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Windows Y2K and XP came out with a new configurable area. We’ll be dealing with Windows XP services here. You will find these services in your Start, Programs menu named, “Administrative Tools”. By Default Administrative Tools is not shown. You will have to enable it by opening Taskbar and Start Menu. Taskbar and Start Menu is accessible on the Classic Start Menu by clicking on Start, Settings, Taskbar and Start Menu. On the XP Start Menu you will have to get into the Control Panel and the Taskbar and Start Menu applet. Put a checkmark beside, “Display Administrative Tools. Click OK and then click on your Start, Programs, Administrative Tools and Services.

Precautions :

..  use a pen and paper to record your changes.

.. modify only a couple at a time and test your system before changing more.

Highlight what you want to print. Go up to the File menu in the browser and select Print…. On the Print dialog there is a section called Page Range. Check the Selection checkbox. That will cause only the selected text to be printed.

If you have 512MB of ram or more - this tweak should improve your P.C.’s performance.

go to start\run\regedit -and then to the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Session Manager\Memory Management

1.DisablePagingExecutive -double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to harddrive which results in faster performance.

2.LargeSystemCache- double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernel to Run in memory which improves system performance a lot

Reboot to see the improvements.

Note: may cause problems with ATI cards