Comments on: Some XP Tricks you may not know…

By: sid

sid — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:24:22 +0000

I am using windows xp with ser.,pack 2,whenever I wil right click on ant file or folder ,system will hang,again I havt restart manually

By: flash

flash — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:53:13 +0000

you cannot remove IE from windows
if dont believe me try this first do whatever it is that you believe to remove IE, Then open the icon my documents. In the address bar type an http address say like http://www.google.com if you have an internet connection i bet you go there. Windows explorer and Internet Explorer are the same program and you cant delete windows explorer. if manage to do it you will cripple your file system cause you will be unable to navigate it unless you want to go back to using DOS

By: KyleEnglish

KyleEnglish — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:39:12 +0000

yeah, IE cant be removed, Microsoft made sure of that :P Microsoft is pretty good though, have you seen the funny fake macintosh comercial someone made on http://www.thepeon.com? search for mac sucks there, and you’ll see it :) i prefer windows cuz it is tailored to be able to use easily, but the problem with that is that since it is so easy even a complete idiot can use it, when it crashes, said idiot has no clue what to do. good tip about the onscreen keyboard i knew it was on here because i used to use it a lot, i just couldnt remember how to get to it :-/

By: ryanB

ryanB — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:53:46 +0000

Yes sorry once again there’s errors. When you are batch renaming. It will do
Photo1.jpg
Photo1(1).jpg
Photo1(2).jpg
…
The number inside the ()’s ISN’T a cool number system it thinks Photo1(1) and Photo1(2) are just copies of Photo1.

By: Chakz

Chakz — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:34:08 +0000

“IE is integrated directly into the Windows OS, and no matter what you do, you can�t get rid of it.”

Ever heard of nLite? Can do 1000x more than you think is possible, and it makes your OS run like a Ferrari.

By: Todd Derscheid

Todd Derscheid — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:54:38 +0000

“Set Processes Priority
If we are running a lot of programs, there may be some programs that we would want them to run faster than others. This could be done in XP by prioritizing your process.

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc -> Click on Processes Tab -> Right Click on any active process -> Set the priority ”

Note that changing certain hard-drive thrashing programs to “realtime” mode or “high” priority can make your computer appear to hang. (Try moving-with-sort 60,000 names in Excel after cranking Excel’s priority up, for instance. This can make slower PCs totally unresponsive for up to 15 minutes, in my experience.)

In addition to speeding up, this can also prevent strange errors in smaller programs. MW-Snap 3.0 is an excellent screenshot program, but occasionally will display “init:0″ error messages if you take screenshots rapidly. Crank the priority to high, and MWSnap gets slightly more of XP’s resources… the error messages stop, and MWSnap still uses only a tiny fraction of available memory.

Moving programs to high priority can also solve port buffer errors in terminal emulator-type programs.

By: Abhinav Kaiser

Abhinav Kaiser — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:30:03 +0000

I have Windows XP with SP2. I tried to rename a batch of files again and it worked fine with ascending numbers.

With IE, I am sorry for the wrong information that I provided regarding uninstallation. IE is a parasite in my book.

Here is an advanced procedure to negate the ill effects caused by IE. Please back up your registry before you attempt this.

Hit Start -> Run -> Regedit

Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}
Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.
Data Type: DWORD // Value Name: IsInstalled
Setting for Value Data: [Change the Value from 1 to 0]
Exit Registry

Let me know if you have any other questions…

By: Joe Reader

Joe Reader — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:26:44 +0000

Quote{ I am not very keen on sending the error reports to Microsoft as I don�t see any improvements even after I sent a million of those (exhaggerated). }

Which is a pity, because there are top-class programmers in Redmond whose job it is to look at these error reports. Sure, they won’t come and fix your problem — not for the $99/$199 you paid for Windows (a support contract would be another story though…) but they do use this info for service packs, subsequent OS releases, etc.

Another thing: Firefox has talkback enabled on beta-channel releases by default. How has that ever helped you? Ffox 1.5 still leaks memory and crashes (though less than 1.0x). OTOH Talkback has helped improve Firefox quality consistently across major releases.

If you expect your crash reports to automagically qualify you for a fix from the developers, you obviously misunderstand shrinkwrap product development. Go use a browser with 10 users or something, or pay someone to write or maintain a custom codebase for you.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:19:16 +0000

I think you may be mistaken about uninstalling IE… the truth is, you can’t completely remove it, you can only roll back the usable version to what it was when the operating system was installed. IE is integrated directly into the Windows OS, and no matter what you do, you can’t get rid of it.

By: Fabio

Fabio — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:34:44 +0000

the “Rename a Series of Files” instruction does not work on my XPsp2.