When browsing through shared folders and network computers Explorer can slow down when it is searching the local network for printers. This sounds like a great feature and may be useful for some but I would rather disable it to get maximum performance when browsing through folders.
To have numlock turned on for each user:
There are a lot of things which can negatively impact how fast XP will browse network shares.
To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance by having the core system kept in memory.
!! WARNING !! Prior to making registry changes, be sure to make a back up of the registry. Unexpected things can happen, with a simple typographical error. Be safe, stay sane.
When you receive a STOP error, Windows displays the STOP on a Blue screen, hence the name BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death).
Although Windows Update and WSUS are both generally pretty simple to configure, you can sometimes gain a higher level of control over them by making a few minor modifications to the Windows registry. In this article, I will show you some registry keys that are associated with Windows Update. As I do, I will show you the various… Read More »