I pride myself in finding the best applications and utilities. Often the recommendations are for everyday users to improve their computer experience, security, or performance and other times the suggestions are for Network Admins to simply make a difficult job a bit easier. I’m pleased to announce a fantastic tool that fits both of these goals.
Introducing XP Tune brought to you by RefusetoSuffer.com
This is an excellent performance utility that was authored by a very good friend and colleague. The script was initially based on my paper “Supercharge your PC“. The paper was a guide to our tried and true performance tweaks. My friend Suffer decided to write a script to perform those tasks (and more) within a single portable script. Performance tweaks for the masses.
The Tune script performs the following tasks:
- Set PageFile to 2.5x the amount of ram (up to a 4000Mb limit)
- Disables System Restore.
- Disables Hibertation.
- Enables Remote Desktop.
- Sets the Default User wallpaper to nothing.
- Disables Windows Firewall.
- Disables Security Center notifications for disabled items
- Sest Power Scheme to Always On.
- Configure Windows Updates.
- Startup Entry Removal
- Set Windows theme to classic
- Set IE homepage to Google.com
- Set IE search to Google.com
- Add My Computer, My Network Places, My Documents, and IE Icons to the desktop.
All the tasks are optional and you can deselect any that you care to skip. The script does not require installation and works magic.
So if you have an XP system running slow or just want a lean machine download XP Tune let the fun begin.
Finally, take some time and peruse his site. I’ll be profiling the JointoDomain script and IPconfig utility in the coming days. He has also built forums and a script repository to assist users in submitting questions and issues as well as adding their own scripts to the collection. I’ve been using his software for several weeks now and I don’t know how I lived without it. It is truly great work. So check out RefusetoSuffer.com and feel free to donate if you like his work.
As always, thanks for reading.
