Hello Win moders and tweakers out there! :)

[trodas]

I'm big fan on Windows 2000 systems, tough I use XP machines for folding purposes :)

So I'm here primary to learn what I did not know yet and make possible some tweaks I want and beware, some are HARDCORE ones :) Hacking any dll, including system32 one is nothing I haven't done yet already, hehe.

Let me show you, what I do with my winblows:

Lets begin with deleting directory:

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WinNT\system32\dllcache

Into Windows directory delete these files:

*.avi; *.txt; *.scr; *.bak; *.bmp; *.tmp; *.gif; *.jpg; *.sam; *.wav; *.png; *.hlp; *.chm; *.htm; *.html; *.sql; *.log; *.cat; *.Manifest

(in WinXP do NOT touch ANY manifests files!)

(not delete Win/Help/diskeeper.chm !!!)

Remove these directories at all: (some stays, tought)

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c:winnt\connectionwizard

c:winnt\cursors

c:winnt\Downloaded Installations

c:winnt\Downloaded Program Files

c:winnt\help

c:winnt\media

c:winnt\PCHealth

c:winnt\RegisteredPackages

c:winnt\Restore

c:winnt\servicepackfiles

c:winnt\web

c:winnt\os2

c:winnt\usmt

c:winnt\wbem - except framedyn.dll !!!

c:winnt\Resources - except Windows classic.theme !!!

c:programfiles/installshield installation information

c:programfiles/microsoft frontpage

c:programfiles/netmeeting

c:programfiles/outlook express

c:programfiles/Windows NT (leave wordpad, usefull for word doc's)

c:programfiles/WindowsUpdate

c:programfiles/intel

c:programfiles/directx

c:programfiles/Internet Explorer/Connection wizard

c:programfiles/Internet Explorer/signup

dialer.exe; htrn_jis.dll; hypertrm.exe

Winnt/system32:

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Restore

ReinstallBackups

usmt

wbem - krome framedyn.dll !!!

fax*.* (leave faxocm.dll a faxsetup.inf)

*.cat (leave NT5INF.CAT)

welcome.exe; welcome.ini; freecell.exe; winchat.exe; winmine.exe; sol.exe; dtcsetup.exe

wuauclt.exe; wupdmgr.exe; wuaucpl.cpl; mobsync.exe; mobsync.dll; tourstart.exe

ntbackup.exe; dfrg.msc; dfrgfat.exe; dfrgntfs.exe; dfrgres.dll; dfrgsnap.dll; dfrgui.dll

osk.exe; magnify.exe; explorer.scf; rcimlby.exe; psxss.exe

scandisk 0 sec wait to start:

chkntfs /t:0

fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1

fsutil behavior query D:

chkdsk /x /r /f

executa dat protection off, WinXP SP2 - boot.ini

/noexecute=AlwaysOff /fastdetect /noguiboot

regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll

regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll

Need services on folding XP SP1.0a machines

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Chr?něn? ?lo?i?tě - Auto

Klient DNS - Auto

Plug and Play - Auto

Pracovn? stanice - Auto

Prohled?v?n? poč?tačů - Auto

Protokol ud?lost? - Auto

Server - Auto

S?ťov? připojen? - Auto

Spr?vce zabezpečen? ?čtů - Auto

Vzd?len? vol?n? procedur (RPC) - Auto

Termin?lov? slu?ba - Ručně

Need services on Win2k machine

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Computer Browser - Auto

Chr?něn? ?lo?i?tě - Auto

Klient DNS - Auto

Network DDR - Auto

Network DDE DSDM - Auto

Plug and Play - Auto

Server - Auto

Protokol ud?lost? - Auto

S?ťov? připojen? - Auto

Spr?vce zabezpečen? ?čtů - Auto

Vzd?len? vol?n? procedur (RPC) - Auto

Workstation - Auto

Gpedit.msc - Active Desktop disable

regedit - search for "Optional" and delete all Optional, Posix and Os2 stuff.

add filetypes:

qxd, bik, pdf, doc, swf, svf, nfo, diz, php, css, sub, srt, flv (VLC)

bik - ...\mplayerc.exe" add /play

ikonky:

shell32.dll

ipconfig /flushdns - flush temporary DNS cache

diskperf -n - stop unnecessary performance disk counters

fsutil usn deletejournal:)d d: - delete diary of changes in drive :)

video.google.com - add as tr;)ted server for IE6 video playback on it ;)

Unnecessary fonts: - has to be modified off windows - Arial, Tahoma, Micross

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Arial Black

Comic Sans MS

Courier NEW

Georgia

Impact

Palatino

Symbol

Trebuchet

Verdana

Webdings

Wingdings

Then register tweaks I use on Win2k:

REGEDIT4

;enable 48bit support for 128G and bigger drivers

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters]

"EnableBigLba"=dword:00000001

;stop dangerous and lame default simple sharing

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters]

"AutoShareWks"=dword:00000000

"AutoShareServer"=dword:00000000

;stop not responding services faster

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="3000"

;stop unnecessary NTFS features to speed up disk IO

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]

"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000000

"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000

"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001

;make menus as fast, as possible

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"MenuShowDelay"="0"

;automatically end frozen tasks

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

;faster end frozen applications

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"HungAppTimeout"="30"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="120"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"HungAppTimeout"="30"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="120"

;disabling windows WFP, the SFC service, old way, not work past Win2k SP1

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

"SFCDisable"=dword:ffffff9d

;stop unnecessary checkings for remaining space on HDD

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

;show all the devices in the hardware table

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]

"DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"=dword:00000001

;no lame nVidia baloons

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\MediaCenterTray]

"NvCplDisableBalloonNotifications"=dword:00000001

;disable counting operations for speed-up

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\I/O System]

"CountOperations"=dword:00000000

;Disable DrWarson - as you a debudger or what?

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson]

"NumberOfCrashes"=dword:00000001

"WaveFile"=hex(2):00,00

"DumpSymbols"=dword:00000000

"DumpAllThreads"=dword:00000000

"AppendToLogFile"=dword:00000000

"VisualNotification"=dword:00000000

"SoundNotification"=dword:00000000

"CreateCrashDump"=dword:00000000

"Instructions"=dword:0000000a

"MaximumCrashes"=dword:0000000a

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug]

"Auto"="0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager]

"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000000

;add Copy to and Move to into context menu on file/desktop/Explorer

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To]

@="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]

@="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

;delete unnecessary registry keys for bot used (by me at least) screen savers

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.Marquee]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Screen Saver.Mystify]

;delete slow-down key, recemended my M$ itself

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

;add empty recycle bin to the main context menu by RMB on desktop

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

@="Empty Recycle Bin"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

;Stopping unnecessary Unix and Os2 support running

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\SubSystems]

"Optional"=-

"Os2"=-

"Posix"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Session Manager\SubSystems]

"Optional"=-

"Os2"=-

"Posix"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SubSystems]

"Optional"=-

"Os2"=-

"Posix"=-

;setting size of second level datacache - adjust according to your CPU in hex, eg. 512k = 200, 1024 = 400

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000400

WinXP add register tweaks I use after this first file:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]

"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000005

;faster opening directory with lot's of AVI files - no scan them

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}]

And then it is time for my network/internet related register tweaks:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"TcpMaxDataRetransmissions"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"IGMPLevel"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"ForwardBufferMemory"=dword:0001F400

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"NumForwardPackets"=dword:000001F4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"TcpMaxConnectRetransmissions"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"TcpMaxDataRetransmissions"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"TcpTimedWaitDelay"=dword:00000064

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]

"MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]

"KeepAliveTimeout"=dword:0001d4c0

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"TcpNumConnections"=dword:00fffffe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"EnableDeadGWDetect"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"EnableICMPRedirect"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"KeepAliveTime"=dword:000493E0

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"NoNameReleaseOnDemand"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"PerformRouterDiscovery"=dword:00000000

So now you :devil:bi:devil:r :devil:w crazy I'm :devil: :devil: :devil:

[Panacik]

Dobre! Welcome to Neowin mate (Y).

I dont speak Slovak or Czech, but my fiancee is Slovak, so i know a few words mate (Y)

[Steven P. Administrators]

Welcome to Neowin and wow love the work you did here! What CPU is it cooling?

[trodas]

Hi Rich man :shifty: Say hello to your financee! (and spank her a$$ if she is being biatch :devil: )

And tell me, please, are there a Win2k moders out there too, on this forum? :) I seen plenty of XP stuff there, many non-graphic stuff is likely that can be used on W2k too, but still... :)

Neobond - well, this is just a res, it does not cooling a thing. The rad is there:

http://ax2.old-cans.com/g.php?p=rad&d=1&v=v2

...and it does cool a almost 3Ghz Opty 148, folding all the time, + ATI NB + 6800GS overclocked to about 40?C esily. Fanless. I'm hardware moder too, hehe. It is only questionable in witch area I'm being more crazy :laugh::

[Dick Montage]

Say hello to your financee! (and spank her a$$ if she is being biatch devil.gif )

Random!

[astronaughty]

hi there!!

'just another geek saying hi' :D

[Rappy Veteran]

Hi Rich man :shifty: Say hello to your financee! (and spank her a$$ if she is being biatch :devil: )

And tell me, please, are there a Win2k moders out there too, on this forum? :) I seen plenty of XP stuff there, many non-graphic stuff is likely that can be used on W2k too, but still... :)

Neobond - well, this is just a res, it does not cooling a thing. The rad is there:

http://ax2.old-cans.com/g.php?p=rad&d=1&v=v2

...and it does cool a almost 3Ghz Opty 148, folding all the time, + ATI NB + 6800GS overclocked to about 40?C esily. Fanless. I'm hardware moder too, hehe. It is only questionable in witch area I'm being more crazy :laugh::

Wow thats a bit....random as njlouch said!

Welcome anyhow!

[trodas]

Well, I would more like to thing about spanking as a fun that random try :devil:

Regardless, let's prepare for a new year! :rofl: