Tweaking Optimizing Windows.pdf - GEGeek

38. Keep IE crash free
Here's a tip for keeping IE crash free. Go to the control panel start, settings, control panel and open Internet Options. Under the
General tab you'll see Temporary Internet Files and two buttons called "delete files" and "settings", click the settings tab. Click View
Objects. You should see 1 or more downloaded programs. Select all and delete them. Do this regulary. Also keep your temporary
internet files to a minimum and clear them out regularly.
39. Save Icon positions 1
You've got all your windows sized, icons placed the way they look great.... explorer crash!
(Or, the thing crashes not that much anymore, but it seems to forget sometimes...) And there you go again.. but, there's a way to
recover all your settings, that's windows placing, sizing and icon positions, with just one click. First, make it all look, once more, just
the way you want it to be. Now these settings are in the Registry, open it and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
- Launch RegEdit and select:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
and export it to a file called "MyWindows1.reg" (don't type the quotes).
- Launch RegEdit and select:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRUand export it to a file called "MyWindows2.reg".
- In Notepad, open "MyWindows2.reg", select all text except the first line (REGEDIT4), and press Ctrl+C to copy the selected text to
the clipboard.
- In Notepad, switch to "MyWindows1.reg", go to the end of the text, and
press Ctrl+V to paste the text copied from "MyWindows2.reg".
- In Notepad, save the modified "MyWindows1.reg" to a directory on the hard disk. Eventually, change its name to
"MyWindows.reg", or any other name you like.
40. Icon Positions 2
In Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP you can lock down the position of the Desktop icons, using a couple of files from the MS
Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit. Copy Layout.dll into C:\Windows\System for Windows 9x or into your system32 folder if using NT,
2000 or XP and doubleclick on layout.reg.
Then right-click on the "Recycle Bin" or "My Computer" icon, and choose to "Save [or Restore] Desktop Icon Layout".
There are several 3rd party tools that also do this, but these files are free and only 14 KB in size."
http://borg.isc.ucsb.edu/ftproot/pub/windows/winnt40/RESKIT/Server-Post_Installation/
41. Overclock your Gfx card
(also see section in this guide on overclocking your gfx card)
If you are using an Nvidia card or 3dfx card with the drivers v32x or v40x than this Regedit add-on will give you an additional
window in your display control panel. It appears under Hardware Options under Additional Properties which is under the Advanced
Controls in the display properties. Only overclock to another 10% of original values.
If you have an NVIDIA card copy & paste the text below in Notepad to create a REG file, and save it for example as GeForce.REG,
making sure when you goto save in notepad you change the save as type to all files and then run it. Remember to restart Windows
after each change.
-----Begin cut & paste here-----
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"CoolBits"=dword:ffffffff
------End cut & paste here------
If you have a 3DFX copy & paste the text below in Notepad to create a REG file, and save it for example as 3DFX.REG, making sure
when you goto save in notepad you change the save as type to all files and then run it. Remember to restart Windows after each
change.
-----Begin cut & paste here-----
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\3dfx Interactive\3dfx Tools\Installed\Tools\{AB040305-8AA1-11D2-8DD1-00104BB5EAD6}]
"CompleteRegistration"=dword:00000001
------End cut & paste here------
42. Make sure your IDE Controller is set to use DMA
Right click on the My Computer icon, select manage, click on device manager, expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controller, right-click on
Primary IDE channel, click on properties, click on the advanced settings tab. In the Transfer Mode section, select DMA if available.
Do this for both devices in both the Primary and Secondary Controllers. After you reboot you can go back in and see what the
controller is now actually using.
43. Set your swap/paging file correctly
Open up System monitor (Click on Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Monitor), select Edit then Add item. Add
Swapfile size as shown below. These are the items that System monitor will now track for you. You can remove/add other items by
clicking on Edit then Add/Remove item. Over the next few days load up System monitor & let it track your Swapfile size. Click on
Options then Chart & set the update interval as you see fit I’d recommend setting it to 30 seconds or 1 minute, depending on how