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Saturday, March 8, 2008
Tune Up Your Computer.
Just Follow the Following Steps to Make Your Computer to Run Faster.
1. Clean Temp and Temporary Internet Files
Within Windows and Internet Explorer, the ability to cache items for later use exists. Over time though, the items that are placed in these locations are no longer used. As this happens more and more, then amount of space taken up increases and a hit to the overall performance of the system occurs. By clearing this cache periodically, you are allowed to start the caching process over to help speed up the use of programs that you are currently using.
How to Clean Temp and Temporary Internet Files
1. Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and Disk Cleanup
2. Press OK
3. Ensure that the Temporary and Temporary Internet Files are selected and press OK
2. Disable Messenger Service
The Messenger service is a Microsoft service that was originally intended to be used to send system wide messages to machines on a network. It has never been a required service for any application, including Instant Messenger programs such as AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and ICQ. What ended up happening after Windows XP shipped was that advertisers noticed that they could take advantage of this service broadcast advertisements to a consumer’s machine. By disabling this service, you limit the likelihood of advertisement pop ups when there is no Adware present on the machine.
How to Disable the Messenger Service
1. Go to start, run, and type services.msc
2. Press OK
3. Locate “Messenger”
4. Double Click
5. Set startup type to Disabled
6. If service is started, press Stop
7. Click OK
8. Close the Services Management console.
3.Disable Script Debugging
1. Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and Disk Cleanup
2. Press OK
3. Ensure that the Temporary and Temporary Internet Files are selected and press OK
2. Disable Messenger Service
The Messenger service is a Microsoft service that was originally intended to be used to send system wide messages to machines on a network. It has never been a required service for any application, including Instant Messenger programs such as AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and ICQ. What ended up happening after Windows XP shipped was that advertisers noticed that they could take advantage of this service broadcast advertisements to a consumer’s machine. By disabling this service, you limit the likelihood of advertisement pop ups when there is no Adware present on the machine.
How to Disable the Messenger Service
1. Go to start, run, and type services.msc
2. Press OK
3. Locate “Messenger”
4. Double Click
5. Set startup type to Disabled
6. If service is started, press Stop
7. Click OK
8. Close the Services Management console.
3.Disable Script Debugging
Script debugging is a tool that a developer can use to identify a problem within any script that encounters a problem or crash. The intent is to examine the script and to use the debugger to then modify the script. A consumer has no need to perform script debugging and can be a nuisance.
How to Disable Script Debugging
1. Go to Start, Settings (if classic menu), Control Panel, Internet Options
2. Click Advanced
3. Ensure the following items are checked:
-Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)
-Disable Script Debugging (Other)
4. Press OK
6. Manage Startup Items.
7. System Defrag
If you are Comfortable in Working with the Registry Then go with the Following Steps.
Before Editing Registry Take a Backup of it.
1. Click Start-> Run-> Regedit-> click OK.
2. Under Registry Editor Click File->Export->Give a Name to Backup the Registry and Save it on Your Desired Location.
Adjusting Prefetch:
1. Go to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
2. Modify registry value:
“EnablePrefetcher”= dword:00000002
3. Close the registry editor
4. Open up Windows Explorer, or My Computer
5. Go to \Windows\Prefetch
6. Select all
7. Delete all
8. Close the window
Adjusting MTU/TCP/Winsock Parameters
1. Go to start, then run
2. Type regedit, and click OK
3. Ask the customer if they print to a shared network printer or not, if no then proceed to Remote Printers and tasks otherwise proceed to Adjust MTU values
1. Go to Start, Settings (if classic menu), Control Panel, Internet Options
2. Click Advanced
3. Ensure the following items are checked:
-Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)
-Disable Script Debugging (Other)
4. Press OK
4. Adjust IE Cache Size
When taking advantage of the cache within Internet explorer, it is important to not cache too much or too little information. By default, Internet Explorer is not configured with an ideal amount.
Adjusting the IE Cache Size
1. Go to Start, Settings (if classic menu), Control Panel, Internet Options
2. Under Temporary Internet Files, click settings
3. For “Check for newer versions of stored pages” change the selection to “Every visit to page”
4. For amount of disk space used set the value to 80 MB.
5. Click OK
6. Click OK
When taking advantage of the cache within Internet explorer, it is important to not cache too much or too little information. By default, Internet Explorer is not configured with an ideal amount.
Adjusting the IE Cache Size
1. Go to Start, Settings (if classic menu), Control Panel, Internet Options
2. Under Temporary Internet Files, click settings
3. For “Check for newer versions of stored pages” change the selection to “Every visit to page”
4. For amount of disk space used set the value to 80 MB.
5. Click OK
6. Click OK
5. Adjust Firefox Cache Size
When taking advantage of the cache within Firefox, it is important to not cache too much or too little information. By default, Firefox is not configured with an ideal amount. If the customer does not have Firefox installed, skip this step.
When taking advantage of the cache within Firefox, it is important to not cache too much or too little information. By default, Firefox is not configured with an ideal amount. If the customer does not have Firefox installed, skip this step.
Adjusting the Firefox Cache Size
1. Open Firefox
2. Go to Tools, Options
3. Click on Privacy, and then Cache
4. Set “Use up to:” entry to 80 MB
5. Click OK
1. Open Firefox
2. Go to Tools, Options
3. Click on Privacy, and then Cache
4. Set “Use up to:” entry to 80 MB
5. Click OK
Clean Firefox Cache
As with Internet Explorer, cached files can age to the point of no longer being useful. If the customer does not have Firefox installed, skip this step.
As with Internet Explorer, cached files can age to the point of no longer being useful. If the customer does not have Firefox installed, skip this step.
Cleaning the Firefox cache
1. Open Firefox (if closed during previous step)
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+Del
3. Ensure that the following is checked:
Browsing History
Saved Form Information
Download History
Cache
Authenticated Sessions
Ask me before clearing private data
4. Press Clear Private Data Now
5. Close Firefox
1. Open Firefox (if closed during previous step)
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+Del
3. Ensure that the following is checked:
Browsing History
Saved Form Information
Download History
Cache
Authenticated Sessions
Ask me before clearing private data
4. Press Clear Private Data Now
5. Close Firefox
6. Manage Startup Items.
One of the most neglected areas on a system is controlling what starts up on a customer’s machine. By trimming down what loads on startup, you will see the greatest improvement in overall performance. It is important that for any items you do not immediately recognize that you should make use of all available research tools (ex. Google, Sysinternals, etc). When you see items relating to printers, accessibility tools, etc it is important that you verify with the customer whether or not they wish that item to load on startup. Some printer and accessibility programs do not actually need to load on startup, but that is on a product by product basis and you can obtain this information during your research.
Managing Startup Items
1. Go to start, then run, type msconfig
2. Click on the startup tab
3. Review list of items for non critical items and uncheck
4. Click on the services tab
5. Put a check in “hide all Microsoft services”
6. Review list for any non critical items
7. Based on whether the customer is reading or the agent is directly accessing the list this
8. Click OK
9. Restart the computer (the next tasks do not require remote assist, but remote assist can be used if desired)
Memory Check
As with any computer, it is important that the amount of RAM meet the usage of the customer. This is designed purely for consultation to make recommendations if the customer would like to see further improved performance.
1. Go to start, then run, type msconfig
2. Click on the startup tab
3. Review list of items for non critical items and uncheck
4. Click on the services tab
5. Put a check in “hide all Microsoft services”
6. Review list for any non critical items
7. Based on whether the customer is reading or the agent is directly accessing the list this
8. Click OK
9. Restart the computer (the next tasks do not require remote assist, but remote assist can be used if desired)
Memory Check
As with any computer, it is important that the amount of RAM meet the usage of the customer. This is designed purely for consultation to make recommendations if the customer would like to see further improved performance.
7. System Defrag
As with all versions of Windows, it is important to periodically defragment the hard drive. Under no circumstances will an agent wait for a defrag to complete.
Analyze System Fragmentation
1. Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter
2. Click Analyze
3. If analysis comes back saying no need to defragment, then task is finished.
4. If analysis comes back recommending a defragment, then continue with defragmentation once the call is completed.
1. Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter
2. Click Analyze
3. If analysis comes back saying no need to defragment, then task is finished.
4. If analysis comes back recommending a defragment, then continue with defragmentation once the call is completed.
If you are Comfortable in Working with the Registry Then go with the Following Steps.
Before Editing Registry Take a Backup of it.
1. Click Start-> Run-> Regedit-> click OK.
2. Under Registry Editor Click File->Export->Give a Name to Backup the Registry and Save it on Your Desired Location.
Adjust Prefetch Mode
Starting with Windows Me, a prefetch folder was created to help speed up the process of loading applications and startup items. As processor and RAM speeds as well as the amount of RAM on systems increased, the necessity of this tool has decreased. On top of that, as applications go into disuse, the items within the prefetch folder take up more space that could be used for other purposes.
Starting with Windows Me, a prefetch folder was created to help speed up the process of loading applications and startup items. As processor and RAM speeds as well as the amount of RAM on systems increased, the necessity of this tool has decreased. On top of that, as applications go into disuse, the items within the prefetch folder take up more space that could be used for other purposes.
1. Go to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
2. Modify registry value:
“EnablePrefetcher”= dword:00000002
3. Close the registry editor
4. Open up Windows Explorer, or My Computer
5. Go to \Windows\Prefetch
6. Select all
7. Delete all
8. Close the window
Adjusting MTU/TCP/Winsock Parameters
1. Go to start, then run
2. Type regedit, and click OK
3. Ask the customer if they print to a shared network printer or not, if no then proceed to Remote Printers and tasks otherwise proceed to Adjust MTU values
Remote Printers and tasks
1. Delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
1. Delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Adjust MTU values
MTU values are as follows:
Dial Up 1500
Normal DSL 1500
PPPoE DSL 1492
XP PPPoE DSL 1480
Cable Modem 1500
MTU values are as follows:
Dial Up 1500
Normal DSL 1500
PPPoE DSL 1492
XP PPPoE DSL 1480
Cable Modem 1500
1. Obtain connection type (i.e. Dial Up, DSL, Cable Modem, etc)
2. Check if the customer uses AOL, if so check the following registry key and validate that the ProtocolIMTU value matches their connections value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NdisWan\Parameters\Protocols\0
3. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID}
4. Check each GUID and look at the MTU entry on the right
5. Check each MTU value and modify to the correct value for their connection
6. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\
7. Change the value of GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize to 65535. Create the value if it does not already exist.
2. Check if the customer uses AOL, if so check the following registry key and validate that the ProtocolIMTU value matches their connections value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NdisWan\Parameters\Protocols\0
3. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID}
4. Check each GUID and look at the MTU entry on the right
5. Check each MTU value and modify to the correct value for their connection
6. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\
7. Change the value of GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize to 65535. Create the value if it does not already exist.
Adjust DNS Cache Size
1. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters
2. Perform the following modification (create the value if it doesn’t currently exist):
"NegativeCacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000000
"MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000
"MaxCacheTtl"=dword:00014400
"QueryIPMatching"=dword:00000001
3. Then go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
4. Create the following registry value under this key:
"QueryIPMatching"=dword:00000001
1. Go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters
2. Perform the following modification (create the value if it doesn’t currently exist):
"NegativeCacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000000
"MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000
"MaxCacheTtl"=dword:00014400
"QueryIPMatching"=dword:00000001
3. Then go to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
4. Create the following registry value under this key:
"QueryIPMatching"=dword:00000001
Configure Multiple Downloads for IE
1. Go the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
2. Create a new DWORD Value and add the following values:
Value name: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Value data: 10
Base: Decimal
1. Go the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
2. Create a new DWORD Value and add the following values:
Value name: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Value data: 10
Base: Decimal
Value Name: MaxConnectionsPerServer
Value data: 10
Base: Decimal
Value data: 10
Base: Decimal
Friday, March 7, 2008
Need Help in Running the Hijack this Tool
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8. Then come to the Main windows of Hijackthis.
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