18. Retitle Internet Explorer

By default, Internet Explorer's title bar shows the name of the Web site you're
viewing, followed by "Microsoft Internet Explorer"--or in some cases, your
company's name or the name of the ISP that supplied the browser.

To change the repeating text in IE's title bar (or to get rid of it altogether), navigate to and select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main in the Registry
Editor, and double-click the Window Title icon in the right pane. (If you don't see this icon, right-click in the pane, choose New, String Value, type Window Title, and press).
Type what you want to see on IE's title bar, or type nothing to show only the site name. Note that the hyphen that normally separates the site name from the
page title will remain. When you relaunch Internet Explorer,
you will see the change.

17.Unhide the Administrator

Few people are aware of Windows XP's cloaked administrator account (called,
appropriately enough, "Administrator").
This account is invisible unless either your
system has no other accounts or you are booting in Safe Mode.
To remove
Administrator's camouflage and add it to XP's Welcome screen, navigate to & select
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winl
ogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList in the Registry Editor, and double-click the

Administrator icon in the right pane. If you don't see this icon, right-click in the pane,
choose New, DWORD Value, name it Administrator, and press Enter.
Type 1 in the
'Value data' box, and press . From now on, when you open the User
Accounts window via the Control Panel, you'll see the Administrator account.

You can easily change its picture or give it a password. In addition, the next time you see the Welcome screen, your Administrator account will be visible, along with the entire computer's other user accounts.

16. Disable Unsigned Driver Dialogue

First go to: Start > Run
Then type: gpedit.msc and hit enter. Browse the folder tree to the following location

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System. Right-click Code
signing for Device drivers and select Properties. On the Settings tab, either select > enable, and then select ignore from the appearing listbox..> or click the disable option. Click apply and Ok and your set!

Alternatively especially for XP Home users:

Open "System" properties (Windows key + pause or Right click 'My Computer' -
properties or Control Panel - System).On the Hardware tab click the "Driver Signing"
button. In the dialogue that comes up choose "Ignore" to install the new driver
anyway.

15. Stop Noise

When using 3rd party burning software (eg, Nero Burning Rom) to copy audioCD,some noise may be heard at the end of each track.

To prevent this,try thefollowing method: -

1. Enter System Properties\device manager.

2. Select IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.

3. Double click on thee CD writer IDE channel.

4. Select advance setting.

5. Change the transfer mode to 'PIO Only'.

6. Restart Computer.

14. Automatically Killing Tasks on

You know the drill. You start to shut down the computer, you wait a few moments,and then you see a dialog box asking if you want to kill an application or service thatis running. Instead of prompting you, you can make Windows XP take care of the killtask automatically.
Here's how:

1. Open the Registry Editor.

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.

3. Highlight the value AutoEndTasks and change the value to 1.

4. Close the Registry Editor.

13. Reducing the Wait Time

When you start to shut down Windows XP, it has to quit, or "kill," any liveapplications or processes that are currently running. So close all applications first.However, some applications and processes are always running in the background.
You can reduce the amount of time that Windows XP waits for those applications andprocesses to close before Windows XP kills them.

1. Open registry editor

2. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. Set theWaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000. Select the HungAppTimeout\newline value and set it to 1000 as well.

3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control.Select the WaitToKillServiceTimeout value and set it to 10000.

4. Close the Registry Editor.

12. Speeding Up Your PPPoE Connection

If you use a Point-to-Point Protocol connection over Ethernet (PPPoE), you maynotice a delay in using the PPPoE connection after startup. By default, there is a 120 second delay but you can stop this behavior by manually configuring an IP address forthe network adapter card. If you do not use a PPPoE connection, you can skip thissection.

1. Select Start/Connect to/Show All Connections.

2. Open the TCP/IP properties for your LAN network interface card.

3. Manually set the IP address on the TCP/IP properties to an appropriate IP addressand subnet mask for your network.

11. Speeding Up the Dual-Boot Timeout

If you dual-boot your computer with Windows XP and another operating system, yousee an operating system selection menu on startup. If you typically boot into WindowsXP and not the other operating system, you can speed up the dual-boot timeout valueso that you do not wait so long for the boot process to select your default operatingsystem and continue with the boot process. The default timeout value is 30 secondsbut you can change this setting to 10. This gives you enough time to select thealternate operating system if you want but also speeds up the boot process. You canskip this section if you do not use a dual-boot configuration.

Follow these steps:

1. Locate the boot.ini file on your computer. It is a hidden file by default; mine islocated in C:\boot.ini.

2. Open the file with Notepad (which is what opens it by default).

3. Change the Timeout value to 10.4. Select File/Save and close Notepad.

10. Stopping Remote Assistance and

In Windows XP Professional, you have two remote networking features calledRemote Assistance and Remote Desktop Sharing. These remote networking featuresare very helpful in a variety of situations but if you don't use them, it is good idea to disable them to save boot time. You can always enable them later if you want to usethem.

1. Open the Start menu, right-click My Computer, and choose Properties.

2.Click the remote tab.

3. Clear both check boxes to disable Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop.

9. Removing Unwanted Fonts

One trick that increases your boot time a bit is to lose any fonts in the Fonts folder in Control Panel that you never use. The more fonts you have, the more processing Windows XP has to do to prep all of those fonts for use. You must be a bit careful here to not remove fonts that you might want, but there is a good chance that you can live without many of them.

To delete unneeded fonts, follow these steps: -

1. Open the Fonts folder in Control Panel.

2. Select Edit/Select All and then Edit/Copy.

3. Create a new folder on your desktop, open it, and select Edit/Paste.

4. In this new folder, delete any of the fonts you do not want.

5. Return to the Fonts folder in Control Panel. Right-click the selected fonts and click Delete.

6. Go back to your new desktop folder and click Edit/Select All.

7. Return to your Fonts folder and click Edit/Paste. You now have only the desiredfonts in the Fonts folder.

8. Disabling the Boot Logo

You can remove the boot logo that appears when you start Windows XP. This little tweak probably shaves only a few seconds off your boot time but seconds count if youare serious about trying to get Windows XP up and running as quickly as possible.
The only negative is that if you remove the boot logo, you will also not see any bootmessages, such as check disk.To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:

1. Select Start/Run, type msconfig, and click OK.

2. In the System Configuration Utility, click the BOOT.INI tab.

3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click the NOGUIBOOT check box option. Click OK.

7. Disabling Recent Documents History

The bad thing about Recent Documents History is that Windows XP has to calculatewhat should be put there each time you boot Windows, which can slow things down.

1. Open the Registry Editor (select Start/Run, type regedit, and click OK).

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

3. Create a NoRecentDocsHistory D_WORD key. Double-click the value to open itonce it is created.

4. Set the Data Value to 1 to enable the restriction.

5. Click OK and close the Registry Editor. You'll need to restart the computer for thechange to take effect.

6. Memory Tweak

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters

2.On the EnablePrefetcher value, change the setting from 3 to 5 (decimal).

3. Close the registry editor and restart your computer.

5. Stop Error Messages from Displaying

If you constantly see an error message that you can't get rid offor example, from a piece of software that didn't uninstall properly and continues to give errors on startupyou can disable it from displaying on startup.
Run the Registry Editor and go toHKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows. (Thiskey holds a variety of Windows system settings, such as the location of your systemdirectory.)
Create a new DWORD called NoPopupsOnBoot and give it a value of 1. Exit the Registry and reboot for the setting to take effect. To disable it, either delete the DWORD value or give it a value of 0.

4. Bonus Tip: Perform a Boot Defragment

There's a simple way to speed up XP startup: make your system do a boot defragment,which will put all the boot files next to one another on your hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, your system will start faster.

On most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but it might not beon yours, or it might have been changed inadvertently. To make sure that bootdefragment is enabled on your system, run the Registry Editor and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction

Edit the Enable string value to Y if it is not already set to Y. Exit the Registry and reboot.

The next time you reboot, you'll do a boot defragment.

3. Disabling Unused PORTS

I have just accidentally found out another way to give you an extra boost in windowsXP's boot performance. This is done by disabling your unused devices in
Device Manager. For example, if you don't have input devices that are connected to one of your USBs or COM ports, disabling them will give you an extra perfromance boost in booting.
Go to Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device manager
Disable devices that you don't use for your PC and then restart.
See the difference foryourself.

2. Stopping Unneeded Startup Services and Making XP boot faster !

Along with the core operating system and programs that Windows XP runs when it starts, there is also a host of services involved. Many of these services are necessary for Windows XP to operate correctly. However, many of them are for features in Windows XP that you may not use at all. You can peruse the services and disable any service that you do not want to run. The fewer services that run, the more quickly Windows XP will boot.
To reduce the number of services that start on bootup, you can access two differentareas of Windows XP.

o The first is the System Configuration Utility. You can do that by entering thecommand “msconfig” in the run menu.

Start Run “msconfig” (without quotes) Hit EnterThe Services tab shows you the services that start when the computerboots. You can stop a service from starting by simply clearing the check boxnext to the service and clicking OK.
o However, before you do so, there is another way to disable services that you may prefer because the interface gives you more information about the servicein question.

Open Control Panel Administrative Tools Services orStart Run “services.msc” Hit Enter
Take a quick look at common services you may want to live without:Automatic Updates: This service enables Windows XP to check the Webautomatically for updates.
If you don't want to use Automatic Updates, you candisable the service.Computer Browser: If your computer is not on a network, you don't need this service.
If you are on a network, leave it alone.
DHCP Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service. If you are ona small workgroup, you can still increase boot time by configuring manual IP.
DNS Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service.
Error Reporting and Event Log: You don't have to use these services but they can bevery helpful, so I would leave them configured as automatic.
Fax: If you don't use your computer for fax services, you can disable this one.Help and Support: Disable if you never use the Windows XP Help and SupportCenter.
IMAPI CD-Burning COM: This service enables you to burn CDs on your computer.If you never burn CDs, you can disable the service without any second thoughts.
Indexing Service: Your computer keeps an index of all the files. But if you rarelysearch for files, the service is just a resource hog.
You can stop itWindows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing: If you do not use these features, plzdisable.
Infrared Monitor: If you do not use infrared devices, you can disable this service.Messenger: This service sends alert messages on a local area network (it is not thesame as Windows Messenger).
If you are not on a network, you can disable thisservice.
Print Spooler: If you do not do any printing from the computer, you can disable thisservice. If you print, make sure you leave it as automatic.
Remote Registry: This service allows remote users to modify the Registry on yourcomputer. If you are not on a network, you can disable this service.System Restore Service: This service allows you to use System Restore. If you haveturned off System Restore anyway, you do not need to turn off the service.
Themes: If you do not use themes, you can disable this service.
Windows Image Acquisition: If you do not use scanners or digital cameras, you candisable.
Wireless Zero Configuration: If do not use wireless networking devices, you candisable.

1. Read before you proceed

This is in no way an ‘ultimate’ resource to computertweaking. It is just the drop an ocean. This guide is nothingbut an honest effort to assimilating knowledge on how amachine can be tamed. More can be obtained by searchingthe World Wide Web using ‘Google’ ‘MSN’ ‘DogPile’‘Yahoo!’ and other search engines.

I do not claim any rights on the contents discussed here.Many people- hackers, crackers, administrators, computergeeks, teaching faculty, user groups- have contributed theirwisdom and they wanted it to be shared and discussed. I havejust ‘compiled’ the data into a single file that people can useit as an all purpose computer guide.

I have personally tried and tested most of the tweaksdiscussed in this guide. However, I request fellow readers tobe cautious while trying it out with your system. Alwaystake a backup copy of all important data/registry beforeattempting to change the system/registry settings.Remember, prevention is always better than cure.

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