This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installed windows or an old windows. Actually these r some tips/tricks, which I always apply whenever I do a fresh installation of windows. So here I’m sharing many of those tips-n-tricks:

UPDATE: This story was reported as stolen from this source: askvg.com
I just grabbed it from digg. It’s a very helpful article and I would like to give credit where credit is due.