hdavispi

Wow.  Been a while, huh?  I want to thank everyone for their comments and support.  It's going to take me a while to answer these messages (around 400 or so), but I'm going to do it.  And rest assured, I'm back, baby!  Guess I need to get busy on some new work for ya'll, eh?

Hell, I love all ya'll!
Thanks for your patience and I'll get my ass busy!

Peace,
Hal

Hi ya'll!  I just wanted to give a shoutout to my friends and everyone here at deviantART for the great responses I've been receiving.  Accordingto  my stats, I've received 1,340 pageviews in total so far, and most incredibly my 44 deviations were viewed 15,597 times! Wow!

Sincerely, major props goes out to all of you and I really appreciate your support....  you know who ya'll are

Hey ya'll!
Here's some Windows XP tweakes to make it faster.

NOTE: I accept no responsibility if your system crashes.  Use these tweaks at your own discretion!

WARNING:  Messing with your system can screw it up!  Perform a system restore (or backup) first before trying these out!  

First, some registry tweaks...

Go to start->run and then type the words "regedit" without the inverted commas & do the following:

1. Hate pop ups?
HKEY_USERSDefaultControlPaneldesktop.
Look for the "UserPreferencemask". Double click it and up comes a panel showing 8 digits. Change the first two digits to 3e and press OK.

2. Reduce the time taken to kill a Time Out.
HKEY_Current_USERSControlPaneldesktop
Look for the "WaitToKillAppTimeout". Right click and choose modify. The default is '20000' make it 4000.

Now let us have some system tweaks...

1. Hibernate. If your desktop PC computer is NOT a laptop then you can stop Hibernate. Go to your Control Panel, Power Option and select Hibernate Tab. Uncheck Hibernate. That stops that Windows XP program running and wasting resources.

2. Virtual Memory Size. Change the size of your page file size. So. Control Panel, System, Advanced Tab, Performance, settings button & then Advanced. At the bottom you can change the virtual memory. We use min & max set at 500MB.

3. System Restore. This can be turned off a well by clicking this tab.

4. Remote assistance. Click the Remote tab and make sure the options there are not ticked.

5. Speech Recognition or handwriting software. Do you use it. No. Right. Control Panel, Regional & Language Options, Languages, Details, Advanced, System Config and "Turn off" Advanced Language Services.

Now lets tweak the Administrative tools section...

Go to:
control panel->administrative tools->services.
Select the extended tab at the bottom. Here you see the services that are running or not if they have been stopped already. So, which ones do we not need to have running all the time if at all. Windows XP tweaks aplenty.

1. Error Reporting Service. No we do not need that. Since when has Microsoft helped you. So high-light it and then double click it. Up come a panel with options. Half-way down is says "Start Up Type". Click the drop-down button and select Disable and OK. That told it.

2. Fast User Switching Compatibility. Are you basically the only person using the computer, if not, so what. Disable that as you did above.

3. Indexing Service. What's the point in Windows continually indexing your hard drive or drives for searches you never do. Disable.

4. Portable Media Serial Number. Not using an MP3 player or iPod then disable.

6. QoS RSVP. Stop Windows using your bandwidth. Disable will stop all that Windows traffic that you cannot believe is going on. This tweak, top can reclaim anything up to 25% of your bandwidth.

7. Remote Registry. Do you want remote computers to alter your registry. Disable.

8. Smart Card. If you do not use a Smart Card on your computer then you can disable this too.

9. Uninteruptible Power Supply. If you do not have one fitted to your PC computer then this can be disabled too. Who has.

13. Wireless Zero Configuration. Do you use WiFi? No. Disable.

-->(You can also see others there that you do not want running. And of course, you can always turn them back on if you want to at a later date.)<--

Thanks, & if you have something to add, please feel free!

Wow! 1,000 pageviews! Who would have thought that all I needed to do was to make something that people would want to download?
A sincere thank you from the cockles of my heart to everyone (you known who you are) that has encouraged & supported my since I joined !

Again, thanks & I'll try to keep ya'll interested.....  every now & then

Hey Ya'll!
No matter which you go to these days, seems someone is always asking "How do you apply that?"   So I thought I might share with you my favorite apps (with the links) for XP!
Enjoy & let's get busy!
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1) Windowblinds here www.stardock.com/products/wind…

2) LogonStudio here www.stardock.com/products/logo…

3) ObjectDock here www.stardock.com/products/obje…

4) BootSkin here www.stardock.com/products/boot…

5) IcoFX here icofx.xhost.ro/ (create your own icons)

6) IconTweaker v1.12 here joost.endoria.net/home (create & install your own icon themes)

7) Replacer 1.62 here www3.telus.net/_/replacer/ (app to replace .dll, .cpl, .sysdm files, etc..)

8) Resource Hacker v3.4.0.79 here www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ (modify your system files & pretty damn much anything you want to....)

9) CCleaner here www.ccleaner.com/ (clean out your old files 100%)

10) LClock here www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-…

11) Rainlendar here www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.p…

12) Sysmetrix here www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/
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That should be enough to keep some of you busy for now!
Later!