Speed up XP on Old(er) Computer

[TheRyuu]

I'm installing Windows XP on an older laptop (P3, 256mb of RAM).

I know that XP needs RAM, but all I have to work with is 256. They'll be getting a new computer soon but they need this as a sort of holdover till then.
I thought about installing Linux, but thought better of it considering who the computer is for (I don't think they could handle linux, even though ones like Ubuntu are pretty easy)

Any ways to speed it up? (disabling services, etc...)

I know that NOD32 and Kaspersky are pretty light on RAM, so I though I'd get them the free AOL Kaspersky Anti-virus.

Beyond disabling Indexing, I really don't do much on my desktop (which obviously doesn't really need speed tweaking (look at sig)).

So, what can I do?
Thanks

 

[Evander]

"Proformance Increase through My Computer"
Start > Right Click on My Computer and select properties.
2: Click on the "Advanced" tab
3: See the "Perfomance" section? Click "Settings"

 

[dderolph]

What will the laptop be used for? If it's for email, web browsing, MS Office stuff, I think you'll find it performs satisfactorily without doing a lot of tweaking. Yeh, I'd avoid resource-hog software such as Norton and McAfee. My son's been using a Compaq laptop with 256MB, Win XP, Office XP, AVG anti-virus, and getting along OK.

 

[bendixG15]

Don't install XP .....

 

[ForumMaster]

there are plenty of services you can disable. check guides on the net and disable any that you don't need. do what evander said and set it to performance. as long as you don't have too many things open at once, it should be ok.