[pakiya]

ok every1 reinstall Window , one day or others here are some utilties and tricks for a fresh reinstall . Keep in mind , they are all for general prefrenece, if u find a better utility please tell me or any trick........

1. If u use Win Me , first disable System Restore, go to my computer-> properties->performace --> FileSystem ->Trouble Shooting -> Disable System Restore
There only click on Floppy Disk -> Check out the Box search for floppy drive everytime windows start.

2. Get AcdSee Classic from ACDSEE.COM , common say it , there ain't no better viewer than this or IFRAN VIEWER.

3. For Browsing the Net
A. Get OPERA from www.opera.com for a BETTER ,Faster BROWSING
B. Get Mass Downloader from metaproducts.com or DAP for download manager
C. Get AdsGone by A1Tech.com for Ad blocking
D. MSN Messenger/Yahoo Messenger/ICQ
E. Flash FXP for all the ftps's needs


4. From Multimedia
A. Get the Windows Media Player 7.01 update for all the damn codecs
B. Get Winamp or Sonique
C. Get Real Player Basic from www.real.com
D. DIVX codecs from www.divx.com

5. For All your Mp3's and Videos to be downloaded
A. Get AudioGalaxy Satellite/SongSpy
B. Get KazaaLite - A MUST

6. System Utilities
A. WinRar. NEVER TOUCH WINZIP
B. Norton Antivirus / Mcafee / PC-Cillin ....... which else ?
C. DIRECT X 8.01 .
D. A registry Cleaner .......ok guys help me out here
E. Nvidia Detonator drivers for people with geforce cards
F. Get TWEAK UI

7. For Cd-Burning
A. NERO BURNING ROM .....nope no questions here just get it www.ahead.de

8. EMAIL Clients
A. THE BAT --> * * * * *
B. EUODRA -- ***
C. OUTLOOK EXPRESS ..... U want Virus ...Come and Get -* (there is no sybmol for 1/2 star)

9. All Win 98 / Me users type msconfig go to startup leaving your
a. Antivirus
b. ScanREg
c. Load PowerProfile
d. Sceduleing Agent
Leaving these , checkout everything ...resatrt
Win 95 users , have to get a startup utiltity ....... (just wait,I will name some)



Do run Scandisk / Defrag regularly .

Get a hdd clone progam like NORTON GHOST etc. , CLONE YOUR HDD , keep the file on a diffrent partition , or burn it to save u the pain of reinstalling everything


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Anything Else ?

[marcus77]

Also, don't forget to enable the DMA for your Hard Drive. After most installs, it will not do it by default.

Open control panel - system applet. Go to the device manager tab. Click on hard-disk controllers and press properties. Check the Dma-enabled box. Restart

[AngryClip]

WoW

That is good... thank you, i was wondering does all that apply to XP too or not?

[pakiya]

most of these apply to winxp ,

winxp require some additional setting and additional settings like

1. Disable hybernation.sys
2. REDUCE THE EFFECTS
3. Decrese the size of your pagefile.sys
4. Disable Zip Folder ( they are really annoying)
5. Get XPANTISPY
6. Try out shareware like Customizer XP , or TWEAK XP

i can't remember other

[pyritechips]

People! Its nice to hand out free advice and tips put let's not make some dangerous assumptions! Not all computers support DMA. I found out the hard way! I followed such "helpful" advice, as it apparently makes your computer run faster. Well, it messed up my hard and CD-ROM drivers so bad the computer ran in ms-dos mode and I couldn't even use the CD-ROM. The registry and system got scrambled so badly I had to reformat and do a clean install. Let's not kill each other with kindness.
~Jim

[marcus77]

Sorry about the DMA thing. I guess I should have posted that not all computers support it. I'm trying to think of how to know if your computer does support it or not, but all I can think of is if the new install runs slower then before, then to see if it's enabled.

[Zachary]

Originally posted by pakiya:
most of these apply to winxp ,

winxp require some additional setting and additional settings like

1. Disable hybernation.sys
2. REDUCE THE EFFECTS
3. Decrese the size of your pagefile.sys
4. Disable Zip Folder ( they are really annoying)
5. Get XPANTISPY
6. Try out shareware like Customizer XP , or TWEAK XP

i can't remember other

Can you give detailed instructions for # 1 and # 3

thanks,

Zach