Win2000 Tweaks?

[Emilee1 0]

Hey, just got Win2000, and just curious to see what people favorite tips are. I play mostly games, and use a Radeon. So if there are any speed tweaks, for the system in general, or for my Radeon send them this way!

 

I already got DX8, and Win2000 drivers. I also found out there is no 'msconfig', so I went into my reg and took out what I didnt want to start. Enabled DMA on my disk drives.

 

One more thing. I use Powerstrip, and curious as to why I cannot over clock my engine clock, but I can my memory clock for my video card. Whats up with that? I have the latest Powerstrip, and when I boot into ME, I can adjust either.

 

Lemme know!

[nagual 0]

since im a male chavinist i wont answer this ;P

[Emilee1 0]

 

I forgot how to get into my reg and edit what I want to start, and I cant find the link where I got it from... someone refresh my memory!

 

[This message has been edited by Emilee1 (edited 17 November 2000).]

[clutch 1]

Go here:

http://www.mlin.net

 

and get the "Startup Control Panel" applet. It works quite well.

 

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Regards,

 

clutch

[Sharkyx21 0]

Emilee

 

A very easy tip:

 

In display properities uncheck use

transition affects and tool tips.

 

Then with a registry editor (try reglite)

go to and click on:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop|MenuShowDelay

 

and change the value from 400 to 0

 

click ok and exit should notice an

improvement in menu speed.

 

Sharky

[Emilee1 0]

Ill try that as soon as I can boot back into Win2k!

[Cutter 0]

You may find these useful.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/system_win2k.shtml

http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/win2k/

http://www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml

[Widow 0]

Try disabling all the performance counters, it helps a lot...

Turn Diskpref Off:

 

By default, Win2k is set to collect physical drive data.

As home users we don't need this.

 

To disable the disk performance counters:

Start

Programs

Command Prompt

diskperf -n

Also use the miscrosoft file exctrlst run it and shut down all performance counters....I have included the file for you...

 

If you ever want to return to default:

diskperf -yd

 

the file exctrlst.exe can be found here...

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/

[LoW_beta 0]

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/win2k_compatiblity/index.shtml

 

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/win2k_services/index.shtml

 

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/memory-win2k/index.shtml

 

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/modem-win2k/index.shtml

http://www.ntfaq.com