Optimise The System Cache

Optimise The System Cache Desktop  systems  are  normally  optimised  for  applications,  and servers  for  file  caching.  Depending  on  how  you  use  your  system, you may want to optimise your system for either. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management Find the setting LargeSystemCache. Set this...

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Optimisation Of The Boot Files

Optimisation Of The Boot FilesNormal file fragmentation scatters the pieces of a file all over your hard disk. This also affectsthe files that load at boot time. You can defragment the files that load at startup to enable faster loading. Navigate to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction A setting called Enable under this key needs to be set Y(for Yes). This setting defragments the boot files, & it might relocate startup...

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Control Master File Table Zone Reservation

Control Master File Table Zone Reservation On  NTFS-enabled  XP  systems,  you  can  control  the  amount  of space allocated to the MFT. The MFT contains reference entries to all the files on the system. This can get fragmented over time and affect  system  performance.Use  this to  allocate  sufficient space for the MFT. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem...

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Load Kernel Into RAM

Load Kernel Into RAM In Windows 98, programs could be loaded and kept in RAM for as long  as  you  wanted.  You  could  even  load  a  video  clip  into  RAM directly and have it play from there! XP is much more restrictive, mostly due to security reasons. But when it comes to the Windows XP kernel, there's something you can do. By default, XP only loads the required parts of the kernel...

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Load applications faster

Load applications faster The Windows prefetcher aims to load applications faster by "prefetching" the application & storing it in the prefetch cache. You can speed up applications loading by changing the default valueof one the setting under the relevant key. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters The default value for the EnablePrefetcher settu=ing is 3. Change it...

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Edit Start up Programms

Edit The Startup Programs List Many  of  the  programs  that  start  up  at  boot  time  do  not  figure in  the  Startup  folder.  If  you  want  to  stop  more  than  one  application  from  loading  at  bootup,  you  will  normally  need  to  go and  turn  off ...

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Disable Thumbnail Caching

Disable Thumbnail Caching One of Explorer's features is to display a thumbnail of images and the   first   frame   of   the   video   when   seen   in   Thumbnail   view. Explorer can either create it when you access the folder or fetch it from the thumbnail cache. Fetching thumbnails from the cache is significantly faster, but will consume a lot...

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Disable User Tracking

Disable User Tracking Useless  to  most  users—except  perhaps  for  system  administrators—XP's   inbuilt   user   tracking   system uses   up   precious resources. The  system  keeps  track  of  the  programs  run  by  a  user,  the paths followed, and the documents used. (Did you know your XP...

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Disable The Desktop Cleanup Wizard

Disable The Desktop Cleanup Wizard By default the Desktop Cleanup Wizard runs every 60 days to clean up  unused  shortcuts  and  other  desktop  items.  Do  you  need  this over-friendly tool? At any rate, you don't want it to run automatically. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz Modify the DWORD Value called NoRun to 0, or...

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Automatic Windows Refresh

Automatic Window Refresh Normally,  there  is  a  small  delay  after  some  information  changes before  it  reflects  in  the  GUI.  If  you  need  to  see  the  information right away, you would need to press [F5]. The following will enable the system to do faster updates. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update...

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Background & structure of Registry

SomeBackground The Registry has to be one of the least understood aspects of the Windows  operating  system  family.  Even  seasoned  professionals approach it with a degree of caution, knowing that a wrong entry can  potentially  wreak  havoc  on  the  system.  To  understand  the Registry  is  to  get  to  the  heart  of  controlling ...

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MSWord A-Z shortcuts

MSWord Shortcuts [Ctrl] + [A]: Select all [Ctrl] + [B]: Bold [Ctrl] + [C]: Copy [Ctrl] + [D]: Font Formatting [Ctrl] + [E]: Center Alignment [Ctrl] + [F]: Find/Replace [Ctrl] + [G]: Go to [Ctrl] + [H]: Replace [Ctrl] + [I]: Italics [Ctrl] + [J]: Justified Alignment [Ctrl] + [K]: Insert Hyperlink [Ctrl] + [L]: Left Alignment [Ctrl] + [M]: Indent [Ctrl] + [N]: New document [Ctrl] + [O]: Open a document [Ctrl] + [P]: Print [Ctrl] + [Q]: Paragraph Spacing [Ctrl]...

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