Laptop, winxp and tweaking

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I use my laptop for web browsing, icq, and a few games (while in class of course)
i use word/powerpoint at times, but not too often.

it is a p3-500 with 256mb ram (compaq armada e500)

I am just wondering what are some good tweaking tips to make it as lean and as fast as possible?

thanks

 

[Heisenberg]

Go into the Services and disable whatever you don't need. (Right-click on My Computer > Manage > Services and Applications > Services)

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