How to speed up internet in Windows XP

Introduction
Tired of slow internet speed? Well, the problem might not be in the service provider or the hardware but the operating system itself. If you are using Microsoft Windows than you should know that Windows operates on various network and hardware configurations. Due to this, it is sometimes difficult to properly configure it for maximum performance.
 
The speed of your internet connection does not depend only on your service provider or hardware but also depends on your operating system. Majority of the users worldwide use Microsoft Windows. Due to this Windows has a wide base of users and due to this Windows XP uses the “one for all approach“. But we know that each users network connection is different as there are various factors affecting each connection:-
1)   Speed
2)   Type
3)   Distance from local network stations
4)   Latency period
 
Thus we can see that every user has a unique network connection.
 
Here we will discuss how to improve the speed of computers which have shared computers
 
Why does your computer slow down?
If your computer slows down when you are using LAN, then the main reason for this is that when you connect to other computers the Windows Explorer automatically starts looking for scheduled tasks on other computers. Due to this the computers slows down as your computer is waiting for a response from other computers.
 
Firstly you must create a system restore point so that if anything goes wrong you have a backup.
 
Solution
 
If you think that this is a complex problem, you are right but the solution to this problem is not that complex. Here, we will just disable the particular feature of Windows Explorer which starts looking for scheduled tasks on other computers.
 
This can be done by accessing the System Registry and removing the reference key. Due to this, the feature will not be loaded. For editing the system registry, you are supposed to follow the given steps:-
 
1)   Open the Start Menu and Select Run. Now type regeditin the text box. ( This will open the Registry Editor )                                                                                       
2)   When the Registry Editor has opened you will see that it has 2 panes. Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEfrom the left pane.
3)   From the expanded menu, expand SOFTWARE, thenMICROSOFT and from that expand Windows.
4)   Locate Current Version and expand it. From that expand Explorer and further expandRemoteComputer from it.
5)   Now expand NameSpace. Here you will find 2 entries. One is “{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}” and other is “{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}”. The first one is used to see shared printers and the second one is used to see remote scheduling tasks.
6)   You should delete the second one -  “{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}”  by right – clicking on it and selecting delete from the drop – down menu.
7)   If you do not want to view shared printers now or in future than you can also delete this key but only if you will not share printers now or in future.
8)   Restart the computer and enjoy yourself.