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Windows XP Tweaks

2012-01-02T14:01:00.000+08:00

Tweaks or Tweaking refers to the modification of a complex system to improve the system or its overall performance.

Note that this guide will let you change some of registry entries which if you failed to follow might cause system instability. But if you will follow carefully all that is listed, then you wont encounter any problem.

Stop some local services.

Go to start -> RUN -> type "services.msc" without qoute ->click OK or press enter.

Locate the following services and set it to DISABLED then Click Stop

Alerter
Application Management
Automatic Updates
ClipBook
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
Messenger
Portable Media Serial Number Service
Remote Registry
Routing and Remote Access
Task Scheduler
Telnet
TPC/IP NetBIOS Helper
Uninterruptible Power Supply

Change Recycle Bin size to 1%

Right Click "Recycle Bin" -> Properties

Slide or change the recycle Bin size to at least 1%

Registry Hack

Click Start-->RUN-->Type "REGEDIT" without qoute-->Click OK or press ENTER

Navigate and Modify the following Registry Entries:

Auto Sort Start Menu
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder
Go to Edit/Permissions, click Advanced, clear the "Inherit From Parent" check box, click Copy from the dialog box, click OK and then clear the "Full Control" for your account and now Windows will autp sort the start menu, but you can still do it too

Disable User Tracking
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Add or Edit DWORD = NoInstrumentation, Value = 1
Disables Windows user tracking; better performance, much better privacy

Cache Thumbnails
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Add or Edit DWORD = DisableThumbnailCache, Value = 1
Disables thumbnails in Windows, saving hard drive space

Kill Chrashed Apps Quicker
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Add or Edit Sring = HungAppTimeout, Value = 1000-5000
Cuts time for Windows to recongize a crashed application and allow you to kill it; default is 5000(for 5 seconds)

Faster Start MenuHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Add or Edit Sring = MenuShowDelay, Value = 0 - 400
Changes the delay that for Windows to show a menu in the start menu; value is in ms

Network Intelligently
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Add or Edit String = DisableTaskOffload, Value = 1
Frees processor from doing network-card work

Browse the Network Faster
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace
Delete subkeys {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} and {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Speeds up network browsing of old Windows machines on the LAN by ignoring their scheduled tasks and printers

Remove Compression Option In Disk Cleanup
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files
Delete the Default Value Key and the next time you start Disk Cleanup, it will skip the compression analyisis

Test Laptop Battery Life

2011-07-15T12:12:00.000+08:00

Many laptop owners encounter problems with their laptop battery. How would you know if your battery is still in a good charging and discharging condition? All types of battery can fail over time. The life of a rechargeable battery operating under normal conditions is generally between 500 to 800 charge-discharge cycles. This translates into one and a half to three years of battery life for the average user. As your rechargeable battery begins to die, you will notice a decline in the running time of the battery. When your two hour battery is only supplying you with an hour's worth of use, it's time for a new battery.

One common way is to use your laptop on battery to see how long it lasts, but there is now a more easier method. Imtec Battery Marker is a free tool from a Russia developer that has been designed specifically to test laptop battery. There are two modes available fast and normal with an additional option, full load or without it. Just go to Test menu and select the mode along with the full load option.

It is recommended that you perform the test with both full load and without full load. In this way you can compare how long the battery life lasts when playing games or performing CPU-heavy activity and how long it lasts when the system is idle.

At the end of the test, you will get the complete report, with options to save the graph, open report folder, and send report. During my testing I got N/A result, perhaps it was because I ran it in fast mode rather than normal mode.

Fast mode normally lasts for 10 minutes while the normal mode can last upto 20 minutes or more. It will only work if your laptop is running on battery, if it is connected to A/C then the test won’t work at all.

DOWNLOAD HERE

It works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Enjoy!

How to make a bootable USB/Pendrive Windows Installer

2011-06-17T12:01:00.000+08:00

This is a very simple thing to do.

All You need to do is download WINTOFLASH

here:

DOWNLOAD

Insert Your CD/DVD installer.
Insert USB/Pendrive.

Open wintoflash then follow the instructions set by the Wizard.

DONE!

May 21, 2011 Judgment Day! Tract - eBible Fellowship

2011-05-20T11:21:00.000+08:00

I was able to watch an early morning TV show on ABS-CBN. I was waiting for Anthony Taberna's Punto por Punto Portion of the show. They Discuss the End of Human kind. I then research the Internet about such event and came to this website.

http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/

Refurbished Laptop Guide

2011-04-30T10:50:00.000+08:00

What is a Refurbished Laptop?

A Refurbished laptop is also recognized as re-certified or remanufactured, has been returned to the company for one grounds or another. Laptops are returned for any number of reasons. Just think about the last time you returned an item. It is not always because it was faulty. Sometimes a laptop just doesn't meet the original purchaser's needs. The company will clean, repair, replace parts and test the unit to bring it up to factory specs. Then they resell it at a considerable discount. When you're looking for an outstanding deal on a laptop computer, you might want to go the refurbished route.

Should you buy a refurbished laptop?

Factory refurbished laptops are relatively simply great value, selling at between 20% and 50% off retail price. The number one reason consumers buy factory refurbished laptops is price. Whether you need a laptop for school, a new business endeavor, or just internet surfing, a factory refurbished laptop allows a consumer to purchase a quality branded computer for a smaller expense than a similar new computer. This is a great way to buy a cheap laptop.

How to test a refurbished laptop before buying?

Reboot the laptop a few times to test the boot process.
Dial out to test the modem. Visit a few web pages.
Send and receive a few e-mails.
Read and write from the floppy drive.
Try the viewing screen on different resolutions.
Check the viewing screen for contrast and brightness.
Check the LCD screen for dead pixels which appear as black dots.
Try burning a disc if there is a CD-RW drive present.
Play a DVD movie or audio CD if it has the appropriate drive.
Use and AIDA64 or any benchmarking software to test the stability of the laptop.

Dell D600 Laptop (1.6ghz, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW)

BLOGGED PHILIPPINES: Labor Day Holiday Will Be Celebrated on Sunday (Ma...

2011-04-26T20:17:00.000+08:00

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2011-04-19T08:36:00.000+08:00

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How To Install Windows XP Using PXE or Via LAN

2011-04-12T13:36:00.000+08:00

1.) On your server, Download TFTD32 here http://tftpd32.jounin.net/download/Tftpd32-3.51-setup.exe

2.) Install.

3.) Write down your computer name found by right-clicking "My Computer," then clicking "Properties" and

clicking the "Computer Name" tab.

4.) Make a new folder in your drive C and name it as OUTPUT

5.) Download these files and extract to the OUTPUT folder.Click here to download

6.) Configure your TFTD32

Change the Current Directory to “C:\OUTPUT

7. Click Settings. Change Base Directory to: C:\>OUTPUT.

8. Click DHCP and follow the configuration as seen below.

9. Create a shared folder--for example at c:\winxp--then copy the entire i386 folder from the Windows XP

CD and SMARTDRV.EXE to this folder. SMARTDRV.EXE is included on the file from step 5.

How to share a folder? Follow this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040

10. BOOT the computer you want to reformat, LAN Boot first. (Check your BIOS settings)

11. Leave everything at its default setting until you come to the DOS prompt.

12. Repartition your hard drive using FDISK by typing FDISK on your DOS prompt.

For FDISK partition refer to this site. : http://fdisk.radified.com/

Make sure that your drive C is set as Active.

13. Reboot your computer..

14. Leave everything at its default setting until you come to "Identification Settings." Using Tab, select

"lmhosts," then enable it with the spacebar. Go to "OK."

15. Enter the IP address of your server, then press tab once and enter your computer name. Save the file and

quit by simultaneously pressing the "Alt" and "X" keys.

16. Press "Enter" to continue through the rest of the questions, accepting their default values.

Enter the command "format c:/Q" once you get to the command prompt. Enter the command "net use

x:\\YOUR-COMPUTER-NAME\winxp" once the format is complete. Replace

YOUR-COMPUTER-NAME with the computer name you wrote down

17. Change directories by typing "x:" then "SMARTDRV.EXE." Change directories again by typing "cd

i386," then type "winnt" to copy the files from the shared folder onto the hard drive, beginning the

Windows install. Proceed through the Windows XP install as normal.

missing "\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE" error

2011-04-08T11:25:00.000+08:00

SYMPTOMS:

You try to start up your Windows 2000/XP (Vista too?) computer and you get a message, white text on black background:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
or
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? REFORMAT? REPAIR THE OS? Yes it can be possible but their is a short way or workaround and I have tried and tested it. This tutorial is all about this issue.

Steps.

1. Download HIREN Boot CD here: http://www.hirensbootcd.org/files/Hirens.BootCD.13.1.zip
2. Burn to CD and boot into it.
3. Check your memory using Memplus which is included on HIREN. If Memplus find some error on your RAM, try to replace with working or new RAM and then try to boot. If Error still exist go on to step 4.

4. Check your hard drive using HDAT2 which is also included on HIREN. Restart. If the error still exist, go on with the next step.

5. Boot on MiniXP which is also included on HIREN.
6. On MiniXP, double click "My Computer" and go to "C:\windows\system32\config\
7. Backup the following file system, "software, sam, security and default" to your USB/Pendrive or drive D:
8. Delete the same files from your CONFIG folder.
9. Open one of these folders to locate a Snapshot subfolder. The following path is an example of a folder path to the Snapshot folder:

C:\System Volume Information\_restore{D86480E3-73EF-47BC-A0EB-A81BE6EE3ED8}\RP1\Snapshot

10. rom the Snapshot folder, copy the following files to the C:\windows\system32\config\

_REGISTRY_USER_.DEFAULT
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM

11. Rename the files in the C:\Windows\Tmp folder as follows:

Rename _REGISTRY_USER_.DEFAULT to DEFAULT
Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY to SECURITY
Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE to SOFTWARE
Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM to SYSTEM
Rename _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM to SAM

12. BOOT TO WINDOWS:

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IF ALL ELSE FAILS: Reformat or Repair your OS. Dont forget to Backup.

VB6 Listview Sort when clicking the columnheader

2011-03-10T22:36:00.000+08:00

Listview1 is the name of the listview control

Private Sub ListView1_ColumnClick(ByVal ColumnHeader As MSComctlLib.ColumnHeader)
    With ListView1
        If .SortKey <> ColumnHeader.Index - 1 Then
            .SortKey = ColumnHeader.Index - 1
            .SortOrder = lvwAscending
        Else
            If .SortOrder = lvwAscending Then
                .SortOrder = lvwDescending
             Else
                 .SortOrder = lvwAscending
            End If
        End If
        .Sorted = -1
    End With
End Sub

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How to Login As administrator on GLobe Wimax CPE

2011-02-24T21:42:00.000+08:00

... I only tried this tut to HUAWEI Ecolife BM622.....

1. Open your web browser and type "192.168.1.1/html/management/account.asp"

2. Press "Ctrl +U" on firefox and right click -> view source on IE. Locate the administrator password as it appears on the picture. Highlight then Copy(Ctrl+C)

3. Go Back to your Globle Wimax CPE logon Screen by typing "192.168.1.1".

Username: Admin

Password: use password from step no. 2

4. You can now Change anything you want on your Globe Wimax CPE. Use at your own risk.

Jaypee's Visual Basic Projects and Softwares Collections: Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Offline Installer

2011-02-17T17:42:00.000+08:00

Jaypee's Visual Basic Projects and Softwares Collections: Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Offline Installer

NVidia 6 to 9 Display Driver

2010-12-10T06:56:00.000+08:00

Driver for WinXp

Supported Products:
GeForce 400 series:
GTX 480, GTX 460, GT 430, GTS 450, GTX 470, GTX 465

GeForce 300 series:
GT 340, GT 330, GT 320, 310, 315

GeForce 200 series:
205, GT 220, GTS 250, GTX 260, GT 230, 210, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTS 240, GTX 295, G210, GTX 275, GT 240

GeForce 100 series:
GT 130, GT 140, GT 120, G 100

GeForce 9 series:
9300, 9300 GS, 9800 GX2, 9100, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9300 GE, 9500 GT, 9200, 9400 GT, 9400, 9600 GT, 9800 GT, 9500 GS, 9600 GS, 9600 GSO

GeForce 8 series:
8200, 8400 GS, 8800 GTX, 8600 GT, 8300, 8300 GS, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8800 Ultra, 8600 GS, 8400 SE, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8400, 8800 GTS, 8600 GTS, 8200 / nForce 730a, 8500 GT

GeForce 7 series:
7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7500 LE, 7300 GS, 7800 SLI, 7550 LE, 7300 LE, 7900 GTX, 7600 GT, 7100 GS, 7800 GS, 7600 GS, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7650 GS, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7950 GT, 7300 GT, 7600 LE, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7800 GTX, 7900 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7900 GT/GTO, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7350 LE, 7950 GX2

GeForce 6 series:
6100, 6500, 6100 nForce 420, 6600 GT, 6100 nForce 400, 6800 Ultra, 6150SE nForce 430, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6800 GS, 6800 GS/XT, 6800 XE, 6800 XT, 6600, 6800 GT, 6800 LE, 6600 VE, 6800, 6150 LE, 6200 LE, 6200, 6610 XL, 6200 A-LE, 6700 XL, 6200SE TurboCache, 6200 TurboCache, 6250, 6100 nForce 405, 6150, 6600 LE

ION series:
ION LE, ION

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