now, works well ---
**Author:** ![Oroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@Oroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oroc)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/3 "2008-01-28T10:16:34Z")
sweet! i’ve never heard of it, i’m gonna give it a go too ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/4 "2008-01-28T10:25:09Z")
thanks steve… I did it and my computer didn’t blow up yet, so it must be good… I’ve got mine running really good now. Old school dell with a p4 3.0ghz, and 2gb of ddr2 ram. Reinstalling XP last week really made it fast. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/5 "2008-01-28T10:26:02Z")
just did it at work…autocad opens quicker yay ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/6 "2008-01-28T10:30:21Z")
Spiffy :tup: ---
**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/7 "2008-01-28T11:05:48Z")
i got to try this when i get home ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/8 "2008-01-28T11:21:21Z")
I didnt notice any change. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/9 "2008-01-28T12:26:10Z")
Wow… I can’t believe that Windows doesn’t already load the kernel/drivers into memory by default… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/10 "2008-01-28T12:28:40Z")
> [@itsJim](#): > > Wow… I can’t believe that Windows doesn’t already load the kernel/drivers into memory by default… remember though, when XP first came out memory wasn’t what it is these days (most machines had 64-128megs). It was probably for performance reasons. Now a days, 2 GB is pretty standard ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/11 "2008-01-28T13:05:03Z")
The reg settings were there in Vista as well but I can’t tell if it made much of a difference because the Vista machine I use here at work was already very fast to begin with. I can say it didn’t blow up, so that’s a good thing. 🙂 EDIT: Sure seems like programs load faster, and pages seem to load a lot faster. Could just be I’m paying more attention to it now though. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/xp-users-nice-tweak-to-speed-it-up/42563/12 "2008-01-28T13:24:02Z")
no shit… thanks for the heads up :tup: gonna try it with vista later. what are the specs on your machine, jay?