COMPUTER PERFORMANCE
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It's convenient to copy your windows cd to your hard drive, so whenever you install any new hardware, or reinstall windows, you don't need to put the CD in your system. BanishCD is a small utility that allows you to change the default setup path. Normally, you would have to modify the registry manually.
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A handy program that allows you to tweak your hard disk caching to help achieve the best possible performance from your system. Different types of programs require different settings, so it comes configured with common setups, or you can add your own custom configurations. Allows you to adjust the size of maximum and minimum disk cache size, chunk size, name cache, and directory cache.
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This is a realtime physical memory management program that automatically ensures that you always have as much physical memory available as you decide. You set a minimum amount of memory to be made available. When RAM drops below that level, the program frees the amount of RAM you have chosen.
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A site that lets you in on tricks, secrets, bug fixes, and more. It's a site designed with the performance of the windows operating system in mind.
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Shows you how to create and prepare custom boot CDs. This site will take you through the steps needed to create a boot CD to your specs and needs.
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Several freeware programs to monitor, test, and hopefully improve your computer performance.
Boostware Boot Log Analyzer
Utility to help in identifying boot-up problems. Looks at the windows bootlog.txt file and calculates the time taken to load each driver etc, in order to help in locating any cause of lengthy boot-up times. If your computer is taking longer to boot than you are used to, this will allow you to identify the problem.
Boot Log Analyzer CDCheck
A diagnostic utility for finding errors on CDs and DVDs. The discs themselves, not the drive. Free for personal use.
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From the windows taskbar you can minimize but you can't close all the applications. This little utility will allow you to close all open windows with a single click.
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A small program that will let you monitor how much work your cpu is doing.
CPU Load Dependency Walker
Scans any 32 or 64 bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.). Useful for troubleshooting system errors related to loading and executing modules. Dependency Walker detects many common application problems such as missing modules, invalid modules, import/export mismatches, etc.
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PC memory diagnostic software designed to capture all possible memory failures on a PC. Download the software and the installation program automatically create a self booting diagnostic diskette. Simply insert this diskette into the floppy and reboot your PC to begin testing your system memory.
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Did you think Windows ME couldn't access Real DOS-Mode? Microsoft simply decided to hide this option. Visit this site to download the files needed to access DOS while running ME. This will allow, for example, to reach DOS directly by pressing "Shift-F8" at boot-up, to use CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT before windows loads, and to set up a startup menu. Recommended for experienced windows users.
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Utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard disk performance, video system information, mainboard information, and much more.
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Simulates heavy activity on a PC, it allows you to test if a workstation or server PC is working stable under heavy load. It stresses processor, memory and hard disks, operating system, etc.
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Tool for Windows 95/98 that lets you set the refresh rate for all resolutions, including the ones that Windows normally doesn't let you use. You can also change resolution and bit-depth.
HZ Tool KCPUCooler
A very simple app that halts the cpu when no application is using it. This saves energy and can increase battery life on a laptop, it also reduces the CPU's temperature and extends CPU's life. Strongly recommended for laptop and overclocked CPU's.
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Several programs for windows xp users including tweak UI. PowerToys (win XP) will work with windows xp only, they will not work with windows vista.
Microsoft PowerToys (win XP) More Properties
Allows you to customize features in windows 95/98/NT that aren't accessible from the standard interface. More options than Power Toys.
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A cd-dvd benchmark which can test the most important features of a cd-dvd drive. Tests include transfer rate, seek times, cpu usage, burst rate, dae quality, spinup/spindown time. The transfer rate results are shown in a graph.
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A tool that lets you adjust the speed of your cd-rom drive. Especially useful if you have a noisy drive.
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