By default, Windows XP will prompt the user for input if there are one or more applications which have crashed or are not responding and it receives a shut down command. This halts the shutdown process entirely until the user approves the stopping of the non-responsive app.
By altering the registry slightly, Windows XP can be set to close crashed applications automatically. While this does not technically speed up the shut down process, it does streamline it, and ensure that the user will not give the shutdown command then get up and leave, only to find the PC still powered on because Windows never received input on what to do with a hung application.
To allow Windows XP to close non-responsive applications automatically upon shutdown:
Open REGEDIT and navigate to ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop’
Highlight the value ‘AutoEndTasks.’
Change the value to ‘1′
XP will now be able to close hung applications without user input during the shutdown process.
Well, that’s it for PCstats latest 99 Tips! We hope you enjoyed using this tips list as much as we enjoyed making it!
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I used to rely on Norton’s Speed Disk, then, eventually Perfect Disc and Diskeeper to optimize my HDD. Defragmenting is the idea- an antiquated process of reorganizing bytes on spinning platter so that each file is grouped into contiguous locations on the disk. Many still believe that defragmenting hard disk drives on a regular basis keeps PCs operating at peak performance. But that idea is behind the times.
Defragmenting served its purpose back when folks chugged along on 486DX4 PCs powered by 5400rpm drives. Now those where slooooow drives and extra spindle movements arising from defragmentation truly hobbled the system. But that’s no longer the case. Today, 7200-RPM hard-disk drives with monster seek and latency times are the bare minimum; most brag a 16-MB cache buffer. Couple that with Windows XP’s high speed NTFS and you’ll quickly discover that defragmenting no longer makes much improvement, if any, to system performance. I say this after thorough experimentation on my QuadCore running on a 10,000RPM Western Digital Raptor. To test, I clocked bootup, shutdown and photoshop load times of a fully defragged system versus a 70% fragmented system. The result? A measly 1 to 2 second difference. Obviously, defragmentation software have finally outlived their usefulness. So instead of spending cash on useless optimization software, try these updated tips to truly kick that PC into overdrive.
1) Toss out your old IDE hard disk and upgrade it to a SATA drive with minimum of 10,000 RPM and 16MB buffer. (or 32MB if you can find one)
2) Upgrade your RAM to 4GB, then eliminate the paging/swap file. This eliminates disc churning and speed up almost all load times. With this change, my XP machine boots up in 14 seconds and shuts down in 4 seconds. (not so stellar on Vista though)
3) Disable file indexing. This is a tiny service that uses a great deal of RAM and induces much disk thrashing. Your system instantly becomes more responsive. Here’s how: First, doubleclick the My Computer icon. Then, right-click on the C: Drive, then hit Properties. Uncheck “Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching.” Next, apply changes to “C: subfolders and files,” and click OK.
4) Zap the Windows Prefetch folder every week. Windows XP can “prefetch” portions of data and applications that are frequently loaded. This allows processes appear to start faster when requested the user. Over time, the prefetch folder overwhelms with references to files and applications no longer in use. Guess what happens? Windows XP wastes time and grinds to a halt by pre-loading obsolete data.
5) Kill unnecessary animations, and nix active desktop. Here’s how to do it: First click on the System icon in the Control Panel. Then, click on the Advanced tab. Find the Settings button nestling under Performance. Feel free to play around with the options offered here, as nothing you can change will alter the stability of the computer - only its responsiveness.
6 ) Zap extra fonts fonts installed on their computer. The more fonts they have, the more lethargic the system will become. Anything over 300 fonts tax the system and slow down load times- especially graphic apps.
7) Disable unnecessary services. Windows XP loads services you will never need. To determine which services you can disable for your client, visit the Black Viper site for ideal Windows XP configurations. Here are a few services I booted off to streamline my PC:
# Alerter
# Background Intelligent Transfer Service
# ClipBook
# Computer Browser
# Error Reporting Service
# Help and Support
# Indexing Service
# IPSEC Services
# Messenger
# NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
# Network DDE
# Network DDE DSDM
# Performance Logs and Alerts
# Portable Media Serial Number
# QOS RSVP
# Help Session Manager
# Remote Registry
# Secondary Logon
# Server
# Smart Card
# Smart Card Helper
# SSDP Discovery Service
# System restore Service
# TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
# Uninterruptible Power Supply
# Universal Plug and Play Device Host
# WebClient
# Windows time
# Wireless Zero Configuration
# WMI Performance Adapter8) Don’t you just hate a single Windows Explorer window tanking up and taking the rest of your OS down with it? Stop it! Open My Computer, hit on Tools, then Folder Options. Click on the View tab. Scroll down to “Launch folder windows in a separate process,” and enable this option. et Voila- a more stable system
9) Every 3 Sundays, open the computer’s cases and blow out all the dust and debris. Inspect your fans and motherboard capacitors for bulging or leaks. By getting rid of sludge, you lower motherboard temperature and increase your system’s stability.
Implement these suggestions and you’ll never need to invest in bloated optimization suites or costly defrag software. Your PC will run lean and mean- helping you get things done in record time. Have fun!
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A freeware program that gives you ultimate control over shutting down or restarting your Vista computer.
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Vista SP1 is not available to all languages through Windows Update, or direct download.
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Microsoft reminds us that installing an upgrade version of Vista if you do not own a full license of XP isn't legal…
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These are some very usefull and mostly used rundll32 commands which can be used to form shortcuts for control panel, folder options ,hibernate ,shutdown in windows vista.
Some Usefull commands are as follows…(type all these commands in run or set them in the target path of the shortcut).
Forgotten Password Wizard
RunDll32.exe keymgr.dll,PRShowSaveWizardExW
Hibernate
RunDll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState (more…)
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This is little bit of windows hacking when you say you want to shutdown a remote computer on your LAN network, if you are doing it for FUN then its ok.
But let me tell you, this may also cause some potential data loss at the remote computer.
Requirement: You must have administrator rights in order to remotely shutdown a computer.
How to:
1. Start>>Run and type cmd and press Enter. (more…)
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