Hello - again,
How very pleasant it is to think that the readers of this thread will, for the most part, be fellow users of Windows Millennium.
I came across a great site today chock-a-block full of stuff of interest to anyone using 'our' operating system but I will come back to that.
A question for you. How long does it take your computer to boot into WinME? It maybe revealing.
A simply freeware which will tell you how long - from here:
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/ble/ let us know how long? Oh and while are at that site why not download this simple freeware here:
http://www.blueorbsoft.com ScanDefrag v5.2 as an aid to easy daily maintenance I know of none finer.
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Do you ever have an inclination to do away with the 'splashy' MS ad which insists on showing itself as you bootup? If so do this:
Unhide All Folders and Files. (In Control Panel>Folder Options>View tab)
Search for MSDOS.SYS
Right-click on it and click-on Properties:
Uncheck Read Only, Click Apply and OK.
Right-click on MSDOS.SYS
Open With Notepad
Under Options and after WinVer=
Add: Logo=0
Save Changes
Change: In Properties
Re-check Read Only, Click Apply and OK.
Restart.
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Restart or Shutdown - a Desktop icon for each is a direct way to do either.
Right-click on the Desktop and click-on New & Shortcut. Up will come the Create Shortcut box
In Command line copy and paste this:
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows
Name the shortcut SHUTDOWN or whatever
repeat the exercise only this time in the Command line copy and paste this:
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 2
name it RESTART or whatever.
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Is your system DMA enabled? Although some systems manufactured in 2000 (and possibly later) lack that which is essential to this enablement, many can have it. Read this:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=642
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Does your Control Panel expansion (see Start>Settings>Taskbar and Start Menu>Advanced tab>Check Expand Control Panel) open instantly? If not you can easily make it do so. In my previous post (#16 above) I made mention of the RegSeeker freeware and its Tweaks options. One of them is called Menu Delay (ms) - place a zero in the box OR a simple registry edit will do the same thing (the Registry can be fun inspite of the dire warnings about modifying it). This is the edit:
Start>Run>type regedit>click OK the Registry editor will open. This is the Key you seek:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Click on the + alongside HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Click on the + alongside Control Panel
Find Desktop
Click on the 'folder' actually a Key - Desktop and look in the right-hand pane (or window pane). You will see a list of items (under Name) one of which is called MenuShowDelay. In the second column (headed Data) you will find a Value. If that value is "0" you have nothing to change (edit). If it is other right-click on the name and choose Modify. In the line called Value data type 0 and click OK. In the left-hand pane and at the top may be seen Favorites. Click on it. Click on Add to Favorites you should see the word Desktop already for you to select. Click OK and you can return to the Key (Desktop) you have edited (or merely looked at) by selecting this Favorite. 'Bundle' all the keys back into tidiness by clicking on the - and turning them into +. Close the Registry Editor. Go to Start>Settings>move your mouse pointer onto Control Panel and watch it instantly open. Of course the choice of how fast the menus open is yours. If you prefer the more slow just change that "0" to any number of milli-secs.
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The link I mentioned at the beginning of this post is here:
http://www.uninets.net/~blaisdel/Millennium.html (it opens slowly on account of Java loading - I think!)
Although he (the author) calls our WinME the third edition of last century's last Windows version he does so with tongue in cheek (diplomatically?) in view of the stubbornness of most of us to move on from the familiar (tried and true).
It is full of the worthwhile for Millennium folk.
Cheers.
