How to clear Windows Explorer MRUs
After you complete this procedure, the MRU list does not appear in Windows Explorer-style dialog boxes; however, this list is not removed from the registry.
Category Archives: Windows XP
Change the delay on menus
You can easily speed up or slow down how long it takes for flyouts to occur when you hover your mouse over a cascading menu item. All you need is one simple registry change.
A faster NTFS file system
You probably use the NTFS file system (see the properties of your C: partition). You can improve performance by making some changes in the following registry key:
AutoAdminLogon
The idea behind AutoAdminLogon is that a user(name) can logon at a computer without having to type a password. A typical scenario would be a test machine on a private network. With AutoAdminLogon enabled, when you restart the machine it automatically logs on a named user. The trick, which also its liability, is to set a value for… Read More »
Disable the Windows XP built-in Certificate Propagation Mechanism
The Windows XP built-in certificate propagation mechanism is designed to propagate all the certificates on a smart card to the local My Certificate store.
Remove the low disk space warning
Probably you have seen the irritating “low on disk space”-warning before, if your hard disk reaches full capacity. This warning message can be turned off by adding the DWORD-value NoLowDiskSpaceChecks with value 1 in the following key:
Disable the Balloon Tips
Already irritated by the information balloons, covering the important buttons in the Start Menu?
Disable the useless Security Center warnings
If your Windows is not provided with one of the well known virus scan and/or firewall software, the Security Center will come with useless repeating reminders.
Set CPU Priority
This setting gives a boost to priority of foreground applications. In very overly-simplified terms, what you see on the screen gets more attention from the CPU than what you can`t.
How to backup and restore the Windows Registry
The absolute best way to backup and restore the registry is to use Acronis True Image. Here is the way to do it using XP’s built-in features. These are NOT images. They simply restore files.