Reg tweaks:
1. Is your start menu taking forever to load? Try this... (be careful -- this is a
registry key) Speed up the Start Menu. The default speed of the Start Menu is pretty slow, but you can fix that by editing
a Registry Key. Fire up the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
\ MenuShowDelay By default, the value is 400. Change this to a smaller value, such as 0, to speed it up. If this doesn't work
for some reason, then you might try the following: Navigate to Display Properties then Appearance then Advanced and turn off
the option titled Show menu shadow. You will get much better overall performance.
2: To get rid of shared folders!!
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer
\ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders
You'll see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this, all
of the Shared Documents folders (which are normally under the group called "Other Files Stored on This Computer") will be
gone.
You do not need to reboot your system to see the change.
3: get rid of baloon tips!
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Advanced
Change the value of EnableBalloonTips from 1 to 0
4. How to delete an undeletable file:
Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs
Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE
Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave
Task Manager open
Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable
file) is located in
At the command prompt type DEL <filename> where <filename> is the file you wish
to delete
Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell
Close Task Manager
5: How to enable/disable Low Disk Space Message
>Start>Run>Regedit
Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion \Policies\
Explorer
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: NoLowDiskSpaceChecks
Modify/Create the Value Name (NoLowDiskSpaceChecks) according to the Value Data listed above.
Value Data: (0 = NoLowDiskSpaceChecks Disabled / 1 = NoLowDiskSpaceChecks Enabled)
Exit the Registry and Reboot your computer
6: How to enable/disable the thumbnail cache
>Start>Run>Regedit
Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Advanced
Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as below
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: DisableThumbnailCache
Setting for Value Data: (0 = Disabled / 1 = Enabled)
Exit the Registry and Reboot your computer
nonetcrawling=1
7:Disable error reporting
One feature that I can do without is error reporting. Every
time a program crashes I do not want to send a report to microsoft. Read below to find out how to disable this stupid feature.
Open
Control Panel
Click on Preformance and Maintenance.
Click on System.
Then click on the Advanced tab
Click on the
error reporting button on the bottom of the windows.
Select Disable error reporting.
Click OK
8: clear page file at shutdown!
Start Regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >
SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > SessionManager > Memory Management
Select ClearPageFileAtShutdown from
the list on the right.
Right on it and select Modify.
Change the value to 1 to enable.
Reboot your computer
9: Turn of system beeps
Turn of system beeps
If those beeps annoy you there
is a way to turn them off
Start Regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Sound
Once there,
locate Beep on the list on the right.
Right click on it and select Modify
Change the value equal to no
Reboot your
computer and the beeps will be gone!
10: Speed up Diskcache
TOP
Open Regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/ControlSession/
Manager/MemoryManagement/IoPageLockLimit];
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.
11: Speed up Network Browsing :
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 !
12: XP memory tweaks :
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Below are some Windows XP memory tweaks. They
are located in the windows registry at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/ SessionManager/MemoryManagement
DisablePagingExecutive - When enabled, this setting will prevent the paging of the Win2k
Executive files to the hard drive, causing the OS and most programs to be more responsive. However, it is advised that people
should only perform this tweak if they have a significant amount of RAM on their system (more than 128 MB), because this setting
does use a substantial portion of your system resources. By default, the value of this key is 0. To enable it, set it to 1.
LargeSystemCache - When enabled (the default on Server versions of Windows 2000), this setting
tells the OS to devote all but 4 MB of system memory (which is left for disk caching) to the file system cache. The main effect
of this is allowing the computer to cache the OS Kernel to memory, making the OS more responsive. The setting is dynamic and
if more than 4 MB is needed from the disk cache for some reason, the space will be released to it. By default, 8MB is earmarked
for this purpose. This tweak usually makes the OS more responsive. It is a dynamic setting, and the kernel will give up any
space deemed necessary for another application (at a performance hit when such changes are needed). As with the previous key,
set the value from 0 to 1 to enable. Note that in doing this, you are consuming more of your system RAM than normal. While
LargeSystemCache will cut back usage when other apps need more RAM, this process can impede performance in certain intensive
situations. According to Microsoft, the "[0] setting is recommended for servers running applications that do their own memory
caching, such as Microsoft SQL Server, and for applications that perform best with ample memory, such as Internet Information
Services."
IOPageLockLimit - This tweak is of questionable value to people that aren't running some
kind of server off of their computer, but we will include it anyway. This tweak boosts the Input/Output performance of your
computer when it is doing a large amount of file transfers and other similar operations. This tweak won't do much of anything
for a system without a significant amount of RAM (if you don't have more than
128 MB, don't even bother), but systems with more than 128 MB of RAM will generally find
a performance boost by setting this to between 8 and 16 MB. The default is 0.5 MB, or 512 KB. This setting requires a value
in bytes, so multiply the desired number of megabytes * 1024 * 1024. That's X * 1048576 (where X is the number, in megabytes).
Test out several settings and keep the one which seems to work best for your system
13: Disable Schedule Task in IE
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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_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/
explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace/{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
14:
Dramatically improve menu speeds and application and system shutdown/restart speeds:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
HungAppTimeout=4000 Delay before a hung application is allowed to terminate (each 1000 =
1 sec)
WaitToKillAppTimeout=3000 Delay before windows finally starts to shutdown (each 1000 = 1
sec)
MenuShowDelay=0 Delay before a menu pops open. (each 1000 = 1 sec)
AutoEndTasks=1 Automatically closes running applications when Windows shuts down.
15:Unload DLLs from memory when not needed to maintain free memory
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
Create a new Key (a sub-folder, not an entry) called AlwaysUnloadDll. Once created double-click
on it and enter a value of 1.
16: EnablePrefetcher=3 Default of 3 is recommended but a value of 5 may be better for
some.
17: Disable Windows File Protection (Use with Extreme Caution)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
SFCDisable=0 A setting of 1 will allow you to view and delete important system files but
this is not recommended.
18: Speed up NTFS and general system performance
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
DisableNTFSLastAccessUpdate=1 Disables constant updating of dates a file/folder was last
accessed.
NTFSDisable8Dot3NameCreation=1 To disable support for old DOS 8-character filenames.
19: Turn off built-in XP CD Burning:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
NoCDBurning=1 Disables built-in XP burning but allows other burning software to work.
20: Change thumbnail size and quality – lower values improve performance
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
ThumbnailSize=32 Dword value in Decimal view between 32 and 256.
ThumbnailQuality=50 Dword value in Decimal view between 50 and 100.
21: Make WinXP a registered copy without going through registration
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
RegDone=1 This is not to be confused with Activation – it's MS product registration.
RegisteredOrganization="" Fill in organization name or leave blank.
RegisteredOwner=User1 Fill in a name – I suggest one which is not uniquely identifiable.
22: ;AMD Processor Fix
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
Management]
"LargePageMinimum"=dword:ffffffff
23: Remove the text "shorcut to" on shortcuts
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
Value
Name: Link (REG_BINARY)
Set to "00 00 00 00"
24: Don't Save settings on Exit
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Value
Name: NoSaveSettings (REG_DWORD)
Set to "1"
25: Don't add recent files to the documents folder on the start menu:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Value
Name: NoRecentDocsHistroy (REG_DWORD)
Set to "1"
26: Remove the little arrow on shortcuts:
Remove the value named "IsShortCut" from the
following keys
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile]
27: Cut Down on Multimedia:
Likewise, do away with bandwidth-eating streaming video and
audio. Select Internet Options from the Tools menu and click the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Multimedia segment and uncheck
the boxes in front of Play Animations, Play Sounds, Play Video, and Show Pictures. To restore these settings, just recheck
the boxes. To turn off Java, select Internet Options and the Security tab, then click the Custom Level button. Check the Disable
box to turn off ActiveX Controls and Java applets, or check Prompt to have IE warn you when an applet tries to load.
28: Disable Animated GIFs
Animated gifs may make your browsing experience seem more like
TV, but they can also bring your browser to a virtual standstill. So, if you're sick of constant distractions and slow downloads,
stop them from loading altogether. Head to Tools/Internet Options and click the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Multimedia
section, deselect the Play Animations option, and click OK. From now on, you'll see only the first frame of each animated
GIF that loads.
29: del temp files at shutdown
Create a batch file by doing the following:
1) Open notepad and enter the following lines:
RD /S /q "C:\Documents and Settings\"UserName without quotes"\Local Settings\History"
RD
/S /q "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\History"
RD /S /q "D:\Temp\" <--"Deletes temp folder,
type in the location of your temp folder"
2) Save the file and then rename is something like deltemp.bat
3) Now click Start, Run and type in gpedit.msc --->Computer Configuration --->Windows
Settings --->Scripts and double click on Shutdown --->Click Add and find the batch file you created and press ok to
set the script
30: It is possible to disable XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall
boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not to see any boot-up messages that might come
up (chkdsk, convert ... ), but if your system runs without any problems then it should not matter.
1. Edit boot.ini
2. Add " /noguiboot" right after "/fastdetect".
(or check the /noguiboot switch in msconfig on the boot.ini tab)
Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new
switch.
31: Speedup boot up sequence by defragmenting all key boot files
Open Registry by
going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. In right
hand panel look for Enable. Right click on it and set it 'Y' for enable. This is the way I have it set on my computer. This
will help speedup boot time.
32: One more way to fine tune Internet. Explorer load time
If you do this little trick,
application load time may improve significantly. Right Click on shortcut to Internet. Explorer in taskbar ( If you do not
see it right click on taskbar,click toolbar and select quicklaunch) , click on properties and under shortcut tab look for
Target field. It should say some thing like "C:\Program Files\Internet. Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE". This is typical default. I
am suggesting you to put " -nohome" without quotes at the end of this string with one space in between. It should read like
this "C:\Program Files\Internet. Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome. Doing this would help load the application quickly as time
would not be wasted in connecting to home page again and again. This is good for normal use as well.
33: Disable the following
1. Portable Media Serial Number
2. DHCP Client
3. Distributed
Link Tracking Client (Most likely you're not connected to a Windows 2000 domain )
4. DNS Client ( Again you're not
connecting to a specific DNS server on your local network most of times)
5. FTP Publishing Service ( If you don't
want your system to act as an FTP server. I don't !)
6. IIS Admin Service ( You computer may not be a WWW server
and as such no need for this service )
7. IPSEC Policy Agent ( disable it if you're not connected to a Windows
2000 domain )
8. Messenger ( same reason...you may not be connected to a Windows 2000 domain )
9. Remote
Registry Service (Typically you don't remotely access the Registry of other systems )
10. RIP Service (If you are
a typical home user, you don't need your system to act as a router)
11. Run As Service ( This can also go since
most likely you don't use any applications that run as an alias )
12. World Wide Web Publishing Service ( If you
are a not into web publishing business,You don't need this as well)
13. Automatic updates
14. Error reporting
service
15. Human Interface Device Access
16. Help and support
17. IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service(if
cd writer is not present)
18. NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
19. Print spooler(only if there is no
printer)
20. Protected Storage
21. RPC locator
22. Routing and remote access
23. Telnet
24. System restore service
25. Smart card
26. smart card helper
27. SSDP Discovery Service
28. Themes(this strips xp of it's beauty at the expence of speed....which do u want more??)
29. Unterruptible power
supply(only if UPS is not present)
30. Windows Management Instrumentation
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34:
Run your Windows Desktop in its own process environment:
This may take a little more memory but would make your Desktop
more stable. So this is more of a security tip. Security from other applications running on your desktop. Open registry (by
going to START-RUN and entering regedit) and navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
and look for value of "DesktopProcess". If this is the first time, you may not see this key and if so add the DWORD key by
the name "DesktopProcess". Now sets its value to 1
35: Another tweak to boost up network application performance. Change thread priority
I just read about this over the internet.You can change the priority of applications as soon
as associated IO tasks are completed. Microsoft TCP/IP Stack component AFD.SYS allows you to do this. You can read all about
it at http://rdweb.cns.vt.edu/public/notes/tcpip2000.pdf Again this is a registry tweak and works well with XP.Open Registry by going to START-RUN and
entering REGEDIT and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AFD\Parameters] and set the following
key values to the values shown.
"TransmitWorker"=dword:00000010
"PriorityBoost"=dword:0000000a
36: Improve computer performance by reducing EFS cache validation
Navigate to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTFS\EFS\Parameters and set the parameter
of EFSKCACHEPERIOD to a value between 2 and 30. default is 5. Value suggest the time in seconds the kernel will cache the
session key for a user for a given file. The Kernel will not validate the user credentials during this cache period. This
has the net effect of faster access to encrypted files that may be opened several times during a given time period.This is
helpful in kernel and user mode of the EFS (encrypting file system) as it provides quicker access to frequently use components.
Similarly navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EFS and set the value of KeyCacheValidationPeriod
to a value in units of second from 1 minute to 1 day (60 to 86400).
37: Customize your Start Menu setting and preferences
You can open group policy editor (gpedit.msc) and go to User Configuration \ Administrative
Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar and set a variety of preferences for your startmenu. Or if You want You can open registry
editor and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and enable/disable various
parameters by changing 1 to 0 and viceversa. I am doing a cut/paste of list available at Microsoft site. Visit the site to
get details on these registry values
Registry Value:"NoSimpleStartMenu"
Registry Value:"NoStartMenuPinnedList"
Registry
Value:"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"
Registry Value:"NoStartMenuMorePrograms"
Registry Value:"NoCommonGroups"
Registry
Value:"GreyMSIAds"
Registry Value:"NoWindowsUpdate"
Registry Value:"NoStartMenuMyMusic", "NoSMMyPictures","NoFavoritesMenu","NoRecentDocsMenu"
Registry Value:"DisableMyPicturesDirChange", "DisableMyMusicDirChange", "DisableFavoritesDirChange".
Registry Value:"NoSMMyDocs"
Registry
Value:"DisablePersonalDirChange"
Registry Value:"NoRecentDocsMenu"
Registry Value:"MaxRecentDocs"
Registry Value:"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"
Registry Value:"NoFavoritesMenu"
Registry Value:"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}" under
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum.
Registry Value:"NoNetworkConnections"
Registry Value:"NoStartMenuNetworkPlaces"
Registry Value:"NoRecentDocsNetHood"
Registry Value:"NoSMHelp"
Registry Value:"NoFind"
Registry Value:"NoRun"
Registry Value:"MemCheckBoxInRunDlg"
Registry Value:"NoResolveSearch"
Registry Value:"NoResolveTrack"
Registry Value:"ForceStartMenuLogoff"
Registry
Value:"StartMenuLogoff"
Registry Value:"NoClose"
Registry Value:"NoStartMenuEjectPC"
Registry Value:"NoChangeStartMenu"
Registry Value:"NoSetTaskbar"
Registry Value:"NoInstrumentation"
Registry Value:"NoUserNameInStartMenu"
38: Enable On board processing on Network Cards
Some of the new Network cards ( I know
one from 3COM has it) do provide capabilities of offloading some of the network protocol functionality like checksum from
CPU. This is helpful since its free your CPU time and in a nutshell increases the CPU response time and overall speed by allowing
CPU to do other jobs. It may not work on all cards of some of the cheap models but nothing wrong in giving it a try. To implement
this tip, do as follows:
Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] and look
for the data key "DisableTaskOffload" and set its value to 0 to enable the task offload. By default if key is present, its
set to 1 to disable the task off load. If this tweak does not have desired effect, you can change it back to 1.
39: add ram to ur nic card
Once you've found the IRQ of your Network Card( in dev man), you need to reserve some RAM
for its use, by adding an entry to the System.ini file. You can edit the file in any text editor, however the easiest way
is to use Windows' built in "System Configuration Editor".
Navigate to Start > Run and type sysedit . Find the [386enh] Section in the System.ini
file and add Irq[n]=4096 under it, where [n] is the IRQ number of your NIC and 4096 is the amount of RAM you want to reserve
in Kbytes. We recommend using 4096, however you can experiment with different values if you want. Save changes in the file,
exit and reboot for changes to take effect.
Note: If you choose to try different values, keep in mind that reserving too much RAM for
your NIC will decrease the amount of RAM available for applications, while reserving too little might not give the desired
effect.
40: Speedup the Ports- While you may have a very fast modem or Eithernet card, Windows
may not be taking full advantage of the speed your hardware has to offer. By default, COM ports are set up to only receive
data at a rate of 115,200 data bits per second. Follow these steps to increase your COM port speed up to 921,600 bps:
1. Open the System applet of the Control Panel and bring up the 'Device Manager ' tab.
2. Under "Ports (COM &
LPT)", select a Communications Port (COMx) and click ' Properties'.
3. Under the 'Port Settings' tab, change
"Bits per second" to the maximum of 921,600. "Data bits" should be set to 8, "Parity" should be None, "Stop bits" should be
1, and "Flow control" should be hardware.
4. Follow the above 3 steps for each of your COM ports. Theoretically,
you don't have to reboot...
41: want to hack start button try!!
42 : You can reinstall IE in Windows XP by clicking Start, Run and entering the following
command:
rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %windir%\Inf\ie.inf
You will need to have your XP CD available.
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