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It has been tested on windows xp sp2 and not all computers will show the effect. It depends on what computer you use.

Instructions:

Now, open your Registry Editor (Run > type regedit) and navigate to:

HKEY_LOACAL_MECHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex

Find ‘Startup Delay’ entry and double click it. Default value is 480000. Change it to 40000

Restart computer to see the effect.

Remember: Back up your registry before making any changes to it.




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If you've found that your Hibernate option is missing from Windows Vista, it might be from running the disk cleanup wizard and removing the hibernate files. This is due to a known bug in Vista that might not have been hotfixed already.

Turning it back on is very simple, however.

Type cmd into the start menu search box, and use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open in administrator mode. You can also right-click the item in the menu and choose Run as Administrator.


From the command prompt, type in the following command:

powercfg /hibernate on


You'll have to restart your computer before it will take effect.

Update: Alternative Method

An alternative method with more steps was suggested by Shane in the comments. If the above doesn't fix your problem, you can use these steps.

* Go to the command prompt icon in the Start menu under Accessories and right click the icon: click "Run as administrator".

* Paste: "powercfg.exe /hibernate on" and hit Enter and also paste "powercfg -h on" and hit enter just to be safe.

* Open Control Panel and type in "Hibernate" in the Search.

* Click "Turn hibernation on or off"

* Click "Change advance power settings"

* Scroll to and expand the "Sleep" option.

* Select "Off" to the "Allow hybrid sleep" option.

* Scroll to and expand the "Power buttons and lid" option.

* Select "Hibernate" for the "Sleep button action" option. 10. Select "Hibernate" for the "Start menu power button" option.

Hopefully one of these methods will solve your problem!


If your computer takes a long time to become useable after starting up or logging on, or you want a clean boot of Winodws XP try this,

Click
Start > Run > Type “msconfig” > On the Startup tab click Disable All and on the Services tab check the Hide All Microsoft Service box and then click Disable All.

Click Restart and Windows XP will restart with only the system services and applications running resulting in a vey fast logon / startup.


This tweak will disable all non-system startup sevices and applications,

so if you have anything you want to run in the background such as anti virus software do not disable that item.

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Clean uo ur system TEMP, RECENT, HISTORY, TEMPRORY INTERNET FILES, & PREFETCH files Via a simple Batch File

Copy This Coading To Notepad And save it as Cleanup.bat
Please Note ALWAYS RUN THIS FILE FROM SYSTEM DESKTOP

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@echo Off
@Title Ghost Nt Cleaning System File
@
@cd\
@
Echo. Cleaning Prefetch Files
@cd %windir%\prefetch
@del /s /q *.* |echo. >nul
@cd\
Echo. Cleaning Temprory Files
@cd %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
@del /f /s /q /a s *.* |echo. >nul
@cd..
@rd /s /q Temp |echo. >nul
@rd /s /q History |echo. >nul
@@MD Temp
@cd\
@del /s /q *.tmp
@
@cd %USERPROFILE%\Recent
@del /s /q *.* |echo. >nul
Echo. Please Wait More For Last Cleanup
@del /s /q *.chk |echo. >nul
@
Echo. Cleanup Sucessfull


If your computer seems slower than it used to be, it probably is. Over time, computers get slower because files become disorganized and resources are consumed by unnecessary software. Fortunately, Microsoft Windows XP includes tools to clean up your computer and restore its performance. The five steps in this article will walk you through the use of these tools to tune up your computer.

Before you do anything, back up your computer. Some of the steps in this article can cause pre-existing but hidden problems to surface, which may keep your computer from starting. A backup allows you to restore your important files in the unlikely event that something does go wrong.

1. Remove unused programs

First, remove programs you don't use anymore. Programs take up space on your computer, and some run in the background without your knowledge. Removing programs you don't use can help restore your computer's performance.


2. Install and run antispyware software


Most programs can be removed using the Add or Remove Programs function accessible from Control Panel, but spyware programs are more stubborn. Windows Defender (a free download from Microsoft) or another antispyware program can detect and remove these programs. You should always have an antispyware program installed, because spyware might install itself on your computer without your knowledge. After you install the antispyware program, run it to detect and remove any unwanted programs.


3. Free up wasted space

Removing unused programs is a great way to free up disk space, which will speed up your computer. Another way to find wasted disk space is to use the Disk Cleanup tool.

To run the Disk Cleanup tool

1.Click Start, and then click My Computer.




2.Right-click Local Disk, and then click Properties.


3.On the General tab, click the Disk Cleanup button. Disk Cleanup will spend a few minutes examining your disk.


4.The Disk Cleanup dialog box will appear. Select each of the check boxes in the Files to delete list, and then click OK.


5.When prompted, click Yes. Disk Cleanup will spend several minutes removing these files, which will provide you with more space.


If you have more than one hard disk drive, repeat this process for each hard disk drive listed in My Computer.

4. Defragment your hard disk drive


Sometimes, a newspaper article skips from the front page to somewhere in the middle of the paper. You have to stop reading the article and flip through the paper to find the page on which it continues. You could read the article much faster if it were printed on a single page.

Files on your computer can either be fragmented, like newspaper articles, or unfragmented, like a book. Over time, more and more files become fragmented. When a file is fragmented, it takes longer for the computer to read it because it has to skip to different sections of the hard disk drive—just like it takes you a few seconds to find a page in the middle of a newspaper.


Defragmentation improves your computer's performance by reorganizing your files.

While fragmentation looks complicated, it's easy to defragment your computer.

To defragment your computer

1.Click Start, and then click My Computer.


2.Right-click Local Disk, and then click Properties.


3.Click the Tools tab, and then click Defragment Now.


4.The Disk Defragmenter appears. Click your hard disk drive, and then click Defragment.


5.Disk Defragmenter will work for at least several minutes, although it might take several hours. When prompted, click Close.


If you have more than one hard disk drive, repeat this process for each hard disk drive listed, starting at step 4.

5. Disconnect unused network connections

If you have, or ever have had, a network with more than one computer, you probably found it useful to share files between the computers by mapping a network drive. Mapping network drives allows one computer to read and write files to another computer's hard disk drive as if they were directly connected to each other.

The problem with network drives is that Windows XP will attempt to connect to the network drive when it starts up. If the remote computer does not respond immediately, Windows XP will wait, which will slow down your startup time. Additionally, some programs will attempt to connect to the network drive when you browse for files and folders. If you have ever tried to open a file and had to wait several seconds, it is probably because the program was trying to establish a network connection—even if the file you are opening is on your local computer.

To reduce the problem, disconnect any unused drives

1.Click Start, and then click My Computer.


2.On the Tools menu, click Disconnect Network Drive.


3.Select the network drives that you no longer need, and then click OK.


Performing the five steps in this article once a month will help you keep your computer running at peak performance.

Source:Microsoft


If you've found that your Hibernate option is missing from Windows Vista, it might be from running the disk cleanup wizard and removing the hibernate files. This is due to a known bug in Vista that might not have been hotfixed already.

Turning it back on is very simple, however.

Type cmd into the start menu search box, and use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open in administrator mode. You can also right-click the item in the menu and choose Run as Administrator.



From the command prompt, type in the following command:

powercfg /hibernate on



You'll have to restart your computer before it will take effect.

Update: Alternative Method

An alternative method with more steps was suggested by Shane in the comments. If the above doesn't fix your problem, you can use these steps.

* Go to the
command prompt icon in the Start menu under Accessories and right click the icon: click "Run as administrator".

* Paste: "
powercfg.exe /hibernate on" and hit Enter and also paste "powercfg -h on" and hit enter just to be safe.

* Open
Control Panel and type in "Hibernate" in the Search.

* Click "
Turn hibernation on or off"

* Click "
Change advance power settings"

* Scroll to and expand the "
Sleep" option.

* Select "
Off" to the "Allow hybrid sleep" option.

* Scroll to and expand the "
Power buttons and lid" option.

* Select "
Hibernate" for the "Sleep button action" option. 10. Select "Hibernate" for the "Start menu power button" option.

Hopefully one of these methods will solve your problem!


I used the old registry tweaks for speeding up your Internet connection on my Windows 2000 and Windows 98 machines. By default, the registry wasn’t optimized for high speed Internet connections. These old tweaks worked very well in speeding up my connection back then. These days under Windows XP and Vista, I was getting decent speed with my cable modem, but nothing mind-blowing. I used to think that Windows XP didn’t need any tweaking at all and was already optimized for high speed connections. It turns out that I was wrong. I came across TCP Optimizer and thought I would give it a try. To my amazement, it tripled my Internet download speed.

Greedy for more speed, I began playing with the advanced settings in the program, trying to squeeze every last byte out of my connection. It eventually got to the point where my download speeds were 5 times faster, but my computer started losing connection randomly, forcing me to restart my computer often. Luckily there was an option in the software that backed up my previous settings, so I was able to revert back to them.

Give the software a try and see what it does for you. Click here for TCP Optimizer.
There is also a guide available on how to use it if you need help.

Registry Editor is an advanced tool used for viewing and changing settings in your system registry. It contains all the information, settings of your computer. Even your user account username and password is saved in the resgistry (if configured to store in the registry).

As Registry Editor allows you to add/modify registry, it is advisable that you only use it if GUI does not provide the option you are looking for. If you make some incorrect changes, your system may crash and break . So it’s always good to make a backup of your registries before making any changes in it.

Method 1

This method is mostly used when you are making changes to some specific area in the registry, but it can also be used to make full backups.

To backup a selected branch/key, follow the instructions below:

  • Click Start, and then click Run.
  • In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK
  • Locate and then click the key that contains the value that you want to edit
  • On the File menu, click Export.
  • In the Save in box, select a location where you want to save the registry entries
  • In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save.

Method 2


The other way to backup your registry is to use the System Restore tool in Windows. It restores your PC to a previous state (that you selected!), without losing anything, such as documents, history lists, favorites, or e-mail. This method is not reliable if you want to rollback the Registry changes made a longtime ago. So, I would better recommend using the first method for this case. By the way, these System Restore points gets deleted by themselves, so these are very unreliable.

Fix for when you are unable to remove or change a program listed under Add/Remove Programs.

Click Start–>Run and type REGEDIT.
This starts the Registry Editor. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProgramName

In the right-pane, do the following:

Double-click NoRemove (REG_DWORD) and set it to 0
Double-click NoModify (REG_DWORD) and set it to 0

If NoRemove is set to 1, the Remove button will be unavailable
If NoModify is set to 1, the Change button will be unavailable

There is a registry setting in Windows Vista that hides and shows all hidden and system files. You can access and modify this registry key with these steps:

1. Click the Start orb and type regedit.

2. Open the Registry Editor.

3. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for to enforce for all users)
then Software
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Explorer
then click on Advanced

4. On the right side, double-click the SuperHidden key.

5. Set this key to a value of 0 if you want to enable hidden and system files to appear.
Set it to 1 to disable hidden and system files from being viewed.

Configure Windows XP or Windows Vista to perform a boot defrag. All of the boot files will be organized on the hard drive together and the system will boot slightly faster.

1. Click Start > Run and type REGEDIT

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then Software
then Microsoft
then Dfrg
then click BootOptimizeFunction

3. Double-click on Enable on the right side and change the value from N to Y.

4. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

Enable or disable the Windows Task Manager using this registry hack.

Go to START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. This will open the registry editor. Find the following registry key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Look for the key “DisableTaskMgr” and double click on it.

Set the value to 1 to disable Task Manager
Set the value to 0 to enable Task Manager

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Enable the ability to right-click a drive in My Computer and select Defrag in Windows XP.

1. Create a file called defrag.inf

2. Open the file and place the following in the file:

[version]signature=”$CHICAGO$”
[DefaultInstall]AddReg=AddMe
[AddMe]HKCR,”DriveShellDefragcommand”,,,”DEFRAG.EXE %1″


3. Save the file then Close it.

4. Right click on defrag.inf and select Install.

5. You now have the option to right click on your drives and select Defrag.

Present users with a legal notice before they login.

1. Open REGEDIT

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows NT
then CurrentVersion
then Winlogon
then Notify

 
3. Double-click on LegalNoticeCaption.


4. Set this value to whatever you would like your caption to say. Such as “NOTICE!”
5. Double-click on LegalNoticeText


6. Set this value to whatever you would like your notice to say. Such as “Only employees are allowed to login to this system!”

7. Restart Windows for the setting to take effect.

If you are experiencing connectivity problems with all of your applications, you might need to uninstall TCP/IP and reinstall it. However, Windows XP and Windows 2003 do not allow this. There is a trick you can use though.

You can use the netsh command from a DOS prompt to reset TCP/IP to the state it was in when Windows was installed. If spyware has somehow damaged TCP/IP, these steps might alleviate the problem.

Note: This will remove all settings that TCP/IP uses. Only perform these steps if you really know what you are doing

1. Click Start–>Run.
2. Type CMD, and click OK.
3. Type the following:
netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt4. Type EXIT, and press ENTER

Enable or disable the Windows Task Manager using this registry hack.

Go to START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. This will open the registry editor.
Find the following registry key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Look for the key “DisableTaskMgr” and double click on it.

Set the value to 1 to disable Task Manager
Set the value to 0 to enable Task Manager

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

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