Tutorials to help speed up your XP, Vista or Windows 7 computer
There are plenty of things you can do to help improve the performance of your computer. Most of us know a few of the different methods to accomplish this, but it is always nice to have access to a whole list of these methods all in one place. Below are links to three “Master” tutorial to help you improve the operating speed of your computer(s).
Enjoy!
Transform Windows XP into Windows Vista without using Customization Pack
The most interesting thing in Windows Vista is its look, new icons, cursors, theme, sounds, login screen, boot screen, etc.
If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows Vista look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.
After following this tutorial, you’ll get the same Windows Vista look in your Windows XP. Following is a list of things which are going to change after following this tutorial:
- Windows Theme or Visual Style
- Boot Screen
- Login Screen or Welcome Screen
- Sounds
- Cursors
- Icons
- Progress dialog box
- Shutdown/Log off dialog box
- About Windows box
- System Properties dialog box
- A few other mods
To view the tutorial visit Tweaking with Vishal: Transform Windows XP into Windows Vista without using Customization Pack
Chrome OS Coat For XP
Here is a nice theme for all you XP fans, (who refuse to change to Windows 7) well this is a chrome OS theme for XP. Its made by a deviant artist called Lenox make sure that you have patched your XP Theme.
Vista Transformation Pack 9.0.1
There’s nothing much to be said about this except that the error caused in the earlier version has been fixed and is working properly. Check below for the original description from the author himself.
After announcement of 9.0, ViSplore’s unstability and bugs in ViOrb cause trouble everywhere. Since it’s the first beta build so we couldn’t help much but sigh… Version 9.0.1 will solve incompatibilities with Windows XP Service Pack 3, stability issues in installation and some fixes in the system and some 3rd-party applications.
Enjoy Vista Welcome Center in XP
If you like the Vista Welcome Center and would want to use it in XP, well here is great news for you. Two people have made a superb welcome screen for XP that looks so much alike the Vista welcome screen. Below I have given some screenshots, which were taken in xp. So for those of you who love the vista welcome screen and want to use it in xp, here you go have fun 
Windows XP Goes Bye Bye
July 1 will go down in history as the day that major PC manufactures can no longer sell Windows XP preinstalled. This news hasn’t gone unnoticed; InfoWorld created a petition to save the aging OS.
The question is why?
Truth of the matter is that there are millions of reasons why one would want to stay with XP just like there are good reasons to upgrade to Vista. Each of them have their merits and it would be pointless to try to disprove any one of them.
But what’s going to happen when its time to get another computer and the only option is Vista? Is the lack of an XP option enough to sway you to Ubuntu or OS X? According to Microsoft sales of Vista have reached 140 million copies world wide so it doesn’t appear that most computer buyers mind upgrading to Vista.
But for those die hard XP users out there what are you going to do? The Grim Reaper has come for your OS.
Source: downloadsqad
Windows XP SP3 (KB936929) Standalone Update Package and ISO Images Official Microsoft Download Links
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been released to the public through Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center, after a slight delay due to incompatibility issue.
Now the official release is out.
Microsoft names the standalone installation package for SP3 as Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers and intends for who are downloading and installing on multiple computers on a network. But it?s essentially the same thing – a executable in .exe format that when ran, will install and upgrade the Windows XP PC on base of SP1 or SP3 to SP3 version xpsp3_5512.080413-2113, or 5.1.2600.5512.
The direct download links to the standalone setup install packages for the Windows XP SP3 hosted on Microsoft Download Center are listed here.
XP Service Pack 3 Final (SP3) Official Release build 5512
Now since us and most of the people are expecting the official release of the SP3 final build (build 5512), but it has taken Microsoft some time to release it to the TechNet subscribers and it’s not yet available to the public.
But some sites and other people have released the final build unofficially. Therefore I thought of Informing you about it. The final build is available in several places like MajorGeeks, 9Down, Softpedia and in Torrents.
So I looked here and there and found the most reliable sources for you to get it, If you are looking for the Final build of XP SP3.
So here they are:
Windows XP SP3 RTM Released!
Microsoft has released Windows XP SP3 to manufacturers, so that means customers will be able to purchase PC’s pre installed with XP SP3 soon and also the final version of Windows XP SP3 will also be available to existing customers through Windows Update on April 29th (without the usual delay).
Windows XP SP3 RTM Available for Download on April 29 2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be available for download on April 29, 2008. At the end of this month, the Redmond company will release the third and final service pack for Windows XP, the operating system released initially at the end of 2001,
and overhauled in 2004 with SP2. Until this point Microsoft has kept a steady refrain of the deadline for the delivery of XP SP3, pointing to a release to hit by mid-2008, but failing to pinpoint the exact date of the launch. In this regard, the Redmond company has failed so far to issue any official comments, or to confirm or deny the fact that XP SP3 is dropping on April 29.
