Disable zip folders

Disable zip folders

Are the ZIP folders too slow for you? Disable it by unregistering the file zipfldr.dll.

regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll

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DMA Mode on IDE Devices

DMA Mode on IDE Devices

Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels. Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won’t make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. Here’s how:

1. Open the Device Manager. One way to do that is to right click on “My Computer”, select the Hardware tab, and Select Device Manager.
2. Expand “IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers” and double-click on “Primary IDE Channel”
3. Under the “Advanced Settings” tab, check the “Device 1″ setting. More than likely, your current transfer mode is set to PIO.
4. Set it to “DMA if available”.

Repeat the step for the “Secondary IDE Channel” if you have devices attached to it. Reboot.

For a Microsoft artical on setting the DMA mode Click Here.

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Fix for slow loading of Outlook Express when Messenger is disabled

Fix for slow loading of Outlook Express when Messenger is disabled

This is just a clarification of the french guy’s tweak.

Open up Register Editor by running “regedit” command. Click on “Edit” and select “Find”. Copy and paste FB7199AB-79BF-11D2- 8D94-0000F875C541 onto the “Find what” box and click on “Find Next”. Once found, click on the plus sign in front of it and you will find InProc32 and LocalServer32. Select one of them then right click on default under the name column and select “modify”, then simply delete what’s in the Value Data box. Repeat for the other.

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Get Messenger to run again after uninstall

Get Messenger to run again after uninstall

It seems when you uninstall Messenger (using the tweaks on this site) the policy is automatically set to prevent it running.

This causes the symptom of clicking on the Messenger shortcut and seeing an hourglass for a second or two but the program not loading.

To get Messenger installed again requires more than just reinstalling the program from Windows Update or a downloaded installer.

After that you have to change the following registry entry with regedit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client

You should change the PreventRun value from (1) to (0)

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Get the Classic Media Player Back

Get the Classic Media Player Back!

Are you fed up with the new windows media player. Did you like the version of windows media player that came with windows 2K? Windows XP still has the version of media player installed but they hid it. To get it back follow the directions below:

1. Click on the start button and select run.
2. type “mplayer2″ and click OK. it’s the orginal movie player.

If you want to make this the default media player follow the directions below:

1. When the classic windows media player is running click on the view menubar and select options.
2. Then click on the format tab anc choose your computer to open all the formats with the player.

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IRQ Priority Boost

IRQ Priority Boost

All you have to do is copy/paste the following (between the —– ) into notepad and save with a .reg extension.

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl]
“IRQ8Priority”=dword:00000001
———

To undo the tweak copy/paste the following (between the —– ) into notepad and save with a .reg extension.

——–
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl]
“IRQ8Priority”=dword:00000000
———

Note: Make sure your System CMOS/Real Time Clock are on IRQ 8

To get the actual IRQ# go to: Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager -> System Devices -> System CMOS/real time clock -> Properties -> Resources tab -> default IRQ# is 8 on all IBM PC clones.

Now you can add other IRQ’s for multiple entries, but real-time priority doesn’t like to share so if your going to, be aware of what your adding since the main tweak boosts almost all performance of your system.

You could boost your network card, or your video card if you wanted. Run msinfo32 to find the IRQ’s that you feel necessary to give this to.

NOTE: ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO IT.

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How to really get rid of unneccesary software

How to really get rid of unneccesary software

to uninstall things like msn messenger and other hidden installs thru add remove programs, do this:

find sysoc.inf (you might have to enable “show hidden files” and “show hidden/protected system folders” in explorer) and open it in notepad replace all “,hide” with “,” (both with out quotes) which is easiest to do with the replace all command under edit then in add/remove programs under add/remove windows compnents and whole new list of things to uninstall and add are now listed (such as internet explorer)

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Make mIRC identd work

Make mIRC identd work

If you use mIRC then you have noticed that the Ident requests do not get answered and mIRC will only connect to servers that do not require Ident. This is due to the built in “Internet Connection Firewall” in XP. Here is how to get it working without disabling the entire firewall:

1. Go into Control Panel-> Network Connections
2. Right click “Local Area Network” and select “Properties”
3. Left click the advanced tab
4. Left click the settings button
5. Under services, left click the add button
6. For description type “Ident”, for Name of IP put the name that identifies your system with your ISP OR your IP if it is static.
7. Both external and internal ports are 113 by default and TCP.
8. Click OK all the way out.

No reboot is needed and the Identd function now goes through without a hitch. This should work for any programs that use port 113 for Identd. Enjoy your chatting again!

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Msn Messenger Removal

Msn Messenger Removal

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Will remove the msn messenger from XP

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People Are Rethinking The Idea Of Installing Windows Vista

Many people who rushed into the download and installation of the new Windows Vista are having second thoughts. Like everything new, the bugs are not quite worked out. Microsoft has a great concept in Windows Vista, except it has some potential problems. Read more

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