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How To's - Annoyances

   

 

Bios Settings

   
  • Allow Bios To Shutdown PC
  • ACPI Power Settings
  • Delay Time for ATA/ATAPI
  • Fast Memory Count
  • OS is First HD to Boot
  • PXE Setting
  • Quickboot
  • Return Code
  • Temperature Monitoring

 

Control Panel

 
  • Disable Hibernation
  • Display Settings
  • System Device Manager
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Driver Management

 
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Fonts

 
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Hard Drive - NTFS

 
  • Disable Short Filenames
  • Name Your Files Appropriately
  • Use More Folders
  • Use More Partitions
  • Plan Your Cluster Size
  • Defragment Regularly
  • Reserve Space for the MFT
  • Disable Last Access Time
  • Turn Off (or On) the Indexing Service
  • Use FAT32 for the Paging File

 

My Computer

 
  • FastLAN/Remote Tasks
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Prefetch Settings

 
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Registry

 
  • Active Desktop Errors > How to Fix
  • CD Burning Lockdown
  • Defrag System Files Automatically
  • Disable Balloon Tips
  • Disable Forced Windows Reboot After Updates
  • Disable Low Disk Space Checks
  • Disable Paging File If...
  • Disk Cleanup Removal
  • Download Window Size Boost
  • File Download Restrictions for a Browser
  • Page File Away from OS Drive
  • Page File Clear At Shut Down
  • Page File System Cache Boost
  • Prevent Windows Messenger
  • Show in the Log the Reason Windows Shut Down
  • Shut Down Windows Faster
  • Shut Down Windows Faster (Riskier Version)
  • Speed Up DSL
  • USB Port Lockdown

Services: Non-Essential  

Services: Optional  
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Temp Directory Cleaning

 
  • Download and install CleanUp! but do not run it yet. (Not Recommended for XP64).
  • *WARNING* Cleanup deletes EVERYTHING out of temp/temporary folders and does not make backups. If you have any documents or programs that are saved in any Temporary Folders, please make a backup of these before running CleanUp! or move them to a permanent location. 
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User Profiles - Deleting

 
  • Before continuing, make sure you have backed up the contents of your My Documents folder, and any other important data stored in your profile such as application settings. Once your profile is deleted, you will not be able to recover data stored inside of it.
  • In order to delete your profile, you must be logged in with an account which has administrative privileges which is also not yours. Once you are logged in, open the user profiles list. To locate the list of local user profiles, right-click My Computer, click Properties, and then on the Advanced tab, click Settings under User Profile. Select your profile from the list, and then click Delete.
  • Logoff, and then log back on as yourself. A new profile will be created when you log on.
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