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How To: Disable The NTFS Last Access Time Stamp In Windows Vista Or In XP

Tony — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:51:40 +0000

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

How To: Speed Up the Shut Down Time In Windows XP

Tony — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:15:21 +0000

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: Step read more

How To: Disable Compression Of Old Files In Windows Vista/XP Disk Cleanup Tool

Tony — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:27:02 +0000

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

How To: Disable User Tracking/Spying In Windows XP To Improve Performance

Tony — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:34:35 +0000

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

How To:Disable Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows Vista or in XP

Tony — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:14:09 +0000

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

How To: Make Your Windows XP Computer Shut Down More Quickly

Tony — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:25:21 +0000

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

How To: Disable Unnecessary Windows Services & Improve Performance of Windows XP Computer

Tony — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:42:31 +0000

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

How To: Enable Boot Defrag in Windows XP For Faster Startup

Tony — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:27:54 +0000

Windows XP includes a neat little feature called boot defrag which helps speed up the Windows startup process,which places all files required for booting next to each other on disk to provide a faster boot time. This should be enabled in Windows XP by default, however it can be changed inadvertently by various software or other means. If you experience a slow boot, you should definitely check to make sure that your Boot Defrag is enabled.Of course this can be easily turned on with a simple read more

How To: Move the Page File to a Different Disk Partition in Windows XP

Tony — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:09:37 +0000

The Page File (by default) is loaded on to the boot partition of your hard drive as are all of the Windows system files. Windows uses this page file as a sort of Random Access Memory. It is not necessary for the Page File to be on the boot partition, so if you would like to move it to a different partition in a different disk drive, you can Increase Windows XP Performance along with free up some space on your boot partition. Here’s how to do this tweak: Be sure that you are logged in read more

How To: Disable the Indexing Service in Windows XP

Tony — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:45:08 +0000

At first you need to know what is windows indexing service? Windows search indexing service scans through files and folders on the Windows XP system and records information about them in index files in order to speed out the searching speed.While Windows XP’s heart is in the right place, this sounds better than it is in practice. The Indexing service in Windows XP is more effective in its ability to slow down your computer than its ability to speed file searches.If you rarely use read more