Speed up XP boot without losing fonts?

Unless you have a gazillion fonts the benefit will be like 2 seconds.There other more crucial tweaks to speed up boot time.

I have no idea how to do what you're describing, but there are other ways to speed up XP boot times. Video codecs also slow boot times, so if you've got any codec packs installed you could remove those and just install the ones that you use the most often (XviD and DivX usually for downloaded videos). Or just install VLC media player which has all the codecs bundled in the program so they don't have to load from the OS. Also, uninstall any bloatware that loads to the system tray or is in Start - Programs - Startup. You can also use a program to prevent processes from loading that aren't needed by the OS (there's usually a half dozen or so that are just system services for just * in case * you start the programs that they reference). You can find out which ones are unnecessary by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del and clicking on the Processes tab, then End Process on each one (things that are required for Windows to run will not allow you to end the process, all others will just give a warning).

If you have virus scanning software running, and if it is set to scan all files during boot up, that may be slowing you down more than the fonts per se. I would look at the configuration of what is being scanned on boot up and decide whether it can be relaxed. Files that do not change from one day to the next would not normally need to be scanned over and over.

have you tried disabling services you don't use. i found by emptying the prefetch folder and then changing the prefetch setting in the registry to only monitor boot files and not application data it speeds up boot time! also if you use sata drive you can disable the primary ide channel by going into device manager - ide ata/atapi controllers - right click primary ide channel and select properties - advanced settings - device 0 (device type: select none instead of auto detect) press ok and restart computer hopefully some of this tips helped you!

- Reduce the number of programs that start up

- Reduce the number of services that run at startup

- Change the Boot Device Priority, and change the first boot device to be the hard drive.

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haha, no. You can not have your cake and eat it too. You either have to load the fonts, or go without the fonts/load them back up and then restart. Your call.

Open Run:

Type: msconfig.exe

Open: Startup

Uncheck anything you do not need during Startup.

Those items will be activated after startup completes.

Do it with special programs. Like TuneUp utilities.