Pandas Registry fixes and Hacks!

[Panda Man]

Originally Posted by Lead Head

I already had the L2 cache one in place, i tried the disable paging to disk from physical memory, just used alot of RAM up and still paged to the disk

The only way to stop the computer from paging is to stop the paging alltogether. This will just force the kernel and drivers to stay in physical memory =D

polo- DIE! And sure, I'll post them here and take full credit for it all!!!

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mkay, this thread is is reg fixes and other hacks. So its time for a nice little hack. Alot of people already know about this one.

http://pandaman.9999mb.com/files/uxtheme.zip

This will enable you to install and use 3rd party themes in windows XP!

Run "replacer.cmd" and follow the directions it gives you.  Make sure not to have your winxp cd in the drive!

The file you want to replace is called "uxtheme.dll".  You can find the original in %systemroot%\system32\ (note that you can copy and paste that string to find the system root if you are not sure where it is).  The replacement file is in the root directory, where this README is.  After the files are switched and you cancelled out of the prompt for inserting the windows XP cd to insure that your system remains unreliable and unfashionable =D , reboot.

Now copy and the folder "WindowsDark" from the .zip file and paste it in %systemroot%\Resources\Themes.  Now go to the control panel > Display > Appearance and select "WinDark".  You now have a much sexier winxp theme!

You can find this and more styles at http://www.customize.org/list/stylexp

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Sovereign

Ooops! Then I shafted myself out of half my cache! *goes off to fix* Does this actually impact performance? Is there any way to see that it is working (other than checking in the registry) i.e. does Windows move "faster" or do games get higher FPS?

Great question. Run some benchmarks both ways and let us know! :thumb:

[polobunny]

Here's a few I use/made:

-My Computer right-click tweaks-

-Add/remove programs

Adds a menu when you right click My Computer that will open the Add/Remove programs wizard.

-Device Manager

Adds a menu when you right click My Computer that will open the Device Manager.

-Services

Adds a menu when you right click My Computer that will open the Services console.

-Regedit

Adds a menu when you right click My Computer that will open the Registry Editor.



-Directory right-click tweaks-

-Command line

Adds a menu when you right click a directory that will open a command line from that directory.



-Start Menu tweaks-

-Recent documents

Adds a few recent documents options in the Start Menu customization section.

-Misc

Adds a few miscellaneous options in the Start Menu customization section.



That's all for now, more later! :flame: