Disabling Drives in My Computer

To turn off the display of local or networked drives  on My Computer

FOLLOW THESE STEPS

1. Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor

 2.Go to path

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer 

3.Add a New DWORD item and name it NoDrives 
4.Double click on it and give it the value 3FFFFFF and select hexadecimal

5. Restart or Logoff the computer to save the changes
5.Now when open My Computer, none of your drives will show.

Wrong settings in the registry may cause unpredictable problems to your Windows. So carefully change the appropriate values.  

Do you want to Speedup the Windows XP Start Menu:

Follow these steps:
Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor
then follow this path  ...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop



Here on the right pane of your Registry editor you can find a STRING value named "MenuShowDelay"(create a new String value if it doesn't already exist) then double click on it and change its value to "1" (without quotes) its default value may vary. This tweak will Speedup the Windows Xp Start Menu.
 
Wrong settings in the registry may cause unpredictable problems to your Windows. So carefully change the appropriate values.  

Top Ten Tips To Improve System Speed

1. Allow your Computer to boot up completely before starting any applications.

2. Do not set very large  images as your wallpaper.

 3. Not fill your Desktop with a lot of shortcuts. Each shortcut on the desktop uses up to 500 bytes of RAM

4. Refresh (F5) the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM.

5. Empty the recycle bin regularly. The files are not really deleted from your hard drive until you empty the recycle bin.

6. Delete the temporary files,Recent folder and temporary internet files regularly. Open "Run" command and type %temp% and press the enter key, this will open the temporary file folder, delete everything in this folder. It is better to use the free software CCleaner or Diskcleaner to done this job.

7. Defragment atleast your boot drive (may be C:) once every two months. This will free up a lot of space on your hard drive and rearrange the files so that your applications run faster.

8. Always make one more partition (Drive) other than your boot partition and Install all heavy Softwares (like Maya, Photoshop, 3DS Max etc)  to the second partition and Keep the C Drive as empty as possible. This will reduce the O/s loading time.

9. Disable the option of starting the application automatically when the PC boots. This can be done by using the MSCONFIG Utility. Open RUN Command (windows key+R) and type msconfig and hit enter key you can see a tab named startup, uncheck everything you don't need.

10. Protect your PC from dust. Dust causes the CPU cooling fan to jam and slow down it and thereby gradually heating your CPU and this will affect the processing speed.

Change the Title of your Windows Media Player

Follow these steps:
Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor
then follow this path  ...

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer"

On the right pane Create a new string value called ' TitleBar' (without quotes) and double click on it and give any name you wish. Refresh and reopen your Windows Media Player and see its title bar.

Wrong settings in the registry may cause an unpredictable problems to your Windows. So carefully change the appropriate values.  

Disable the Autoplay Feature of your CD Rom Drive:

Follow these steps:
Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor
then follow this path  ...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\services\cdrom

Here on the right pane of your Registry editor you can find a DWORD value named "Autorun"(create a new DWORD value if it doesn't already exist) then double click on it and change its value to "0" (without quotes) its default value may be "1". This tweak will disable the autoplay function of your CD Rom Drive.
 
Wrong settings in the registry may cause an unpredictable problems to your Windows. So carefully change the appropriate values.