ProBloggerDiary.com has been sponsored & scheduled for a redesign in 2010

Hey Folks, I've got some great news for ya all !! ProBloggerDiary.com along with my Marketing blog www.ebizelindia.org have been both sponsored (differently). This blog is scheduled for an entire new redesign. Don't worry I'll divulge the name of the sponsor along with the new design of the blog in Feb 2010. I suspect the actual date could be Feb 14 ... LOL !!

Thanks to all subscribers of this blog who I'm sure would be pleased to know that soon the focus of the blog would include a LOT more.

I'm as excited as you are.

PS: I was not supposed to give away any details till the actual change took place but what the hell.

The Ultimate List of 67 Awesome Registry Hacks for Windows XP

Here's the ultimate list of all the Windows XP Registry Hack you want.

We were all pretty much excited with the launch of Windows Vista and now we are waiting eagerly for Windows 7 ( well some are :P), but I'll give here a hands on with the Windows XP Registry. I know you might be wondering why on earth would anyone use that now??? I do too. Here I've listed all the hacks I have discussed earlier.

So whoever wants to get their hands dirty with ripping apart the Windows XP Registry are welcome to read on. :
Hacks for Windows XP:

1. Some Background Tutorials
2. Performance Enhancements
3. Visual Enhancements
4. Hardware
5. Just For Fun

1. Some Background Tutorials:

1. Some History about Windows Registry
   
2. The Structure And Working Of The Registry
   
3. Value Types of Windows Registry
   
4. Regedit: Hands-On
   
5. Editing The Registry
   
6. Creating And Using .Reg Files
   
7. Third-party Registry Editors
   
8. Some Notes before you go ahead with the Hacks
   

2. Performance Enhancements:

1. Load Applications Faster
   
2. Optimisation Of The Boot Files
   
3. Prioritise!
   
4. Unload Unused DLLs
   
5. Run 16-bit Apps In Their Own Processes
   
6. Disable User Tracking
   
7. Disable Thumbnail Caching
   
8. Load Kernel Into RAM
   
9. Edit The Startup Programs List
   
10. Optimise The System Cache
    
11. Turn Off Windows Animation
    
12. Disable The Desktop Cleanup Wizard
    
13. Control Master File Table Zone Reservation
    
14. Automatic Window Refresh
    
15. Die A Faster Death
    
16. Control Auto-Reboot After A Crash
    
17. Change Certain Folder Locations
    
18. Change The Location Of The Windows Installation Files
    
19. Disable The Search Assistant
    
20. Modify The Default Search Options
    
21. Change The Program Files And Common Files Directory
    
22. Control CPU Task Priorities
    

3. Visual Enhancements:

1. Add A Command-Prompt Right-Click To Every Folder
   
2. A Hotkey For Command Line Directory Completion
   
3. A Command Line Command Completion Hotkey
   
4. Disable The Password Balloon Reminder
   
5. Control The Behaviour Of The Logon Screensaver
   
6. Control Capitalisation In File And Folders Names
   
7. Start Menu: Scrolling Or Columns?
   
8. Suppress Error Messages When Booting
   
9. The “New” Right-Click Command Goes Missing
   
10. Display Attributes
    
11. Don’t Show Common Program Groups
    
12. Disable The Frequent Programs List
    
13. Remove Pinned Programs
    
14. Restore Folders Upon Startup
    
15. Hide Control Panel Applets
    
16. Get Rid Of The Hand
    
17. Implement A User-Based Custom Shell
    

4. Hardware:

1. No More DVDs!
   
2. Reclaim Your Optical Drive
   
3. Enable UDMA66 Or UDMA100 Mode
   
4. Convert a FireWire Device To A Dynamic Disk Drive
   
5. Juggle The Keys Around
   
6. Make Your NIC Do Some Work
   
7. Take Control Of Your Modem
   
8. Change The Priority Of The Print Spooler
   
9. Print Scheduler Priority
   
10. Spool Elsewhere
    
11. Print Job Pop-Ups
    
12. Save Processor Power
    
13. Native Processor Performance Control In XP
    
14. Games Hanging On An Athlon Processor?
    
15. Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support
    
16. Speed Up The COM Port
    

5. Just for Fun:

1. Change Registered Owner And Organisation Name
   
2. Create Your Own Tips
   
3. Hide The Username On The Start Menu
   
4. Remove Or Change The Shortcut Arrow Icon
   
5. Add A Custom Folder To My Computer Or The Desktop
   
6. Change The Window Title In WMP
   
7. Pop Up A Banner When Windows Boots
   
8. Remove Items From The System Tray
   
9. Remove "File" From Explorer
   
10. Make DLLs Display Their Icons
    
11. Increase Balloon Tip Notify Time
    
12. Add Copy to / Move to To The Right-Click
    

If you want anymore hacks you can just leave a comment and I'll make sure to add it. Please Share.

Speed Up The COM Port - Hardware Enhancement Windows XP Registry Hack

By default, all Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP releases allow only up to 9600 bps on all serial ports: COMx = COM1—COM9 [BIOS (hardware) ports: COM1—COM4 ; Virtual (emulated) ports: COM5—COM9]. These settings enable serial (analogue) modem throughput
over 9600 bps, to possibly speed up Internet access.

H L M \ S O F T W A R E \ M i c r o s o f t \ W i n d o w s
NT\CurrentVersion\Ports

Modify the default String Value of the port. For example, COM1 is “9600,n,8,1” by default; you can modify it to “921600,n,8,1,p”.
WARNING: Do this ONLY IF using dial-up (analogue) modems (e.g. 56K, ISDN) connected ONLY to a Serial Port (COMx), NOT IF using xDSL, Cable, Satellite, CNR, USB or Network (digital) modems! If using internal modems located in the Communication Networking Riser (CNR) slot, do NOT use these settings! Such cards are incompatible with these settings. Also, please don’t expect your Internet access speeds to improve—if they do, well and good!

Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support - Hardware Enhancement Windows XP Registry Hack

If your ATAPI hard disk is bigger than 137 GB, Windows XP (without any service pack) will be unable to take full advantage of it due to its default 32-bit LBA support. This tweak allows you to use 48- bit LBA.

Navigate to:
HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters

The tweak involves changing the value of the DWORD called EnableBigLba to 1.
WARNING: Your system must meet these requirements:❍ You must have a 48-bit LBA compatible BIOS ❍ Your hard disk must be larger than 137 GB Performing the tweak on systems that do not meet these requirements WILL result in data losss! You have been warned!

Games Hanging On An Athlon Processor? - Hardware Enhancement Windows XP Registry Hack

If you have an AMD Athlon, and if Windows often hangs when you run a game, it could be due to the memory allocated by the video adapter driver having become corrupted. Use the following edit to correct this.

Navigate to:
HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Memory Management
Create a new DWORD called LargePageMinimum and set it to 0xffffffff in hexadecimal. Restart Windows and hope for the best! The problem described above is known to occur with the NVIDIA GeForce 256 and the Matrox G400 video adapters on AMD Athlon processors.
It might be applicable to other cards as well.

Native Processor Performance Control In XP - Hardware Enhancement Windows XP Registry Hack

The following tweak applies to processors with either Intel SpeedStep or AMD PowerNow! processor performance control technologies. Windows includes inbuilt processor performance control to utilise it more efficiently. Some CPUs that support the aforementioned technologies have trouble with random hangs under XP. Even if you’ve installed an updated CPU driver, XP might not have enabled it. This hack is for such cases.

Navigate to:
HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\P3\Parameters

Here, create a new DWORD value (or modify the existing value) called HackFlags, and edit its value according to the following.
0: Disables native XP support
1: Use settings inherited from Intel software during your XP upgrade
5: Allow XP to support all modes when on battery
You will need to restart for the change to take effect.

Save Processor Power - Hardware Enhancement Windows XP Registry Hack

Your processor polls your USB ports once every millisecond. It keeps doing this, even if you aren’t going to attach any USB devices. You can increase the polling interval—essentially by enabling “USB idling”—thus allowing some processors to enter power-saving mode.

Navigate to:
HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-
C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0000

Create a new DWORD value called IdleEnable and set it to 1 to enable USB idling, thus increasing the polling interval. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.