OK I am going to post a new item everyday, or I am going to try to. If you have any questions on how to do a certain "tweak" this is the place for it. BTW I am in no way responsible if you screw up your PC.... :


These Settings will fine tune your systems memory
management -at least 512MB of ram recommended
go to start\run\regedit -and then to the following key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
1.DisablePagingExecutive -double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to harddrive yeilds faster performance.
2.LargeSystemCache- double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernel to Run in memory improves system performance alot
Reboot and watch your system fly ..happy tweakin

OK since today is the Grand opening of this thread, I will give 2 today..LOL


The second one is if you never use Msn messenger and cant stand to see it pop up everytime you start OE or IE or Outlook.
Simply :
start, run, in the command line cut and past this:RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove


No more messenger, EVER. you will see an error message and then it will ask you to reboot. do so.

OK happy hump day everyone!!!!!

Ever wanted to have your Internet Explorer toolbar to have a picture on it? Well now you can just follow these simple instructions.
XP Professional:
1. Click Start > Run > Type gpedit.msc
2. Click User Configuration > Windows Setting > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Browser User Interface
3. Double click on Browser Toolbar Customization
4. Click on Customize Toolbar Background Bitmap
5. Browse for the new Background (it must be a bitmap image)
XP Home Edition:
1. Click Start > Run, type: regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
3. Right click on an empty spot and create a new string value
4. Name it BackBitmapIE5
5. Doubleclick on BackBitmapIE5 and type in the path of your toolbar bitmap
6. Click OK and close regedit

Ever forgotten your password to your computer on one of your accounts and left yourself "locked out" of that account?

To view all of the user accounts:

1) While logged onto the computer, click on Start>Run>and type in CMD.

2) From the command prompt window, type in net users. This will show you every account that is made onto the computer whether it is hidden or not.

To change an account password:
1) While logged onto the computer to an account that has administrative rights, click on Start>Run>and type in CMD.

2) Type in net user then the name of the account then * and press enter. heres an example: net user administrator * or net user "Joe Smith" * . Put the name in quotes if it contains spaces.

3) From there it should ask for a new password. Type in your new password (type very carefully - the command window won't display what you type) and once more to confirm it. If you get the message that the command succeeded successfully you're all set!!

This tweak is not designed with the intention of being used for bad. But has been used if say children forget their passwords to an account or you need access to the Administrator acount and have forgotten your password.

OK I know I said one a day but I am on a roll this AM.
Here is a little trick I have found to be a little extra in terms of protecting your PC. This is good if you have multiple computer related people in your household, or if you want to make sure noone is messing with your pc while you are gone...I call it Added Security. One step further than just setting a password, especially since I just showed you how to bypass the passwords.

This is an interesting way to increase the security of your machine further. With the help of this tip, you will need to insert a special floppy disk that you make in order to log on. If you loose the disk, you are locked out.

1)Click on start run and then type in SYSKEY, hit return
2)On the first window that opens you shall need to click on UPDATE
3)On the next window ensure the System generated password is selected. (this is what I reccomend)
4)Also ensure the Store startup Key on a floppy drive is selected click on OKAY (Yes, make sure there is a blank disk in the floppy drive.) follow the prompts closing out of the windows and restart.
5)Remove the disk and restart.

Huntnsinme wrote:

OK I know I said one a day but I am on a roll this AM. Here is a little trick I have found to be a little extra in terms of protecting your PC. This is good if you have multiple computer related people in your household, or if you want to make sure noone is messing with your pc while you are gone...I call it Added Security. One step further than just setting a password, especially since I just showed you how to bypass the passwords. This is an interesting way to increase the security of your machine further. With the help of this tip, you will need to insert a special floppy disk that you make in order to log on. If you loose the disk, you are locked out. 1)Click on start run and then type in SYSKEY, hit return 2)On the first window that opens you shall need to click on UPDATE 3)On the next window ensure the System generated password is selected. (this is what I reccomend) 4)Also ensure the Store startup Key on a floppy drive is selected click on OKAY (Yes, make sure there is a blank disk in the floppy drive.) follow the prompts closing out of the windows and restart. 5)Remove the disk and restart.

Richard, what happens if you loose the floppy? Is there a way to get back in? Just wondering. Thanks

If you lose the disk, you are locked out.....

I will check into it further, but Jim, I do believe the only way to get back in after you lose the disk is to REFORMAT....

Huntnsinme wrote:

If you lose the disk, you are locked out..... I will check into it further, but Jim, I do believe the only way to get back in after you lose the disk is to REFORMAT....

Ouch...Thanks.

Jim, I am still looking into this one for you.It is a good question . I should know something today.

OK lets see what we can tweak in Xp tonight...hmm lets see....
Ok this one is simple. Ever want to hide your toolbar in Iexplorer? Press F11, gone, to get it back press F11 peekaboo.