>Stop "Check Disk" from running at boot time

>Stop “Check Disk” from running at boot time

1.Edit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager

2.Change the BootExecute entry from:

autocheck autochk * /………

To:
autocheck autochk *

If you have scheduled CHKDSK for multiple volumes, there will be an autocheck entry for each volume.
Delete the string from the BootExecute registry value for each volume you do not want checked.

Note: If you have NT 4.0 & SP2. A new command line utility CHKNTFS, will assist in preventing repeated CHKDSKs during reboots if the “dirty” bit is set.

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>Boost Nero in XP

>Speed up Nero in XP

Go to “administrative tools” in the control panel, and in the “services” list, disable the IMAPI CD-Burning COM service.
(Note: manual setting is not enough it must be disabled) It is the built-in CD-burning capability for windowsXP.
Once it is disabled, Nero will start up much quicker.

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Speed Up Browsing

Speed Up Browsing

When you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth. Some of this information deals with resolving the site name to an IP address, the stuff that TCP/IP really deals with, not words. This is DNS information and is used so that you will not need to ask for the site location each and every time you visit the site. Although Windows XP and Windows XP have a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size. You can do this with the registry entries below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters] "CacheHashTableBucketSize”=dword:00000001 “CacheHashTableSize”=dword:00000180 “MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit”=dword:0000fa00 “MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit”=dword:0000012d

Copy the code & Paste in a Notepad.
Save it as dnscache.reg
Merge it into the registry.

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SpeedUp Folder Browsing

SpeedUp Folder Browsing !

You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay.
This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer.
To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:

1. Open My Computer
2. Click on Tools menu
3. Click on Folder Options
4. Click on the View tab.
5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
6. Click Apply
7. Click Ok
8. Reboot.

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Make your XP Talk

Make your XP Talk

Dim msg, sapi msg=InputBox(“Enter your text”,”Talk it”) Set sapi=CreateObject(“sapi.spvoice”) sapi.Speak msg

Copy the above code (Italic font) & Paste in Notepad.
Save the file with a (*.vbs) extension, it will create a VBScript File.
Execute it (Double click on it).
It will prompt you for a text, input the text & press Ok.

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Boot Xp Faster

Boot Xp Faster

Follow the following steps:

1. Open notepad & type

del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q

& save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\

2. Go to Run & type “gpedit.msc“.

3. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.

4. In the new window, click “add”, “Browse”, locate your “ntosboot.bat” file & click “Open”.

5. Click “OK“, “Apply” & “OK” once again to exit.

6. Go to Run & type “devmgmt.msc“.

7. Double click on “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers“

8. Right click on “Primary IDE Channel” and select “Properties”.

9. Select the “Advanced Settings” tab then on the device or 1 that doesn’t have ‘device type’ greyed out select ‘none’ instead of ‘autodetect’ & click “OK”.

10. Right click on “Secondary IDE channel“, select “Properties” and repeat step 9.

11. Reboot.

Change ‘My Pictures’ Folder path

Change ‘My Pictures’ folder path
This also works for “My Music” Folder

The folders you are referring to are called Shell Folders.

–> Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Then choose My Pictures:

–> Double click the “My Pictures” registry entry & enter new path you desire.
say “D:\honey\pics”

–> Reboot

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Restore missing "Compressed (zipped) Folder" option to the Send To menu

Restore missing “Compressed (zipped) Folder” option to the Send To menu

Windows XP

To restore the missing Compressed (zipped) Folder entry to the “Send To” menu in Windows XP, use these steps:

Click Start, Run and type:

rundll32 zipfldr.dll,RegisterSendto

In the background, a 0 byte file named Compressed (zipped) Folder.ZFSendToTarget will automatically be created in the %Userprofile%\SendTo folder.

Windows Vista

The Compressed (zipped) Folder icon is present in each user profile and also in the Default user profile. Follow these steps to restore the icon to your user account:

1. Click Start, type the following and press Enter:

%systemdrive%\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

2. Right-click Compressed (zipped) Folder and choose Copy

3. Open the SendTo folder of your user profile. To do so, click Start, type the following and press Enter:

shell:sendto

4. Right-click an empty area in the folder, and choose Paste

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"Open Containing Folder" Error

“Open Containing Folder” in Search for Files and Folders does not work

When you perform a file search, and then click the Open Containing Folder in the context menu of the Search Results window, instead of opening the parent folder of the selected file, the Open With dialog may pop up, asking you to choose a program.

To resolve the problem, use these steps:

Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

In the right-pane, double-click the (default) entry

Type the word none and press Enter

Close Regedit.exe

Reboot

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Add ‘Defragment’ to context menu for a Drive

Add ‘Defragment’ to context menu for aDrive

Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

Once you reach to shell, create a new key named runas with the default value to Defragment.

Now right-click on defragnow and create a new subkey called command.

Double-Click the Default entry on the left side again and enter the following value: defrag.exe %1 -v

You can alternately choose from one of the other defrag switches here if you’d like.That is it. Close the registry and get back to desktop.Now test it by right clicking a drive defrag option appears or not. If it is there,click on it, and see a new window should appear and the defragmentation should automatically start.

while browsing the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell, If the shell key is missing create it by right-clicking on Drive and selecting NEW, KEY and enter the name shell. Create a subkey the same way naming it defragnow and follow the rest of the steps.

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