Archive for October, 2009
Windows 7 Tweaks
Posted by kglee | Filed under Software Fixes
How to modify UAC
Start › user accounts › change user account control settings › adjust slider
How to disable Page File (Warning: Do Not Do this unless you have A LOT of memory)
Start › system › Advanced system settings › Performance › Settings › Advance › Virtual memory › Change › No paging file › Set › OK
How to disable Hibernation
Start › cmd › type: powercfg -h off › Enter
How to disable System Restore
Start › System › System protection › Configure
How to turn off Search Indexing
a) Start › services › windows search › disable
b) Start › computer › right click c drive › properties › untick: Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties
c) Start › Indexing options › modify › show all locations › double click users in summary of selected locations › uncheck users directory › double click start menu in the summary of selected locations › uncheck start menu directory › ok
How to turn off Remote Differential Compression
Start › Control panel › programs › turn windows features on or off › uncheck Remote Differential Compression › ok
This makes file transfers (copy, move) faster by turnig off “Remote Differential Compression” (RDC). Copying a 1.91 GB folder from the main HDD to a folder on an external USB drive resulting in …
With RDC turned on: 3:23 – three minutes and 23 seconds (with a stopwatch).
With RDC turned off: 2:25 – two minutes and 25 seconds. (more…)
I baked my video card in the oven, It fixed it
Posted by kglee | Filed under Hardware
Last week I was working on a laptop that has a discreet video card. I ran a diagnostic test that made me think the computer was working with the exception of the video part.
I read an article I found on Reddit about putting the card in an oven to reflow all the microscopic solder joints to give back the connectivity.
There was nothing to lose as the card was bad.
After the cooling I put the card back in the laptop and it fired right up to my amazement.