FULL Tutorial on How to Fully Tweak your Computer Unit/ Laptop

Most of us already know how to reformat our personal computers, laptops, most of us also know how to install software to our but it is enough? Sometimes we feel slowness on our computer even how high our computer's specs is. The secret is tweaking.! Many IT people even though their computer is not that high end specs, it just working as smooth and as fast like other high end computers. Today I will teach you how to tweak "Optimize" your computer so that you will have the best experience on enjoying your computer. Just follow the steps below.

1. Processor scheduling should be set to background services and not Programs.
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced Tab > Background Services

2. Visual effects should be set to a minimum.
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Visual Effects Tab > Adjust for best performance


3. Switch Off Desktop Background Image
Right Click Desktop > Properties > Desktop Tab > Background None

4. Disable Screen Saver
Right Click Desktop > Properties > Screen Saver > None


5. Disable Fast User Switching
Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts > Change the way users log on or off > Untick Use Fast User Switching

6. Switch Off Power Schemes
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Always On > Turn off monitor and turn off hard discs to Never

7. Switch Off Hibernation
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Hibernate > Untick Hibernation

8. Activate DMA on Hard Discs/CD ROMS
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers > Right Click Primary IDE channel and Secondary IDE channel > Properties > Advanced Settings Tab > Tra

9. Disable System Sounds
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds Tab > Sound Scheme to None.

10. Do Not Map Through Soundcard
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Hardware Tab > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properties > Audio Devices > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properti

11. Disable System Restore
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > System Restore Tab. Tick the "Turn off System Restore on all Drives"

12. Disable Automatic Updates
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Automatic Updates > Turn off automatic updating. I want to update my computer manually

13. Startup and Recovery Options
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Untick Automatically Restart

14. Disable Error Reporting
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Advanced > Error Reporting > Disable Error Reporting

15. Disable Remote Assistance
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > Remote > Untick Allow remote assistance invitations to be sent from this computer

16. Fix Swap File (Virtual Memory)
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory Change > Custom Size. Set initial and maximum size to the same value

17. Speed Up Menus
Start > Run > Regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop Folder. Set MenuShowDelay to 1

18. Disable Offline Files
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options > Offline Files Untick "Enable Offline Files"

19. Disable Remote Desktop
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Remote > Untick "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer"

20. Disable Internet Synchronise Time
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Date and Time > Internet Time > Untick "Automatically synchronize with internet time server"

21. Disable Hide Inactive Icons
Start > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu > Taskbar TAB > Uncheck "Hide Inactive Icons"

22. Disable Automatic Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Desktop > Customise Desktop > Untick "Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days"

23. Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS File Systems Only)
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control > Filesystem. Add a new DWORD value - "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" and set value to 1.

24. Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > Advanced. Create a new DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips and set to 0.

25. Disable CDROM Autoplay
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Services > Cdrom. Set autorun to 0.

26. Disable Disc Indexing Service
Right Click Start > Explorer > Right Click Each Disc > Properties > Untick "Allow Indexing Service to index this disc for fast file searching"

27.Restart YOUR pc...enjoy!!!

* Go to: Start>Run>Type "msconfig"(without the quotes)
* Go to the Startup Tab
* Uncheck any processes you don't use at startup(e.x. Quicktime, AIM, MSN)
* Click Apply then Restart

1. Open the Control Panel
2. Double-click on the Security Center icon
3. Click on the option "Change the way Security Center alerts me"
4. Uncheck the alert settings boxes you wish and click Ok

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reduce temp internet file
Launch Internet Explorer.
Select the Tools from the menu bar.
Then select Internet Options... from the drop down menu.
Once the internet options has loaded click on the general tab.
Under the temporary internet files section click the settings button.
A settings window will load. Slide the slider all the way to the left so the size indicated in the text box on the right is one.
Click OK
Click Ok

How to speed up MENU display
When using the start menu the you will notice a delay between different tiers of the menu hierarchy. For the fastest computer experience possible I recommend changing this value to zero. This will allow the different tiers to appear instantly. Start Regedit(Go to run and type "regedit" and press return ). Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\DesktopSelect MenuShowDelay from the list on the right.
Right on it and select Modify.
Change the value to 0.
Reboot your computer

In this page, I'll show you how to speed up folder access on your computer. Why you need to speed up folder access? In my opinion, you need to do that if you have a lot of folders and sub directories on your computer. Because when you access a directory, your windows system will wastes a lot of time updating the stamp showing the last access time for that directory. So you need to disable access update to stop your computer from doing this. Follow these steps to speed up folder access by disable access update on your computer.

1. Click on RUN, type Regedit in the open box and then click "OK".

2. Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control > FileSystem

3. Create new DWORD Value called NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate by right-click in a blank area of the window on the right and then select DWORD Value.

4. Double click on "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate", change the value data to 1 and then click OK. That's all.


Use Your Computer Hard Disc As RAM

procedure :

1. Go to computer and Right Click on My Computer & go to Properties

2. Navigate to Advanced Tab and choose Settings in the Performance Section.

3. Again Select "Advanced" Tab in "Performance Options" window. On the advanced tab, click the "Change" button in the "Virtual memory" section.

4. Comprehend the implications of the virtual memory settings. On the "Virtual Memory" window, the "initial size" is the minimum amount of hard drive space Windows will allocate to virtual memory. The "maximum size" is the largest size to which Windows will allow your virtual memory to grow. If you set this setting too low and Windows requires more virtual memory than the maximum, Windows will likely crash or freeze and you will need to reboot. Thus, you should select (or keep the selection as) "System managed size." By allowing Windows to manage the virtual memory, Windows will increase and decrease the size of the virtual memory as-needed. It is not recommended under any circumstances to select "No paging file" because this can cause system instability.

5. Choose your virtual memory settings. On the "Virtual Memory" screen, you may modify your virtual memory settings in accordance with Step 4. Once you have made your settings, click the "Set" button. Windows will ask you to reboot. Once you do, your virtual memory settings will be changed.

RAM TWEAK


Step1: Click on Start Menu and select Run.

Step2: Type “Notepad” and click OK.

Step3: Type in “MYSTRING=(80000000)”

Step4: Save the file as MEMORY.VBE or RAM.VBE.

Step5: Make sure you save the file to your DESKTOP.

Just double-click the newly created file on your desktop whenever your PC seems sluggish. It will give your RAM a much needed boost.

Not that if you have less than 128mb of RAM then replace the 80000000 with 160000000 .

SPEEDUP INTERNET

Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor.
Then go to: Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates
then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth. Double click
on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the
'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the
bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default." So the
trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to
reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well.

Follow the step:
Go to desktop->My computer-(right click on)->properties->then go HARDWARE tab->Device manager-> now u see a window of Device manager
then go to Ports->Communication Port(double click on it and Open).
after open u can see a Communication Port properties.
go the Port Setting:----and now increase your "Bits per second" to 128000.
and "Flow control" change 2 Hardware.
apply and see the result

Disable Error Reporting for Windows XP

Right click on My Computer and select Properties.
Click the advanced tab.
Click the error reporting button down the bottom.
Select Disable error reporting.

How To Remove Shortcut Arrows From Desktop Icon?

Step1: Click on the Start menu and select Run.

Step2: Type “regedit” and click OK.

Step3: Locate registry value HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT– > lnkfile

Step4: Delete the IsShortcut registry value in the right pane.

Step5: Restart the PC and you are done.

How To Disable Autorun

Step1: Click on Start Menu and select Run.

Step2: Type “gpedit.msc” and click OK.

Step3: In GPedit go to Administrative Templates->System->Turn off autoplay

Step4: Now the feature is disabled and can be easily reversed in the same way.

Step5: Another option in this feature is to select between All drives/ CD-ROM drives

Select CD-ROM drive if you want to disable autorun only for CDS or select all drives if you have to disable the autorun of pen drives, mobiles, camera etc.

How To Disable Popup Warnings in Windows XP?

Step1: Click Start menu and go to Run and type regedit, click OK.

Step2: Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Step3: Right click on the right-hand pane, make New> DWORD Value and name it EnableBallonTips.

Step4: Set the value to 0 to disable ballontips, and set it back to 1 to enable balloontips.

The above hack disables most of the ballontips and in order to eliminate all those popups do the following steps too. In each of the following locations, change the values to 0 to disable balloontips.

Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced\

1. Change the value of FolderContentsInfoTip to 0

Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced\

1. Change the value of ShowInfoTip to 0.

Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\tips\Show

1. Change the value of Show to 0

Disable the Automatic Reboot after Windows Update, for Windows XP Pro users

By following these steps your operating system will wait for user restart instead of restarting automatically.

* Launch RUN command in START menu (short cut as +R), Type gpedit.msc and hit enter.
* This will launch Group Policy Editor
* On left hand side you will find LOCAL COMPUTER POLICY, In this go to COMPUTER CONFIGURATION
* click ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES, then go to WINDOWS COMPONENTS and click on WINDOWS UPDATE.
* You will see No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations, Double click on it a new window will open, Click on SETTINGS tab, check ENABLE then press OK.
* Close the Group policy editor

How To Increase Your Hard Disk Speed?


Step1: Click Start and select Run. Type SYSEDIT.EXE and click OK.

Step2: Expand the System.ini and scroll down till you find [386enh].

Step3: Press Enter to create a blank line below the line [386enh] and type Irq14=4096.

Step4: Click on File menu and Save.

Step5: Close SYSEDIT and restart the PC.

And here is your speedy PC with an enhanced speed hard disk on it.

MOZILLA INCREASE SPEED

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.