Attached Link: http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011204S0009

The only XP I've tried I've been fixen for other people. Hmmm too much stuff running IMHO. Turn off the eye candy it's not a toy it's bread and butter. Turn off skuz working in the background. I've posted this link here before and using it have got not to bad results on XP. A google search for "XP Performance tweaks" shows up even more. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=+%22XP+Performance+tweaks%22&spell=1