1. Removing extra fonts for speed
2. Increse Bandwidth By 20% (XP Users)
3. Increase the speed of your menus
4. Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer.
5. Open command prompt for current folder path by right click.
6. To enable Transfer mode to DMA.
7. To turn on clear type font.
8. Enable/Disable Boot Defrag.
9. Archiving Messages in Yahoo Messenger.
1. Removing extra fonts for speed
Windows XP has over 250 different font variations that it loads for use when the system boots up. Of these 250 variations, only a handful are used on a regular basis. Most likely, you really only use the core Windows fonts, such as Tahoma,Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana,Trebuchet, and MS Sans Serif. Simply put, loading a lot of fonts will take more time, because the system has to load and index each font. Thankfully, there is a very simple answer to this: Just remove the fonts that you do not use from your font directory. The best way is to move the unused fonts to a separate folder on your system so that if you ever want to use one of those extra fonts again, you just have to copy it back to the fonts folder. Part II — Increasing Your System’s Performance
Recommended Fonts to Keep
Font Name : Reason
Verdana: Often used on Web pages and applications
Arial : Often used within applications such as Outlook Trebuchet Used in the Windows interface on the Title Bar
Tahoma : Used in the Windows interface on the Menu Bar as well as in many applications and Web pages
Times New Roman : The default font for Web pages as well as applications such as Word
MS Sans Serif : Used in some applications and Web pages
Control panel-font-(select font and delete)
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2. Increse Bandwidth By 20% (XP Users)
Well if you are tired of the lessened speed of your internet then here is the better approach to increse the bandwidth.Actually the Xp reserves the bandwidth for Quality of Service(QOS) which works for downloading of the xp updates in parallel with the motion of the normal course internet. If we try to manage the Qos then we can augment user bandwidth by 20%.
Just Follow the process :-
Click Start–>Run–>type “gpedit.msc”.
This opens the group policy editor.
Then go to: Local Computer Policy–>Computer Configuration–>Administrative Templates–>Network–>QOS Packet Scheduler–>Limit Reservable Bandwidth
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the ‘Explain’ tab .
Then Enable it and set Bandwidth to 0% click ok.
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3. Increase the speed of your menus
This will decrease the delay in opening the menu, when u pause with your mouse on a menu.
a) Open the registry editor by start/run/regedit.
b) Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
c) In the right pane find the value name MenuShowDelay.
d) The default value for MenuShowDelay is 400, set it to any value less than 400 or 0.
For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.
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4. Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here's a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks:
Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose 'new' then 'shortcut.' The create shortcut wizard will open; in the first text box, type '%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit 'finish.'
You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, right click on the shortcut and hit 'properties.' In the 'shortcut' tab, click the 'change icon' button.
In the 'look for icons in this file' box, type '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' then click 'ok' to see a range of icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.
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5. Open command prompt for current folder path by right click.
Open the registry editor by start/run/regedit.
Navigate to 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell' .
Create a new key called 'Command.' .
Edit the default REG_SZ value for this new key with the text you wish to see when you right click a folder to open the command prompt window.
Assign it a name that's appropriate, for example: 'open command prompt in this folder' or something similar.
Under the new 'command' key, create another key called 'command.'
Give the default value in this key the value of 'cmd.exe /k "cd %L"'
After you restart your computer, you will be able to right click on any folder and select your new command to instantly open a command prompt window to that specific folder.
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6. To enable Transfer mode to DMA.
It displays information about your system's direct memory access (DMA). DMA transfers data between system memory and hardware devices without passing it through the CPU. This feature is very useful for cd-dvd writers for fastest writing.
a) Right click on My Computer and select Properties.
b) Click on 'Hardware' tab and then click on 'Device Manager'.
c) From the tree expand IDE ..... Controllers.
d) Right click on Primary and secondary IDE channel and select 'Properties'.
e) In the Advanced Settings' make sure the Transfer mode for device 0 and device 1 is selected to 'DMA if available'.
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7. To turn on clear type font.
a) Go to Control Panel.
b) Double Click on 'Display Properties'.
c) Click on 'Appearance' tab.
d) Click on 'Effects'.
e) Make sure 'Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts' is checked. Under it from the dropdown box select 'ClearType'.
f) Click on 'OK'.
g) Click on 'Apply' and see the difference. Give your eyes a couple of minutes to adjust to the new font. You would probably hate it at first but maybe you might like it if you use it for an hour or so.
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8. Enable/Disable Boot Defrag
Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DfrgBootOptimizeFunction Right click, modify and change to value to Y to enable, N to disable.
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9. Archiving Messages in Yahoo Messenger.
For yahoo messenger users who want to store all chat conversations they can do so by enabling Message Archiving feature available with Yahoo Messneger chat program. To enable Message Archiving follow the below steps :
a) Sign In with our Yahoo username and password.
b) From the menu bar click on Messenger ---> Preferences.
c) From the left pane select --> Archive.
d) From the option on the right select 'Save all my messages on this computer'.
e) Click on 'Apply'.
To view message archive.
a) Sign In with our Yahoo username and password.
b) From the menu bar click on Contacts ---> Message Archive.
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