Win2000 Tweaks?

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Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/15/00 07:40 AM

Hey, just got Win2000, and just curious to see what people favorite tips are. I play mostly games, and use a Radeon. So if there are any speed tweaks, for the system in general, or for my Radeon send them this way!

I already got DX8, and Win2000 drivers. I also found out there is no 'msconfig', so I went into my reg and took out what I didnt want to start. Enabled DMA on my disk drives.

One more thing. I use Powerstrip, and curious as to why I cannot over clock my engine clock, but I can my memory clock for my video card. Whats up with that? I have the latest Powerstrip, and when I boot into ME, I can adjust either.

Lemme know! smile

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/17/00 04:25 PM

since im a male chavinist i wont answer this ;P

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/17/00 08:47 PM

frown

I forgot how to get into my reg and edit what I want to start, and I cant find the link where I got it from... someone refresh my memory!

[This message has been edited by Emilee1 (edited 17 November 2000).]

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/17/00 09:12 PM

Go here:
http://www.mlin.net

and get the "Startup Control Panel" applet. It works quite well.

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Regards,

clutch

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/19/00 02:57 AM

Emilee smile

A very easy tip:

In display properities uncheck use
transition affects and tool tips.

Then with a registry editor (try reglite)
go to and click on:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop|MenuShowDelay

and change the value from 400 to 0

click ok and exit should notice an
improvement in menu speed.

Sharky

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/19/00 04:31 AM

Ill try that as soon as I can boot back into Win2k!

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/21/00 04:43 AM

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 11/25/00 08:12 PM

Try disabling all the performance counters, it helps a lot...
Turn Diskpref Off:

By default, Win2k is set to collect physical drive data.
As home users we don't need this.

To disable the disk performance counters:
Start
Programs
Command Prompt
diskperf -n
Also use the miscrosoft file exctrlst run it and shut down all performance counters....I have included the file for you...

If you ever want to return to default:
diskperf -yd

the file exctrlst.exe can be found here...
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/

Re: Win2000 Tweaks? - 12/21/00 01:45 AM