Tweaks Pack for Windows 98se v1.30

[soporific]

Hi there,

This thread was inspired by the one started by Problemchyld but I thought it prudent to start another as I plan to maintain the pack and provide regular updates.

[see below for the change log]

Here is the list of tweaks contained in the attachment:

ADV_IE.REG ---- The 'Advanced Internet Options' tweak from Auto-Patcher for Windows 98SE. Adds many more options to the Advanced Internet Options tab.

ADV_WE.REG ---- The 'Advanced Windows Explorer Options' tweak from Auto-Patcher. Adds many more options to 'Folder Options' in Windows Explorer.

AR_DIS.reg ---- Disable CD autorun

AR_ENA.reg ---- Enable CD autorun

COPYMOVE.reg -- adds Copy to... and Move to... menus to explorer shell

DEL_MSN.reg --- deletes the MSN icon from the desktop after first boot to desktop (useful for unattended boot CDs)

DMA_ON.INF ---- The 'Turn on DMA access to hard disks and CD/DVD drives' tweak from Auto-Patcher. It turns on DMA access for hard drives and for all future drive additions.

DOSHERE.INF --- adds 'Command Prompt Here' to Right-Click Menu when clicking on a folder

EditReg.reg --- changes the default behaviour of registry files from MERGE to EDIT --- useful for coders who open .reg files more often than installing them

EnabMenu.INF --- Enables the Boot Menu (you can alternatively use TweakUI)

Fast_Web.reg --- increases the number of simultaneous internet connections per server from 2 to 8

FixAttrb.reg --- In a clean install of Windows 98 Second Edition, the Attrib column is lost in Windows Explorer’s “Details” view. Use this tweak to restore it.

IconCach.reg --- fixes very common problems of icons not refreshing and displaying properly, by increasing your icons cache size

NoSsaver.reg --- Stops screen savers from forcing restarts of interrupted Defrag operations

Perform.inf ---- adds high performance tweaks to system.ini (adjust settings to suit your computer!)

Rest_New.reg --- Fix for missing "NEW" command in Windows Explorer, or in right-click menu

StopLogo.inf --- Disables the Boot Logo (you can alternatively use TweakUI)

ThumNail.reg --- fix to restore Windows Explorer’s thumbnail preview capability for a dozen different image types. See info folder for more info.

Win2k_scheme.reg -- adds the Windows 2000 style theme to the list of available themes in Windows 98 SE systems

Other files inside the pack:

InstTwk.bat --- a sample batch file that can be modified to install the INF tweaks

Info (Folder) -- all the documents i've come across that may help you tweak your computer

Change Log:

v1.30

- added 4 new tweaks: ADV_IE.REG, ADV_WE.REG, DMA_ON.INF, Win2k_scheme.reg

- added new file "How to increase system resources in Windows 95/98" to info folder.

Tweaks120.zip

Win98_TweaksPack_1.30.zip

Edited January 24, 2008 by soporific

[soporific]

I found some info for the PageOverCommit setting -- but what does it all mean? It seems to be saying that DON'T apply this tweak if you don't have much memory but apart from that I'm stumped. Any info much appreciated ...

PageOverCommit=20

 - Specifies the multiplier for determining the amount of linear address space the Memory Manager will create for the system. The amount of linear address space that the Memory Manager will create is computed by rounding up the amount of available physical memory to the nearest 4 megabytes and then by multiplying that value to the value specified for this setting. You can specify a value between 1 and 20. Increasing this value increases the amount of available linear address space, causing the size of data structures to increase. This also increases paging activity proportionately and can slow down the system. The Default is 4.

And while I'm whining, why does microsoft provide excellent information about SYSTEM.INI settings for Windows 3.1 (!!!) but I can't even find a mention of even one setting for the Windows 98 SYSTEM.INI --- (actually I lie, I can find references to ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 but that is it !!)

the M-Z of the options for Windows 3.1 SYSTEM.INI can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/83436

[myelin]

Hello, i installed performance.ini but it is associated with hard driver thrashing.

There was no difference in speeds infact slower when i installed all those tweaks. (I did modified them according to my needs after reading MDGX link)

The tweaks which were present previously were MaxFileCache, fixed swap file size and conservativeswapfileusage=1. These gave me the best possible performance.

I did not tested each setting 1 by 1, i might do that in future, sorry for that.

[oscardog]

I found some info for the PageOverCommit setting -- but what does it all mean? It seems to be saying that DON'T apply this tweak if you don't have much memory but apart from that I'm stumped. Any info much appreciated ...

PageOverCommit=20

 - Specifies the multiplier for determining the amount of linear address space the Memory Manager will create for the system. The amount of linear address space that the Memory Manager will create is computed by rounding up the amount of available physical memory to the nearest 4 megabytes and then by multiplying that value to the value specified for this setting. You can specify a value between 1 and 20. Increasing this value increases the amount of available linear address space, causing the size of data structures to increase. This also increases paging activity proportionately and can slow down the system. The Default is 4.

And while I'm whining, why does microsoft provide excellent information about SYSTEM.INI settings for Windows 3.1 (!!!) but I can't even find a mention of even one setting for the Windows 98 SYSTEM.INI --- (actually I lie, I can find references to ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 but that is it !!)

the M-Z of the options for Windows 3.1 SYSTEM.INI can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/83436

From what I can gather it alters the maximum multiplication of your ram for your swapfile, i.e if you have 64meg ram then swapfile default maximum=256meg,

It probably is best left at the default level being that most people have higher available ram these days and barely use the swapfile after tweaking. It causes problems with dos if set to high, I remember reading about errors with it, when messing around with a diskless win98 network boot.

Hope it is of some help

[soporific]

Hello, i installed performance.ini but it is associated with hard driver thrashing.

I did not tested each setting 1 by 1, i might do that in future, sorry for that.

It may be useful for you to post the version of SYSTEM.INI you used that caused the hard disk thrashing, and also the specs of the hardware. All info would be useful. And if you have the time, going thru the settings one by one may find the culprit and help improve the tweaks pack.

From what I can gather it alters the maximum multiplication of your ram for your swapfile, i.e if you have 64meg ram then swapfile default maximum=256meg, It probably is best left at the default level being that most people have higher available ram these days and barely use the swapfile after tweaking. It causes problems with dos if set to high, I remember reading about errors with it, when messing around with a diskless win98 network boot.

Thanks for this ...

[MDGx]

soporific:

Thanks for your Tweak Pack.

Cool.

BTW...

1. PERFORM.INF = DirectoryCache setting is invalid:

http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=80800...st&p=585038

2. COPYMOVE.REG = contains only partial "Copy To"/"Move To"/"Send To" registry keys.

Here are the complete ones:

http://www.mdgx.com/newtip22.htm#FCMST

Just cut + paste.

3. FAST_WEB.REG = MaxConnectionsPerServer is not the only setting.

Here is the other one [MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server]:

http://www.mdgx.com/newtip14.htm#HTSERE

HTH

[soporific]

soporific:

Thanks for your Tweak Pack.

Cool.

BTW...

1. PERFORM.INF = DirectoryCache setting is invalid:

http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=80800...st&p=585038

2. COPYMOVE.REG = contains only partial "Copy To"/"Move To"/"Send To" registry keys.

Here are the complete ones:

http://www.mdgx.com/newtip22.htm#FCMST

Just cut + paste.

3. FAST_WEB.REG = MaxConnectionsPerServer is not the only setting.

Here is the other one [MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server]:

http://www.mdgx.com/newtip14.htm#HTSERE

HTH

Wow, as always. You are a living treasure.

[soporific]

Change log:

v1.10

* Improved code in COPYMOVE.reg, Fast_Web.reg, and Perform.inf (thanks to MDGx)

* Added new settings to perform.inf

* improved pack files layout

[soporific]

v1.20 - added 8 new tweaks:

* Increase your default icon cache size (to 4096)

* Change the default behaviour of .reg files from MERGE to EDIT

* fix for missing Attrib column in Windows Explorer’s "Details" view

* Fix for missing "NEW" command in Windows Explorer, or in right-click menu

* Disable CD autorun

* Enable CD autorun

* fix to restore Windows Explorer’s thumbnail preview capability for most popular image types.

* Stop screen savers from forcing restarts of interrupted Defrag operations

Edited February 1, 2007 by soporific

[celtish]

Tried to download the v.1.20 zip files but all I'm getting is the file called index.php or a reference to http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=at...st&id=16361 !

Edited February 1, 2007 by plonkeroo

[Drugwash]

Disable FlashGet on that host, it won't work - it's a tricky download system. There's no need for it anyway, the file is a few kB.

[celtish]

I've now managed to download the v.1.20 zip

[patchworks]

My suggestion is to "grab" tweaks from WinBoost and TweakNow PowerPack 2006 (old versions).

[eidenk]

Maybe you'll find yet more tweaks in there :

This zip file contains vbs scripts and batch files that add or remove the cascading start menus, and add and remove the 59 (at last count, they're added to every couple of months) extra explorer options. They are provided here because they are too large to paste from a page. See the Explorer and Start Menu page.

http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/images/...oreroptions.zip

http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/index.html

http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/explorer.html

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

What i did was take all reg tweaks from MDGx site and exported the files

and used a batch file to install them all on a clean install,i thought this might help in your Tweak Pack.

Another thing is you should have all tweaks optional because 1 might only want certain tweaks

and its a beautiful thing to have the options you desire.