Tips & Tricks : Add your own!

[Rudy 0]

Here's a few random tricks that I found here and there, please add to the list The quotes are because I just copied and pasted from wherever I found them.

 

Autoplay OFF:

 

"Registry setting can be changed to disable autorun:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom

change "autorun" to 0 (zero)"

 

Command line auto-complete:

 

"Now here's a cool NT hack that I hadn't seen. If you're a big command line fiend, and you want to turn on TAB completion under NT4 or Win2K, open up the registry to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER:Software:Microsoft:

CommandProcessor:CompletionChar, and set its DWORD value to a decimal "9." This'll let you enter in the first few characters of a directory name and hit TAB to complete the rest. Rockin'!"

 

To start Windows Explorer in C:

 

"Change the shortcut command line to have the command switch, "/e, c:\" after

the file name."

 

Speed up IE:

 

This was posted on Ars Technica by Darkseid, a lot of people say it works, but since I'm on cable it doesn't help that much (should help modems/DSL I guess). It increases the max. number of connections allowed on the web.

 

"5) Speed Up IE4 and 5--- But At Your Own Risk!

 

I had a long internal debate with myself about bringing you this

tweak. On the plus side, it can significantly speed the loading of

complex web pages--- Internet Explorer will load these pages *much,

much* faster. But the downside is that the tweak makes IE non-

compliant with the spec. If you employ this tweak, you'll be

making your browser nonstandard.

 

The HTTP 1.1 spec limits the number of simultaneous connections any

one browser can make to a given server. It's a way to ensuring there

are enough connections to go around. This IE tweak turns off IE's

built-in compliance with this standard, and lets your copy of IE open

far more simultaneous connections with a server. This means your

browser can grab many chunks of a web page at one time, speeding load

times. But it also makes your browser a connections "pig," consuming

more than its fair share of server connectivity. It makes your

browser a selfish net entity.

 

But this tweak is public knowledge now--- reader John Collins dug it

out of the Microsoft Knowledge Base, for example (thanks, John!)---

so I'll tell you about it, with a caveat.

 

This tweak can be useful as a temporary setting, or for

troubleshooting. But I do NOT recommend it as a permanent thing. Slow

web pages are usually caused by something other than the number of

allowable connections. (Look at my newly-tweaked www.langa.com

to see how fast pages can load with no browser weirdness at all, for

example.)

 

But if you want the tweak and aren't concerned about taking more than

your share of connectivity, here are John's instructions:

 

In Windows 2000:

1. Open Regedit (Start---Run--- and type 'regedit' [without

quotes] )

 

2. Navigate to the following folder:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings

 

3. Find the keys that say:

MaxConnectionsPerServer

and

MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server

 

4. Change the value of both keys to some higher number

 

= DS ADDITION =

add them as NEW STRINGS,

I set the value for 8, and 10 respectively ...

= end addition =

 

 

In Windows 9.x

1. Open Regedit (Start---Run--- and type 'regedit' [without

quotes] )

 

2. Navigate to the following folder:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings

 

3. Create the following "DWORD" :

MaxConnectionsPerServer

 

4. Set the value to any high number (the default is 2)

 

5. Creat the following "DWORD"

MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server

 

6.Set the value to any high number as well (the default is 4)

 

More explanation: See

support.microsoft.com/sup...ALLKB&FR=0"

 

So anyone else found any neat tricks that make W2K run more like you think it should?

[dlever 0]

3. Find the keys that say:

MaxConnectionsPerServer

and

MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server

 

I dont have these anywhere in my registry ?

[PraetorJudis 0]

Those keys are invisible until you change a 'net server' setting from the command prompt...

 

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*gniltrohc yawa srednaw*

[PraetorJudis 0]

For example:

 

NET CONFIG SERVER /HIDDEN:YES

 

This will cause several keys to be displayed that were previously hidden.

 

Careful though, there are ramificaitons for doing this. Check MS TechNet for more information.

 

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*gniltrohc yawa srednaw*

[Summoner 0]

what do you mean ramifications? does this tweak make ie faster or not?

 

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If it doesn't work, PLUG IT IN!

[Laddyboy 0]

No hidden file revealed using the net server thingy....

 

come on boys...what is really in those pipes your smoking...? lol

[Rudy 0]

Just create the key if it's not there. For the record I'm on cable and I can't really see any speed increase... Check the thread on Ars Technica (look for IE/speed up in the NT forum), apparently it works for a lot of people.