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Windows XP Twenty Use Full Tips
& Tweaks!
18)Stop Jerkey Graphics:
If you are connected to a LAN and have problems with jerkey graphics,
this might be the solution:
Right-click "MyComputer".
Select "Manage".
Click on "Device Manager".
Double-click on your NIC under "Network Adapters".
In the new window, select the "Advanced" tab.
Select "Connection Type" and manually set the value
of your NIC. (Not "Auto Sense" which is default.).
You should reboot.
19)Speeding Up Your Old Shit Pentium by 50%: We all know that you really shouldn't try to run Windows
XP on anything less that about a Pentium 3 of some sort if you
are out for speedy operations and amazing reaction times, but
for those of us with the good old Pentium 2's who want to see
just how well we can run XP, we have to tweak as much as we can
where-ever we can. A real killer to the system's performance is
Windows Media Player. Although it may look desirable and fancy
with it's rounded off edges and 3rd-Dimensional appearance, the
truth is, it takes up a large amount of that precious processing
power. All of these troubles however, lead to one thing in particular
with this 'new-look' over-rated music and video player...the Visualizations.
The look-great I'll admit but like a lot of software these days,
it has no purpose. If you run the task manager, and click the
Performance tab along the top, you'll see that when Windows Media
Player is running and nothing else is active, it takes up around
50% of the processors power. Once these visualizations are turned
off, it barely takes up 2-3% of the processors power, which leaves
much more room for other applications to work efficiently.
Here's how to disable the feature:
Open Media Player.
Make sure the Now Playing tab on the left is selected.
Click the View menu along the top.
Go down to Now Playing Tools
20) Turn Off System Restore to Save Space: By default, Windows XP keeps a backup of system files
in the System Volume Information folder. This can eat up valuable
space on your hard drive. If you don't want Windows to back up
your system files:
Open the Control Panel.
Double-click on System.
Click the System Restore tab.
Check "Turn off System Restore on all drives".
Hit Apply.
You may now delete the System Volume Information folder.
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