UoC Special: Tweaking & Maintaining Your PC

• MosPosterior

  28 Jun 06, 16:07

  Do you find the page loads slower than ever?
  Game is lagging badly?
  Try these:
  
  My Computer
  Turn off System Restore: System Properties>System Restore>Turn off System Restore for all drives
  Off Error Reporting: System Properties>Advanced>Error Reporting>Disable Error reporting
  Optimise Visual Effect: System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>Adjust for best performance
  Enhance Processor Power: System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>Advanced>Click all options for Programs.
  Virtual Memory: System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>Advanced>Change>Initial = your RAM current, Maximum = 2x your RAM current.
  Off remote assistance: System Properties>Remote>"untick" Allow Remote Assistance invitations to be sent from this computer/Allow users to connect remotely to this computer.
  Disable Indexing: My Computer>$Drive$ Properties(Do it for all drives)>"untick" Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching
  
  Registry (Type "regedit" from Start>Run)
  Boot Defragging: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizerFunction\"Enable"\"Y"
  IExplorer Fifth Zone (My Computer): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\"Flags"\"47"
  Disable Prefetcher: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\"EnablePrefetcher"\"0"
  StartUp Programs: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  Disable datetime impression: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Filesystem\"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"\"1"
  Faster Shutdown: HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop\"AutoEndTasks"\"1" & "WaitToKillAppTimeout"\"1000" & "HungAppTimeout"\"1000"
  Speed up IExplorer page display: DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\"D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}"
  
  Group Policies (Type "gpedit.msc" from Start>Run)
  Unreserve bandwidth: Local Computer Policy>Adminstrative Templates>Network>QoS Packet Scheduler>"Limit reservable bandwidth">Enable>"0"
  Customize desktop/start menu: Local Computer Policy>User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Start Menu and Taskbar/Desktop
  Disable windows messenger: Local Computer Policy>Adminstrative Templates/User Configuration>Windows Component>Windows Messenger>Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run/Do no automatically start Windows Messenger initially
  
  Run
  Unregistering zip folder dll: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll
  Boost Processing Power, ignore background process: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
  
  Windows Services (Type services.msc from Start>Run)
  Disable the services with respect to:
  http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
  Each PC setting is different from each other, the services you need might be useless for him, so follow this guide.
  
  Misc
  -Check your harddrives for error at least once per month
  -Defragment your harddrives at least once per month
  -Scan your registry at least once per 3 month
  -Scan for virus at least once per week
  -Uninstall uncessary programs
  -Disable unused devices
  
  [This is recommended for Microsoft Windows XP User only]
• Mospeada

  28 Jun 06, 16:07

  Reserves.
• MosPosterior

  28 Jun 06, 16:08

  wah
  
  simi lai?
• alexkusu

  28 Jun 06, 16:08

  good good
  
  steal business frm IT forum
  
  keep up good work
• MosPosterior

  28 Jun 06, 16:09

  Originally posted by Mospeada:

  wah
  
  simi lai?

  Haha... a guide for cleaner and faster pc..
  
  Diao I plan to reserving the second slot, why you reply so fast ><"
• alexkusu

  28 Jun 06, 16:10

  Originally posted by MosPosterior:

  Haha... a guide for cleaner and faster pc..
  
  Diao I plan to reserving the second slot, why you reply so fast ><"

  go edit over his post with ur own
• Princess livia

  28 Jun 06, 16:14

  
• alexkusu

  28 Jun 06, 16:17

  Originally posted by alexkusu:

  go edit over his post with ur own

  i didnt really mean it
• MosPosterior

  28 Jun 06, 16:17

  Originally posted by alexkusu:

  i didnt really mean it

  
• Ito_^

  28 Jun 06, 16:20

  safe anot.
  
  wait comp crash.
• MosPosterior

  28 Jun 06, 16:22

  Originally posted by Ito_^:

  safe anot.
  
  wait comp crash.

  ... You suspect our standard.
  We crap hard, but we work harder
  
  That is like a compilation of 1.5 year experiences and research over the net.
  
  Athough it is basic tweaking, but definately make your PC run smoothers
• ndmmxiaomayi

  3 Jul 06, 10:47

  Ask lpx88 demod me and add you as mod of IT forum can?
  
  mos: gpedit.msc only available for XP Pro users. XP Home don't have.
• MosPosterior

  3 Jul 06, 10:51

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Ask lpx88 demod me and add you as mod of IT forum can?
  
  mos: gpedit.msc only available for XP Pro users. XP Home don't have.

  Oops..
  
  Forget to write for XP User only..
  
  Coz many of my registry settings is also for XP user nia..
  
  Haha, thanks for correcting me ah mayi.. Anyway I like to stay here better..
• ndmmxiaomayi

  3 Jul 06, 10:57

  Originally posted by MosPosterior:

  Oops..
  
  Forget to write for XP User only..
  
  Coz many of my registry settings is also for XP user nia..
  
  Haha, thanks for correcting me ah mayi.. Anyway I like to stay here better..

  Welcome.