Computer 2nd Tips Collection for make better performance
Tweak
to get "Regedit" go to "Start>Run>regedit"....
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Clear WinXP Shared Folders, that one under the My Computer
--Delete the below code under registry editor--
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > My Computer > NameSpace > DelegateFolders >
{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}
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***Accelerate the boot up and shut down time***
Reduces the waiting time
Open Registry Editor, Look in to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control
Set the Value of "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" to 1000 or smaller(Default 20000)
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop
Set the Value of WaitToKillAppTimeout to 1000 (Default 20000),
Means the time used for closing program = 1 second
Set the Value of HungAppTimeout value to 200 (Default 5000),
waiting time used for closing crashed program = 0.5 second.
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To let the system to close the program which fails to respond/hang up automatically:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop
Set the value of AutoEndTasks to 1 (Default 0)
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Accelerate the response time of menu:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop
Set the value of MenuShowDelay to 0 (Default 400)
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***Reduce the size of WinXP ***
1. Delete the system files' backup:
sfc.exe /purgecache
2. Delete the system drivers' backup:
Open windows\driver cache\i386, delete Driver.cab (73MB)
3. Disable System Restore
4. Delete Help Files (about 40MB)
5. Delete \WINDOWS\system32\dllcache (about 200-300MB), Here are backup dll files.
6. Migrate My Documents & IE Temporary Folder to other partition.
7. Migrate virtual memory to other partition.
8. Install all of the application softwares in other partition
9. Use NTFS File System to reduce HDD space wastage.
