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Windows NT/2000 and XP Tips
By:
Andrew Baker
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Thursday, September 08, 2005
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This article contains a list of tweaks that can be made to NT/2000 and XP operation systems. I intend to add to this article, so please check back for updates: 1) Optimising File Updates ---------------------------------------------------------- a) Disabling Last Modified Updates: You can prevent NTFS from having to update the last accessed date/time stamp by setting the following DWord value to 1: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate b) Disabling DOS 8.3 File Name Updates: You can also prevent NTFS from having to update the DOS 8.3 file name by setting the following DWord value to 1: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8Dot3NameCreation 2) Create Your Own Logon Message -------------------------------- You can create a message that will appear when you log on to your computer by editing the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon". Modify both the LegalNoticeCaption and LegalNoticeText keys. 3) Skip the Recycle Bin Confirmation Message -------------------------------------------- When you delete items by moving them to the Recycle Bin, Windows displays a message confirming the deletion: "Are you sure you want to send <filename> to the Recycle Bin?" If you're tired of clicking an answer to that question, you can configure Windows XP to skip the confirmation message whether or not you're using the Recycle Bin. a. Right-click the Recycle Bin, and then click Properties. b. In the Recycle Bin Properties dialog box, clear the Display delete confirmation dialog check box, and then click OK. If you don't want to use the Recycle Bin at all, in the Recycle Bin Properties dialog box, select the Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted check box. 4) Clean Up Your Registry ------------------------- To clean up the registry and remove unused space boot to a DOS prompt and run Scanreg as follows: Scanreg /opt. To fix a corrupt registry use this command: Scanreg /fix. 5) Disable Recent Documents Menu -------------------------------- Open Regedit and goto HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. Find or create a DWORD named NoRecentDocsMenu and set its value to 1. To stop Windows from tracking recent documents, find or create a DWORD value named NoRecentDocsHistory and set it to 1. 6) Increase NTFS Performance ---------------------------- Drop the last accessed date/time stamp from files so NTFS doesn't have to update them and drop the DOS 8.3 file name by setting the following DWord values to 1. The values are NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and NtfsDisable8Dot3NameCreation under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem. 7) Turn off Windows XP's Built-In Support for Zip Files ------------------------------------------------------- To use WinZip instead of XP's built in zip file support, Click Start | Run and type in regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll then click OK and restart Windows. To restore XP's built in Zip file support, Click Start | Run and type in regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll then click OK and restart Windows. 8) Suppressing Window's Start Up Logo ------------------------------------- To suppress the animated Microsoft logo bitmap edit C:\MSDOS.SYS using Notepad. Be sure you can view hidden and system files in Explorer to see this file. You can also enter C: <enter> then ATTRIB -R -S -H MSDOS.SYS at a DOS prompt. Once you edit the file, find the [Options] line and insert logo=0 as the next line. If you see a line that says logo=1, delete it. Save the file. The logo will not display the next time you boot up.
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