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long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network from as Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improving significantly after applying it since it doesnt search for the Scheduled Tasks anymore. Open up the Registry and go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace Under that branch, select the key : {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} - and delete it. This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary. This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes. 20. Manage performance using Microsoft Management Console To best manage the performance of your Windows 2000 and XP installation, I recommend using the Microsoft Management Console to customise the tools available to you. To bring up the MMC, type "MMC" in the Start/Run box. This will open a blank MMC. Then select Add/Remove Snap In from the Console menu, and select the items you wish to use. You will probably want to add Defragmenter, Services, Event Viewer and Device Manager as a minimum. When you are finished save your changes, and create a desktop shortcut to the file you have saved. If you wish you can set Event Viewer to show error messages only: right click on Application, Security and System in turn, select Properties and uncheck the options you do not require. 21. PMTU Discovery You can configure Windows 2000 to calculate the MTU between your machine and a remote host, e.g. your ISP. This avoids fragmentation of information sent over the connection, and can improve internet connection speeds. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters Right click in the right hand pane, and select New Dword Value. Name this value "EnablePMTUDiscovery" and then set the value to 1. 22. Increase the time NetBIOS names remain in the cache If your Windows 2000/XP domain is not using active directory name resolution will be provided by WINS. WINS provide names resolution to IP addresses and this will reduce the number of broadcasts. Lans not using active directory should use a WINS server instead of broadcasting or using a LMHOST file. The WINS server maintains a cache of the NetBIOS names. By increasing how long these names are kept in the cache broadcasting will be further reduced. Edit the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\CacheTimeout. Modify the key Cache timeout to a value of 900000(millisceonds) which is 15 minutes. 23. Tune your server This also applies to NT and XP. Improve 2000 Server systems performance by adjusting the way the network Server object uses memory. Start Control Panel / Network, select the Server object and click on the Configure button. You then have four choices for optimizing the server. - minimize Memory Used is good choice for workstations and servers on very small networks (up to five sessions). balance is good for servers on medium-sized networks (up to 64 sessions). - maximize Throughput for File Sharing is best for Advanced Server systems that provide resource sharing for large networks (more than 64 sessions) - maximize Throughput for Network Applications is best for Advanced Servers like SQL Server that provide application services for large networks. Reboot the computer after you change this setting. CHAPTER [5] OPTIMIZING WINDOWS XP TIPS (i also advise reading through XP and NT tips as a lot of these also apply) 1. Turn off unneeded services and save 25-30 meg of ram put here list of services 2. Uninstall unwanted components It seems that some components in Windows XP can't be uninstalled. Well they can. Use this trick to uninstall MSN Messenger, MSN Explorer and Microsoft Games. First, make a copy of sysoc.inf found on the hard disk at \windpws\inf\sysoc.inf before proceeding so that you can restore the initial configuration if necessary. Give the copy a different name, such as sysoc2.inf. Open the Sysoc.inf file. Each line of text in the file represents a component that can be displayed in the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog. Delete the word HIDE for any component that you want to see in the dialog (do not erase the commas). Save the Sysoc.inf file, then close it, and reboot your computer. The Add/Remove Windows Components dialog will now display the items you want.
3. Speed up Internet Explorer 6 Favorites For some reason, the Favorites menu in IE 6 seems to slow down dramatically sometimes. I've noticed this happens when you install Tweak UI 1.33, for example, and when you use the preview tip to speed up the Start menu. But here's a fix for the problem that does work, though it's unclear why. Just open a command line window (Start button -> Run -> cmd) and type sfc, then hit ENTER. This command line runs the System File Checker, which performs a number of services, all of which are completely unrelated to IE 6. But there you go: It works. 4. Remove the Shared Documents folders from My Computer One of the most annoying things about the new Windows XP user interface is that Microsoft saw fit to provide links to all of the Shared Documents folders on your system, right at the top of the My Computer window. I can't imagine why this would be the default, even in a shared PC environment at home. Simply fire up the Registry Editor and backup and then delete the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\My Computer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}"(Default)"=dword:00000 If you do this, all of the Shared Documents folders (which are normally under the group called "Other Files Stored on This Computer") will be gone. 5. Sort the default My Documents folders out Microsoft Windows XP uses a lot of folders for each user. Everything from "My video" to your personal documents folder. Below is where you can view the locations of these folders and can change them. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders Right click on the folders and select Modify. Change the path to a new path if you want to change the path. Delete My EBooks and other special folders in My Documents Click Start, then Run and type: regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll then delete them 6. Do an unattended installation The Windows XP Setup routine is much nicer than that in Windows 2000 or Windows Me, but it's still an hour-long process that forces you to sit in front of your computer for an hour, answering dialog boxes and typing in product keys. But Windows XP picks up one of the more useful features from Windows 2000, the ability to do an unattended installation, so you can simply prepare a script that will answer all those dialogs for you. If you want to dual-boot Windows XP with another OS, you're going to have to go through the interactive Setup just like everyone else: An unattended install will wipe out your hard drive and install only Windows XP, usually. To perform an unattended installation, you just need to work with the Setup Manager, which is located on the Windows XP CD-ROM in D:\SupportTools\DEPLOY.CAB by default. Extract the contents of this file and you'll find a number of useful tools and help files; the one we're interested in is named setupmgr.exe. This is a very simple wizard application that will walk you through the process of creating an answer file called winnt.sif that can be used to guide Windows XP Setup through the unattended installation. One final tip. There's one thing that Setup Manager doesn't add. Your product key. However, you can add this to the unattend.txt file manually. Simply open the file in Notepad and add the following line under the [UserData] section: ProductID="RK7J8-2PGYQ-P47VV-V6PMB-F6XPQ" You'll have to substitute your actual product key for the string listed above, of course. Key above is a 60 day key. Then, just copy winnt.sif to a floppy, put your Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD drive, and reboot: When the CD auto-boots, it will look for the unattend.txt file in A: automatically, and use it to answer the Setup questions if it's there. Finally, please remember that this will wipe out your system! Back up first, and spend some time with the help files in DEPLOY.CAB before proceeding. 7. XP product activation Microsoft believes that the activation process is solid, and will work in this situation so that you will not be left stranded at all. But, suppose you don’t have a working phone line where you are, so that both telephone and modem contact are unavailable to you, and you really need to get your computer up and running now! There’s a fix you can do on the spot. It involves backing out of the last hardware change, and restoring the hardware configuration to the way it was when you activated, or close enough to that. Here’s how to do it: - Boot Windows XP into non-networked Safe Mode. - Press and hold the F8 key right after the POST is finished, and selecting the correct option from a menu. - At the command prompt, navigate to the System32 folder: cd \windows\system32 - Backup the file WPA.DBL - rename it something like OLDWPA.DBL; do not name it WPA.BAK. - Copy the file WPA.BAK to WPA.DBL. - copy and not rename because you may want WPA.BAK file another time. - Reboot the computer. It should load Windows XP in normal mode, and you’re back in business. Here's how to check if your copy of XP is Activated Go to the run box and type in oobe/msoobe /a and hit ok ...theirs your answer Avoid XP Registration To avoid registering your copy of Windows XP with Microsoft altogether, and to force XP into thinking you have already completed the registration process, just follow these steps: - Physically disconnect/unplug your network cable/connection (if any). - Turn on (power up) your computer.
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