tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73429562021751078852024-03-13T03:30:22.292-07:00Windows XP Tips + TricksMuhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-4663872771076224072009-10-21T09:40:00.000-07:002009-10-21T09:46:31.721-07:00Turn Off Autoplay for Program CDs<span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Turn Off Autoplay for Program CDs</b></span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
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</div><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">How can you stop Windows XP from launching program CDs?</span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">·</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="color: orange;">Click Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft</span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">Management Console</span><br />
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">·</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="color: orange;">Double-click Computer Configuration, double-click Administrative templates,</span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">double-click System, and then click Turn off autoplay. The instructions on your screen</span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">describe how to configure this setting.</span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">·</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="color: orange;">Click Properties to display the setting dialog. Click Enabled, and choose CD-ROM</span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">drives, then click OK, to stop CD autoplay. This setting does not prevent Autoplay for</span><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: orange;">music CDs.</span><br />
</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-11880053534566657832009-10-13T05:51:00.000-07:002009-10-13T05:54:59.553-07:00How to Rename Multiple Files<div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to Rename Multiple Files with Windows Explorer</b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">· Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer.<br />
</div></div><div style="color: orange;">· Press and hold down the Ctrl-key while you are clicking files.<br />
· After you select the files, press F2.<br />
· Type the new name, and then press ENTER.<br />
Note: When you complete the preceding steps, the highlighted state of all files<br />
except one disappears, so it may appear as if you are only renaming one file. However,<br />
after you press ENTER, all of the files are renamed. When you rename multiple files, all<br />
of the renamed files have the same name with a number in parentheses appended to the name<br />
to make the new file name unique. For example, if you type BUDGET as the new name, the<br />
first file is named BUDGET. All of the remaining selected files are named BUDGET(x),<br />
where x is a unique number, starting with (1).<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
</div><a name='more'></a><div style="color: orange;">Notes<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">If you make a mistake when you try to rename multiple files, you can press Ctrl+Z, or<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">click Undo Rename on the Edit menu to undo file rename action you just completed, and you<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">can repeat this process as needed.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">The Rename function in Windows Explorer does not match the behavior of the REN command<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">you may use at a command prompt. For example, if you had files that are named<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">smitha.doc, smithb.doc, and smithc.doc, you could use the ren smoth*.doc smythe*.doc<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">command. All file names automatically show the new spelling, and are renamed<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">smythea.doc, smytheb.doc, and smythec.doc.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">If you use the Windows XP Rename function in Windows Explorer, after you select the<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">three "smith" files, and rename smitha.doc to smythea.doc, all the other files you<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">selected are named smythea(x).doc. To return to the original file name structure (the<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">use of a, b, c, etc), you must rename each file individually.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
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</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-71278054359194751752009-10-12T06:11:00.000-07:002009-10-12T06:11:47.311-07:00Getting an Older Program to Run on XP<div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Getting an Older Program to Run on Windows XP </b></span><br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">If an older application gives you trouble when running Windows XP, you can set the<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">compatibility properties manually so that the program runs in a different mode, such as<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Windows 95, or in a different display or resolution setting.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
</div><a name='more'></a><div style="color: orange;"><br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Right-click the executable or the program shortcut to the executable, and then click<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Properties.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Select the Run this program in compatibility mode check box.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· From the list, select an operating system that the program runs in comfortably.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· If necessary, also change the display settings and/or resolution, or disable the<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Windows XP visual themes.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Run the program again when you're finished changing the settings. Adjust the<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">compatibility settings again if the program is still not running smoothly: a program<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">that's unhappy on Windows 2000 may flourish on Windows 98.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
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</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-45571102914982289922009-10-11T01:23:00.000-07:002009-10-11T01:36:48.366-07:00Increase BROADBAND<div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Increase BROADBAND</b></span><br />
</div><div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">This is for broad band connections, though it might work for dial up.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator".<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Start->Run->type gpedit.msc<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Expand the "Local Computer Policy" branch.· Expand the "Administrative Templates" branch. <br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
</div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div style="color: orange;">· Expand the "Network Branch".<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· In right window double-click the "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" setting.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· On setting tab check the "Enabled" item.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Effect is immediate on some systems, some need to re-boot. This is more of a "counter<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">what XP does" thing. In other words, programs can request up to 20% of the bandwidth be<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">reserved for them, even with QoS disabled.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Increase Your Cable Modem or DSL Speed in XP<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with WinXP<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">professional version - might work on Home version also. It may also work with networked<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">machines as well.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">This tweak assumes that you have let WinXP create a connection on install for your<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">cable modem/NIC combination and that your connection has tcp/ip - QoS - file and print<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">sharing - and client for Microsoft networks , only, installed. It also assumes that<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">WinXP will detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it. If it doesn't do not try<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">this.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· In the "My Network Places" properties (right-click on the desktop icon and choose<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">properties), highlight the connection<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">boxes in the lower half for the<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· From the Windows XP CD in the support directory from the support cab, extract the<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">file netcap.exe and place it in a<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">directory on your hard drive or even in the root of your C:\ drive.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Next, open up a command prompt window and change directories to where you put<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">netcap.exe. then type "netcap/?".<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">It will list some commands that are available for netcap and a netmon driver will be<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">installed. At the bottom you will<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">see your adapters. You should see two of them if using a 3Com card. One will be for<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">LAN and the other will be for<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">WAN something or other.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Next type "netcap/Remove". This will remove the netmon driver.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Open up Control Panel->System->Dev Man and look at your network adapters. You<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">should now see two of them and one will have a yellow ! on it. Right-click on the one<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">without the yellow ! and choose uninstall. YES! You are uninstalling your network<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">adapter, continue with the uninstall. Do not restart yet.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Check your connection properties to make sure that no connection exists. If you get<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">a wizard just cancel out of it.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Now re-start the machine.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· After re-start go to your connection properties again and you should have a new<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">connection called "Local area connection 2". Highlight the connection, then at the menu<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Choose connection properties and uncheck the "QOS" box.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Re-start the machine.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">After restart enjoy the increased responsiveness of IE, faster page loading, and a<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">connection speed boost.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Why it works, it seems that windows XP, in its zeal to make sure every base is covered<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">installs two separate versions of the NIC card. One you do not normally see in any<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">properties. Remember the "netcap/?" command above showing two different adapters? The LAN<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">one is the one you see. The invisible one loads everything down and its like your running<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">two separate cards together, sharing a connection among two cards, this method breaks<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">this "bond" and allows the NIC to run un-hindered.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Use a Shortcut to Local Area Network Connection Information<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">Something new in Windows XP, instead of using the command line program and typing<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">ipconfig to find local area network information, you can use the following shortcut:<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Click Start, point to Connect to, and then click Show All Connections.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· Right-click the connection you want information about, and then click Status.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">· In the Connection Properties dialog box, click the Support tab. For even more<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">information, click the Advanced tab.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">To automatically enable the status monitor each time the connection is active, in theConnection Properties dialog box, select the Show icon in taskbar notification area when<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;">connected check box.<br />
</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-90493712321946687652009-10-09T21:18:00.000-07:002009-10-09T21:19:16.410-07:00Performance Increase<div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Performance Increase Through My Computer</b></span><br />
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</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">still don't find it right away. So here it is:<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
</div><a name='more'></a><div style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Start > right-click on My Computer and select Properties.</span><br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Click on the "Advanced" tab.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• See the "Performance" section? Click "Settings".<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Disable the following:<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fade or slide menus into view<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fade or slide ToolTips into view<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fade out menu items after clicking<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Show Shadows under menus<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Slide open combo boxes<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Slide taskbar buttons<br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use a background image for each folder type<br />
</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-71982933794811793732009-10-09T21:03:00.000-07:002009-10-09T21:06:42.585-07:00Very Slow Boot When Networking<div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Very Slow Boot When Networking</b></span><br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On some XP Pro installations, when connected to a network (peer-peer in this case),the computer boot time is over 1:40. The system seems to freeze after logging in and thedesktop may not appear or will freeze for a minute.<br />
</div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
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</style><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">with the utility,Bootvis.exe, the problem was with the driver mrxsmb.dll, adding over 67 seconds to the</span> <br />
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">boot time. Turning off and restoring file and printer sharing eliminated 65 seconds from<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the boot time.<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Alt-click (or right-click) on Network Places > Properties.<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Alt-click on Ethernet Adapter connection > Properties.<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Un-check "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" > OK.<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Reboot.<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· If you need file or printer sharing, repeat the above, re-check the box and re-boot<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">again.<br />
</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-82475407056488857732009-10-09T20:55:00.000-07:002009-10-09T20:56:41.323-07:00Stop Jerky Graphics<div style="color: orange; font-family: inherit;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMUHAMM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C04%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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</style><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Stop Jerky Graphics</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b> </span></span><br />
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If you are connected to a LAN and have problems with jerky graphics, this might be the<br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Right-click "My Computer".<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Select "Manage".<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Click on "Device Manager".<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Double-click on your NIC under "Network Adapters".<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· In the new window, select the "Advanced" tab.<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· Select "Connection Type" and manually set the value of your NIC. (Not "Auto Sense"<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">which is default.).<br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· You should reboot.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Normally, the tweak I've seen asks you to go into</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management and change thevalue to either O or 1 to the adjustment the LargeSystemCache.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, in Windows XP, all you have to do is:</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Right-click My Computer.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Select Properties.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Click Advanced.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Choose Performance.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Click Advanced again.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Select either Programs or System Cache under Memory Usage.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Programs = 0 for the registry tweak equivalent</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">System Cache = 1 for the registry tweak equivalent</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· On NT Server (in this case XP), the Large System Cache option is enabled, but</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">disabled on Workstation. The two different settings effect how the cache manager</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">allocates free memory. If the Large Cache option is on, the manager marks all the free</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">memory, which isn't being used by the system and/or applications, as freely available for</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">disk caching.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· On the flip-side (with a small cache), the manager instead only sets aside 4MB of</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">memory for disk caching in an attempt to accelerate the launch of applications. Or in a</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">more technical approach, if enabled the system will favor system-cache working sets over</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">process working sets (with a working set basically being the memory used by components of</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a process).</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Slow Start-up When Using Norton Internet Security 2002</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are using Norton Internet Security 2002, and are experiencing slow start-up of</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">XP, (i.e. you can see the desktop with icons etc. but it takes 30-60sec before you can</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">start using the computer), this fix might help:</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Click on Start button.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Select Control Panel.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Open "Network Connections".</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Under "LAN and High-Speed Internet", right-click on your "Local Area Connection" and</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">select "Properties".</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Under "General" tab, select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and select "Properties".</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Select "Use the following IP address:".</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Under "IP address" enter following : 192.168.0.1</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Under "Subnet Mask:" enter following : 255.255.255.0</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">· Click "Ok".</span><br />
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</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-19541443060302341862009-10-09T09:53:00.000-07:002009-10-09T21:56:08.561-07:00Shutdown XP Faster<div style="color: orange;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMUHAMM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">XP when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable th</span>is<br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">useless sound.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Click Start button.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Go to settings > Control Panel > Sound, Speech and Audio devices > Sounds and Audio</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Devices > Sounds.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">highlight it. Now from sounds you can select, choose "none" and then click Apply and</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">OK.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now you should see some improvements when shutting down your system.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Speeding Up Your Pentium 2 by 50%</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We all know that you really shouldn't try to run Windows XP on anything less that</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">about a Pentium 3 of some sort if you are out for speedy operations and amazing reaction</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">times, but for those of us with the good old Pentium 2's who want to see just how well we</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">can run XP, we have to tweak as much as we can where-ever we can. A real killer to the</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">system's performance is Windows Media Player. Although it may look desirable and fancy</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with it's rounded off edges and 3rd-Dimensional appearance, the truth is, it takes up a</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">large amount of that precious processing power. All of these troubles however, lead to</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">one thing in particular with this 'new-look' over-rated music and video player...the</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visualizations. The look-great I'll admit but like a lot of software these days, it has</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">no purpose. If you run the task manager, and click the Performance tab along the top,</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">you'll see that when Windows Media Player is running and nothing else is active, it takes</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">up around 50% of the processors power. Once these visualizations are turned off, it</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">barely takes up 2-3% of the processors power, which leaves much more room for other</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">applications to work efficiently.Here's how to disable the feature:</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Open Media Player.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Make sure the Now Playing tab on the left is selected.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Click the View menu along the top.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Go down to Now Playing Tools.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> In the sub-menu that has just 'popped-out', uncheck Show Visualization.</span><br />
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<div align="left" class="MsoPlainText"><div align="center" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Turn Off System Restore to Save Space</span></b></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By default, Windows XP keeps a backup of system files in the System Volume Informationfolder. This can eat up valuable space on your hard drive. If you don't want</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">back up your system files:</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Open the Control Panel.</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Double-click on System.</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Click the System Restore tab.</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Check "Turn off System Restore on all drives".</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Hit Apply.</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">You may now delete the System Volume Information folder.</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">Warning! If you turn this off you will not be able to use Windows System Restore to</span></span><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: orange;">restore your system in case of failure.</span></span><br />
</div>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-75095058177947809552009-10-09T09:27:00.000-07:002009-10-09T21:58:46.524-07:00Speed Up Detailed View in Explorer<div align="center" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;">Speed Up Detailed View in Explorer</span></span></b><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">If you like to view your files in Windows Explorer using the "Details" view here is a tweak to speed up the listing of file attributes</span><span style="color: orange;"> <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;">Viewing files in Windows Explorer using the "Details" mode shows various attributes<br />
associated with each file shown. Some of these must be retrieved from the individual<br />
files when you click on the directory for viewing. For a directory with numerous and<br />
relatively large files (such as a folder in which one stores media, eg: *.mp3's, *.avi's<br />
etc.), Windows Explorer lags as it reads through each one. Here's how to disable viewing<br />
of unwanted attributes and speed up file browsing:<br />
· Open Windows Explorer.<br />
· Navigate to the folder which you wish to optimize.<br />
· In "Details" mode right-click the bar at the top which displays the names of the<br />
attribute columns.<br />
· Uncheck any that are unwanted/unneeded.<br />
Explorer will apply your preferences immediately, and longs lists of unnecessary<br />
attributes will not be displayed.<br />
Likewise, one may choose to display any information which is regarded as needed,<br />
getting more out of Explorer.<br />
Easily Disable Messenger<br />
Go into: C:/Program Files/Messenger. Rename the Messenger folder to "MessengerOFF".<br />
This does not slow down Outlook Express or hinder system performance.</span></span>Muhammad Farooqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864569992342068396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342956202175107885.post-69707148274750396702009-10-09T06:16:00.003-07:002009-10-09T21:55:18.231-07:00Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP<div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMUHAMM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP</span></b><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">hard drive it is faster. There is a downside to this and because the computer has to</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">index all files, it will slow down normal file commands like open, close, etc. If you do</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">not do a whole lot of searches on your hard drive then you may want to turn this feature</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">off:</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">· <span style="font-size: small;">Open My Computer.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Right-click your hard drive icon and select Properties.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> At the bottom of the window you'll see "Allow indexing service to index this disk</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for faster searches," uncheck this and click ok.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> A new window will pop up and select Apply to all folders and subfolders.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It will take a minute or two for the changes to take affect but then you should enjoy</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">slightly faster performance.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Clean Your Prefetch to Improve Performance</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is a unique technique for WinXP. We know that it is necessary to scrub registry</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and TEMP files for Win9X/ME/2000 periodically. Prefetch is a new and very useful</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">technique in Windows XP. However, after using XP some time, the prefetch directory can</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">get full of junk and obsolete links in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down your</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">computer noticeably.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Open C(system drive):/windows/prefetch, delete those junk and obsolete files,</span><br />
</div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">reboot. It is recommended that you do this every month.</span><br />
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