Use Registry to View Installed Patches

This info is especially useful to system administrators, but other power users should find this useful. Periodically Microsoft releases Hot Fixes to patch bugs in Windows and other products, this key contains information about which Hot fixes have been installed.

Place Windows Kernel in RAM

This little tweak will give a slight performance boost, but at a cost. It moves the kernel of Windows XP into speedier RAM. Give it a try, and report back here any gains you experience.

NETSH

Netsh.exe is a tool an administrator can use to configure and monitor Windows-based computers at a command prompt. With the Netsh.exe tool, you can direct the context commands you enter to the appropriate helper, and the helper then carries out the command. A helper is a Dynamic Link Library (.dll) file that extends the functionality of the Netsh.exe… Read More »

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:

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.