MASTER TUTORIAL: Make Your Windows XP Super Fast !

[Vishal Gupta 4]

Guys!

This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installed windows or an old windows.

Actually these r some tips/tricks, which I always apply whenever I do a fresh installation of windows. So here I'm sharing many of those tips-n-tricks:

1.) Start -> Run and type msconfig, now goto Startup tab and uncheck the entries, which u don't want to start automatically with the windows, like u can get display settings utility entry there, and many more.

2.) Open Sound & Audio Devices in Control Panel (or type mmsys.cpl in RUN), goto Sounds tab and select No Sounds in Sound Scheme section. Or u can remain some of ur favorite sounds there but set Exit Windows, Start Windows, Windows Logoff, Windows Logon to (None).

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[abhay 0]

i do many of these things and diable themes

spl'ly no 5 ,6 ,7

BTW thanks for the tutoral !! lot of new info in here that i never tried !!

Edited October 11, 2006 by abhay

[saikatmandal 0]

Guys!

This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installed windows or an old windows.

Thank You!

Hi Vishal,

If you could write a bit more about the registry tweaks that you have included it would be useful. Just a line as to what happens by including those lines.

A splendid job otherwise.. Keep up the good work.

Thanks!

[drali 6]

gr8 information vishal

[KumaarShah 143]

Great Man, good job. I also agree with saikat mandal on a line on the tweaks in the registry.

Anyway, great job, keep it up and give us some more tweaks to fasten up our machines.

Thanks

[Vishal Gupta 4]

thnx a lot guys for ur valuable comments.

As u all requested, here I'm giving the descriptions of all tweaks:

Every time u open any folder in XP, which contains AVI files, it tries to make a preview of all AVI files. Following tweak stops this behavior and thus makes the folder opening faster:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32]

@=hex(2):00

Adds "Copy To" option in context menu:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To]

@="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

Adds "Move To" option in context menu:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]

@="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

Add "Command Prompt Here" in context menu of folders:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\DosHere]

@="Command &Prompt Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\DosHere\Command]

@="%windir%\\System32\\cmd.exe /k cd \"%1\""

Add "Command Prompt Here" in context menu of drives:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\DosHere]

@="Command &Prompt Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\DosHere\Command]

@="%windir%\\System32\\cmd.exe /k cd \"%1\""

Remove "Shortcut to..." Prefix on Shortcuts:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

"Link"=hex:00,00,00,00

Add "Status bar" in Notepad:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]

"StatusBar"=dword:00000001

Set "Word Wrap" option in Notepad:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]

"fWrap"=dword:00000001

Following tweaks helps in making the shutting down process faster:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

Automatically End Task of Hung application:

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

Specify the Response Time for Hung Applications:

"HungAppTimeout"="1000"

Makes the menu opening faster:

"MenuShowDelay"="8"

Specify the time to wait before ending task of hung application:

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="2000"

Setting a low value (in milliseconds) means that if the hooked program does not respond within timeout period, one that has set the hook would not become unstable or go in infinite wait but would kill itself saving windows resources and improving performance.

"LowLevelHooksTimeout"="1000"

Following tweaks makes system faster:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Don't prompt that u r on low disk space:

"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

Clear recent documents/applications history while exiting windows:

"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

Doesnt store recent documents history:

"NoRecentDocsHistory"=hex:01,00,00,00

Disable Automatic Network Shortcut Resolution:

"LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000001

Disable Comprehensive Search for Broken Shortcuts:

"NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001

Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links:

"NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001

Doesnt prompt u to search the required application on Internet, when u select "Open With" for opening a file:

"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001

Speed up shutdown:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="2000"

Speed up Network Browsing by removing Network Scheduled Tasks:

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer]

Hope I cleared all things.

[Puneet 0]

Thanks. I will apply the registry tweaks now. I normally do not apply any tweaks till the time I know what I am doing.

[KumaarShah 143]

@ vishal,

The above tweaks are applicable for WinXP Pro or WinXP Home? I am using WinXP Pro.

Is there any way to go back if after tweaking as above, one wants to go back?

Thanks in Advance.

[Puneet 0]

You can always edit the registry to delete the above tweaks - if you do not like any later on. Am I right Vishal?

[KumaarShah 143]

thanks.

i will apply the tweaks now.

[Vishal Gupta 4]

thnx guys

And yes! Puneet u r absolutely right

But some tweaks can't be revert back by simply deleting them, so in case u want to revert back to any tweak, just tell me and I'll post the method for it

[amtrag 20]

Thanks a lot Vishal.

And sure post the "undo"s....just in case we want to revert to prev settings.

[RajanPERT 0]

thnx guys

Hi!

Thanks for these Reg Tweaks. But many tweaks are already posted by Ashis Babu, and Cracker, member of RIMWEB and also by you) in Windows Tips and Tricks section. BTW Some Reg Tweaks posts are deleted by some respected mods. I think there is some repetition also. Just check Windows Tips and Tricks.

Thanks, and Congrates for MVP award.

I want some help related to scandisk. Is there anyway to run scandisk, without Exit option. I means when system reboots due to some power failure, scandisk run. But user has option to exit it. I want to remove that option or some tweak, so user cannot exit it. (i.e. run of scandisk compulsory.) I want help in Windows 98 and Windows XP.

Provide more to get more!!!

Thanks and Take Care!

[Vishal Gupta 4]

First Welcome back to the forum buddy!

Second The thread, which u mentioned is for sharing all kinds of Tips-n-tricks for Windows XP, in fact I created that thread

But the purpose of starting this thread was to post a complete tutorial to speed-up windows XP, thats why I posted it in a new thread!

Third thnx a lot for ur wishes

Fourth, YES! U can do that, just open regedit and goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

And in right-side pane create/modify DWORD value AutoChkTimeOut, and change its value to 1

[RajanPERT 0]

First Welcome back to the forum buddy!

.............. and change its value to 1

Thanks to you. This method is for Windows XP. But i also want same method in Windows 98. If you have any info please provde us, or provide some link so i can found this info.

Thanks and Take Care!

[Vishal Gupta 4]

Afaik, there is no trick to do so in Win98