Archive for February, 2008

Increase speed by tweaking prefetcher settings

Increase speed by tweaking prefetcher settings

Posted by on February 15, 2008
This is an unique technique for XP, which could improve the performance significantly by tweaking the prefetcher. Recommended hardware: PIII 800 or higher, 512M RAM or more.
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Correcting System Hang at Startup

Correcting System Hang at Startup

Posted by on February 15, 2008
If your system hangs about 2 or 3 minutes at startup, where you can’t access the Start button or the Taskbar, it may be due to one specific service (Background Intelligent Transfer) running in the background. Microsoft put out a patch for this but it didn’t work for me. Here’s what...
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Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache

Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache

Posted by on February 15, 2008
Right click My Computer Select Properties Click Advanced Choose Performance Click Advanced again Select either Programs or System Cache under Memory Usage.
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Swap File Tweak

Swap File Tweak

Posted by on February 15, 2008
For Users with 256 MB RAM or more this tweak will boost their Windows- and Game-Performance. What it does: It tells Windows not to use any Swap File until there is really no more free RAM left. Open the System Configuration Utility by typing msconfig.exe in the RUN command. There in your System.ini you...
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Boot XP faster

Boot XP faster

Posted by on February 15, 2008
Open notepad.exe, type “del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\ From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “gpedit.msc”. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer...
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HDD slowdown when booting

HDD slowdown when booting

Posted by on February 15, 2008
If you have a 3min+ or slower boot time where Windows XP seems to sit for 2+ or so minutes with the XP logo doing nothing before everything comes to life, then do the following. Download Bootvis from Microsoft and run it the next time you boot. Do a ‘Trace’ If it shows a very long ‘HDD...
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Convert FAT32 To NTFS

Convert FAT32 To NTFS

Posted by on February 15, 2008
To change from FAT 32 to NTFS for more stability and security, open the command prompt and type: “Convert C: /FS:NTFS”. Make sure there is a space between the C: and the foward slash (/). Once you press enter it will ask you for confirmation and press
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Install XP from DOS

Install XP from DOS

Posted by on February 15, 2008
If XP will not install from the CD or if you have a new drive with no operating system on it yet try these: Install Windows XP from the hard drive with Windows 98 already installed: Boot Windows 98 Insert the XP CD into your CD reader Explore Windows XP through My Computer Copy i386 folder to C:\ Go...
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Disable XP Boot Logo

Disable XP Boot Logo

Posted by on February 15, 2008
It is possible to disable XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not to see any boot-up messages that might come up (chkdsk, convert … ), but if your system runs without any problems then it should not...
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Making your display look better and update faster:

Making your display look better and update faster:

Posted by on February 15, 2008
I don’t know about every Windows installation, but my XP installed and defaulted to 60Hz refresh rate. This is the speed at which the stuff you see on your screen updates. The faster the better. 60Hz is pretty poor. Go on the web and find the driver for your monitor and install it. Then go in your...
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