re: Some Tips Picked Up After One Year of Maintaining '98/ME
Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 1:52 pm
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Posted by MI5
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Windows "Quick" Tune-Up '98/ME
Windows Up-Date site for ALL system-critical and security up-dates:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Windows '98/98se should have 128-256Mb RAM & ME 256-512Mb RAM to
operate properly with todays software and high html content in IE6.0/Opera
6.05: http://www.opera.com/download/
Make a Windows Start-Up diskette (bootdisk) NOW in Add-Remove programs
AND also make a copy of VMM32.VXD on another diskette.
Apply these next two modifications anyway as the system will run better as a
result.
How to Troubleshoot Windows Internal Stack Overflow Error Messages (Q145799)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q145799
Error Message: There Are No Spare Stack Pages (Q149083)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q149083
Then try these as all of them help the system to run better.
Fit Delindex.bat using the delta command, (C:\Delindex.bat delta) setting it
up in your task-scheduler to run on boot-up (or Delta.bat). from:
http://www.burzurq.com/forum/delindex.html
http://gerard.melone.free.fr/Delindex/Delindex.html (Version français.)
Whilst you are there set up OTUNEUP.EXE to run as a weekly maintenance task
too. This will keep any Office programs running better, as it repairs their
file system, and this freeware program clears out the temporary file
folders.
http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp EmpTemp. Set it up to run at
start-up and automatically close again. Don't use the "EmpRunner" feature as
it uses too much in the way of system resources.
Then run this over your system: SpyBot SD from: http://beam.to/spybotsd
Click on English flag. SpyBot is a very revealing program.
Then use this program to clean your registry,
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/software.shtml Registry Power Tools.
You HAVE to be VERY CAREFUL with this new version. Backup Everything.
Do NOT use if you are not CERTAIN of what you are doing!
Run scandisk and use this free disk-defragmenter as it is MUCH faster than
defrag.exe and MUCH better too. Diskeeper Lite:
http://www.executive.com/diskeeper/diskeeper.asp
Or you can ALSO use this 30-day trial Defrag from RAXTOR, which is the
very best industry standard defragmentor for all operating systems:
RAXTOR Perfectdisk 2000 v5.0 the absolute BEST:
http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k
Or if you really know what you are doing and want to optimise your
swap-file: ( Good for ALL Windows Operating Systems )
VoptXP 7.13 for setting up an optimised swap-file: http://www.goldenbow.com
See: Tools, tune-Up, System, Unloading DLL's, connection tune-up, etc.
YOU MUST set the Min & Max values for virtual memory to the desired size
BEFORE you use the SAME values in setting up the paging-file with VoptXP.
Both settings should also be the SAME. e.g. Min=1000Mb Max=1000Mb.
WIN386.SWP will now show 0Kb (Ko) & PAGEFILE.SYS 1,024,000Kb,
1024Mb (Mo) or 1.024Gb (Go).
If you now run sysmon.exe you will see Windows managing the swap-file WITHIN
the fixed pagefile.sys allocated to the Hard-Disk Drive, especially if you
then click on:
RAMpage 1.6 from: http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/index.html
Set the recover limit to 15Mb to free up RAM. Especially good when
burning CD-RW.
I use RealOne Player and change the suffix of realsched.exe to .xex in safe
mode to prevent this from going on-line. LEAVE the TkBellExe entry in
msconfig checked otherwise Real will make another one and you will have a
double
entry.
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And then INCREASE THE RESTORE POINTS IN SCANREG.INI
Open C:\WINDOWS\SCANREG.INI with Notepad and change the MaxBackupCopies=
value from 5 to the desired number. For example =14. (Two weeks.) And see:
DRWATSON.EXE, DXDIAG.EXE, HELPCTR.EXE, HWINFO.EXE, MSCONFIG.EXE,
MSINFO32.EXE, OTUNEUP.EXE, REGEDIT.EXE, RSRCMTR.EXE,
SCANREGW.EXE, & SYSMON.EXE
Calc 98 http://www.calculator.org/ ;- ) Nice!
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Improving System Resources in '95, '98, ME, 2000, XP. (See:
http://www.95isalive.com/tricks/unloadimage.htm for screen shots.)
Windows Explorer has a bad habit of keeping ALL of the DLLs in use in
memory.
For Windows '95, '98, Millennium Edition, 2000 & XP you can modify the
operating system to unload them when they are no longer in use.
This registry entry is used in Windows '98se which is one reason why it
works better.
Open Regedit then go to:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer]
Make sure it contains a Key value, AlwaysUnloadDll with the Default value
set to 1.
If not right click explorer and then click new key. Rename the new key:
AlwaysUnloadDll
Now right click Default, click modify and set the value at 1.
This change does not apply to older 16 bit DLLs. Some programs may give an
invalid page fault message, or crash the system.
To turn it off: Change the value to "0".
If you do not have any errors, this setting speeds up operation, freeing
RAM and returning it to the system.
Close the Registry Editor, and restart Windows to effect the change.
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You can add this change automatically using VoptXP from www.goldenbow.com
in: Tools, Tune-up, System, Dll's unloading.
See also: Optimizing the Swapfile and enabling conservative swapfile use.
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Look for these programs within Windows:
DRWATSON.EXE, DXDIAG.EXE, HELPCTR.EXE, HWINFO.EXE, MSCONFIG.EXE, MSINFO32.EXE, OTUNEUP.EXE,
REGEDIT.EXE, RSRCMTR.EXE,
SCANREGW.EXE, & SYSMON.EXE
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VERY ADVANCED TUNING for VIDEO USE
http://www.videoguys.com/WinME_Tweaks.html
How to Run Windows ME well V4
http://www.burzurq.com/forum/howtos.html
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REMOVING NETWORK ICON
To remove the network icon you have to open regedit.exe by typing in
regedit at, start > run, and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT
VERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER
Select NEW from the edit option
Click DWORD to create a new entry
Name it NoNetHood set the value to 1 and reboot
To restore the icon change the value to 0
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REMOVING OUTLOOK EXPRESS SPLASH SCREEN
Registry Settings for removal of Splash Screen from Outlook Express.
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}\Software
\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0]
DWORD Value = NoSplash
Value Data: 1 = no splash screen, 0 = splash screen on
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REMOVING SHORTCUT ARROWS
Open the Registry by running REGEDIT.EXE , which you will find at
C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\REGEDIT.EXE & which you can also put onto your Start
Menu, and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\lnkfile
... and delete the value ... IsShortcut
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\piffile
... and delete the value ... IsShortcut
Close the Registry Editor and Re-Boot your computer.
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