XP-Spider

XP Spider is a tool that allows you to make some performance tweaks on your Windows XP computer.

The software doesn't need to be installed and leaves the system registry unaltered, which means it is portable. Consequently, you can place XP Spider on a removable device and run it on another PC with no effort.

The user interface of the program is clean and simple. You can configure options when it comes to the graphics, system, Internet, and others.

You can disable the Windows button comments and balloon tips, enable fast menu's, show "Copy to" and "Move to" in the file menu, enable a prefetcher and fast application shutdown, disable memory paging, upgrade large system cache, boost network browsing and make the "Lock computer" shortcut visible.

Also, you can boost the DNS connection, disable the task scheduler, as well as enable unlimited Internet simultaneous downloads and MP3 conversion.

You can launch "System Restore" and "Disk Cleaner", as well as initiate advanced tools which focus on computer management, shared folders, group policies, local users and groups, services, Windows object management, .NET Framework configuration, and performance monitor.

The program uses a low amount of system resources. We would have liked to see more tweaking options and fewer shortcuts to the Windows applications (e.g. System Restore). At least we haven't come across any errors during our tests.

XP Spider aims to be the ultimate software for modifying the Windows XP behavior, but it needs a lot of work. We recommend it mainly to experienced users.