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The NTFS(New Technology File System) file system used in Microsoft’s Windows operating systems like Windows Vista, is essentially a huge database that keeps track of all the files on your hard disk.When you create a file, or edit and then re save that file, the NTFS creates an entry and records the date in the Created or Modified timestamp so you can access the Properties sheet of the file and check the Created or Modified entries later.NTFS also creates and keeps track of another read more
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Written by Tony on April 4th, 2009 with no comments.
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In some cases computers running with Windows XP takes too much time to shutdown and repeatedly annoy users with pop up messages asking if you really want to quit the applications.This problem is mainly due to applications that install services that start at Windows XP boot time and then take a very long time to stop and sometimes time out when Windows is being shut down.
For speeding up your shutdown time in Windows XP, you need to edit some registry settings as follows:
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Written by Tony on April 3rd, 2009 with no comments.
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Compress Old Files option in Windows Vista/XP disk cleanup tool doesn’t delete any files from the hard disk drive.It compresses files that Windows hasn’t accessed for a specified period of time.The files are still available, but there will be a slight increase in access times because the files will be decompressed the next time they are accessed.Note that when Compress Old Files is highlighted in Windows Vista disk cleanup tool an Options button appears,clicking it will allow you read more
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Written by Tony on March 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
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Windows XP has a User Tracking feature which keeps track of every activity of users and this data is available to the admin for use. This data is totally useless for normal users and hence it is always recommended to disable this service in Windows XP.My recent documents menu is used by this feature also as the most recent documents are moved to top and not used documents are made to hide. Very few users attempt to use this information.
Method 1:By Registry Editor
The user tracking can be read more
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Written by Tony on March 4th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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Viruses and other security threats can control your PC by executing code from within memory. To prevent damage, the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature in Windows operating system monitors program applications to ensure they use protected memory in a safe manner. Any incorrect usage, by an application, of protected memory and Data Execution Prevention steps in and automatically closes the application.Simply,Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies read more
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Written by Tony on December 29th, 2008 with 2 comments.
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When’s the last time you didn’t have an application hang on you during shutdown? Windows XP waits a grueling 20 seconds by default before trying to kill services that are still running when you’re trying to get out of the office, but you can knock this down to as low as zero with a quintet of registry hacks.
Make the following changes in Windows XP registry:
Click on Windows XP Start button and Type regedit in the Run box and hit Enter.
Under HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop, read more
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Written by Tony on November 10th, 2008 with no comments.
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Windows is notorious for having useless features and CPU resource hogging programs/services enabled by default.Some applications and hardware automatically adds services to your computer which start with the computer, Windows XP also includes and enables a lot of services by default, many of which you don’t need. Services are kind of like startup programs, they are usually not necessary, they slow down your computer, and they slow down the boot up process; however, some are useful so read more
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Written by Tony on November 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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