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Tweaks
Opera Tweaks
How to disable BitTorrent?
Uncheck Enable under BitTorrent.
How do I Identify as Opera, Firefox or Internet Explorer?
Right click → Edit site preferences → Network → Browser Identification [or] CTRL+F12 → Advanced → Content → Manage site preferences → Add → [TYPE] Site → Browser Identification Read more…
How to set the Default OS by editing the multiboot menu?
In Windows XP, open the System applet in Control Panel
Click on the Advanced tab, and click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
- Select the default operating system from the drop-down list in the System Startup section
- Change the delay time in the field next to ‘Time to display list of operating systems’. Read more…
Increase Firefox Speed
A great tip to increase the firefox speed I would like to share .
Here is how to do it:
1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading. Read more…
Hacks for a faster Windows XP
Some of the working tweaks you can do to your Windows XP can really be a blessing to your system’s speed. So I thought about sharing with you the safe tweaks on how to have a faster Windows XP.
A. DISABLE INDEXING SERVICES
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following: Read more…
10 Speed Tweaks to improve Vista performance
1. Turn off Windows Search Indexing
Windows Vista search indexing is constantly reviewing files on your system to make their contents available for quick searching. This is handy, but can severely impact system performance.
To disable constant indexing:
Click Start then Computer
Right Click the C: Drive
On General Tab, Uncheck Index this drive for faster searching
On the subsequent dialog box, Select Include subfolders and files
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Tweaking Your Bandwidth
Both XP and 2000 are still configured out of the box with respect to Ethernet rather than high-speed Internet connections, where latency plays a major role in throughput. Some people still use dial-up. Therefore Windows out of the box has to find a happy medium between dial-up and cable. Here, you will find specific information on how to optimize the Windows 2000/XP Registry for Cable Modems, DSL, or any similar type of broadband Internet connection.
I typically get around a 15% – 25% increase in my MB/Sec after these tweaks.
NOTE: Please, before you begin, back up your registry. Go create a restore point right now!
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