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Windows XP Services
Black Viper's Windows XP Services Configurations
Learn about the services "programs" that run in the background as you work that can be disabled to free up memory
and make your computer boot up faster.
3DSpotlight's Windows XP Service Tweak Guide
Another guide like Black Vipers but with some images to help you out. Watch out, lots of ads and lame pop-ups on this site :(
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Windows XP Tweaks & Tips
Software
- Disable MSN Instant Messenger
- Disable HTML Email in Outlook 2002
- Outlook 2002/2000 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
- MP3 ripping in WMP
System
- Turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files
- Clicking AVI Files in Explorer casuing 100% CPU Usage
- Shutdown XP using your keyboard
- Fast Boot/Fast Resume
- Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
For more Windows XP tips visit www.tweakxp.com.
Watch out, lots of ads and lame pop-ups on this site :(
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Disable MSN Instant Messenger
- Go into: C:/Program Files/Messenger.
- Rename the Messenger folder to "MessengerOFF"
- This does not slow down Outlook, Outlook Express, Hotmail or hinder system performance.
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Disable HTML Email in Outlook 2002
If any of you use Outlook 2002, there's a registry setting that will
disable HTML mail, causing all incoming messages to be displayed as
plain text.
- Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Options\Mail]
- Create a new DWORD Value and name it "READASPLAIN" (without the quotes)
- Then set the value to 1
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Outlook 2002/2000 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/pfbackup.aspx
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MP3 ripping in WMP
Here is the link for an encoder that works with Windows Media Player and Windows XP.
http://www.speakeasy.org/~intense1/bink/MP3Pack.zip
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Turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files
Select Run from the Start Menu.
- Select Run from the Start Menu.
- Type regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll at the prompt, and click OK.
- The change will take effect immediately, but you should restart Windows for all traces of
the built-in ZIP support to disappear.
If, at any time, you wish to re-enable Windows XP's built-in ZIP support, just follow these steps:
- Select Run from the Start Menu.
- Type regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll at the prompt, and click OK.
- The change will take effect immediately, but you should restart Windows for all features
of the built-in ZIP support to be available.
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Clicking AVI Files in Explorer casuing 100% CPU Usage
It seems that when you click on an AVI file in explorer, it will try to read the entire AVI file
to determine the width, height, etc. of the AVI file (this is displayed in the Properties window).
Now the problem with Windows is that if you have a broken/not fully downloaded AVI file that doesn't
contain this info, Windows will scan the entire AVI file trying to figure out all these properties
which in the process will probably cause 100% CPU usage and heavy memory usage.
To solve this problem all you have to do is the following:
- Open up regedit
- Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
- Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"
Please not that this will no longer provide you with the windows properties displaying the AVI file
information such as width, height, bitrate etc. But its a small price to pay for saving you resources.
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Shutdown XP using your keyboard!
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=1117
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Fast Boot/Fast Resume
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.asp
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Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Simply right click on the desktop and choose properties to get to the display properties.
Choose the Desktop tab and click the Customize Desktop button. From there you can un-click
the "Run Desktop Cleaner every 60 days" button.
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