This tweak will launch WindowsMediaPlayer with the ‘AboveNormal’ priority setting when opening a mediafile.
Having trouble watching a movie when you also have a lot of background processes going on?
Here’s what to do:
1. Create a new textfile in the root of c:, but instead of giving it the .txt extension you name it [...]
Normally when you open or access a document or file it is added to the list of recent documents on the Start Menu. This tweak will stop files from being added to the list.
Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called ‘NoRecentDocsHistory’ set [...]
You can end non-responsive tasks without hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL with this tweak.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktopAutoEndTasks
Set the value to be 1
In the same section, change the WaitToKillAppTimeout to the number of milliseconds you want.
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 (incidentally, written by Roxio).
Note: This solved my problem with not being able to access CDRW’s from a previous [...]
For added security you should always clear the page file upon shutting down your computer. Windows uses this file as extra ram. Lets say that you are working on a confidential MS Word doc.
When you load this document it is loaded into ram. To save ram windows places certain items in the page file. The [...]
Window Xp is known for its beautiful new interface, coupled with the stabilty of Windows 2000. The only problem is, there are some chinks you may want to iron out. XP comes with a whole bunch of in-built applications that are really useful if you want to run a server or some database application. The [...]
You’d better believe Windows XP has a Registry– a big one, bigger than any before it… maybe bigger than Microsoft… no wait! cancel that! Actually the Windows XP Registry is in several pieces but I mostly treat it like one big lump. This is Windows XP’s blue book of what’s what and [...]
With Windows XP, ClearType can improve the resolution of text on your screen. It improves readability on color LCD monitors with a digital interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat desktop displays. Readability on CRT screens can also be somewhat improved.
Through a Web-interface you can turn on ClearType (if you don’t have it [...]
Default search engine of Microsoft Internet explorer is MSN. But there are better search engines available. I like yahoo.com and you may have your own preference. Recently I came across article that indicated how to change the default search engine through registry. Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit and navigate to [...]
This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with winXP professional version – might work on Home version also. It will probably work with networked machines as well but I haven’t tried it in that configuration. This is for windows XP only, it does not work on win2000.
I use 3 Com [...]
