Tweaking Optimizing Windows.pdf - GEGeek

file. When you spot these kinds of URLs in the Cache, make a note of which website is using IP address served ads. To defeat these
ads, use the same "pixs-off" strategy for domains that mix ads with standard graphics.
Redirect
Some websites redirect you to another page whether you want to go there or not. One such website is Hotmail; when the visitor
logs off from Hotmail, the MSN home page [www.msn.com] is served up. To stop this behaviour, one can put www.msn.com into
the HOSTS file; a "The page cannot be displayed" message will appear.
Blank Message
With Internet Explorer & an active HOSTS file, a typical blocked ad will return a red X . When an entire domain is blocked via the
HOSTS file such as "www.doubleclick.net", browsing to that location will return "The page cannot be displayed" message. This same
message will appear [at least partially depending on the size allocated to the ad] if that domain is embedded [such as through
layering or Iframes] on a webpage of another domain [e.g. www.pcworld.com]. This message is embedded in the file "shdoclc.dll"
[in the Windows\System folder] as common HTML code; to make this message less verbose [and annoying], open a copy of
shdoclc.dll [pasted into a non-Windows locale] with a word processor; browse to the sections that hold "The page cannot be
displayed" message and other text with an Edit/Find operation; change the font color from "black" to "white". It is strongly advised
to save the original "shdoclc.dll", rename it to something like "shdoclc0.dll" [I prefer the 0 (zero) to denote original]; then copy your
revised copy of "shdoclc.dll" to the Windows/System folder. NOTE: If you had been previously working with IE, Windows may
complain about the rename & paste operations; a reboot may be necessary. Also the rename & paste operations can be made from
native MS-DOS or from another OS if you dual boot.
The new error message will show small icons with the red links for "Refresh", "Detect Network Settings", & "Back" still intact &
functional; the background will be white. NOTE: If your system experiences problems, replace the original shdoclc.dll. Some
problems have been reported with right click [context] menu functionality after the font color changes were made. If a white
background is not to your liking, you can change the "bgcolor" of the relevant message sections to "black" from "white" and not
change the font color. This will give a black backgound with the red links still intact & functional. Whether you prefer the white or
black background, another change can be made to the Title Bar message which appears when the Hosts file blocks a domain. The
standard Title Bar message is "Cannot Find Server"; browse to that phrase and change it to "Domain HOST Listed".
72. Having problems getting AGP 4x support from your Geforce card !
Check your BIOS setup, usually in the Chipset Features Setup, for something called the AGP Driving Value. This value controls the
timing of the AGP driver in Windows. The value you place here can make AGP4X stable. This value is a hex value from 00-FF. In
order to place a value here you might need to change another BIOS setup feature called the AGP Driving Control. This should
appear with the AGP Driving Value. Set this to MANUAL if not already. The other option is AUTO. Try setting this value to DA or EA.
Try DA for a VIA Apollo Pro 133A motherboard. On a KT133 motherboard you might want to try E7. Save your options and reboot
your machine. Make sure you are running AGP4X and try some 3D games. Where they might have hung or crashed before they
should now be running fine.
If not, then go back into the BIOS Setup and try another value. I've found that values that end in an 'A' seem to work the best.
Enabling AGP 4x in Windows 9x only
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REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\System]
"EnableVia4X"=dword:00000001
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Enabling AGP 4x in Windows 2000 only
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REGEDIT4
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv4\Device0
"EnableVia4X"=dword:00000001
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73. Increase your memory
Free up to 75% of your RAM. Open notepad and put this in it:
Mystring = Space(80000000)
Now save it as memory.vbs and place it on your desktop. Just single or double click on it and presto, quick and easy.
It's an easy way to gain 75% memory! How it works
It's a VB script that makes use of an operating system 'trick' that many memory freeing programs use. It allocates a huge chunk of
your memory, forcing Windows to dump out the current contents of your RAM to the hard drive and giving you a nice load of free
RAM in return. Nice, simple and it works. Just be careful not to allocate too much memory or you might make Windows grind your
hard drive for a while (annoying, but not a major problem).
74. Cache write delay
This applies only to Windows 98 SE and ME, and consists in a workaround, by creating a Registry Value that allows enough time to
write all data stored in the memory cache buffer back to the hard disk while Windows shuts down.
This happens because newer hard drives have their own built-in memory cache buffers, which do NOT send proper signals to the
drive controller and therefore their cache will NOT empty (flush) correctly upon OS shutdown.
To do this, run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion