Beginners Guides: Tech Tips and Tweaks for Windows

Performance Tech Tips (1-12)

1.Turn off or reduce system restore to save hard drive space
2.Altering page files
3.Clean out prefetch folder
4.Set priority for individual programs
5.Cleaning up unwanted startup programs
6.Defrag your hard drive
7.Disable unnecessary services
8.Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
9.Turn Off Windows Indexing service
10.Increasing desktop Graphics Performance
11.Check and set the DMA mode on your drives
12.Smooth out your mouse movement

Useful Tech Tips for Windows (13-30)

13.Resize screen fonts on the fly in Internet Explorer
14.Mouse Sonar
15.Quick back and forward commands in Internet explorer
16.Mount a new hard drive as a folder in your C: drive
17.Enable clear type
18.Create a keyboard shortcut to a folder or program
19.Use remote desktop to connect to your PC from anywhere (XP Pro only)
20.XP Powertoys
21.Backing up or transferring your email manually with outlook express
22.Running legacy software in Windows XP
23.Compressing files and folders to save space
24Open explorer window from current command prompt directory
25.Using Quick Edit in the Command Prompt
26.Select 'No to all' when copying files in XP
27.Bypass the recycle bin when deleting a file
28.Create a link to shutdown your PC
29.Hosting online games through the Windows XP firewall
30.Rename multiple files simultaneously

Security, privacy and recovery tips (31-44)

31.Use the Windows 2000-style secure logon screen
32.Hiding shared folders with $
33.Using advanced file security settings in Windows XP Home
34.Create a password reset disk
35.Applying a password to the 'administrator' account in XP Home
36.'Rolling back' a faulty device driver
37.Disable simple file sharing (XP Professional only)
38.Using the Windows XP firewall
39.Turn autocomplete off in IE
40.Using the Windows XP repair installation process
41.Add, Clear or remove the 'my recent documents' menu
42.Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
43.Giving a password to the 'Guest' user account
44.Use system restore when you cannot boot your system normally