First of all, this tweak only apply to those who only have
one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on
device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or
DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel.
Each time you boot Windows XP, there's an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch
directory (%SystemRoot%Prefetch) and
there's no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP
really improves loading time of installed programs. We only want WindowsXP to
boot faster and not decrease its performance. Thanks to Rod Cahoon (for the prefetch automation process...with a
minor change of mine) and Zeb for the IDE
Channel tweak as those two tricks, coupled together with a little
modification, result in an EXTREMELY fast bootup:
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Showing posts with label performance tweaks. Show all posts
Remove Windows Messenger.
It seems that a lot of people are
interested in removing Windows Messenger for some reason, though I strongly
recommend against this: In Windows XP, Windows Messenger will be the hub of
your connection to the .NET world, and now that this feature is part of
Windows, I think we're going to see a lot of .NET Passport-enabled Web
sites appearing as well. But if you can't stand the little app, there are a
couple of ways to get rid of it, and ensure that it doesn't pop up every time
you boot into XP. The best way simply utilizes the previous tip:
If you'd like Windows Messenger to
show up in the list of programs you can add and remove from Windows,
navigate to C:\WINDOWS\inf and open sysoc.inf (see the previous
tip for more information about this file). You'll see a line that reads:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
Change this to the following and
Windows Messenger will appear in Add or Remove Programs, then Add/Remove
Windows Components, then , and you can remove it for good:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7
Add/Remove optional features of Windows XP.
To dramatically expand the list of
applications you can remove from Windows XP after installation, navigate to C:\WINDOWS\inf
and open the sysoc.inf file. {Opps , if you didn`t find the inf directory,
you are right. It`s a hidden folder, so go to Tools>Folder Options>
View , enable Show Hidden Files & Folders.}
[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.0
[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System =
setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc,
TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7
ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7
[Global]
WindowTitle=%WindowTitle%
WindowTitle.StandAlone="*"
The entries that include the text
hide or HIDE will not show up in Add/Remove Windows Components by
default. To fix this, do a global search and replace for ,hide and change each
instance of this to , (a comma). Then, save the file, re launch Add/Remove
Windows Components,
Disable Tips
To disable Ballon tips in
Windows XP do this registry tweak
Go to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Create a new DWORD value, name
it EnableBalloonTips, and set it equal to 0. If EnableBalloonTips
is already there and equal to 1, set it equal to 0. Quit the
registry editor, log off, and log back on. Voila! Your computer will stop
talking down to you.
Grouping multiple open windows.
Windows XP will group multiple open
windows (IE windows for example) into one group on the taskbar to keep the
taskbar clear. This can be annoying at times - especially when comparing
different web pages because you have to go back to the taskbar, click on the
group and then click on the page you want and then you only get one page
because you have to click on each one separately. I think the default for this
is 8 windows - any combination of apps or utilities open.
You can modify this behavior by
adding this registry key at:
HKEY_CURRRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
add a Dword value of type REG_DWORD
named [TaskbarGroupSize]
modify
"TaskbarGroupSize" entry to be the number of windows you want
open before XP starts to group them on the task bar.
A value of 2 will cause the
Taskbar buttons to always group
Another tweak is to disable or
enable recent documents history. This can be done at:
HKEY_CURRRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
this key should already be present -
if it isn't you'll need to add it:
Add a Binary value of type REG_BINARY
named [NoRecentDocsHistory]
modify it so that value reads 01
00 00 00
Change categories in the Control Panel
Windows XP`s Control Panel is broken
down by category in the default Category view, but the group to which an item
belongs is not always obvious. If you disagree with Microsoft`s assignments,
you can switch them around. To assign a different category to an item, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control
Panel\Extended Properties\
{305CA226-D286-468e-B848-2B2E8E697B74}
2
Find the item you want to change and
double-click it to bring up a dialog box. Change the item`s DWORD value
to your preference. Use the Table given below as a guide (shown with decimal
numbers, which is the way you should enter them).
DWORD value to set
Other Control Panel Options 0
Appearance and Themes 1
Printers and Other Hardware 2
Network and Internet Connections 3
Sounds, Speed, and Audio Devices 4
Performance and Maintenance 5
Date, Time, Language, and Regional
Options 6
Accessibility Options 7
Add or Remove Programs 8
User Accounts 9
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