TopTricks for Windows Xp

Disabling Scandisk

When Windows is not shut down correctly, it will perform an AutoCheck

using CHKDSK on the next restart.

AutoCheck is executed after a short time delay. AutoCheck can be

disabled or delayed by tweaking a few Registry settings.

Run ‘Regedit’ from ‘Start Menu|Run...’

Go to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|SYSTE

M|CurrentControlSet|Control|Session

Manager’.

Create a new DWORD value, or

modify the existing value, called

“AutoChkTimeOut” and set it according

to the value data below.

Value Name: AutoChkTimeOut.

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value).

Value Data: Time in Seconds or 0 to disable

(default = 10).

Exit your registry, you may need to

restart or log out of Windows for the

change to take effect.

Monitoring the system

There are various applications you can use to monitor the state of your

system at any given time. One of them is a program called CoolMon (www.coolmon.org) where you can monitor about 22 of

the most geekiest system parameters like the temperature and speed of your system fans, the number of processes running, the total available memory on your hard disk and RAM, CPU utilization, etc. Each

of these can be individually con. gured to appear on the interface. Best of all, this monitoring happens in real time. Better still, the program is free.

If you need more details than what is offered by Windows System Information or the Device Manager, try out an application called Everest Home Edition (www.lavalys.com). This application hunts through your hardware and software setup and extracts every piece of information you might need about your processor, motherboard, graphics card,

hard disk and any other piece of hardware or software information that you might care to know about your computer.

Compress drive to save disk space

its not possible to increase ur memory size but u can compress ur data to save ur disk space, this feature is available in NTFS drive..

if u have a fat or fat32 drive, u can convert it to ntfs by running a command on dos:

for c drive:

convert c:/fs:ntfs

for d drive:

convert d:/fs:ntfs

for e drive:

convert e:/fs:ntfs

run the command similarly if u have more drive...

Compresing data in NTFS

* open my computer

* select any drive(drive with NTFS format)

* right click and select properties

* click on general tab

* select "compress drive to save disk space"

* Apply and OK

ur data will remain safe...

- Changing the Location of Special Folders

You can modify the registry to change the location of special folders like:

My Documents

Favorites

My Pictures

Personal

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Double click on any locations you want to change and alter the path

Logoff or restart for the changes to go into effect

Eliminating the Right Click on the Taskbar

To eliminate the right click on the taskbar:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

Add a DWORD and give it a name of NoTrayContextMenu

Give it a value of 1

Reboot

Eliminating the Right Click on the Desktop

To eliminate the right click on the desktop:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

Add a DWORD and give it a name of NoViewContextMenu

Give it a value of 1

Reboot