This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit. 1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad. QUOTE Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 “ClearPageFileAtShutdown”=dword:00000001 “AutoEndTasks”=”1″ “WaitToKillServiceTimeout”=”1000″ 2. Save the file as shutdown.reg 3. Double...
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Do you have data on a partition or hard drive that you don’t want tampered with or easily accessible to other users? Well, you can hide any drive/partition in Windows XP, NT, and 2000. That means that they won’t show up in Explorer or My Computer. If you want access to that drive from...
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Since defragging the disk won’t do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers’ PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing. 1.) To decrease a system’s boot time and increase system performance, use the money you...
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Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable file) is located in....
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Slipstreaming a Service Pack, is the process to integrate the Service Pack into the installation so that with every new installation the Operating System and Service Pack are installed at the same time. Slipstreaming is usually done on network shares on corporate systems. But with the advent of CD burners, it does actually make...
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Step 1 – Modify Explorer.exe File In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add,...
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Follow the following steps 1. Open notepad.exe, type “del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\ 2. From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “gpedit.msc”. 3. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window. 4. In the new window, click...
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Agar PC anda menjadi lebih cepat dari sebelumnya, silahkan coba cara berikut: Masuk Start/Setting/control panel/administrative tools/services Pilih pada salah satu service yang akan dimatikan, click kanan pada mouse, pilih “properties”, akan muncul satu tab propertis. Selanjutnya pada pilihan “startup type”, apabila mau mematikan tinggal pilih “Disable”. Berikut ini service-service yang biasanya tidak digunakan (terutama...
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