Turn+off+Performance+Monitoring+in+XP


 * Turn off Performance Monitoring in XP **

 By default, Windows XP will constantly record various parameters relating to the performance of your computer. If you never look at this data, this is a waste of time, and in fact the resources devoted to recording the data will slow down your PC.  You can boost performance by turning this feature off in the registry as follows:
 * 1) Create a backup of your registry, as per my tip on Registry
 * 2) Press the [**Windows key**] and [**R**], type **REGEDIT** and press [**Enter**].
 * 3) Navigate to **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib**
 * 4) Check if the registry value **DisablePerformanceCounters** exists in the right-hand panel. If not, click **Edit > New > DWORD Value** to create the registry entry.
 * 5) Double-click on **DisablePerformanceCounters**.
 * 6) In the Value data box, type **1** and press [**Enter**] before closing the Registry Editor and restarting Windows.