Windows Tricks & Tips

Sahan shashika

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    How To Change Thumbnail Size And Quality




    Open the registry and navigate to :

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer

    Create a new DWORD value called ThumbnailSize, and set the value between 32 and 256.

    And/or create another DWORD value called ThumbnailQuality, and set the value between 50 and 100.

    Key Details :

    USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]
    Value Name: ThumbnailSize
    Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
    Data Value: 32 - 256

    USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]
    Value Name: ThumbnailQuality
    Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
    Data Value: 50 - 100
     

    Sahan shashika

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    How to Clear Page file on shutdown

    This clears the Page file when you power off the computer.
    Restart Windows for these changes to take effect!

    Browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management

    and add the DWORD variable "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001

    You can also do this without reg hacking.
    Go to Control panel Administrative tools, local security policy. then go to local policies ---> security options.
    Then change the option for "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
     

    Sahan shashika

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    How 2 speed up ur startup menu

    open up the Registry Editor (start/Run/regedit) and navigate to the following key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay

    By default, the value is 400. Change this to a smaller value, such as 0, to speed it up.
     

    Sahan shashika

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    How to increase ur system Performance

    Do this only if u have 512mb or more memory

    Start Regedit
    Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive
    Set the value to be 1
    Reboot the computer
     

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    How To Unload Cached Dll Files To Free Memory

    Open up the Registry and navigate to :

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer

    Create a new sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1' to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.

    Restart Windows for the change to take effect
     

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    How 2 change the default installing location

    Run the Registry Editor (regedit)and go to

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

    Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. by default,this value will be C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.