There are very few tweaks needed for XP.

Some of the tweaks I've seen out there on the web are ridiculous and might even make for more problems rather than solve them. If it involves a registry hack or the like and you haven't even experienced a problem yet, my advise is simple enough, "Don't do it!"

It is not like the days of Win95/98, when we even had to defeat the taskbar clock (!) in order to enjoy uninterrupted audio streaming. Or resort to overclocking the chip just to be able to run a few plugins...

Someone will soon come along and disagree with me, so I'll let the experts explain it in the following Sound on Sound article:

XP Tweaks For Music - Audio Tweaks That Work - And The Ones That Don't!

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct06/articles/pcmusician_1006.htm

After reading and grokking in fullness, do only the tweaks they recommend.

After that, get your feet wet and start using your music programs.

If you have problems the gang here is around to help out.

But do not anticipate "bridges" to cross that may never ever pop up in front of you.


--Mac