Enabling NumLock on by DefaultTo have numlock turned on for each user: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators Change the value from 0 to 2 Turn Numlock on manually Log off and back on again. For all users, make the same change to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators Increasing File System CachingTo increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management Edit the key IoPageLockLimit 4096 - 32megs of memory or less 8192 - 32+ megs of memory 16384 - 64+ megs of memory 32768 - 128+ megs of memory 65536 - 256+ megs of memory Adding / Removing Additional ProgramsBy default, WindowsXP does not display all the programs you can add or remove. To show this list: Edit the \Windows\Inf\sysoc.inf file In the Components section, simply remove the word hide. This will leave two commas together (like on the rest of the items). Then you can go to the Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs / Add/Remove Windows Components and the new items will be displayed. [Components] NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4 WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7 Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7 Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7 NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7 iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7 com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7 dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7 IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7 TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2 msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6 ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7 fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7 AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7 msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 msnexplr=ocmsn.dll,OcEntry,msnmsn.inf,,7 smarttgs=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,msnsl.inf,,7 RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7 Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7 AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7 CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7 MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7 AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7 Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7 MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7 ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7 Changing the Internet Explorer TitleStart Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title Enter what you want appear in the title bar Automatically Ending Non-Responsive TasksStart Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks Set the value to be 1 In the same section, change the WaitToKillAppTimeout to the number of milliseconds you want. Increasing System PerformanceIf you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance by having the core system kept in memory. Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive Set the value to be 1 Reboot the computer To turn off balloon tips in applications that support XP Themes:Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ Create a DWORD value of EnableBalloonTips Give it a value of 0 Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu To Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Conferencing\Mcpt Create a new string value (Click on Edit > New > String Value). Name the value Nx Double-click on it and set it's value to 1 Close the registry Now the menu options will be grayed out. Disable Shared DocumentsTo disable the Shared Documents folder that shows up on the network Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer \ Create a new DWORD Value Give it the name NoSharedDocuments Give it a value of 1 Log off or reboot Show Hidden DevicesYou can show hidden devices in the Device Manager. One way is by making a simple registry change. The other is through a batch file. Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ ControlSet001 \ Control \ Session Manager \ Environment Create a string DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES Give it a value of 1 Disable Passport Pop-UpNormally, WindowsXP will prompt you 10 times that You Need a Passport to use WindowsXP Internet communication features... To disable this Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ MessengerService Edit the binary key PassportBalloon Give it a value of 0A (0A 00 00 00) Preventing Applications from Stealing the FocusTo prevent applications from stealing the focus from the window you are working Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop Edit the key ForegroundLockTimeout Give it a value of 00030d40 Creating a Password Recovery DiskIn case you forget your password, you can create a password recovery floppy disk beforehand to help you out of this problem. Single-click Start menu Go to the Control Panel / User Accounts Click the User Account On the left hand side, click on Prevent forgotten password You will need to know your password to create the disk. If you don't remember your password sometime in the future, click on the green arrow like normal at the login and you will be prompted to insert the password recover disk. Renaming the Start ButtonTo rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. My preference is UltraEdit Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe) With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6 You will see the word start with blanks between each letter Edit it be any 5 characters or less Save the file Boot to DOS Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one. Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon. Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe Changing the Registered OwnerStart Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion From there you can edit the name in the Registered Owner key Enable / Disable the Task ManagerStart Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System Create the Dword value DisableTaskMgr Give it a value of 0 to enable it Give it a vaule of 1 to disable it
Increase access speeed Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control panel\Desktop set menushowdelay 400 to 0 Change screen saver time delay Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control panel\Keyboard edit keyboardspeed
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