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RightClick drive defragmentation.

Ok… there’s two ways of achieving this. ———————— The easy way: 1. Create a .reg file and name it to whatever you think might fit. (cr...

RTC Wolfenstein slow map loads

I ran into this problem in both WindowsME and XP. While in multiplayer mode in Return to Castle Wolfenstein, I would get excessive pag...

Run defrag from the command line

Open a command window and type defrag /? to show a list of commands. Exampel: defrag c: /analyce will show how much your disk is fragmented.

Shortcut to disconnect Dial-UP

To disconnect a call via a shortcut, create a shortcut with the following int the ‘Target’ field: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasdial.exe /dis...

Simple Remove Ads from KaZaA

[ English] If you use FAT instead of NTFS 1º - Go to C:\windows\system32\ 2º - Search for the folder AdCash 3º - Removes the folde...

Slow Nero Startup

When you load up Nero , it may be slow “Scaning SCSI/IDE-Bus Pleast Wait…” Because XP also uses the CD-RW Drive. If you do not use the...

Slow Start Up Using Norton Internet Security 2002 Update

This tweak works also if your Using Zone Alarm or Zone Alarm Pro V.3.7. I found out by applying this tweak for Nortons with my Zone Al...

Smaller backup / ghost

I use ghost to backup my windows partition. To make the backup smaller you can remove the hiberfil.sys (for hibernating) and pagefile.sys (e...

Speed Up Downloads In Morpheus

Morpheus downloads going slow? Well just follow these simple step’s to speed up your download’s. 1.Open Morpheus 2.Click tools and cl...

Sync Outlook2002 Signatures with Profile

For some reason, Outlook 2002 maintains signature properties accross profiles. For example, two people in the household share the same ...

Tame RealPlayer

Real Player is poorly written adware/spyware. If you absolutely MUST have Real Player you can render it somewhat harmless. However, p...

Turn on autocomplete for DOS shell

You can enable filename completion in the NT “DOS” shell by editing HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor and changing the ...

Tweaking the Disk Cleanup utility

When using the Disk Cleanup, if you never want to “Compress Old Files” (which is often annoying and takes a long time) follow this tip:...