1)
Cracking Windows XP
Login Password:
Download
the nice and easy Nt/2k/xp password
cracker from http://www.astalavista.com/or
other way is if
u get acess
to the computer then go to Start>Run
and type “control userpasswords2” without Quotes and a new pop up windows
will open and u will reach
to
user account properties.
Here u can Reset the Administrator
and any Users password so anytime
when u Want to use the
Computer start it in safemode
pressing F8 at Booting get into
the xp
as u have Administrator password
and go to Controlpanel>Useraccounts
and create a New
Account .Start Computer
Normally and get into WinXP with ur newely made account and do ur
job. (Don’t forget
to Delete ur
newely
made account Otherwise u
will be in trouble)
Delete ur
account again starting the computer
in Safemode
as Administrator and Delete
ur
Account.
2)Disable
XP Boot Logo:
It
is possible to disable the XP
splash screen, which will slightly
speed up the overall boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen
will also cause you not to see
any boot-up messages that might
come up (chkdsk, convert ... ), but if your system runs without any
problems then it should not
matter.
Edit
boot.ini. Add " /noguiboot"
right after "/fastdetect".
Upon
restarting, the splash screen
will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new
switch.
3)Turn
Off Indexing to Speed Up XP:
Windows
XP keeps a record of all files
on the hard disk so when you
do a search on the hard drive
it is faster. There is a downside to this and because
the computer has to index all
files, it will slow down normal
file commands like open, close,
etc.
If you do not do a whole
lot of searches on your hard
drive then you may want to turn
this feature off:
Open
My Computer.
Right-click
your hard drive icon and select
Properties.
At
the bottom of the window you'll
see "Allow indexing service
to index this disk for faster
searches," uncheck this and
click ok.
A
new window will pop up and select
Apply to all folders and subfolders.
It
will take a minute or two for
the changes to take affect but then you should enjoy
slightly faster performance.
4)Clean
Your Prefetch
to Improve Performance:
This
is a unique technique for WinXP. We know
that it is necessary to scrub
registry and TEMP files for
Win9X/ME/2000 periodically.
Prefetch is a new and very useful technique in Windows XP.
However, after using
XP some time, the prefetch
directory can get full of junk
and obsolete links in the Prefetch
catalog, which can slow down
your computer noticeably.
Open
C(system drive):/windows/prefetch, delete those junk and obsolete files, reboot. It is recommended that you do this every
month.
5)Performance
Increase Through My Computer:
Easy
enough tweak to usually find
out about it on your own, but
still, some of us still don't
find it right away. So here it is:
Start
> right-click on My Computer
and select Properties.
Click
on the "Advanced" tab.
See
the "Performance" section? Click
"Settings".
Disable
the following:
Fade
or slide menus into view
Fade
or slide ToolTips into view
Fade
out menu items after clicking
Show
Shadows under menus
Slide
open combo boxes
Slide
taskbar buttons
Use
a background image for each
folder type
Use
common tasks in folders
There,
now Windows will still look
nice and perform faster.
6)Reduce
10 Second Scandisk Wait Time:
Start
MS Dos Prompt (Start run CMD),
and type: CHKNTFS /T:4
where
4 is the amount of wait time.
CHKNTFS
/?
for
more info.
7)DMA
Mode on IDE Devices:
Just
like Windows 2000, Windows XP
still fails to set the DMA mode
correctly for the IDE device
designated as the slaves on
the primary IDE and secondary
IDE channels.
Most CD-ROMS are capable
of supporting DMA mode, but
the default in XP is still PIO.
Setting it to DMA won't
make your CD-ROM faster, but
it will consume less CPU cycles. Here's how:
Open
the Device Manager. One way to do that is to right-click on
"My Computer", select the Hardware
tab, and select Device Manager.
Expand
"IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers"
and double-click on "Primary
IDE Channel".
Under
the "Advanced Settings" tab,
check the "Device 1" setting.
More than likely, your
current transfer mode is set
to PIO.
Set
it to "DMA if available".
Repeat
the step for the "Secondary
IDE Channel" if you have devices
attached to it.
Reboot.
8)Load
Internet Explorer the Fastest
Way Possible:
Edit
your link to start Internet
Explorer to have -nohome after it. For
Example:
"C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome
This
will load internet explorer
very fast because it does not
load a web page while it is
loading.
If you want to go to
your homepage after it is loaded,
just click on the home button.
9)Easy
Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache:
Normally,
the tweak I've seen asks you
to go into HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Memory Management and
change the value to either O
or 1 to the adjustment the LargeSystemCache.
However,
in Windows XP, all you have
to do is:
Right-click
My Computer.
Select
Properties.
Click
Advanced.
Choose
Performance.
Click
Advanced again.
Select
either Programs or System Cache
under Memory Usage.
Programs
= 0 for the registry tweak equivalent
System Cache = 1 for the registry
tweak equivalent
10)Shutdown
XP Faster:
Like
previous versions of windows,
it takes long time to restart
or shutdown windows XP when
the "Exit Windows" sound is
enabled. To solve this problem you must disable
this useless sound.
Click
Start button.
Go
to settings > Control Panel
> Sound, Speech and Audio
devices > Sounds and Audio
Devices > Sounds.
Then
under program events and windows
menu click on "Exit Windows"
sub-menu and highlight it.
Now from sounds you can
select, choose "none" and then
click Apply and OK.
Now
you should see some improvements
when shutting down your system.
11)Easily
Disable Messenger:
Go
into: C:/Program Files/Messenger.
Rename the Messenger folder to "MessengerOFF".
This
does not slow down Outlook Express
or hinder system performance.
12)Turn
Off Autoplay
for Program CDs:
How
can you stop Windows XP from
launching program CDs?
Click
Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC
to open Group Policy in the
Microsoft Management Console.
Double-click
Computer Configuration, double-click
Administrative templates, double-click
System, and then click Turn
off autoplay.
The
instructions on your screen
describe how to configure this
setting.
Click Properties to display
the setting dialog.
Click
Enabled, and choose CD-ROM drives,
then click OK, to stop CD autoplay.
This
setting does not prevent Autoplay for music CDs.
13)Synchronize
Your Computer Clock with an
Internet Time Server:
Does
your computer have the right
time? If your computer is not part of a domain,
you can synchronize your computer
clock with an Internet time
server.
To do so:
Double–click
the time on your task bar.
Click
the Internet Time tab.
Select
the time server you want to
use and make sure to select
the Automatically synchronize
with an Internet time
server
check box.
14)Win
XP Won’t Completely Shutdown:
Go
to Control Panel, then go to
Power Options.
Click
on the APM tab, then check the
"Enable Advanced Power Management
support."
Shut
down your PC.
It
should now successfully complete
the Shut Down process.
15)Adjust
Various Visual Effects:
Open
up the Control Panel.
Go
under System and click on the
Advanced tab.
Click
settings under Performance options.
You
can now change various graphical
effects (mainly animations and
shadows).
16)Disable
Error Reporting:
Open
Control Panel.
Click
on Performance and Maintenance.
Click
on System.
Then
click on the Advanced tab.
Click
on the error-reporting button
on the bottom of the windows.
Select
Disable error reporting.
Click
OK.
Click OK.
17)Increase
Your Cable Modem or DSL Speed
in XP:
This
tweak is for broad band cable
connections on stand alone machines
with WinXP
professional version - might
work on Home version also.
It may also work with
networked machines as well.
This
tweak assumes that you have
let WinXP create a connection on install for your cable modem/NIC
combination and that your connection
has tcp/ip - QoS - file and print sharing
- and client for Microsoft networks
, only, installed. It also assumes that WinXP will detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it.
If it doesn't do not
try this.
In
the "My Network Places" properties
(right-click on the desktop
icon and choose properties),
highlight the connection
then
at the menu bar choose "Advanced"
then "Advanced Settings".
Uncheck the two boxes
in the lower half for the
bindings
for File and Printer sharing
and Client for MS networks.
Click OK.
18)Stop
Jerkey
Graphics:
If
you are connected to a LAN and
have problems with jerkey graphics, this might be the solution:
Right-click
"MyComputer".
Select
"Manage".
Click
on "Device Manager".
Double-click
on your NIC under "Network Adapters".
In
the new window, select the "Advanced"
tab.
Select
"Connection Type" and manually
set the value of your NIC. (Not
"Auto Sense" which is default.).
You
should reboot.
19)Speeding
Up Your Old Shit Pentium by 50%:
We
all know that you really shouldn't
try to run Windows XP on anything
less that about a Pentium 3
of some sort if you are out
for speedy operations and amazing
reaction times, but for those
of us with the good old Pentium
2's who want to see just how
well we can run XP, we have
to tweak as much as we can where-ever
we can.
A real killer to the
system's performance is Windows
Media Player. Although it may look desirable and fancy
with it's rounded off edges
and 3rd-Dimensional appearance,
the truth is, it takes up a
large amount of that precious
processing power. All of these troubles however, lead to
one thing in particular with
this 'new-look' over-rated music
and video player...the Visualizations.
The look-great I'll admit
but like a lot of software these
days, it has no purpose.
If you run the task manager,
and click the Performance tab
along the top, you'll see that
when Windows Media Player is
running and nothing else is
active, it takes up around 50%
of the processors power.
Once these visualizations
are turned off, it barely takes
up 2-3% of the processors power,
which leaves much more room
for other applications to work
efficiently.
Here's
how to disable the feature:
Open
Media Player.
Make
sure the Now Playing tab on
the left is selected.
Click
the View menu along the top.
Go
down to Now Playing Tools
20)
Turn Off System Restore to Save
Space:
By
default, Windows XP keeps a
backup of system files in the
System Volume Information folder.
This can eat up valuable
space on your hard drive. If you don't want Windows to back up your
system files:
Open
the Control Panel.
Double-click
on System.
Click
the System Restore tab.
Check
"Turn off System Restore on
all drives".
Hit
Apply.
You
may now delete the System Volume
Information folder.
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