Windows Tips and Tricks

1- Disabling Hibernation

If you don't want to use up the disk space taken by Hibernation, or don't need to use it at all,you can easily disable it.Open up the Control Panel / Power Options icon Click on the Hibernation icon Uncheck Enable Hibernation

2- Increasing System Performance

If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performanceby having the core system kept in 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

3- Common Command Console Utilities

WindowsXP comes with quite a few console utilities you can easily run from the command line:Computer Management - compmgmt.mscDisk Managment - diskmgmt.mscDevice Manager - devmgmt.mscDisk Defrag - dfrg.mscEvent Viewer - eventvwr.mscShared Folders - fsmgmt.mscGroup Policies - gpedit.mscLocal Users and Groups - lusrmgr.mscPerformance Monitor - perfmon.mscResultant Set of Policies - rsop.mscLocal Security Settings - secpol.mscServices - services.mscComponent Services - comexp.msc

4- Automatically Ending Non-Responsive Tasks

Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks Set the value to be 1 In the same section, change the WaitToKillAppTimeout to the number of milliseconds you want.

5- Changing the Internet Explorer Title

Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title Enter what you want appear in the title bar