From: Jeff Shultz 

One of my first steps when an XP Pro install is done is to go into Services
and disable (and stop) Themes. Does wonders...

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:04:56 -0500, Geo. wrote:

> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> news:403c65d9{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> A W2K that had some serious swap tuning work done to cut down slow
>> laptop
> drive accesses could have a lot of appeal in certain
>> quarters.  XP is obviously the wrong answer for most laptops
>
> I can't think of anyone who wouldn't go for a faster version with minimal
> new features added. Even the guy who buys the fastest hardware, is still
> driven by the need for speed...
>
> In the rush to 32bit computing and then the Y2K thing, ISV's have gotten
> lost thinking users want "New and Improved" versions all the
time, we were
> upgrading for valid reasons not because we didn't like where we were. It
> would be nice to not change the look for once and just make it more
> perfect. The only thing is, I don't want to see that happen with XP and
> it's cartoon interface and take my commands as suggestions attitude. I
> want to see it happen with W2K.
>
> Geo.

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