Absurd Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=1256 I found that one useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 i don't use any tweak for XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 does that one actually speed up the internet then? how? does it delete anything important or anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted September 11, 2002 Author Share Posted September 11, 2002 I think it refreshes the DNS's so your computer doesn't look up old ones first. Doesn't 'tweak' anything persay - just clears out garbage. "I think". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 err what are DNS's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted September 11, 2002 Author Share Posted September 11, 2002 http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DNS.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_101 Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 If anyone finds the x-p refresh tool can u post it onto here plz, the site i got it from doesnt do it no more FATTEH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Warrior Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 XP tweaks that actaully increase performance :- disable viual styles etc, use the classic theme, disable all the system sounds they are annoying anyway, disable autoupdate diasable the auto clock sync tool in XP (control panel, date & Time, Internet time, uncheck) Don't use a desktop picture (its always in memory) = more free ram You can run display in 16 bit to gain a performance boost in display properties. Unset all auto updating tools like nortin live update, etc. Always run your refresh rate of your monitor as high as possible to prevent flickering, (Display properties, setttings, advanced, monitor) 75 hz usuall ensures flicker free performance on most monitors. There is a section called serves in the administrative tools section, here you can disable features that will never het used like - Portable Media Serial Number however be very careful and perhaps find a FAQ for this if you need more info, I dont wanna be responsible for the death of your PC. Also try this out they got some XP tweaks there. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,5155,00.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Warrior Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Absurd http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=1256 I found that one useful. Yeah that program covers a lot of stuff and the 50 free evaluations never finish before I think its time for a fresh reformat so its basicly free I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted September 11, 2002 Author Share Posted September 11, 2002 I thought "ipconfig" is a free built-in Window's utility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 ipconfig is... so your right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Dont know if this is posted on one of those links, but disable the QoS packet scheduler for your NIC. It never really amounts to anything. Disable things you'd never use like the telnet server, remote desktop, whatever. Make sure UPNP & SSDP are disabled. Theres a bunch of stuff you can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted September 12, 2002 Author Share Posted September 12, 2002 That's a good one NerfYoda. This is what he's talking about: http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_da_Darth Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 I have XP, but I hate it. Believe it or not, to be "happy" with XP (i.o.w. to have it run as fast as 98) it's recommended that you have minimum 512 megs SDR or 256 DDR (basically the same thing). I just found that out a forum about computers & programming that I post at, and I'm installing 98 on my comp a.s.a.p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted September 12, 2002 Author Share Posted September 12, 2002 Instead of going 98 .. you should get Win 2K Pro and download Service Pack 3. It's way more stable than 98 and the requirements are very low. Check this out: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default.asp Edit - oops put wrong link there. Look again. Win 2K is great for servers and games. You can get Win 2K Pro OEM for about $120.00 98 is fairly dead and given another year you won't find any support for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyth'emos Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by Cal_da_Darth I have XP, but I hate it. Believe it or not, to be "happy" with XP (i.o.w. to have it run as fast as 98) it's recommended that you have minimum 512 megs SDR or 256 DDR (basically the same thing). I just found that out a forum about computers & programming that I post at, and I'm installing 98 on my comp a.s.a.p. lol, win 98 is the worst memory hog of all windows OS's if anything I would say the reverse is true. Plus XP is infinetly more stable than 98. If you are really that conserned install win 2k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_da_Darth Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Well, I know I can't play good games on XP either. For example...Rogue Squadron. Won't run at all for some reason. And don't try giving me advice, I've tried fixing it...tried LOTS of things...doesn't work. Pretty sure it's XP. And I do know for a fact that XP is horrible for gaming; especially programming games and doing graphics, which is what I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyth'emos Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 So everyone claims, yet it works fine for me. As for Rouge Squadron... Compaiability(sp?) mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by Cal_da_Darth Well, I know I can't play good games on XP either. For example...Rogue Squadron. Won't run at all for some reason. And don't try giving me advice, I've tried fixing it...tried LOTS of things...doesn't work. Pretty sure it's XP. And I do know for a fact that XP is horrible for gaming; especially programming games and doing graphics, which is what I do. I don't program games (yet ), and I do quite a bit of 2d graphics work, as well as play whatever game i want on my WinXP computer. It's been my experience that something not working is usually caused by a bad device driver or crappy hardware before its an OS issue. I'm not saying WinXP is the bees knees of OS's (however its the most stable MS worstation OS to date), its just usually this is what causes most of the problems I've encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseP Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 The best way to tweak Windoze XPee??? Low-level format your hard drive, re-partition it, then format it again and install Linux,... Mandrake, SuSE or RedHat,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by JaseP The best way to tweak Windoze XPee??? Low-level format your hard drive, re-partition it, then format it again and install Linux,... Mandrake, SuSE or RedHat,... If youre going to go that route be a man about it and install FreeBSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseP Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 I'm not a masochist. I just want no part of Micro$haft if I can help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 Originally posted by JaseP I'm not a masochist. I just want no part of Micro$haft if I can help it. Didn't mean it that way, just that Linux is more of a boy's toy, while *BSD is more of a manly man's OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted September 13, 2002 Author Share Posted September 13, 2002 Wow, this one is really good: http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/winxp_services/ Sit down for about 30 - 40 minutes and go through it step-by-step. Be sure to make sure your Internet and network stuff is working as you change those things. You may find it really speeds up XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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