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Windows XP Tips / Tricks - what are yours? (pg. 2)
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| Bega |
don't use it :P.
Nah, I just had to say that before someone else did. Anyway, dunno if it's been said, but turn off all the unnecessary graphics features.
start > right click my computer > properties > advanced > performance settings > and turn off the top 4.
also can change the page file by clicking the advanced tab from there, and clicking 'change' under virtual memory. Generally, I set it to 1.5x-2x my ram, and let it vary between the two. |
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| InterMilan31 |
tip-buy a mac
on the serious note many ppl I know still dont know how to do control-c and control-v for copy & paste which baffels me |
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| medinaM5 |
| alt + tab - shift through open programs |
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| sigmanova |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiMethGuy
Remove Unused Device Drivers
1. Press [Windows]+[Break] to bring up the System Properties dialog box.
2. Select the Advanced tab and click the Environment Variables button.
3. Click the New button below the System Variables panel.
4. In the New System Variable dialog box, type devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices in the Variable Name text box and 1 in the Variable Value text box.
5. Click OK to return to the System Properties dialog box and then click OK again.
6. Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
7. In Device Manager, go to View | Show Hidden Devices.
8. Expand the various branches in the device tree and look for the washed out icons, which indicate unused device drivers.
9. To remove an unused device driver, right-click the icon and select Uninstall.
...voila major system improvement. |
wow thanks for the info! i must have uninstalled dozens of unused devices...thanks! :D :D :D :D |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Psygnosis
Probably this would be a nice site for the tips
Here
And yeh, first thing you should do is change that awful look hehe, go to www.wincustomize.com and get a new look for your pc, you can even give it effects like closing windows and opening, where you would get some nice effects.
Also you can change your logos, which you can make your XP look alot more good looking. |
www.annoyances.org
teh pwn. |
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| bluE_Neon |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiMethGuy
Remove Unused Device Drivers
1. Press [Windows]+[Break] to bring up the System Properties dialog box.
2. Select the Advanced tab and click the Environment Variables button.
3. Click the New button below the System Variables panel.
4. In the New System Variable dialog box, type devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices in the Variable Name text box and 1 in the Variable Value text box.
5. Click OK to return to the System Properties dialog box and then click OK again.
6. Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
7. In Device Manager, go to View | Show Hidden Devices.
8. Expand the various branches in the device tree and look for the washed out icons, which indicate unused device drivers.
9. To remove an unused device driver, right-click the icon and select Uninstall.
...voila major system improvement. |
Great info here :) Too bad they can't improve my performance immensely lol, since their only drivers with insufficient amount of space that don't intervene with windows kernel shell.
I'd like to know all the Windows run commands other than the ones that are listed here. Can anybody spare the list? I know there was a thread made about this long time ago but I'm too frustrated with the Search button.
My performance tips: Disk Cleanup every week, Disk Defrag every week (although I don't quite that often lol), Windows Firewall ~ SP2 (it's lenient with proper management). |
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| arcadia190 |
dont know if it counts
ALT - V copy and paste |
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| kadomony |
| quote: | Originally posted by arcadia190
dont know if it counts
ALT - V copy and paste |
HOOOOOLYYYYYY :wtf:
no. this is all wrong. wow. no. NO. ING NO! |
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| wizniz |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiMethGuy
Remove Unused Device Drivers
1. Press [Windows]+[Break] to bring up the System Properties dialog box.
2. Select the Advanced tab and click the Environment Variables button.
3. Click the New button below the System Variables panel.
4. In the New System Variable dialog box, type devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices in the Variable Name text box and 1 in the Variable Value text box.
5. Click OK to return to the System Properties dialog box and then click OK again.
6. Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
7. In Device Manager, go to View | Show Hidden Devices.
8. Expand the various branches in the device tree and look for the washed out icons, which indicate unused device drivers.
9. To remove an unused device driver, right-click the icon and select Uninstall.
...voila major system improvement. |
i got to 8 but couldnt find a single one...
wtf? |
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| Demoted |
| quote: | Originally posted by wizniz
i got to 8 but couldnt find a single one...
wtf? |
haha! That's exactly where I got yesterday.
pix of washed-out icons plz. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by tribu
Right click the toolbar and set the start button to Classic Mode |
yes! |
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