Although one may think Godmode would be so uber, it is actually a neat little shortcut for a user to access all of the operating system's control settings. One can think of it as a AIO control panel.
All you have to do to obtain Godmode is:
(1) Create a new folder where you want GodMode to be
(2) Rename the folder by either select the folder and press "F2" or right click and rename it "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"
(3) Now you have a neat little shortcut with all of the control settings!
Enjoy!
*NOTE ~ If you are too lazy to do simple tasks, then I attached a link that will get you GodMode by extracting the .rar
Link to GodMode
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
SYSTEM PROPERTIES - Configuration#1
Now that you are familiar on how to access some configurations in the Windows environment, we can look at some tweaks to help the performance of your system.
PERFORMANCE #1
(1) Accessing the System Properties. Usually how I do it is right click "My Computer" from the start menu. Once you know how to do that, right click it and scroll down to "Properties" and click on it.
(1b) Should look similar to this:
(2) In the new window, you should see some basic info about your system. On the left hand side click on "Advanced System Settings"
(2b) Should look similar to this:
(3) What we want to do is click on the advanced tab which is shown in the picture, and then click on "Settings" in the performance part.
(3b) We will now get a window similar to this:
(4) Now one has a choice to let windows choose its performance, or if you choose best appearance, you will experience some slow-downs from time to time if your system can't keep up. If you set it to best performance, one will pretty much sacrifice looks for performance.
(4b) I would recommend to choose best performance if your computer is relatively old. For other users, I highly recommend to do "Custom" since you can choose which effects or animations you don't really need. Also you can choose to keep your visual style and increase your performance a tad better!
*That's it for Part#1 for System Properties Configuration!
~More to come!
PERFORMANCE #1
(1) Accessing the System Properties. Usually how I do it is right click "My Computer" from the start menu. Once you know how to do that, right click it and scroll down to "Properties" and click on it.
(1b) Should look similar to this:
(2) In the new window, you should see some basic info about your system. On the left hand side click on "Advanced System Settings"
(2b) Should look similar to this:
(3) What we want to do is click on the advanced tab which is shown in the picture, and then click on "Settings" in the performance part.
(3b) We will now get a window similar to this:
(4) Now one has a choice to let windows choose its performance, or if you choose best appearance, you will experience some slow-downs from time to time if your system can't keep up. If you set it to best performance, one will pretty much sacrifice looks for performance.
(4b) I would recommend to choose best performance if your computer is relatively old. For other users, I highly recommend to do "Custom" since you can choose which effects or animations you don't really need. Also you can choose to keep your visual style and increase your performance a tad better!
*That's it for Part#1 for System Properties Configuration!
~More to come!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
SERVICES - A Look Into The Windows Services
Want to know what services are running on your system. On windows, press "win+r" to bring up the "Run Menu". In the box, type in services.msc now and press enter.
You will then be presented with the Windows Services that are running in the background.
As you can see, there are many services, and one can turn them off to help make your computer "speedier". However you have to know what services to turn off. If you know which one is hogging system resources then go ahead! Remember to create a system restore point!
For more information about disabling or putting services on manual, please refer to this site: Disabling Services
You will then be presented with the Windows Services that are running in the background.
![Photobucket](http://xtremenetworksolutions.com/zachary/files/servicesmsc.png")
As you can see, there are many services, and one can turn them off to help make your computer "speedier". However you have to know what services to turn off. If you know which one is hogging system resources then go ahead! Remember to create a system restore point!
For more information about disabling or putting services on manual, please refer to this site: Disabling Services
CCLEANER - Useful Tool To Clean Out Junk
CCleaner is a freeware tool that can be used clear out temp files, cookies, history, recycle bin. In essence, it's pretty much a tool for cleaning all the junk that piles up in your system. Over all the years I've been using this tool, there has been no problems. However, do make sure to create a system restore point to be on the safe side. One can also clear out old registry files from programs which should be cleaned out since it is removed from the system.
Go ahead and give it a try and see for yourself!
Click here to download CCleaner!
Go ahead and give it a try and see for yourself!
Click here to download CCleaner!
MSCONFIG - Microsoft System Configuration
To use it, we must be able to get to its menu:
There are many ways to get there and I'll be showing ways that it will
be easy for you to understand!
(1)Click your start button, or windows button
(2)In the search bar, type in msconfig
(3)Press enter, and if you done it correctly, you will be presented with the configuration utility.
A MORE SIMPLIFIED WAY IS:
(1a)While holding down the window logo key on your keyboard, followed by "r"
So it will be Win+r, which will bring up something like this:
(2) Press enter and you will get the configuration utility.
TWEAKING:
(3) You will see that there are a lot of options and tabs above.
For example, if you didn't want to see the windows logo while booting up one can simply go to the boot tab and check off "No GUI Boot".
(3a) One of the best ways to use MSconfig is to speed up your start up time and make your computer use less resources. What is commonly used is to go to the "startup tab" and check off the useless programs that you don't need to start while windows boots up, or hog a lot of resources.
For now, that is the basics of using the Configuration Utility without doing anything harmful to your computer.
*For advanced users, one can go into the services tab and check off the useless services that aren't really needed for their windows environment.
For a list, here's a site that is commonly used: Turn Off Unneeded Services
There are many ways to get there and I'll be showing ways that it will
be easy for you to understand!
(1)Click your start button, or windows button
(2)In the search bar, type in msconfig
(3)Press enter, and if you done it correctly, you will be presented with the configuration utility.
A MORE SIMPLIFIED WAY IS:
(1a)While holding down the window logo key on your keyboard, followed by "r"
So it will be Win+r, which will bring up something like this:
(2) Press enter and you will get the configuration utility.
TWEAKING:
(3) You will see that there are a lot of options and tabs above.
For example, if you didn't want to see the windows logo while booting up one can simply go to the boot tab and check off "No GUI Boot".
(3a) One of the best ways to use MSconfig is to speed up your start up time and make your computer use less resources. What is commonly used is to go to the "startup tab" and check off the useless programs that you don't need to start while windows boots up, or hog a lot of resources.
For now, that is the basics of using the Configuration Utility without doing anything harmful to your computer.
*For advanced users, one can go into the services tab and check off the useless services that aren't really needed for their windows environment.
For a list, here's a site that is commonly used: Turn Off Unneeded Services
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