A very important feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment.
This basically means that all boot files are placed next to each other on the disk drive to allow for faster booting.
By default this option is enabled but some upgrades could disable this feature.
to enable it :
1. Start Regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
3. Select Enable from the list on the right.
4. Right on it and select Modify.
5. Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable.
6. Reboot your computer.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
DNS CACHING
when you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth, this is obvious.
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 WinXP and win2000 has a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size.
You can do this with the registry entries below:
***begin copy and paste***
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTE
M\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d
***end copy and paste***
make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg.
The copy and paste the above into it and save it. Then merge it into the registry.
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 WinXP and win2000 has a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size.
You can do this with the registry entries below:
***begin copy and paste***
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTE
M\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d
***end copy and paste***
make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg.
The copy and paste the above into it and save it. Then merge it into the registry.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
KeyBoard Alarm
First, go to Start, Control Panel and click on the Accessibility Options link.
Click Accessibility Options once more and then choose the Keyboard tab.
Under the ToggleKeys section, checkmark the box that says "Use ToggleKeys" and then click OK.
That little check then activates the beeping sound and you will hear that every time you hit any of those keys.
Once you hear that beep, you'll know one of those keys was hit and you can then go and undo it.
Now, you can have your screen flash at you when one of those keys is hit as well.
To do that, go back to the Accessibility Options window, but choose the Sound tab this time.
Check the box next to "Use SoundSentry" and choose which way you would like to be warned from the drop down menu.
We personally like the "Flash active window" option, but choose one that will get your attention the best.
Click OK when you're done and you'll be all set.
Never again will you have to worry about not knowing when those keys are accidentally turned on and that's a big time saver for everyone!
Click Accessibility Options once more and then choose the Keyboard tab.
Under the ToggleKeys section, checkmark the box that says "Use ToggleKeys" and then click OK.
That little check then activates the beeping sound and you will hear that every time you hit any of those keys.
Once you hear that beep, you'll know one of those keys was hit and you can then go and undo it.
Now, you can have your screen flash at you when one of those keys is hit as well.
To do that, go back to the Accessibility Options window, but choose the Sound tab this time.
Check the box next to "Use SoundSentry" and choose which way you would like to be warned from the drop down menu.
We personally like the "Flash active window" option, but choose one that will get your attention the best.
Click OK when you're done and you'll be all set.
Never again will you have to worry about not knowing when those keys are accidentally turned on and that's a big time saver for everyone!
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