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Windows XP Tweaks

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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:...

Uninstall Outlook Express

To manually remove Outlook Express 5.x or 6.0, you must rename several files. To help in this process, all system files and file exten...

Use an XP Upgrade Version with Windows 2000

According to Microsoft, Windows 2000 does not qualify for an upgrade to the XP Home Edition. Windows 2000 Professional users can only upg...

Users Running Kazaa

Kazaa!! The mother of all slow downs.. Well my people it doesnt get any easier than this. 1. Get into Kazaa like you normally would. ...

XP App Wizard

Windows XP allows each user to customize his or her Start Menu and startup applications. Unfortunately, it can be difficult and time-consumi...

Yahoo Advert Removal

I’m sure if you’ve used Yahoo! Messenger you’ve noticed the adverts built in to the chat and webcam services. Here’s a simple fix and...

Intel Application Accelerator - speed up disk access

It would be great to download drivers that sped up your hard-disk access by 10’s of percent wouldn’t it? Well perhaps you can, Intel h...

Its all about your priorities

In life, the only way to succeed is to get your priorities straight. Well tough-luck, to all you slackers, the computer world ain’t m...