This how you can accelerate any application by setting it's priority.

In this example we used Notepad, but you can do it for any application.

Tips: you can lower priority for applications that just sits in the background and raise the priority for those that you need.

This also works in Windows Vista.

Tutorial tags: accelerate, priorities

No cache has cons and pros, but in the end the clean cache wins :)

You can download the needed file HERE (right click, then "Save As").

You don't need to copy it in the root of the C: drive, all you need to know is the path to it, as you must add it in the Registry later in the tutorial.

Tutorial tags: fast, clean, cache

This is a nice video tutorial that covers all you need to know about and how to set your Virtual Memory - the page file!

Tutorial tags: page file, virtual memory

Sometimes you have a file that you simply can't delete! Many are the times that the files you want to delete are a virus or protected by a virus.

If you want to delete it, this is what you do!

Please be careful what you delete! You may end up losing vital system files. If you're not sure about deleting a file, look it up with Google, see exactly what it does before deletion!!!

Tutorial tags: delete, hidden, protected

This is a video from PCWorld with a few tricks and tips to improve your start up!

Tutorial tags: tips, improve, startup

You can feel a slight improvement of your computer if you use boot time defragmentation. We are sorry about the video quality, but as you can well guess, it's not one of ours.

Tutorial tags: speed, boot, defragment

If Windows Explorer need to be restarted you don't need you reboot. This is how you can do it.

Also works in Windows Vista.

Tutorial tags: restart, windows explorer

You can really make a difference by disabling some unuseful display effects. As you can see in the video you can disable all visual effects (this will make your computer look like the old Windows 98, but it will move ALOT faster!), but if you enable those five things your windows will look the same as before, with improved speed (nice effects - better speed).

Tutorial tags: speed, disable, display, effects

We don't have to underline the importance of having a password protected usename, but we also noticed that many are the times when users remove their passwords just because they are sick of entering them every time Windows starts. This is a way on how you can keep you password and be safe on your network but still not to be bothered by entering it every time.

By following this tutorial you enter your password once, then you don't have to worry about it anymore.

Of course, this is not a good option if you have several users on your computer.

And a plus from us: you can disable the auto-logon feature by holding down the Shift key while your computer boots up. This will prevent the auto-logon and let you choose another username to login with.

Tutorial tags: auto, logon, xp

So let's say you share your computer with your son, brother, sister, wife, whatever! :)

Say you want to remind them something like: "DON'T MESS UP MY FILES!" or "DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST, THEN PLAY!"
This is how you can do it! :)
The registry location is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ WindowsNT \ Winlogon.
The values you must edit are "LegalNoticeCaption" and "LegalNoticeText".
As you can see in the video, if you don't want to display a message anymore, you can just delete the values of those key (leave them empty).

Tutorial tags: xp, user, custom, logon