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What are performance tips for Windows XP?

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My laptop is about a year old, and I don't know much about computers even though I work on one all day. To keep it running well, I only do a few things: defrag hard drive delete temp files / (run disk cleanup utility) windows update for the latest patches, etc.

Should I also run spybot regularly, and anything else? I've noticed the performance of my computer has gone down a bit, and ideally, it'd run faster like it did before without having to upgrade (I think Vista needs more time on the market before it's more bug free). Any ideas? Thanks!