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  • 3 weeks later...

Just unzip and export the registry file...You can also remove Recycle bin from the desktop...Open regedit go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace" and find the key "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}" and delete it...enjoy

  • 1 month later...

Speed up network browsing:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerRemoteComputerNameSpace{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

Verbose messages on startup/shutdown (2k only, possibly XP):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem]

"VerboseStatus"=dword:00000001

Disable the paging executive (more than 256Mb of ram is preferred, anything below that then DON'T DO THIS. 2k only, possibly XP):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001ControlSession ManagerMemory Management]

"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

Start the desktop in a separate process (helps if explorer crashes. 2k only, possibly XP):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion]

"DesktopProcess"=dword:00000001

Turn of disk performance counters (uneeded if you don't know what they are):

in the command prompt - "diskperf -N" (without quotes)

2k/XP:

Tweak your services. Seriously. IT REALLY DOES HELP BY TURNING OFF THOSE UNEEDED SERVICES.

Do not ask me how to do this, if you must know, www.google.com. There are plenty of articles on how to tweak services.

Startup Control Panel:

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Personally, I don't install any system without installing this as well. Very useful.

Broadband tweak:

http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html

Very simple program that WORKS. Browse the dslreports boards for ways to tweak. They'll help you out as long as you give them the required information.

  • 4 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...

give each hd its own icon.

1) create a file called "Autorun.inf" in the root of the drive

2) put this text in the file

[autorun]

ICON=drive.ico

*where drive.ico is the icon file you want to use*

reboot. thats it.

not really a great tip but seen people asking for it

(only tested with XP)

You can launch a shortcut by pressing CTRL then SHIFT, instead of CTRL+SHIFT+X like XP forces you to do.

I discovered this by mistake. Enclosed is a zipped shortcut. Move it onto your desktop, and hold CTRL and press SHIFT to launch it. It launches notepad, but you can change that.

Look:

shortcut.png

Download (527 bytes): Save.gif

Note: Rename file to .zip after download!

http://members.aol.com/axcel216/

its a classic.

Microsoft Windows XP Proffesional Tips & Tricks:

Install Windows XP from DOS (ie. no OS on a new hard drive):

Boot with a Windows 98 Start Up disk

Insert the Windows 98 CD into the CD reader

Run smartdrv.exe from the Win98 directory on the windows 98 CD (file caching)

Type cd.. to back up to the root directory

Insert Windows XP CD into the CD reader

Copy the i386 folder to C:

Go into C:i386 folder on C: and type winnt.exe to launch the setup from the hard drive.

(System Tweaks:)

Pentium 3 High Priority Level for IRQ8 CMOS Real Clock (cut and phaste .reg file)

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPriorityControl]

"Win32PrioritySeparation"=dword:00000026

"IRQ8Priority"=dword:00000001

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Enable L2 Cache for Windows 2000/XP

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Navigate to the Regkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management

Double click on "SecondLevelDataCache" and select "Decimal" and type "256"

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Speed up Diskcache

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Open Regedit and Navigate to:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementIoPageLockLimit];

Modify the value in Hex depending on the size of your RAM

RAM: modified value(Hex)

64M: 1000;

128M: 4000;

256M: 10000;

512M or more: 40000.

Reboot.

(Internet Tweaks:)

Increase your internet bandwidth by more than 20% in XP (for broadband users)

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1.make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator".

2. start - run - type gpedit.msc

3. expand the "local computer policy" branch

4. expand the "administrative templates" branch

5. expand the "network" branch

6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window

7. in right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting

8. on setting tab check the "enabled" item

9. where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0

10. go to your Network connections (start->connect to->show all connections).

right click on your connection then under the General or the Networking tab

(where it lists your protocols) make sure QoS packet scheduler is enabled.

11. reboot if you want to but not necessary on some systems your all done.

Effect is immediate on some systems. some need re-boot.

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Further fine tune Internet www access speed: Tip on improving DNS resolution. (Save as .reg file and execute)

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesDnscacheParameters]

"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001

"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180

"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00

"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

Speed up Network Browsing (computer wont search for new networks)

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Open up regedit

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE//Software//Microsoft//Windows//Current Version//Explorer//RemoteComputer//NameSpace

Find a key named {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

Right click on it and delete it

Reboot !

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Allow multiple Connection to servers for download more then 2 default, (cut and phaste .reg file)

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings]

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000019

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000019

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(Other Tweaks:)

Enable Nvidia Overclock mode and Vsynk Graphic settings (cut and phaste .reg file)

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARENVIDIA CorporationGlobalNVTweak]

"CoolBits"=dword:00000003

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Enable Font Smoothing in Log on/off screen

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cut and phaste these lines and save it as a .reg file.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop]

"FontSmoothing"="2"

"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop]

"FontSmoothing"="2"

"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002

change font smoothing color/type go2:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/usi...ner/default.asp

Remove shared documents folder from Computer window

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START-RUN and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to:

key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMy ComputerNameSpaceDelegateFolders

You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}.

If you delete this key, you have effectiveky removed the my shared documents folder.

Set Taskbar Group Size limit (cut and phaste .reg file)

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced]

"TaskbarGroupSize"=dword:00000002

Now, set this new key to a defalt value or the number of windows for each application you want to have on the screen

before they are clustered together on the taskbar. You must either kill explorer and re-launch it,

or logoff and log back in before this will take affect.

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Uninstall/Add and Remove Hidden Windows Programs.

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Edit c:Windowssysoc.inf and Remove "Hide"

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Disable Ballon ToolTips (cut and phaste .reg file)

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced]

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

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Disable Schedule Task in Internet Explorer

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IE 6.0 wants to run a schelduled task everytime it connects to a server.

This results in slower browsing.To disable this delete the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionexplorerRemoteComputerNameSpace

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

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Allow Higher Bitrate Decoding for Windows Media Player 192kbp.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftMediaPlayerSettingsMP3Encoding

"LowRate"=dword:0000dac0

"MediumRate"=dword:0001f400

"MediumHighRate"=dword:0003e800

"HighRate"=dword:0004e200

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Here's a few you missed:-

Just Copy and Paste each and any of the registry entries below into Notepad and call it/them anything you like but with a .reg extention. Then save it/them anywhere you like, then just double-click it/them.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Dirk Diggler

; This will add "Computer Management" to the right-click of "My Computer"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellManage]

@=hex(2):40,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79, 00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,79,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00, 70,00,75,00,74,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,30,00,30,00,00, 00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellManagecommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25, 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,63,00,6f,00, 6d,00,70,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Dirk Diggler

; This will add "Disk Defragmenter" to the right-click of "My Computer"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellDefrag]

@=hex(2):44,00,65,00,66,00,72,00,61,00,67,00,00,00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellDefragcommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,64,00,66,00,72,00,67,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Dirk Diggler

; This will add "Disk Defragmenter" to the right-click of any folder

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesDirectoryshellDefrag]

@=hex(2):44,00,65,00,66,00,72,00,61,00,67,00,00,00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesDirectoryshellDefragcommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25, 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,64,00,66,00, 72,00,67,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Dirk Diggler

; This will add "Services" to the right-click of "My Computer"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellservices]

@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellservicescommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Dirk Diggler

; This will add "Services" to the right-click of any folder

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellservices]

@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellservicescommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

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Since the majority of Windows users have a "Recycle Bin" on the Desktop, why not have "Control Panel" available on its right-click:-

Open up your registry and make your way here:-

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell

Right-click shell and make a New Key and call it Control Panel

Right-click Control Panel and make a New Key and call it command

Then in the right side, Double-click (Default) and put this in the box:-

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

You can now right-click the bin and click Control Panel

Not perfect, but better than a kick in the n**s

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OK, get rid of the "My Computer" icon thats on the Desktop and put it on the Bin's right-click:-

-----------Copy and Paste between the lines---------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Dirk Diggler

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellMy Computercommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25, 00,5c,00,65,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,74, 00,25,00,2c,00,00,00

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Just copy and paste this into Notepad, and save it onto the Desktop as "MyComp.reg" and then double-click the file that appears on the Desktop.

move them from system partition (usually c:) to another one to get more space

1. run regedit and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonSFCDllCacheDir

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSetupDriverCachePath

2. in both change the path values to whatever you want

in my case i edited as follows:

for dllcache - from c:windowssystem32dllcache to e:foldersdllcache

and for driver cache - from c:windowsdriver cache to e:foldersdriver cache

3. copy (don't move) dllcache and driver cache folders to specified paths

(like me to e:folders)

4. reboot

5. delete dllcache and driver cache folders from c: partition

this way i restored almost 100 megs on c:

:p :ditsy:

  • 3 weeks later...

Dirk:

Your services registry entry was causing problems, I looked in the registry and found the command was only %windir% so I fixed it here.

____CUT HERE_____

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellservices]

@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellservicescommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,

00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,

65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,

00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,

72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

everyone, take into account that the forum likes to KILL long registry lines.. it will add another line break to them, which will kill the entry

use a little common sense, if the key being targeted is on two lines, do this:

1. make sure word wrap is off

2. if so, fix the line break by going to the end of the first line, and hit delete ONCE

Can people do the regfiles maybe in small font, in Arial or something? That would help. For my tip, here's a small one.

To hear a noise when Explorer crashes and restarts (so at least you're notified... for whatever reasons)

START > RUN > drwtsn32 > check 'Sound Notification' (alt+s)

Among that are a bunch of other options to play with for crashes.

  • 3 weeks later...

This tweak is for Win2OOO users those who want to use the faster boot up feature of Win-XP but don?t wanna use this slow slug as the os of choice?all you need to do is copy a system file from a Win-XP installation na"NTLDR" and paste it in your win 2OOO system...That?s the new boot loader which really optimized for faster boot ups?you can copy it ,say from your friends pc whose running win-XP...

This is a hidden, readonly, systemfile so you got to enable the show all files including protected operating system files from the folder option from Control Panel to view it?

the file is located on the root drive where the bootup files like boot.ini is stored?just search and grab it and overwrite your existing Win 2OOO 's "NTLDR"?its safe and effective?that?s all?enjoy the faster bootup in Win2OOO

Win2OOO Rocks!b>Win2OOO Rocks!

just coCaution-)

Caution: before implementing any tweak make sure you've backed up your system; GOBACKoxio's GOBACK for a single click on the spot system recovery...

How to Get "Show Files and Folders" Back if it is Missing

If the option to enable Folders is MISSING from your Options > View > Advanced Settings, find this key in your registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvancedFolderHidden]

Modify the string value "Type" and enter "group" as value data.

After the edit is complete hit F5 to refresh, and go look in your Folder .

opposite can also be done.....

Accelerate Your Windows(NT, 2OOO, XP) by Speeding Diskcache

Diskcache plays a very important role in Windows. However, the default I/O pagefile setting of is not optimized, which limits the performance. Some better values for different RAM are given below.

1. run "regedit";

2. goto

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementIoPageLockLimit];

3. modify the value in Hex depending on the size of your RAM:

RAM: modified value(Hex)

64M: 1000;

128M: 4000;

256M: 10000;

512M or more: 40000.

4. reboot.

Though some good tools (such as "Cacheman") can do this, it is an interesting experience for you to work it out by yourself and let your Windows fly.

Caution:

before implementing any tweak make sure you've backed up your system; you can use Roxio's GOBACK for a single click on the spot system recovery...

  • 5 months later...

Here's some more system performance tweakin, and some clearer instructions on improving Diskcache (Note: 256MB of ram or more is recommended for optimal performance)

Run regedit and navigate to the following key:

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

1. DisablePagingExecutive -double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to harddrive yeilds faster performance.

2. LargeSystemCache- double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernal to Run in memory improves system performance alot

3. Create a new dword and name it IOPageLockLimit - double click it and set the value in hex - 4000 if you have 128MB of ram or set it to 10000 if you have 256MB set it to 40000 if you have more than 512MB of ram -this tweak will speed up your disckcache

one widely used tweak ;)

Better than sendto..I've forgotten where I picked this up but It's an alternative to sendto. It adds the ability to create a new folder to move or copy items to.

Right click on a file / object, there's a menu item for

'copy to folder...' and

'move to folder...'

Paste these lines into a new text document, (undo the word wrap) rename it with an extension .reg, double click then click 'yes'. Changes take effect imediately.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To]

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

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]

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

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]

@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

Reboot or shut down PC quickly :woot:

For a one-click method to quickly shut down or reboot your system without the fuss of going through the Start menu, make use of the Shutdown command, a command line utility in XP.

Here's how you can set up a restart button on your desktop:

1. Create a shortcut (Right-click on desktop, select New > Shortcut).

2. For location, type the following:

shutdown -r -t 0

3. Click Next, enter a name for the shortcut ("Restart" is appropriate), and click Finish.

When you click your Restart shortcut, Windows XP will reboot *automagically*!

:blink:

Unload.dll's to Free Memory

Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in memory for a period of time after the application using them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of memory.Find the key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]. Create a new sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1' to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.I tried this after running a intense program,then watched the task manager;memory recovered it self.

  • 1 month later...

Tweak:

Temporarily disable startup programs from running.

Purpose:

If you have to log in just to do a couple things, you can quickly bypass startup programs to speed up loading. For example, if you had to put a file on a floppy, you can log in quickly and do your task, without unneeded programs slowing you down.

How to:

Simply hold SHIFT while logging in (just after welcome screen).

Tweak: How to Disable System File Checker/Windows File Protection in XP

Purpose: If you replace system files a lot and don't want to see WFP popups then just simply use this tweak.

How To:

  • Make a copy of sfc_os.dll (C:\windows\system32\) and open it in a hexeditor.
  • FOR XP WITHOUT SP1: At offset 76C6EEB8(0E2B8) find the values 8B C6 and replace it with 90 90
  • FOR XP WITH SP1: At offset 76C6EFBB(0E3BB) find the values 8B C6 and replace it with 90 90
  • Then replace the original one with the patched sfc_os.dll. (Delete the sfc_os.dll in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Dllcache\ and ignore the WFP warning.)
  • Open Regedit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and change SFCDisable to ffffff9d to disable SFC completely.
  • Allowed SFC values:
    • 0 = Enable SFC.
    • 1 = Disable SFC with prompt at reboot to re-enable it.
    • 2 = Disable SFC without nag prompt at reboot to re-enable it.
    • 4 = Enable SFC but disable all prompts.
    • FFFFFF9D = Disable WFP/SFC completely.

    [*]Reboot and enjoy!

After you reboot check event viewer (in Administrative tools) to see if SFC is disabled or not.

Tweak UI > Internet Explorer > search

Prefix: g

shortcut: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s

Apply then open Internet explorer.

hit alt-d then type g + searchterm i.e. type "g neowin" in the address

this will automatically do a google search for that term

  • 2 months later...

Wonderful, wonderful, I love all of the posts here... only thing I could comment on was that no one really posted anything about tweaking services... I would HIGHLY recommend BlackViper's Service Configurations:

Windows XP Services

Windows 2K Services

These are both very good guides and go into extreme detail. One thing I also noticed that was kinda bugging me being that I am putting together a universal single .reg hack. I have yet to find a way to make a .reg file delete a key. If you know how let me know please.

i'm not sure at all about deleting regkeys from a reg file, but i saw this earlier in this post and thought it might be what i thought it was....

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

is a normal regkey right where u can put values in it and whatever, you know what you're doing...

i THINK (haven't tested, i'm by no means at fault for any damage to your computer for this) that putting a - before the key might delete it. such as:

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

would delete the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] (which we all know would be very bad :pinch:

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