- AlerterApplication
- ManagementClipbook
- Fast UserSwitching
- Human Interface Devices
- Indexing ServiceMessenger
- Net Logon
- NetMeeting
- QOS RSVP
- Remote Desktop
- Help Session Manager
- Remote RegistryRouting & Remote Access
- SSDP Discovery
- ServiceUniversal
- Plug and Play Device
- HostWeb Client
Cleaning the Prefetch Directory:
WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.To clean this periodically go to:Star / Run / PrefetchPress Ctrl-A to highlight all the shortcutsDelete them.
Not Displaying Logon, Logoff, Startup and Shutdown Status Messages
To turn these off:
Start RegeditGo to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\systemIf it is not already there, create a DWORD value named DisableStatusMessagesGive it a value of 1
Clearing the Page File on Shutdown
Click on the Start button Go to the Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Local Security>PolicyLocal Policies>Click on Security Options, Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"Select "Enable"RebootFor regedit users.....If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:Start RegeditGo to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdownSet the value to 1
No GUI BootIf:- you don't need to see the XP boot logo,Run MSCONFIGClick on the BOOT.INI tabCheck the box for /NOGUIBOOT
Speeding the Startup of Some CD Burner Programs:- If you use program other than the native WindowsXP CD Burner software,you might be able to increase the speed that it loads.Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / ServicesDouble-click on IMAPI CD-Burning COM ServiceFor the Startup Type, select DisabledClick on the OK button and then close the Services windowIf you dont You should notice
Getting Rid of Unread Email Messages:-
To remove the Unread Email message by user's login names:Start RegeditFor a single user: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\UnreadMailFor all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\UnreadMailCreate a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDaysGive it a value of 0
Decreasing Boot Time:-
Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXPThe program is called BootVisUncompress the file.Run BOOTVIS.EXEFor a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver DelaysThis will reboot your computer and provide a benchmarkAfter the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)Then run Trace / Optimize SystemRe-Run the Next Boot + Drive DelaysNote how much the time has decreasedMine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.
Increasing Graphics Performance: -
By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, and slides etc to menu items. most simply slow down their display.To turn these off selectively:Right click on the My Computer iconSelect PropertiesClick on the Advanced tabUnder Performance, click on the Settings buttonTo turn them all of, select Adjust for best performanceMy preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging.
Increasing System Performance:-
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performanceby having the core system kept in memory.Start RegeditGo to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutiveSet the value to be 1Reboot the computer
Increasing File System Caching:-
To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:Start RegeditGo to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory ManagementEdit the key IoPageLockLimit
Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs:-
If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a simple registry edit need.Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\UninstallChange the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it
4096 - 32megs of memory or less
8192 - 32+ megs of memory
16384 - 64+ megs of memory
32768 - 128+ megs of memory
65536 - 256+ megs of memory
20 things you didn't know about Windows XP:-
You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only). 2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Startmenu, select Run... and type ' gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care – some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only). 3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation’ in the location field.Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it – just double click on it and your computer will be locked.And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same. 4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable. 5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. Theseinclude 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoringperformance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options --they're all far too baroque to go into here. 6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has,so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know whatIPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother. 7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and thetask number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will alsotell you a lot about what's going on in your system.
8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, youcan make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'. 9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled bydefault. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at ascreen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop,select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enablethe selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome loginscreen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Controlpanel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2. 10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on ahome network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit thefile. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with yourchum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to http://www.whatismyip.com/ -- and get them to makesure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer. 11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. Thetrick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system asdifferent users, but this can have unforeseen effects. 12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport,using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0. 13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menuand type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use. 14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start thebrowser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check thebox to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic. 16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0. 17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, thenright click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View,Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups. 18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots ofpre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Justcall it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it. 19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up thedesktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons. 20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next year or early 2006 andwon't be much to write home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2007.
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@Services: U can disable/put on manual startup more services than that :start -> RUN type services.mscok most important altought these tips wont do any software damage to ur OS its recom. That u creates a restore point. all programs->accesories->system tools -> system restore and click create restore point. if at any point u feel that ur previous system was better then u can start system restore again and click restore to previous date and choose ur own restore point.how to change the startup: double click on the service and the properties window will show up there ull see a combo box statup type change the setting as req.1. Automatic updates if u dont wish to use automatic updates(neways its just wasting ur internet resources. u can update regularly when so u wish. else it slows down ur other downloads.)2. BITS supports automatic updates u can disable this one too3. Error reporting service. dont worry disabling this wont stop the system from showing u rerrors it stops logging them.4. Help and support. if ur not one of those naive users i think u can do without this one too. it still shows u tooltips but the main help will be disabled. the choice is urs.5.IMAPI burning com service. if u use cd burning software like nero u wont be needing this one. this is just the winxp default cd burning service. u can safely say bye bye(disable it)6. print spooler. if u dont have a printer disable it. if u do have one put this one on manual so that ur driver will enable this service ONLY when u need it. if ur driver doesn’t do that u can set this to auto again.7. remote access conn. manager. for LAN if u dont have LAN put this one on manual(just in case u ever decide to have LAN this wont cause probs. if ur not sure abt ne service u can turn it to manual manual starttup causes the service to run only when an app asks for it. at other times it stays putt.)8. network provisioning service. LAN thing again.9.NTLM security service provider. LAN again10.Office source engine. IF u use MS office (i think XP and later) ull find this service else it wont be there. used for downloading updates for ur office installation. id suggest u disable this and update manually10.performance logs and alerts. if uv never used this one or dont kno what this does disable it. it just logs down all the activities on ur comp. altough the typical user never actually uses it to check on.11. portable media serial no. if u dont have mp3 players feel free to disable it. if u do put it to manual.12.secondary logon. if ur a single user (same as fast user switching below) u can disable this.13. smart cards. if u dont use one disable this service. if u dont kno abt this then probably u wont be using one.14.unintrr. power supply. if u use a ups monitoring software u need this one else disable.15. network DDE again for LAN if u dont have LAN/network u can disable this.16. DDE DSM same as above17.server. same as above18. security center. same as above.19. task scheduler hogs on system resources. it does what the name suggests schedules tasks if u open the task scheduler(Control panel) ull se a list of tasks. most of them by ur antivirus etc. its safe to disable it. most of the updates id suggest u do manually as automatic updates use a considerable amount of sys resouces. be it any software including the OS. and that realplayer is another @#$@#$ it keeps a file realshed.exe in memory whenever u start realplayer. this file will keep on accesing the net and use ur internet resources. use ur firewall to stop this. altought realplayer is useful on the net it still acc to me is a menace. the way it adds itself to ur startup etc. 20.workstation. same as 1721. themes. a lot of opinions on this one some love the way windows xp looks some just want it to work faster. the choice is urs looks or performance? what u can do is when u play high resource req. games u can disable this at other times u can leave this ON. the choice is entirely urs. (someone was talking abt the performance thing in my computer properties theres a visual themes checkbox over there. disabling this service and unchecking that checkbox does the same thing. try it u can always change it back.)but one thing it is GUARANTEED that disabling visual themes will improve sys performance drastically!! try it.what u already suggested has some flaws in it. i dont know if u wrote it or got it from somewhere (thanx for the effort!) but some of them needed xplanations and others needed correction. iv tried to do my best here. if neone has ne probs let me know.Alerter. System events alerter serviceApplication Management. Software publishingClipbook. if u dont know what this is u wont be needing itFast UserSwitching if u have more than 1 accounts and use all of them freq. like say more than 1 person using the same comp and all having diff accounts and change into their accounts freq/occasionally DO NOT DISABLE THIS SERVICE. IT WILL SLOW DOWN UR LOG ON - LOGOFF TIME!!! if u have only one account other than the admin its safe to disable it.Human Interface DevicesIndexing Service: Used for indexing ur files. reduces the search time drastically. the choice is urs. if u dont do much of searching on ur comp(NOT internet searching) and organize ur data cleanly then u probably wont be needing this one.Messenger got nothing to do with msn/yahoo/windows messenger. u may disable thisNet Logon if u dont have proxy safe to disableNetMeeting QOS RSVP if u dont have LAN u wont be needing this. a lot of services on XP run for networks if u dont have LAN at home u can disable these services. Remote Desktop Help Session Manager the remote desktop help app. disables it if u really dont need it. if u dont know abt it be sure u wont need it. reduces the security a bit.Remote Registry same as above Routing & Remote Access wont need if u dont have LANSSDP Discovery ServiceUniversal Plug and Play Device Host if u user pen drives/ Dcams etc DONOT DISABLE THIS!!! PUT IT ON MANUAL BUT DONT DISABLE IT!!Web Clientagain im saying create a restore point! Not that these will cause any problems. But prevention is better than cure!@prefetch: Theres an app which will do all this for u dont use system mechanic! It’s a huge system hogger! Try it out for urself. Be the judge. Get system mechanic the latest one if out, try the clean registry thing and go here ->http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=69/ and download it. It’s FREEWARE no ads no malware no spyware. Both of them will do the same job but ccleaner will take almost 1/10th the time of what system mechanic takes!@clearing the pagefile on shutdown. The page file is a physical file on your hard disk drive (hdd) which is used in place of RAM. i.e. when there’s not much ram on the machine etc. ok that reminds me in my computer properties the place where u set the pagefile select manual and enter a value that is twice the size of ur RAM in both min and max. this will keep the system from freq changing the size of the pagefile and slowig down the system. if uhave a huge amount of RAM say around 1.5GB then u wont need any pagefile just incase leave it on auto. but for ppl who have around 512 id suggest ud do as above!Ok back to pagefile on shutdown thing DO NOT DO THAT. it will free up that much amount on ur hdd but tell me when the machine is off what do u intend to do with that free space????? moreover when the system restarts it will take time to create a pagefile again! also when it clears the pagefile on shutdown (try it!) it will take a hell lot of time!!!to reduce startup time use Hibernate instead on switching ur machine off. in the power tab on ur screensave tab, theres this option enable hibernation. check to see if its checked.Hibernating saves all the contents of ur RAM on ur hdd and when restarted loads them again. to hibernate : Start-> shutdown press the shift key and watch the standby button change to hibernate. u may use the shortcut key 'H' also or if u have a sleep button on ur keyboard u may use this too. Its fabulous try it ppl! its a whole new experience. ppl who use it will kno. suppose ur writing a word document and are halfway through and also playing a small game. and u hibernate at this point! when u start ur comp it will be AS U LEFT IT! the same words typed in the word document the same level on ur game etc. but beware the more the no. of apps running the more the time taken to restart. try leaving winamp on and see what happens on the logon (u hear music play even before u log on )STARTUP ITEMS : start->run msconfigthe last tab is called startupremove all the apps u dont want. like messengers can be started from the start menu instead of them starting automatically. it just INCREASES startup time. uncheck all ur messengers all ur media players etc. leave ur antivirus intact. if u see something tht isnt named or the name is unfamiliar its probably a virus (eg. the blaster worm some time back) u can do the same thing thru registry run regeditsearch for run and run once (separately ) and see the keys and delete the ones u dont wish to use.wow a whole new post this could have been. but neways i just wanted to let u ppl kno that ur comp can work faster than u think it can. ok for ppl who already kno this take time to appreciate and not tell us that u already kno it. iv seen it a lot of times on forums even on DT ppl want to show that they kno it. the point isnt that u kno, the point is we SHARE what we kno. so if u already kno appreciate the work(check and correct if necessarry) and if u dont then man what r u waiting for try it go aheadok for the nth time USE SYSTEM RESTORE FIRST! CREATE A RESTORE POINT!!(Read above)au revoir!DO take time to read the whole thing. After all ull save time (not to mention the frustration that rises with the boot time )
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