Let me show you some tricks to speed up windows xp startup!
1.Click on Start, then Run, and type ”msconfig”. Wait for a new window to pop up. Click on the “Startup” tab.
2.This tab will show all the programs that Windows will load at startup. Uncheck the box next to any program/process that you don’t want Windows to load.
3.Delete the temporary files periodically from your computer to make the applications run faster.
4.Perform a scandisk to see that your computer hard drive is in healthy condition and it helps your computer run faster.
5.Always perform a disk defragmentation at least once in a month.6.Clean windows registry. You can try some Reg Cleaner.