Professional Information Technology-Programming Book part 152 pptx

View System BIOS Information (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular
This registry key stores information about the system BIOS, including the release
date, version number and video BIOS date.
View System Processor Information (Windows NT/2000/XP)
These values contain information about the system processor, including speed,
brand and model.
Fix Problem with Athlon Hanging AGP Programs (Windows 2000/XP) Popular
Windows may stop responding when you use an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
program with an AMD Athlon processor. This is due to the memory allocated by
the video adapter driver becoming corrupted.
Enable UDMA66 Mode on Intel Chipsets (Windows 2000/XP) Popular
If you have a computer with an Intel chipset that supports UDMA66, you will still
find that UDMA66 mode is disabled by default on Windows 2000 computers. This
tweak allows you to enable or disable it.
Manage Native Processor Performance Control (Windows XP)
Windows includes built-in processor performance control to manage the
microprocessor so it is more efficiently utilized. This tweak allows you to modify
this feature.
Modify the Paged and Non Paged Pool Memory Sizes (Windows NT/2000/XP)
Windows normally calculates the paged and non paged pool memory sizes using
complex algorithms based on physical memory size. These settings allow you to
override and manually specify values.
Improve Core System Performance (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular
On systems with large amount of RAM this tweak can be enabled to force the core
Windows system to be kept in memory and not paged to disk.
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Fix Problem with Athlon Hanging AGP Programs (Windows 2000/XP) Popular
Windows may stop responding when you use an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
program with an AMD Athlon processor. This is due to the memory allocated by
the video adapter driver becoming corrupted.
DirectDraw and Direct3D Settings (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP)
These DirectX settings allow you to change some of the DirectDraw and Direct3D
video acceleration parameters.
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Increase Network Performance and Throughput (Windows NT/2000) Popular
If you increase the number of buffers that the redirector reserves for network
performance, it may increase your network throughput. Each extra execution

thread that you configure will take 1k of additional nonpaged pool memory, but
only if your applications actually use them.
Display Network Error Statistics (Windows 2000/XP)
This tweak allows you display error statistics on the Network Connection Status
page for LAN and WAN connections. This information may be useful in
diagnosing the network reliability.
Manage Network Bridge Feature (Windows XP)
Windows XP includes a new feature called Network Bridge, which lets you
connect disparate media types into one seamless network. This tweak allows you to
control forwarding and settings associated with this feature.
Manage the Reserved QoS Bandwidth (Windows 2000/XP)
This setting determines the percentage of connection bandwidth that the system
can reserve for QoS traffic. By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to
20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection.
Manage the QoS Packet Queuing (Windows 2000/XP)
This setting specifies the maximum number of outstanding packets permitted on
the system. When the number of outstanding packets reaches this limit, the Packet
Scheduler postpones all submissions to network adapters until the number falls
below this limit.
Specify Users to Receive Administrative Alerts (Windows NT/2000/XP)
This setting is used to specify a list of users and/or computers that should receive
administrative alerts.
Load Balance Network Adapters (Windows NT/2000/XP)
If you have two or more network cards in your system this setting allows you to
distribute the number of connections, or sessions among the adapters according to
a randomizing algorithm.
Change the IRP Stack Size (Windows NT)
When you access shares on a computer running Windows NT Server from a
Windows NT client and the IRPstackSize parameter is set too low on the server,
you may receive the following error message: "Not enough server storage is

available to process this command." This tweak should resolve the problem.
Control Network Browser Elections (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular
A browser election is a normal network occurrence and provides a means to
guarantee there is never more than one master browser present in a domain or
workgroup.
Define the Slow Link Time-Out (Windows NT/2000)
Windows uses this value to define what should be classified as low speed and what
is a high speed connection. The default time-out is 2000 milliseconds, any
connection slower is considered a low speed link.
Automatically Detect Slow Network Connections (Windows NT/2000)
Windows will normally attempt to detect the time-out on network links to
determine their speed (high or low). This functionality can be disabled if Windows
is having problems determining the speed of your link.
Specifying a Preferred Netware Server (Windows 95/98/Me)
This setting allows you to specify a default Netware.
Removing or Adding Items to Your Persistent Connections List (All Windows)
Windows stores the names of previously mapped drives in the registry, this can be
a security threat if vulnerable hidden shares are listed. An advantage is that this key
can also be used to set default items for list, if for example inexperienced users
were required to map common drives, you could store them here.
Manage the Domain Controller Cannot Be Reached Message (Windows
NT/2000/XP)
When Windows is unable to contact a domain controller during a users login a
popup error message may be displayed, this message can be controlled by
modifying this setting.
Remove the Hand Icon for Shared Resources (All Windows)
Normally when you share a local resource on the network a hand icon is placed
under the item to show it is shared. With this tweak you can remove the icon.
Specify the Schedule for Alerter Service (Windows NT/2000/XP)
This setting is used to specify how often the server checks alert conditions and

sends any required alert messages to administrative users.
Disable Mapped Drive Reconnect Warning (Windows 95/98/Me)
This setting is used to disable the mapped drive reconnect warning shown at
startup when a network drive is unavailable.
Enable Random Adapter Responses (Windows 95/98/Me)
For a computer with multiple network adapters, this setting specifies whether to
respond with an IP address selected randomly from the range of addresses on the
computer or whether to return the IP address of the adapter that the request came in
upon.
Enable the Network Adapter Onboard Processor (Windows 2000/XP) Popular
If your network adapter has an onboard processor, designed to offload network
processing from the system CPU, it is disabled by default. This setting allows you
to enable it and increase the processing speed of your system.
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Disable File Caching for the Workstation Service (Windows 2000/XP)
If you are experiencing problems with workstations flushing data to the server,
then you can use this tweak to disable or enable file caching.
Automatic Logon for Novell Netware Clients (All Windows)
These settings allow you to configure the Novell NetWare client to automatically
logon to a Windows network.
Change the Client-Side DNS Caching Timeouts (Windows 2000/XP/.NET)
Windows contains a client-side Domain Name System (DNS) cache with stores
recent domain lookup entries. If you are experiencing caching or lookup problems
you can disable or change the cache timeout.

Delete Cached Copies of Roaming Profiles (Windows NT/2000/XP)
This setting enables Windows to delete the cached profile of any roaming users
when they log off the system. This will help to maintain profile integrity and save
disk space where that are numerous mobile users.
Prevent Uploading Folders to a Users Server Profile (Windows NT/2000/XP)
When profiles are used and a user logs off from a Windows domain certain folders
are uploaded to the central user profile on the server. This setting allows you to
stop any time consuming or non-essential folders (e.g. Temporary Internet Files)
from being transferred.
Use System-Wide Proxy Settings (All Windows)
This setting allows you to change the scope of the Internet proxy configuration and
specify whether all users should share system-wide or individual settings.
Speed-up Browsing Remote Computers (Windows 2000/XP) Popular
When you browse a Windows 95, 98 or Me machine from a Windows 2000 or XP
computer extra time is taken to determine if any scheduled tasks or printers are
enabled on the destination computer.
Dynamic Domain Name Updates (Windows 2000/XP)
Windows 2000 and XP support dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) updates
and is enabled by default. This setting allows you to control whether network
adapters should send updates.
Display Domain Logon Confirmation (Windows 95/98/Me)
When this option is enabled, a popup dialog message is shown when the user
successfully authenticates with a Windows domain.
Control Keep Alive Parameters (Windows 95/98/Me)
These settings control how Windows manages connection keep alive
transmissions. Including the timeout before keepalives are sent, the interval
between keepalive transmissions and how often to send session keepalive packets
on active sessions.
Disable SAP Packets for Netware Networks (Windows 95/98/Me)
By default Windows will send SAP packets to advertise available file and print