**Baddass' Guide to Windows Performance, Optimization, Security and Tweaking**

Originally posted by James_N
ive just followed the tweaks all the way through :D

hopefully i should run much faster now :D

thanks man!
icon14.gif


although in msn messenger, i dont see the option to allow msn to run in the background and not the tray :confused:
Click to expand...
tools. options, preferences, allow program to run in background
 
Originally posted by James_N
there is no preferences tab :( im using MSN Messenger 6.1 :)
Click to expand...

there is no run in background option on 6.1 unf......u can either have it load with windows or not, thats pretty much the only option

might be best to not have it run on windows startup and instead have a shortcut to it on ur quicklaunch?
 
Add/Remove any unused programs

Go to the "Add Remove Programs" and click the "Windows components." Here, take out all the rubbish you do not need. Such as "MSN EXPLORER" and the likes

After Removing the unused Windows components, ensure that you check back up on the services that you disabled. Some like to go back to Automatic after playing with the Windows components (namely COM+ and Help and Support).
Click to expand...

Im sorry i found ur guide extremely useful but this little tweak keeps confusing me. When i hit this i see a list of things some with ticks. The last time i did this i got it all wrong and removed all the wrong things such as Internet Explorer and Media Player :eek: . Had to use my XP CD to get them back..amazing they came back to the correct version :confused:

Should i tick the things i want removed or tick everything to stay, thanks loads and great guide. (Using XP Home)
________________________________________________
One other thing i always thought directx came even before the mobo drivers??
 
Originally posted by AlienWhere
Im sorry i found ur guide extremely useful but this little tweak keeps confusing me. When i hit this i see a list of things some with ticks. The last time i did this i got it all wrong and removed all the wrong things such as Internet Explorer and Media Player :eek: . Had to use my XP CD to get them back..amazing they came back to the correct version :confused:

Should i tick the things i want removed or tick everything to stay, thanks loads and great guide. (Using XP Home)
________________________________________________
One other thing i always thought directx came even before the mobo drivers??
Click to expand...

u basically leave everything ticked that u DO want on your system. Each tick in the list is either full black tick if everything in that subsection is to be on ur system, or light grey tick if some of the section is installed. Go thru each section and choose only the bits u want installed.

for example i removed the ticks altogether from Windows Messenger, Outlook Express and indexing as i dont want them on my system at all :)

hth

and no as far as i could tell, direct x is b4 GFX drivers but mobo ones should be very early on
 
Another quick yweak - useful for searching for strings in files:
Code: 
REGEDIT

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.[b][color=red]xyz[/color][/b]\PersistentHandler =  {098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}

Add this key to your registry (copy and paste to notepad, as many times as required, save as .reg), where .xyz is the extension of the file in which you wish to search.

Windows only allows you to search in a few files by default (.txt, .doc etc...) but now you can search in all of them.
 
Originally posted by Baddass
u basically leave everything ticked that u DO want on your system. Each tick in the list is either full black tick if everything in that subsection is to be on ur system, or light grey tick if some of the section is installed. Go thru each section and choose only the bits u want installed.

for example i removed the ticks altogether from Windows Messenger, Outlook Express and indexing as i dont want them on my system at all :)
Click to expand...

Thank you it all worked fine..
 
Originally posted by Borris
Another quick yweak - useful for searching for strings in files:
Code: 
REGEDIT

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.[b][color=red]xyz[/color][/b]\PersistentHandler =  {098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}

Add this key to your registry (copy and paste to notepad, as many times as required, save as .reg), where .xyz is the extension of the file in which you wish to search.

Windows only allows you to search in a few files by default (.txt, .doc etc...) but now you can search in all of them.
Click to expand...

That's really handy, I needed to be able to search within .PHP files
 
has anyone found a way to get the LargeSystemCache=1 (or set Mem usage to System Cache in System Properties) tweak to work with ATi cards.

If its enabled it sets the screen res to 640x480 and the colour depth to 4bit and it dosent let you switch back unless you disable the System Cahce, meaning you cant get the speed increase :(
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom