What is FSUTIL?
Fsutil is a file system utility that performs various command-line operations related to file allocation table (FAT) and NTFS file systems. It’s primarily used for managing tasks such as:
Category Archives: Windows
Speed Up ISP Logon Time
On some systems it can take a long time to connect to the Internet, you can decrease the time required to connect to your ISP by trying these simple steps.
Corrupt Videos Crash Explorer
When you open a file in Windows XP that has a corrupted video, image files, HTML pages, or MP3 file, Windows Explorer crashes. You will need to somehow access this folder so that you can delete the offensive file.
Encrypt Page File
Here’s a tip for those who like to keep their Windows Vista computer super-secure. You can encrypt your pagefile so that data can’t be easily extracted from it.
Open No-Extension Files with Notepad by Default
There are files out there, on your hard drive, that don’t have extensions. This means there is no default application to open these files with. Being a geek, however, you want to see what’s inside.
Disable Shutdown
Sometimes you may want to disable to the shutdown of a system, such as a kiosk or a mission critical computer. With the below registry tweak, the shutdown command will be disabled. To re-enable the shutdown command, simply change the 1 to a 0 (zero).
Don’t Save Desktop Configuation
The default behavior for XP is to save the desktop configuration on exiting the operating system. To prevent saving the desktop configuration, make the following registry edit:
Turn Off System Beeps
This tweak prevents the system beeps from being audible without altering any other audio settings.
Reset Shell Folders Default Paths
Windows stores the location of per-user special folders under the following registry key:
Turn Off Low Disk Space Checks
This will prevent Windows Vista from checking the space on your hard drive and popping up the notorious “Hey, you”re running out of space!” warning balloon.