Windows 2000 is soo faster than XP

[Comraddict]

...even on my fast system:
P4 3.2GHz
i875P chipset
1GB PC3200 RAM (dual channel)
2 RAID0 WD SE 7200rpm drives
Radeon 9700 Pro.

Pages load faster; feels faster and more robust in every way, so I'm gonna stick with it.

By the way, CPU sensor reports 10C higher temp. in 2000 pro, so my guess is that XP via processor driver is artifically cooling processor. Something like cpu-idle program does.

I have yet to see system that runs well on Windows XP - they way mine perform on Windows 2000 pro.

 

[Mikoyan]

Windows XP feels faster to me. Especially the bootup. And my system is on par with yours (AMD64 socket 754, K8T800, 1GB PC4000, Seagate Barracuda 120GB 7200rpm IDE, Radeon 9800 Pro). Sure, windows 2000 has less fancy stuff and is lighter, but with systems like ours that shouldn't matter too much, unless you had some serious bloat problems with your XP installation.

 

[Comraddict]

Mikoyan, I agree that windows XP boots much faster. However, after boot process is completed, Windows 2000 seem to have better response. I'm not saying that XP is slow; just that win 2000 performs better than anything I have seen.

 

[Jeratain]

Someone needs to learn how to prune unecessary services out of XP

 

[Comraddict]

and I know how to disable them in 2000, but not in XP ?

Running 22 processes as we speak. Let me make bet that it is less than you have.

 

[Jeratain]

I've actually got it down to 24, but that's with my browser open and virus scanner's two processes running.

But you are talking about processes, and I'm talking about services. Not all services appear in your task manager. Go to "run" and open "services.msc" to see all of the available services that have been started. XP, by default, includes and runs a few non-essential services that can bog down your performance. You can use services.msc to disable those that you don't need. Naturally, you don't want to do this if you don't know what you are doing, because you can severely mess up your system. There are a few guides online to tell you what is/isn't necessary.

I agree with you - by default Win2k runs faster than XP.

But if you configure XP right, you can get it running faster.

 

[Comraddict]

Jeratin, I always disable unused services, and each disabled one decreases count of running processes by one. Although it is known to be mask- some of these services have multiple processes assoc. with them, but only one is shown in Task Manager.

 

[Jeratain]

Alright, I just wanted to make sure we were on the same level here.

A lot of XP users don't disable the indexing service, System Restore, Network DDE, or some of the other unecessary components (unecessary to some users, necessary to others), so I wasn't sure if we were talking about the same thing. I'm glad 2k runs optimal for you

 

[Comraddict]

Now only if Windows 2000 had ClearType...

 

[DaEezT]

Hey Comraddict, here is one task for your Win2k PC then:
Install the IE6 popup blocker from MS on that PC.

 

[hbdragon88]

I have 40 processes - but I also have Norton Antivirus 2004 (that alone has some four processes) and ZoneAlarm Pro that boot up every time.

*opens Task Manager, sees four "svchost.exe" processes running*

*kills one of them*

*computer dies*

 

[stormbind]

WinXP Pro SP0 boots in 11 seconds on my old AMD K6-2 (counting from the moment the power button is pressed)

I never liked Windows 2000 because of driver problems, but I'm aware that WinXP graphical themes have some impact on performance. Win2K doesn't have these!

If you disable them in WinXP, settings the system to optimal performance, it is then just as fast as Win2K

Right-click my computer, select Properties > Advanced > Settings > Visual Effects > Adjust for best peformance. Looks like old Win95/2K though!

 

[Thrawn]

My computer doesn't take long to boot up. It's never off!

 

[warmwaffles]

You know 2000 is more prone to people hacking into your comp than XP but I was planning to go old school 98 bee atch

 

[B-52]

I plan on removing all of my functioning limbs.

Cos old scool.