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Tips
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1. Overclock
Overclocking is increasing the cpu speed over the normal speed. How much it can be overclocked
depends on your system (Motherboard and type of your cpu). From my experience most modern system can
be increased at least 50 MHz more. (My Athlon system is overclocked from 750 to 825 MHz.)
To overclock your cpu, you need to change 2 main things, front side bus speed (FSB) and multiplier.
Let me explain them in details.
CPU clock speed is specified by FSB speed and multiplier. If you have 750 MHz cpu, you
may have 100 MHz FSB and multiplier at 7.5. You multiply these 2 numbers and you'll get the cpu speed
(100 x 7.5 = 750). Now, if you can change one of these numbers, you can make your cpu faster or
slower from the normal speed. Let's try my case. My 750 MHz Athlon won't let me adjust multiplier. It is fixed at 7.5.
However, I can change the FSB. So I managed to change the FSB to 110 and I got a 825 MHz speed !. In your
case, to change or set these numbers, you can do one of the following:
1. It may required you to open the case, locate necessary dip switches and adjust them.
2. You may adjust these two values through BIOS setting without opening the case.
3. You may use a program to change these two numbers after finishing boot up process.
Method 1 and 2 are quite complicated. I don't recommend using them here.
2. Bleem 1.5B
Best play station emulator. Awesome graphics. I also tried other emulators e.g. VGS (didn't work, blue screen), ePSXe (slow, so-so graphic). FYI, My system is ATHLON 750@860 MHz, 256 M, TNT2 M64 32 M.
If your game froze while changing the level and you have an AGP vdo card, try to reduce AGP aperture size in BIOS.
I use 64 Aperture size.
If the sound is shopping, make sure you check DMA enable in your CD-ROM drive in device manager in control panel. In Performance tab, select File system / CD-ROM, set cache size to large and optimized pattern for quad speed or higher. Also try to reduce a cd access option in Bleem CD_ROM setting menu to minimum.
3. Get Rid of the Logon Screen
Whether or not you're on a local area network, odds are you don't really need the little logon (login) screen asking for your username and password that comes up when starting Windows 98. To remove this prompt, follow the following directions:
If you don't have multiple users configured:
Open Control Panel, and double-click on the Network icon.
From the list entitled Primary Network Logon:, choose Windows Logon, and press OK.
Note: If this doesn't work, make sure you didn't initially configure a password for yourself. If you did, Windows 98 will always require it. Double-click on the Passwords icon in Control Panel to choose nothing (leave it blank) for your password.
If you do have multiple users configured:
Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Network\ Logon.
Double-click on the Process Logon Script value, and change the data from 00 00 00 00 to 00 00 00 01
4. VFAT device initialization failed:
need IFSHLP.SYS (in win98_46.cab) in WINDOWS dir.
5. Initialize string for AopenModem FM56H/P:
v90
at+ms=v90,1,75,33600,75,56000
k56Flex
at+ms=k56,1,75,33600,75,56000
6. Free icons:
D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PIFMGR.DLL
7. How to find my ip address:
winipcfg
nbtstat -n
ipconfig /?
8. Check connections:
netstat -a
9. Check MTU:
ping -f -l (packet size/MTU) (ISP address)
10. Speed IE5 in Windows 9.x:
1. Open Regedit (Start---Run--- and type 'regedit' [without
quotes] )
2. Navigate to the following folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings
3. Create the following "DWORD" :
MaxConnectionsPerServer
4. Set the value to any high number (the default is 2)8
5. Creat the following "DWORD"
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
6.Set the value to any high number as well (the default is 4)10
11. NT crack:
use "sam" file to retrieve password fron winnt.
"sam" file is in
winnt/win32/config
access this file by booting with dos and use "ntfs for dos" to access ntfs files
12. Telnet to POP:
Below is a sample dialog. The ``+OK'' is the reply from the pop3 mailserver that it accepted the previous command. You have to type the commands, e.g. the lines starting with user, pass, list, dele.
``LIST'' gives you a listing of your mails with a sequence number and the size, which is your citeria.
$ telnet my.pop3.mail.server.com 110
Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to my.pop3.mail.server.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK <1167.954646980@my.pop3.mail.server.com>
user MyUserName
+OK
pass MyPassWord
+OK
list
+OK
1 3402
2 3255
3 20000000
4 1657
.
dele 3
+OK
list
+OK
1 3402
2 3255
4 1657
.
quit
+OK
Connection closed by foreign host.
--- or -----
telnet yourmailserver 110
user yourname
pass yourpasswd
top 9 0
dele 9
quit
top 9 n looks at the headers and first n lines of message #9 so you can be sure that it's the message you want to delete.
quit is vitally important--if you just disconnect your message will NOT be deleted.
13. Uninstall
C:\WINDOWS\uninst.exe -fC:\GoMan\DeIsL1.isu
14. Make your email program be a default email program
I use Calypso here as an example.
1. Run Regedit
2. Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail
3. Create key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Calypso
4. Create key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Calypso\shell
5. Create key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Calypso\shell\open
6. Create key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Calypso\shell\open\command
7. Add string value name: (default), data: E:\MyNET\calypso\calypso.exe E:\MyNET\calypso\mailbox\PONG.box
Now goto Options/Internet options/Connection in Internet explorer, select Calypso in email program.
15. AMD processors can be easily identified
by reading the part number printed on the top of their black casing. In the part numbering after the initial "AMD" statement will follow a single letter.
A = AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" and K = AMD Athlon.
AMD-A 0850MPR24B A is an example of an AMD Althon "Thunderbird" processor.
16. To add .ocx and certain .dll files,
it will be necessary to restart your computer in DOS mode and run WINDOWS/SYSTEM/REGSVR32.EXE from the command line.The following are the commands and switches you will need:
regsvr32 [/u] [/s] [n] [i [:cmdline]] dll name or ocx name
/u (unregistered server)
/s (silent; display no message boxes)
/c (console output)
/i Call dll or ocx install passing it an optional [cmdline]; when used with /u calls dll or ocx uninstall
/n Do not call dll RegisterServer; this option must be used with /i
17. To gain access to the Windows Update Web site:
Delete all the values except Default under each of the following registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\LocalURL
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\RemoteURL
You may not find all of the registry keys listed above. After you delete the values, restart your computer.
18. Speed Up Network Browsing
If you are using your Windows XP machine on a network and trying to access a Windows 98 or Windows Me machine and network response is slow? Well here is how to fix it In XP, select Run from your start menu. Type "Regedit" in the box and click OK. Once you're in Regedit, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace
Now, simply delete the two keys (a lot of long numbers and letters) under this, which are the "Printers" and "Scheduled Tasks" keys. You can still share and use printers, so don't worry.
This tip works on ALL Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000/XP PRO systems with MS Internet Explorer 4/5/6 or later (after Service pack installation) installed. This Registry fix speeds up internet/remote (using Windows Explorer and/or Internet Explorer) browsing process considerably on most MS Windows 32-bit machines connected to a network and/or remote computer(s). This actually fixes a BUG in MS Windows OS's that scan shared (remote) folders/files across the network for Scheduled Tasks, and can add a delay as long as 30 seconds, because it uses extra time to search the remote computer(s).
19. Shortcut to address bar
To rapidly access the Address bar of a foreground Window, press ALT+D. This will place the cursor in the beginning of the Address bar and highlight any previous entry. When you begin typing, the previous entry is deleted.
20. How to setup Web and FTP server with IIS5 behind a router (I use iPAQ CP-2W router.)
1. Leave IP address to "All unassigned".
2. Note the listening port in IIS. If the default port is blocked by the ISP, change it to something else.
3. Set a global port and a local port in virtual server of the router to the same listening port in IIS.
In router virtual server setting, add another global port 20 for the FTP server. Use TCP for the protocal. See the example:
For web server: If the listening port is 8080 (default is 80)
Global 8080 Local 8080
For FTP server: If the listening port is 21 (default is 21)
Global 21 Local 21
Global 20 Local 21
Note that Local port should be the same as the listening port of IIS.
4. Done. Connect to the server using your public IP. If you change the default listening port, use the format: http or ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:port no.
If you cannot connect to the server inside the same network, try to connect it from the outside. Some
routers (like my router) will not allow to be connected from the same network. Also try with the different FTP clients. I have a problem with WS_FTP program while other programs work fine.
Note If you want to connect to the server from a computer in the same network, use the LAN IP instead
of public IP or put this into the HOSTS file in Windows directory:
LAN server IP hostname
Ex: 192.168.1.11 pong
and connect to the server by the hostname.
21. Roll over mouse in Firework3
1. Select layer1
2. Create image on frame1 (default images)
3. Make new frame2, may use duplicate from frame1
4. Create image on frame2 (roll over images)
5. Create slices on the roll over areas
6. Add behaviors on the slices
22. Set FTP server permission on a folder for a specific user.
For example, you want a specific user can do the download only, not for the delete or upload. This is for IIS5 in Win2000.
1. Create a user from Computer management in Admin tools.
2. In FTP server settings,
- in [Security accounts], uncheck "Allow anonymous".
- in [Home directory], check all permission (read, write, log).
3. Go to a folder you want to set permission, select Security from its Property right click
- add the user and set permission for that user. Keep Admin and Everyone users intact.
4. If your users have different home directories, don't forget to set different permission of their home directoies for each user.
For example, if you want admin to have an access to c:\ but not for ping. You must set deny permission for ping at c:\.
23. Boot into Safe mode in WindowsXP with MSCONFIG
Run msconfig in Run menu, select Safeboot in BOOT.INI tab. The msconfig also let us select which program we want to run at startup. Check or uncheck the program you want in Startup tab.
24. FTP with browser
ftp://username:password@FTPaddress:portnumber
In IE5, you may need "Use passive FTP" and/or "Enable folder view for FTP" in Advance tab in Option/Internet options.
25. Telnet to SMTP
telnet [smtp server address] 25
Some SMTP servers will block a suspected-spammer IP. To check if a SMTP server is working with this IP, type above line.
If it has no response or says something about blocking, it may mean the server is blocking this IP.
26. Hard drive letter order
If you add the 2nd hard drive, here are the posibilities:
In windows XP: No matter what the 2nd drive is the primary or extend partition, its drive letter will add at the end of letter order of the 1st drive.
In DOS/Win9x: If the 2nd drive has a primary partition, its drive letter of that partition will add next to the primary partion of the 1st drive. And the next letters will be other letters of the 1st drive, then follow with the letters of the 2nd drive. If the 2nd drive is all extend partion, its drive letter will add at the end of the letter of the 1st drive, just like in windows XP.
So if you don't want to mix up the letter order, if you can, try to format the second drive as the extend partition.
27. GHOST backup
Best way to backup hard disk. To split the image file and auto name multiple volumes, use this command line:
ghost -split=650 -auto -sure
Name the backup file with 8 letters ending with number and ghs extension, for example, E-DATA01.GHS. For complete automate, use:
ghost -clone,mode=pdump,src=[drive:partition],dst=[destination] -split=[split size in M] -z[compression mode, use 2 for medium] -auto -sure
For example;
ghost -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:3,dst=g:\backup\ewinxp01.ghs -split=650 -z2 -auto -sure
28. Installing Win9x
If you try to install Win9x and it says you cannot install because you've already have an OS installed or you need an upgrade version, try this:
rename the WINDOWS directory and the files, WIN.COM and WINVER.EXE to something else, then install Win9x as usual.
If it doesn't work, also try to rename these files: MSDOS.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS
You can go back the same system by rename them back and reboot.
29. System restore in Windows XP
Boot into safe mode/Log on with Admin Privileges/ Type: %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
Last updated: February 1, 2004
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