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Fix file listing problem with dvds on XP
17/11/2012 19:31
I had a problem with not being able to list files from my cds on my new laptops dvd drive (with winxp home). I could play files from the cds but not browse files on the cd. After intstalling ASPI drivers it all worked fine. Hope it helps someone else.
Fix DVD/CD Problems - ASPI Drivers
17/11/2012 19:30
For those of you who have had problems with DVD/CD probs because of your ASPI drivers for Windows 2000, or WINXP Pro or Home. Well here's the drivers to fix it.
Click Here to download the Adaptec ASPI drivers
EZ-BIOS & XP
17/11/2012 19:30
On some motherboards, the bios is restrictive in letting you chose settings for your hard drive. IE: multi sector transfers and Logical block addressing. Both of wich increases overall harddrive performance in all versions of windows.
To Overcome this and enable these settings you can...
Enable Network Card OnBoard Processor
17/11/2012 19:30
This tweak will enable the processor on your Network Card(if your card has one - 3Com,what about the other i'm not sure you have to find out) designed to offload network processing from the CPU.This is disabled by default.
Open the registry find the key...
Enable AGP 4x On VIA Chipsets
17/11/2012 19:30
Serious gamers may notice a decrease in framerate compared to previous versions of Windows when using XP on their Via-chipset based machines. This is partly because of XP’s built-in support for Via chipsets. A quick check in the Device Manager will reveal the lack of some items, such as the “Via...
Data invalid fix for WinXP problem
17/11/2012 19:29
This is a fix for if you ever had a "data invalid" problem that nags you while you were installing and swapping out cards with Windows XP.
This error appears to be due to a protection problem in the Windows registry and can occur with a variety of drivers (sound cards and SCSI drivers...
Create your own Self-extracting / self-installing Package
17/11/2012 19:29
The following will show you how to use the Iexpress2.0 tool.
The tool allows you to make a self extracting file and much more : To play with this hidden feature of XP :
Navigate to : Windows\system32\
look for a file called iexpress.exe.
Double left...
Changing Motherboards
17/11/2012 19:29
This is not mine so I cannot take credit but Andy-S in the Hardware and Drive Support forum passed this one on to me - a must know tweak.
Before you swap out the current motherboard go to device manager and select the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller and select your current storage...
CD-ROM and DMA
17/11/2012 19:28
Not sure this is a "tweak" or not, but might help some users having problems with CD-Rs on their machine after installing XP
I recently upgraded my system at work from Windows ME to Windows XP Professional (holding to my policy of waiting for the first service pack to be...
How-to Recover Closed Browser Tabs
15/11/2012 22:54
If you are a browser tab ninja you can easily have dozens of tabs open at any moment. With that many tabs you can easily close the wrong one. That can be very annoying because sometimes you don’t even know the URL that was open. The good news is just about every modern browser has the ability to...
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