GrofLuigi

Depending on which mechanism it's using, you need: 1. "AppKey" - http://ashish.vashisht.net/2008/01/configuring-keyboard-multimedia-keys.html 2. "ScancodeMap" - http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/software/3345295/keytweak-review/ GL

Yes, CCEnhancer is a tool that (only) downloads winapp2.ini. So if you download winapp2.ini by yourself, you would not need CCEnhancer.

I hope you're using winapp2.ini otherwise you're missing out. And when you're using it, suddenly the "slowness" of CCleaner doesn't matter anymore because it's much slower (but well worth it!), unless you trim winapp2.ini tailored to your speciffic configuration... Hope that made some sense. GL

My pleasure.

If you were on 2003, this would be your cure (or alleviation). It doesn't apply to XP, but I think it's the same problem - while filesystem cache in RAM fills up, everything is normal, then when the actual heavy duty writing occurs, everything slows down. Additionally, XP uses more of the page file (or in different way). LargeSystemCache might help, but "setting the value of this entry to 1 is not recommended for computers running Windows XP Professional" according to Microsoft. I would just wait it out. Edit: more reading GL

I haven't noticed it myself, but my usage isn't quite typical (lots of tweaking ). I always decrease it. But in your case, very suspicious are the third-party services (maybe bad programming?). See if you can get rid of them, and still have the functionality (if needed) of their programs. Sometimes it's possible. You could also try increasing the registry value slightly, in order to give them a little more time to pull their act together. Just as in your first post. GL

ServicesPipeTimeout http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344 GL

First things first. Before install: http://www.wincert.net/forum/files/file/5-win-toolkit/ (like nLite for XP; if you haven't used it, maybe you'd like to skip this) Then, here are some utils that are priceless (to me) to even think about going near 7: http://www.classicshell.net/ http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html http://www.itsamples.com/network-activity-indicator.html http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/118909/Windows-7-File-properties-Version-Tab-Shell-Extens Then comes tweaking. I assume for the same purpose (to calm the OS down to a similar non-disturbing level, like Win9x) I need 3 days for XP (had a lot of practice in the past ) and 3 weeks for 7+ (I'm improving, when I was unfamiliar with and afraid of the OS, it took a lot longer). But you can skip this part if you're not feeling like it (take the blue pill?). My point is it can be done, but not everyone is willing to invest time and effort in it. Maybe just one little tweaker... http://7room.net/gigatweaker/ As for the compatibility part, it depends on the programs themselves. For some of my programs, I found it was better to turn program compatibility assistant off - it was just confusing them. Most of the times, it's about permissions of the filesystem/registry, and the biggest compatibility problem - unsigned drivers. GL

"AltTabSettings" registry value? (as I mentioned in the second post in this thread ) GL

I think this entry changes state when the "bar" or "band" is dragged from the taskbar... As far as I know the LangBar can have three states: a bar on the taskbar (like quicklaunch), a compact bar (with only the button/icon with the language code), or a floating window. I think this entry is irrelevant when the LangBar is already turned off through the other entries. It should be determined what Microsoft means by the terms toolbar band, desktop band or floating window... I guess there might be some inconsistencies, like in other things Microsoft. In any case, I want neither, so it's 0 for me, and I never saw a ctfmon. GL

Even Microsoft recommends deleting IconHandler (sometimes). GL

I was close. I was looking at SynWrite (see the top of the page you linked to), even installed it and tried it, but decided it wasn't worth it when I already use Notepad++. GL

No Exctrlst V2?

Inspired by Microsoft's Security Advisory 2914486, I did just as it, well, advised: First, let me describe the consequences: everything is working OK, but you lose the NULL device (I don't know if anything uses it; is it used for CMD prompt redirection?). On restart, NULL driver complains and doesn't start. Apparently, you can't have two NULL devices. I even tried copying the driver to NULL1.sys and adjusting the above line accordingly, but they can't start both. OK. Let's try disabling NDProxy, since it doesn't function anyway. No go. On restart, LanmanWorkstation doesn't start. It has no visible dependencies to NDProxy. In fact, the string NDProxy appears in the registry only in its service name and in ENUM. I've also checked all the GUIDs in LanmanWorkstation\Linkage and it still doesn't lead me to NDProxy. There isn't anything visible in advanced networking components. So, questions: 1. Is it a "cheating" dependency (hardcoded, built-in, of LanmanWorkstation to NDProxy)? Or is it inside the tangled mess of networking components that is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network ? Has a program or method appeared to untangle that mess in human readable form? 2. While we're at it, is there a way to disable more of the now obsolete (or unused in any particular machine) networking components like TAPI, RAS, PPoE, VPN... but fully disable the drivers, not just skin deep? I'm sure many of the NDIS* services are unnecessary in this day and age, but of course, when I tried disabling them, I've received the BSOD. This example shows that some can be disabled (NDProxy>NULL), so how to do it for more of them? It's not about the security risks, it's about cleaning the crud. Yes, even XP and Server2003 are still bloated, even after NLite. *Edit: ^ This might be my fault, I didn't kill Telephony at the time with NLite, because I needed it for faxing. You can see how old my installation is. *Edit2: In the system files, the string NDProxy appears only in ndis.sys and ndptsp.tsp. So I guess it's hardcoded there. But still how did it get to LanmanWorkstation? GL

The first one barfs and after refresh shows the directory listing. The second one shows it immediately. GL

It does that under heavy traffic. Just hit refresh a few times and it will show. I've experienced it a few times in the last year or so. GL

Yes, it's the case I described. See install_script.iss where it renames them both. But... It may also be a "feature" of innounp.exe which recreates the compiled script and probably can't cope with all situations. Example: http://sourceforge.net/p/innounp/discussion/353235/thread/62a8d3d6/ GL

I've seen many such files (not only exes) in inno setup distributions. They are two versions, either x86/x64 or unicode/non-unicode and the correct file will be renamed without the ,1 and installed. Also, sometimes binary identical files are named like this - maybe a quirk of the installer or badly prepared script. Of course, this case may be something different... GL

Epic, just epic! How did you manage to read it? I gave up after third "load more comments". GL

If you have a post with code box in it, and you edit it, with every edit it adds a new empty line on top.Mentioned by Jaclaz in http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163472-ipb-update-july-2013-to-version-345-bugs-only/page-2#entry1046894 [Edit1] to test. [Edit2] It seems to do it on the second Edit and afterwards. [Edit3] Opera Presto last version here, by the way. [Edit4] I never ever touched the code box. [Edit5] This is the last edit; I'm not so sure any more about [Edit2]. GL

I've found something for .Net Performance Counters: UnlodCtr.exe /m:C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ServiceModelPerformanceCounters.manUnlodCtr.exe /m:C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\WorkflowServiceHostPerformanceCounters.manUnlodCtr.exe /m:C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\ServiceModelPerformanceCounters.manUnlodCtr.exe /m:C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\WorkflowServiceHostPerformanceCounters.manI will try it when I make a full backup of my OS. I need to find a way to enumerate others. I've tried searching in other .man files in %windir%, but there are too many of them. I think I can unlodctr them referenced by guids in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\_V2Providers], that's another thing to try. In the meantime I deleted the whole key (made a backup, of course) and it seems fine so far. (Well, that escalated quickly ) The reason I want to get rid of these software performance counters (as opposed to hardware perf counters built in the CPU for example) is, well... Performance. The mere act of measuring performance uses some performance. I don't want it and I don't need it. I want to use my OS for doing something (productive or not, that's debatable), not for taking surveys. Any other ideas are still welcome. GL

Is there something like Exctrlst.exe for V2 Performance counters? Or a command line tool to: 1. List them 2. Disable them? GL

Press 1 (or 6) before P/N? Otherwise, for a long time I also wished Lister could edit files. GL

I use this for both .ini and .reg files. The beauty is that it can sort them (but unfortunately chokes on multi-line values). There is also a x64 beta version, let me know if you're interested so I can find it. I saw it in a Russian or Ukrainian forum. *Edit: Here it is anyway. But I still use version 1.2 for x86 because the beta has some bugs. GL

Well, I must say, if it doesn't clean up its act, there is a DD-WRT.zip waiting on my HDD with its name on it. GL