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Windows XP Tips / Tricks - what are yours? (pg. 3)
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by 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 |
cntl+insrt and shft+insrt also works for copy/paste. now that's and old command.
on a side note, i like to go through the add/remove program list and uninstall any useless crap i never use. also deleting any uesless windows components [i.e. accessibility, windows messenger, etc...]. since they're programs i never use. |
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| Ivand |
wallpaperstock.com great wallpapers
Windows Key + R run
Alt + F4 Close active window
get "tweak ui" from microsoft, great tool
I will add later when i get home |
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| THE_Chris |
| Windows Key + E = WIndows Explorer. |
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| BTG |
F2 = rename file
holding down control + drag = copy
Shift home = highlight
shift end = highlight |
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| _Ocean_Drive_ |
Get a copy of NTFS4DOS
Then type 'format c: /s'
PC runs fine after that. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by wizniz
i got to 8 but couldnt find a single one...
wtf? |
Same here. If you actually know what the you're doing with your pc this tip is completely useless. |
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| Subfusion |
I haven't read through this whole thread so I don't know if this has been mentioned.
You can speed up your computer once logged onto Windows by removing un-necessary programs from your startup.
1. Go to Start and click on Run
2. Type msconfig and hit enter
3. Click the Startup tab (It's the last one) |
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| stealthman |
Here's a few tweaks of mine I've provided to help boost WinXp and likely networking perfomance. Firstly, go to Start>Run> type in 'regedit' excluding the commas and the rest is well...yours.
--WARNING-- It is not my responsibility for any unpleasant results, which is why you create a backup of your registry first.
-[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
When you have found it, right click in the right pane to create
a new DWORD vale, call it NtfsMftZoneReservation and set it to
'2'.
-[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem].
Double click on the DisableNTFSLastAccessUpdate key and set the
value to '1'. If it is not there, create one and do the process
above.
-Go to Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Service
Settings then double click on the services to edit them. The
following services should be set like this:
Automatic updates: Disable
Clipbook: Disable
Distributed Transaction Recorder: Disable
IPSEC services: Manual
Network DDE: Manual
Network DDE DSDM: Manual
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing: Disable
Performance Logs and Alerts: Disable
Portable Media Serial Number: Disable
Qos RSVP: Manual
Remote Registry: Disable
Smart Card: Disable
Smart Card Helper: Disable
System Restore Service: Disable
Volume Shadow Copy: Disable
Wireless Zero Configuration: Disable (Unless you're using a wireless device)
-You can speed up network and possibly internet browsing by going to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
RemoteComputer\Namespace] in the registry and deleting the key:
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}.
-Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\
MemoryManagment\PrefetchParameters], then setting the value for EnablePrefetcher to '0'. I also recommend every now and then you go to MyComputer>C:/>Windows/Prefetch and delete every file in that folder.
-1)Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\
MemoryManagment].
2)Find DisablePagingExcecutive and change the value to '1'.
3)Create a DWORD value (don't if it's already there), call it IoPageLockLimit and give it one of the following values depending on how much system RAM you have:
128mb: 8179
256mb: 32716
512mb or more: 65535
-Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\].
Create an entry called AlwaysUnloadDLL and give it a value of '1'.
-Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Destop]. Double-click on HungAppTimeOut and give it a value of '5000'. Double-click on WaitToKillAppTimeout and give it a value of '4000'. Double-click on AutoEndTasks and give it a value of '1'.(If it's not there, right click, select 'String Value', name it AutoEndTasks and set it to one.)
-Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control] double-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and set it to '4000'.
-Go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler]
and delete the default value which should be: {87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE685OC73E}.
-Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
by changing or adding a DWORD value with the name NoNetCrawling. Give this a value of
'1'.
-Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters and
create the following DWORDS and their values:
1)EnableDeadGWDetect: Give this a value of '0'.
2)EnableCMPRedirect: Give this a value of '0'.
3)EnablePMTUDiscover: Give this a vale of '0'.
4)KeepTimeAlive: Give this a value of '300,000'.
5)NoNameReleaseOnDemand: Give this a value of '1'.
6)PerformRouterDiscovery: Give this a value of '0'. |
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