XP Mouse Filter FixThis is the WinXP mouse accel tweak. It restores the feel of the mouse back to Win2K style. Very helpful for gamers and those sensitive to mouse movements.
Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse]
Then, under SmoothMouseXCurve, change to this:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,a0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,\
01,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,05,00,00,
00,00,00
Next, under SmoothMouseYCurve, change to this:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,a6,02,00,00,00,00,00,cd,4c,\
05,00,00,00,00,00,a0,99,0a,00,00,00,00,00,38,33,15,00,00,
00,00,00
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XP Mouse Filter Fix
Posted by kashaan143 on October 16, 2008
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Access Stored User Names and Passwords
Posted by kashaan143 on October 7, 2008
The Stored User Names and Passwords applet lets you assign user names and passwords to use when needing to authenticate yourself to services in domains other than the one you are currently logged into. The normal way of running this applet can be difficult to find quickly, so here is a way to launch it using a desktop shortcut using the rundll32.exe program:
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Click on START – RUN and type the following (follwed by ENTER):
rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr
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Create your own Self-extracting self-installER
Posted by kashaan143 on September 30, 2008
The following will show you how to use the Iexpress2.0 tool.
The tool allows you to make a self extracting file and much more : To play with this hidden feature of XP :
Navigate to : Windows\system32\
look for a file called iexpress.exe.
Double left click on it and follow the wizzard.
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Changing Motherboards
Posted by kashaan143 on September 24, 2008
This is not mine so I cannot take credit but Andy-S in the Hardware and Drive Support forum passed this one on to me – a must know tweak.
Before you swap out the current motherboard go to device manager and select the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller and select your current storage controller. Right click, select update driver and select install from a list or specific location. Click don’t search I will choose the driver to install and select the standard dual channel IDE controller.
This will prevent the inaccessable boot device blue screen. I have done this multiple times on different platforms with no problems.
Also I found that booting the first time with the new motherboard is best done in the Safe mode where XP will install the drivers it needs and at the same time you can install the new motherboard drivers from its CD.
This saved me doing a repair or a reinstall of XP. My whole system came right up and worked great and very stable.
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Speed up menu display
Posted by kashaan143 on September 20, 2008
Microsoft Windows XP uses many visual effects to provide a rich, friendly interface. One of these settings allows menus to fade into view when you open them. This visual effect is so smooth that you may never have noticed it; however, the effect does cause menus to take a little longer to appear.
On a fast computer, this shouldn’t be an issue. But on a computer that isn’t responding as quickly as you’d like, you can make menus display faster.
To speed up menu display
| 1. | Click Start. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
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| 2. | Click the Advanced tab. In the Performance area, click Settings.
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| 3. | On the Visual Effects tab in the Performance Options dialog box, clear the Fade or slide menus into view check box.
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| 4. | Click OK. |
| 5. | In the System Properties dialog box, click OK.
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Now when you click a menu, it will appear almost instantly.
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