Windows XP Tips And Tricks

How to decrease scandisk delay time ?

Sick of waiting for disk check after a sudden shut downof windows. Change the scan-disk delay time-out by using this method :

Click start, type in "cmd" and click ok.

Type CHKNTFS/T:3. This will reduce the time-out to 3 seconds. You can change the value as desired

Windows XP Faster Start-up

Click Start.Click Run.Type "msconfig" and press enter key.On the Startup tab click Disable All and on the Services tab check the Hide All Microsoft Service box and then click Disable All. Click Restart and Windows XP will restart with only the system services and applications running resulting in a vey fast startup

To change first desktop icon ?

System Key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]

Value Name SortOrderIndex

Data Type REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data (0x48 = My Documents, 0x54 = My Computer)

Exit registry editor, restart Windows

Change Start Menu Speed
Open registry. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Contro Panel\desktop. Look for "MenuShowDelay".

Change the Delay value default 400 as you like. The value is delay in milliseconds.

Lesser is the value faster is the start menu display. Exit and restart windows.