**Give it a Vista Look
Visual Task Tips is a lightweight shell enhancement utility. It provides thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows Taskbar, as seen in the Microsoft Windows Vista.Download it from here.
**Net Typing Speed
Instead of typing the whole website address such as http://www.wherever.com just type wherever and then Ctrl+Enter (that's hold the Ctrl key and press the Enter key). The computer will automatically put http://www. in the front and .com at the end. Saves me alot of typing.
**Inbuilt Zip Viewer
Open Notepad & paste
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}}
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CompressedFolder]
Save as zipped.reg
Click & merge it in registry
**Registry Secrets
Do visit here in order to get some fabulous tips & tricks
**Increase the net speed:-
Open Notepad & paste
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000003
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
Save as speed.reg
Click & merge it in registry
** Increase the net speed:-
Type gpedit.msc in RUN
Click Computer Configuration>>Administrative templates
Open Network & select ' QoS Packet Scheduler'
Open 'Limit Reservable Bandwith',
Enable it and set it to 1%
Apply & Save
**Faster Shutdown:-
Right click on desktop
Select New>>Shortcut
Write SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
Press OK
**Increase the Booting time:-
Type msconfig in RUN
Select boot.ini
Check /NOGUIBOOT
Apply (This will disable the scrolling screen while booting & decreases the boot time by 1-3 seconds)
**Speed up Windows Explorer:-
Open My Computer>>Tools>>Folder Options>>View
Uncheck “Automatically search for network folders and printers”
Apply & Save
