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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tune up Internet access speed

Before an internet connection is done, DNS resolution
is the first thing that is required. DNS stands for Domain Name Service.
Though XP handles DNS resolution, you may still gain by increase the
DNS Cache size. To do this, open the registry editor by going to START
- RUN and type Regedit and hit enter. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\Dnscache\Parameters add the following DWORD entries with given values

"CacheHashTableBucketSize" Value: 00000001
"CacheHashTableSize" Value: 00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit" Value: 0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit" Value: 0000012d

Removing shared documents folder from My Computer window

Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.


Boosting response time of start menu

Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit and
navigate to key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay . Change the value (default may be 400) to 5 or 50
or even 0. This should speed up.

Enhancing Network throughput

Network throughput depends on a variety of factors and as such you never no what could be the bottleneck. One of things that we can try out is the network redirector reserves. Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit and navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters. Once here, click on right pane and add following Dwords with the given values. This may help networkthrough put but there is no guarantee.

"MaxCmds" Value: 00000068
"MaxThreads" Value: 00000068

Removing Recycle bin from your desktop

Open Regedit by going to START - RUN and type Regedit and
hit enter. Then you should navigate to following entry in registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace\
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and delete it. This action should remove recycle bin from your desktop.


Customize logon prompt with your own words

Open Registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and
Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]. In right pane, look for key by the name "LogonPrompt". Set its value to whatever text you want to see displayed at login screen.
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