Always check if there is a way to accomplish changing the setting to where and what you desire, through control panel and your dos editor first. Editing the registry may really mess up your computer if you do anything wrong. Back up your registry Use Erunt if running Windows 2000/2003/XP.
RegEditX opens to the last entry you chance in your registry.
Changes aimed at optimizing your system so your computer runs better. If you feel happy with the way your computer runs, skip this section. Some of them work and some of them have no effect. Try one tweak at a time, reboot, and take note of how your system runs afterwards. Be careful. Only change and add the entries you mean to alter.
Cyber Tweak Freeware that changes the settings for Modems and cable Internet connection tweaks for you. Has a backup feature so your settings can be quickly restored.
JohnTP's Home Win XP tweaks noticably sped up my P4 3.2 GHz, 2 G RAM system. Awesome instructions for optimizing a 56K dialup modem connecting at an average of 50Kpps. Tried on my mother's P4 2.8 GHz 1 G RAM system with a 56 K modem which normaly connects at 26Kpps and the effects were not as dramatic-- reloaded webpage quicker, the wait before loading a previsously unvisted site increased from 5 sentences of conversation to about four.
SpeedGuide website contains registry tweaks for speeding up your internet connection. Speed Guide.net TCP/IP analyzer reads and suggests settings for your Internet connection on-line. TCP Optimizer gives you the ability to experiment with differnt registry settings with a free program that runs from an extracted zip file. Used this successfully with Win XP, Vista 32, and Win7.
Windows Registry Guide website contains tweaks that you may try using your Win 98 or Win NT registry editor for boosting Windows performance. Some of them fix internet, security, memory, file and hardware issues.
Windows Registry Freeware Registry Tweaker tool for applying registry tweaks on Windows 2000/XP/2003. One of them is helpful for loading more into RAM if you invested in lots of it and run under XP.
XP Myths Debunking numerous Myths from around the Internet regarding Windows XP, especially relating to Optimizations and Security. Read this before applying any other Win XP tweaks. Use as a guide for optimizing XP.
Microsoft wanted to make Vista more secure to prevent people who work somewhere to stop adding their own favorite programs to their work computers. Been there. Understand the annoyances this causes. However, the extra security made anyone running Vista to take 3 times the amount of steps to setup thier system on thier home coputers unless you have administrator privileges. Administrator privileges disappear as soon as you install Vista. So below are the links I used to solve this problem when setting up my mom's computer.
How to activate the Hidden Vista Administrator I followed these instructions without adding a password and achieved satifactory results.
Petri IT Knowlegebase How can I disable the User Account Control (UAC) feature on my Windows Vista computer? by Daniel Petri give 4 ways to acclomplish this. I used way number 4.
vista4beginners.com How to disable UAC. Short and sweet.
The next step is turning off the balloons that now inform you that you have violated security.
Moving the files your working on to another hardrive or partition makes your system more stable and safe, but it is difficult task.
Windows Vista Forum How to Change a Personal User Folder Location in Vista link has good graphics and discusses pitfalls as well as advantages of moving you user files to another drive.
Change User Profile Folder Location in Vista by Joshua Mouch shares his registry tweaks to alter Vista 'Smart Folder' locations.
Tried all 3 methods and surrendered. Couldn't accomplish this feat in XP either. Use the simple solution of creating a folder for your documents and or videos in progress on the your second drive. I keep my website files in D:\Smatterings as opposed to C:\Users\Ruth\Documents\Smatterings which is the default folder for Windows followed by my folder to organize my web site stuff.
Mega Tutoria: Best Windows 7 Ultimate Performance Boosting Techniques With Tweaks & Utilities Used many from this site for a sleeker Windows experience. Scroll down past the ads for table of contents.
OCR Guide to Windows 7 Ultimate Tweaks and Utilities Awesome list. Includes directions for creating a RAM disk if your compuer is packed with more than 4 gigs of memory.
TCP Patcher Internet fix. Windows XP SP2 limits the number of simultaneous incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts to 10 per second. This patch changes the concurrent connection-limit to an unlimitted number. The amount of speed increase was the reverse when comparing Mom's P4 with my P4 from when I followed the instructions found at JohnTP's Home for optimizing a 56K dialup modem.
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