Kelly tweaks-What do they do

[marcy]

Hi- reading these NG's, I am seeing lots of advice
telling viewers to go to Kelly tweaks web site for more
info-I too was refered to go there and which # would help
me with my question-
BUT, I thought that that web site was a place to go to
get answers to our specific questions-When I clicked on
the one that I needed help with, I clicked 'save' instead
of "download" to speed things up-then I went to my
documents and there it was and when I clicked on it to
view it, ther was the HKEY....etc registry thing. And of
course, by clicking on a specific part, it would go to
that area of the registry- But why and for what??
I guess my nieve question is What is Kellys website for,
who does it work, what do the things downloaded do. I
tried looking for the answers on that web site but could
not find anything-Simple 'english' would really help,
please.

 

[Lorne Smith]

If you saved the file with it's intended REG extension and then double
clicked it, it would modify that specific registry key and apply whatever
fix the file is for. Modifying a particular key in the registry will affect
how Windows (or an installed program) will function in many different ways,
it depends on the key).

As for what each fix is, that is described in the same place you download
the file. Honestly, it's not rocket science, and you needn't worry about
them doing anything untoward... Kelly's site is VERY trustworthy and none
of the fixes there should cause any problems...

If you want a better understanding of how registry changes affect your
computer, your best starting point would be a good book of XP In & Outs...
No offense intended, but until you have a reasonable understanding of the
inner workings of Windows, I'm afraid an in-depth explanation of a specific
fix probably wouldn't make much sense as you don't have the knowledge you
need to understand the answer.

Lorne

 

[Bored]

Basically Kelly's site gives you all kinds of tips and tweaks to help XP
run smoother, many of the downloads (registry edits) you saw on her site is
to help repair and restore the many problems people encounter....Kelly has
made things alot easier for alot of us with problems.....I have yet to have
any trouble with anything downloaded from her site.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hi- reading these NG's, I am seeing lots of advice
telling viewers to go to Kelly tweaks web site for more
info-I too was refered to go there and which # would help
me with my question-
BUT, I thought that that web site was a place to go to
get answers to our specific questions-When I clicked on
the one that I needed help with, I clicked 'save' instead
of "download" to speed things up-then I went to my
documents and there it was and when I clicked on it to
view it, ther was the HKEY....etc registry thing. And of
course, by clicking on a specific part, it would go to
that area of the registry- But why and for what??
I guess my nieve question is What is Kellys website for,
who does it work, what do the things downloaded do. I
tried looking for the answers on that web site but could
not find anything-Simple 'english' would really help,
please.
.

Kelly's fixes are self extracting registry editors (when
open is selected when downloading) this is for those of
US who have not yet mastered the art of reg. edit.
It's wise not to download from just any web site However
Kelly's-korner can be trusted.

If you are concerned about changes to your registry
try javacools "spywareguard" it will alert you to any
changes and ask you if you want to allow it.
www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Marcy,

There is a brief explanlantion at the top of Kelly's Tweaks page that
describes how to use REG and VBS files. REG files are Registry Exports, and
will overwrite the specific information in the Registry, or add/remove
information as appropriate. VBS files are VB Scripts, and are another
method of automating a particular repair, with more control and
functionality than a REG file. Either type of file can be opened and viewed
in Notepad by right clicking the downloaded file and selecting Edit.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Hi- reading these NG's, I am seeing lots of advice
telling viewers to go to Kelly tweaks web site for more
info-I too was refered to go there and which # would help
me with my question-
BUT, I thought that that web site was a place to go to
get answers to our specific questions-When I clicked on
the one that I needed help with, I clicked 'save' instead
of "download" to speed things up-then I went to my
documents and there it was and when I clicked on it to
view it, ther was the HKEY....etc registry thing. And of
course, by clicking on a specific part, it would go to
that area of the registry- But why and for what??
I guess my nieve question is What is Kellys website for,
who does it work, what do the things downloaded do. I
tried looking for the answers on that web site but could
not find anything-Simple 'english' would really help,
please.

Marcy

Go to this web page:

Tweaks by Category
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm

Click on the drop down menu for one of the categories and the select one of
the tweaks. A brief description of what the tweak does will be displayed.
The items have the same name as on the other page.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Marcy,

Which one exactly are you needing help with? The information provided on my
Tweaks page may seem vague; however, they are strong pointers pertaining to
specific issues used via the groups for many XP users.

Good luck!

 

[Kelly]

Thanks all!!! Greatly appreciated. )

 

[Rosie]

Thanks all!!! Greatly appreciated. )

Hi Kelly. I've been trying to find a cure on your site for this problem:

I lost my LG DVD8160B player now I've re-installed XPHome +SP1 when it
worked just fine before. It fails to see any DVD and then it stopped
reading a CDR/RW. It seems to be selective now in that it might read a
commercial DVD OK but if I try it the following day it sees it as a
blank disk yet I haven't done anything. I took the drive back to the
shop and they tried it with 2 DVDs which worked fine!!I use PowerDVD 5
and have the latest patch.
I was kind of hoping this problem might have rung a bell with your
expert experience of XP?
Many thanks

 

[Steve Brecher]

Go to this web page:

Tweaks by Category
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm

Click on the drop down menu for one of the categories and the select one of
the tweaks. A brief description of what the tweak does will be displayed.
The items have the same name as on the other page.

While the site appears to have many useful registry tweaks, description is
not its forte. By and large when you select a tweak named, say, "Change the
froogle to furpid," the description is "This reg file [or script] will
[allow you to] change the froogle to furpid."

On the other hand, the price is extremely right -- a discreet [note 0]
donation button with all features fully functional for free -- and it's easy
to see that the site is a labor of love.

Note 0:
So discreet, in fact, that in my case I had to open the link in another
page, because nothing happened when I left-clicked the button.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Steve,

My Tweaks are used (and are created) in reference to particular issues
pertaining to specific problems and I address those. That is where the page
derived from (as a holding place for working the groups in lieu of
attachments). If explicit and fluid details is what you are looking for,
then you won't find it there.

As for this comment:

On the other hand, the price is extremely right -- a discreet [note 0]
donation button with all features fully functional for free -- and it's
easy to see that the site is a labor of love.

Note 0:
So discreet, in fact, that in my case I had to open the link in another
page, because nothing happened when I left-clicked the button.

You are not being very clear here. EVERY script/regedit on my Tweaks pages
are functional and FREE.

Have a great day!

Go to this web page:

Tweaks by Category
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm

Click on the drop down menu for one of the categories and the select one of
the tweaks. A brief description of what the tweak does will be displayed.
The items have the same name as on the other page.

While the site appears to have many useful registry tweaks, description is
not its forte. By and large when you select a tweak named, say, "Change the
froogle to furpid," the description is "This reg file [or script] will
[allow you to] change the froogle to furpid."

On the other hand, the price is extremely right -- a discreet [note 0]
donation button with all features fully functional for free -- and it's easy
to see that the site is a labor of love.

Note 0:
So discreet, in fact, that in my case I had to open the link in another
page, because nothing happened when I left-clicked the button.

 

[Sharon F]

You are not being very clear here. EVERY script/regedit on my Tweaks pages
are functional and FREE.

Have a great day!

I think that's what he said too, Kelly, but was pointing out that when he
tried the button to make the optional donation, he had some trouble
with it (standard left click on the button did not work for him).

BTW, thanks for maintaining such a wonderful XP site and for all of your
endless efforts. It's very much appreciated.

 

[Kelly]

Howdy, Ms. Sharon and thanks for the reply! Hope all is well.

As for the OP, I am still not exactly sure what he was saying. (

As per your other comments: Thank you very much for taking the time to
state them and you are most welcome.

Another new app in the works, reason for not being here as regularly as I
have been.

/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Steve Brecher]

As for the OP, I am still not exactly sure what he was saying. (

I happen to be the world's most authoritative source on what the OP was
saying )

The "Donate" button at the bottom of
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm
is not responsive to a left click. On mouseover, the tooltip comes up and
the IE status bar shows https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr, and on mouse
move elsewhere the status bar shows "Applet ButtonPLUS3 started". But
nothing happens on a left click to the button.

That's what I was saying. Later, a look at the page's source reveals that
the button's table tag is not embedded within a form tag.

Unrelated except by proximity: On the same page, the script tag's src
attribute for the counter needs its URL value updated. This is also true of
most if not all other pages except the home page.

 

[Steve Brecher]

[possible duplicate post]

As for the OP, I am still not exactly sure what he was saying. (

I happen to be the world's most authoritative source on what the OP was
saying )

The "Donate" button at the bottom of
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm
is not responsive to a left click. On mouseover, the tooltip comes up and
the IE status bar shows https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr, and on mouse
move elsewhere the status bar shows "Applet ButtonPLUS3 started". But
nothing happens on a left click to the button.

That's what I was saying. Later, a look at the page's source reveals that
the button's table tag is not embedded within a form tag.

Unrelated except by proximity: On the same page, the script tag's src
attribute for the counter needs its URL value updated. This is also true of
most if not all other pages except the home page.

 

[Rich]

Kelly,

What does your "Clear system cache on boot" tweak do ?
Does it delete the Pagefile.sys?

Thanks,

Rich

-----Original Message-----
Hi Marcy,

Which one exactly are you needing help with? The information provided on my
Tweaks page may seem vague; however, they are strong pointers pertaining to
specific issues used via the groups for many XP users.

Good luck!

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Hi- reading these NG's, I am seeing lots of advice
telling viewers to go to Kelly tweaks web site for more
info-I too was refered to go there and which # would help
me with my question-
BUT, I thought that that web site was a place to go to
get answers to our specific questions-When I clicked on
the one that I needed help with, I clicked 'save' instead
of "download" to speed things up-then I went to my
documents and there it was and when I clicked on it to
view it, ther was the HKEY....etc registry thing. And of
course, by clicking on a specific part, it would go to
that area of the registry- But why and for what??
I guess my nieve question is What is Kellys website for,
who does it work, what do the things downloaded do. I
tried looking for the answers on that web site but could
not find anything-Simple 'english' would really help,
please.

.

 

[David Candy]

Description
Determines whether the virutal memory pagefile should be cleared when the system is shut down.

Windows 2000 virtual memory support uses a system pagefile to swap pages of memory to disk when they are not being actively used. On a running system, this pagefile is opened exclusively by the operating system and is well protected. However, systems that are configured to allow booting to other operating systems might want to ensure that system pagefile is wiped clean when Windows 2000 shuts down. This ensures that sensitive information from process memory that might have made it into the pagefile is not available to an unauthorized user who has managed to directly access the page file.

When this policy is enabled, it causes the system pagefile to be cleared upon clean shutdown. Enabling this security option also causes the hibernation file (hiberfil.sys) to be zeroed out when hibernation is disabled on a laptop system.

When this policy is disabled, the virtual memory pagefile is not cleared during system shutdown.

This policy is defined by default in Local Computer Policy, where it is disabled by default.

Kelly,

What does your "Clear system cache on boot" tweak do ?
Does it delete the Pagefile.sys?

Thanks,

Rich

-----Original Message-----
Hi Marcy,

Which one exactly are you needing help with? The information provided on my
Tweaks page may seem vague; however, they are strong pointers pertaining to
specific issues used via the groups for many XP users.

Good luck!

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Hi- reading these NG's, I am seeing lots of advice
telling viewers to go to Kelly tweaks web site for more
info-I too was refered to go there and which # would help
me with my question-
BUT, I thought that that web site was a place to go to
get answers to our specific questions-When I clicked on
the one that I needed help with, I clicked 'save' instead
of "download" to speed things up-then I went to my
documents and there it was and when I clicked on it to
view it, ther was the HKEY....etc registry thing. And of
course, by clicking on a specific part, it would go to
that area of the registry- But why and for what??
I guess my nieve question is What is Kellys website for,
who does it work, what do the things downloaded do. I
tried looking for the answers on that web site but could
not find anything-Simple 'english' would really help,
please.

.

 

[Rich]

David,

So I take it that if I am running XP Pro and load this
tweak my system will delete the pagefile.sys each time I
boot. This will simplify defragging and generally better
system performance? Is this a good thing?

Also... what is Trillian?

Thanks,

Rich

-----Original Message-----
Description
Determines whether the virutal memory pagefile should be

cleared when the system is shut down.

Windows 2000 virtual memory support uses a system

pagefile to swap pages of memory to disk when they are
not being actively used. On a running system, this
pagefile is opened exclusively by the operating system
and is well protected. However, systems that are
configured to allow booting to other operating systems
might want to ensure that system pagefile is wiped clean
when Windows 2000 shuts down. This ensures that sensitive
information from process memory that might have made it
into the pagefile is not available to an unauthorized
user who has managed to directly access the page file.

When this policy is enabled, it causes the system

pagefile to be cleared upon clean shutdown. Enabling this
security option also causes the hibernation file
(hiberfil.sys) to be zeroed out when hibernation is
disabled on a laptop system.

When this policy is disabled, the virtual memory

pagefile is not cleared during system shutdown.

This policy is defined by default in Local Computer

Policy, where it is disabled by default.

"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

Kelly,

What does your "Clear system cache on boot" tweak do ?
Does it delete the Pagefile.sys?

Thanks,

Rich

-----Original Message-----
Hi Marcy,

Which one exactly are you needing help with? The information provided on my
Tweaks page may seem vague; however, they are strong pointers pertaining to
specific issues used via the groups for many XP users.

Good luck!

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Hi- reading these NG's, I am seeing lots of advice
telling viewers to go to Kelly tweaks web site for more
info-I too was refered to go there and which # would help
me with my question-
BUT, I thought that that web site was a place to go to
get answers to our specific questions-When I clicked on
the one that I needed help with, I clicked 'save' instead
of "download" to speed things up-then I went to my
documents and there it was and when I clicked on it to
view it, ther was the HKEY....etc registry thing. And of
course, by clicking on a specific part, it would go to
that area of the registry- But why and for what??
I guess my nieve question is What is Kellys website for,
who does it work, what do the things downloaded do. I
tried looking for the answers on that web site but could
not find anything-Simple 'english' would really help,
please.

.

.

 

[David Candy]

It doesn't delete it it clears it. It normally doesn't bother clearing info as normally only it can read it and it will take a long time. It is not a good thing but a bad thing to do unless you're worried someone is going to read your swap file (a random collection of jumbled data you've been working on).

Unless people are spying on you, cos they want to steal from you and are willing to put the effort in, then it just slows down shutdown.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=T...TF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta=lr=lang_en

David,

So I take it that if I am running XP Pro and load this
tweak my system will delete the pagefile.sys each time I
boot. This will simplify defragging and generally better
system performance? Is this a good thing?

Also... what is Trillian?

Thanks,

Rich

-----Original Message-----
Description
Determines whether the virutal memory pagefile should be

cleared when the system is shut down.

Windows 2000 virtual memory support uses a system

pagefile to swap pages of memory to disk when they are
not being actively used. On a running system, this
pagefile is opened exclusively by the operating system
and is well protected. However, systems that are
configured to allow booting to other operating systems
might want to ensure that system pagefile is wiped clean
when Windows 2000 shuts down. This ensures that sensitive
information from process memory that might have made it
into the pagefile is not available to an unauthorized
user who has managed to directly access the page file.

When this policy is enabled, it causes the system

pagefile to be cleared upon clean shutdown. Enabling this
security option also causes the hibernation file
(hiberfil.sys) to be zeroed out when hibernation is
disabled on a laptop system.

When this policy is disabled, the virtual memory

pagefile is not cleared during system shutdown.

This policy is defined by default in Local Computer

Policy, where it is disabled by default.

"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

Kelly,

What does your "Clear system cache on boot" tweak do ?
Does it delete the Pagefile.sys?

Thanks,

Rich

-----Original Message-----
Hi Marcy,

Which one exactly are you needing help with? The information provided on my
Tweaks page may seem vague; however, they are strong pointers pertaining to
specific issues used via the groups for many XP users.

Good luck!

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Hi- reading these NG's, I am seeing lots of advice
telling viewers to go to Kelly tweaks web site for more
info-I too was refered to go there and which # would help
me with my question-
BUT, I thought that that web site was a place to go to
get answers to our specific questions-When I clicked on
the one that I needed help with, I clicked 'save' instead
of "download" to speed things up-then I went to my
documents and there it was and when I clicked on it to
view it, ther was the HKEY....etc registry thing. And of
course, by clicking on a specific part, it would go to
that area of the registry- But why and for what??
I guess my nieve question is What is Kellys website for,
who does it work, what do the things downloaded do. I
tried looking for the answers on that web site but could
not find anything-Simple 'english' would really help,
please.

.

.