Hey everyone, just wanted to know if someone had a link to somewhere, where I could download a program that would allow my desktop to look like a Mac based program type thing.... really, I'm just lookin for that toolbar on the bottom that zooms in on the little icons... Thanks!

There's a variety of programs that do this. Yz Dock was the best until the maker was hit with a cease and desist order by Apple. If you look hard, you may still be able to find it on some sites. Other programs are Mobydock http://www.mobydock.tk/ and ObjectDock http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

Quote: Originally Posted by bugz There's a variety of programs that do this. Yz Dock was the best until the maker was hit with a cease and desist order by Apple. If you look hard, you may still be able to find it on some sites. Other programs are Mobydock http://www.mobydock.tk/ and ObjectDock http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

NICE!! Thanks meng!!

I use YzDock. MobyDock is another good one but I found it "highly" unstable YMMV. YzDock worked great for me if you have trouble finding it drop me a line and I can email it to you - its small. I also use StyleXP and a MAC OS theme - check out below. Its fully skins XP and looks real good.

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I've been using Stardock for awhile.....works great, free...and lots of icons to choose from.

Quote: Originally Posted by aaronrkelly I use YzDock. MobyDock is another good one but I found it "highly" unstable YMMV. YzDock worked great for me if you have trouble finding it drop me a line and I can email it to you - its small. I also use StyleXP and a MAC OS theme - check out below. Its fully skins XP and looks real good.

What monitoring program are you using in the corner?

CoolMon - its kinda handy.

I've been using CoolMon myself for a week or so. I'm liking it so far, even though I havent figured out those d@mn extensions...lol

I'm using MBM5 for on-screen monitoring......but just recently (last night) put that application on a hotkey.........I'm just afraid that having it running on-screen all the time will burn the image into my monitor (I do leave my rig running 24 / 7)...........This happens to the security monitors at work that have the camera IDs constantly on (16 cameras per 26 inch monitor).

Quote: Originally Posted by Highperf15 I'm just afraid that having it running on-screen all the time will burn the image into my monitor

You might want to look into removing the text from your icons in that case.

My desktop is clear........

Quote: Originally Posted by bugz There's a variety of programs that do this. Yz Dock was the best until the maker was hit with a cease and desist order by Apple. If you look hard, you may still be able to find it on some sites. Other programs are Mobydock http://www.mobydock.tk/ and ObjectDock http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

i still got a copy of YZdock somewhere ... ill upload the Zip tonight

EDIT: Nevermind! You can still find it on MajorGeeks

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2790

Here are a few tips for everyone, to help get a better experience out of their OS. Feel free to add any you have, that aren't listed, too.

XP
Who hates reactivation?: Ah yes...you can easily avoid this. WindowsXP maintains the activation info in the file wpa.dbl, which you can find in Windows/System32 folder. After you activate, or anytime you add hardware, back-up the file to another disk. If you need to reinstall XP, go through the installation routine, then copy the latest version of the wpa.dbl file into the Windows/System32 folder (same goes for adding new hardware).


XP
Net Diagnostics: There is a good tool for getting a lot of info about what is going on, and it's hidden within XP's System Information utility. Start/All programs/Accesories/System Tools/System Information, then choose 'Net Diagnostics' from the 'tools' menu. It will ping your DNS server(s), gateways, SMTP and POP3 mail server, and proxies; test your modem and network adapters, and will supply detaied reports about the setting, and which test passed, which failed.

XP and 2K
Shorten Start Menu Delay: start/run/type regedit. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Desktop\MenuShowDel ay. The default is 400ms, lowering this value will speed up how quickly menus display.

XP and 2K
Use DMA for all ATAPI drives: By default slave drives are set to PIO mode, even if they can run UDMA or DMA (much more effiecient data transfers). In WinXP or 2K, open system applet in the Control Panel, under the Hardware tab - go to Device Manager. Select IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, double click on the 'Secondary IDE Channel', then go to advanced settings, then select 'DMA if available'. Then reboot. No harm done if a drive can't handle DMA mode (but, almost all newer, even those a few years old, can handle this setting).

If you are a Windows 2000 or XP user, there is a special string of the Registry from which all new user settings are taken. The purpose of this string is to keep a healthy version of the Registry around for the new users, regardless of the damage and general havoc the old users caused.

Get that default


This default version is found at HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT.

What good is it?

It's a reference point for all you compulsive Reg-hackers out there (to find the default setting after you've changed it 30-odd times).
It's the key to hit if you're an admin and want to change an entry for all the subsequent new users on a machine.

Tip#2: Cable Modem and DSL Speed Tweak to Increase Performance (Windows 2000/XP)

Use these settings with your Cable Modem or DSL broadband Internet connection, to boost network throughput performance with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create the following DWORD values, as most of these values will not already exist you will need to create them by clicking on 'Edit -> New -> DWORD Value' and then set the value as shown below.

DefaultTTL = "80" hex (or 128 decimal)
Specifies the default time to live (TTL) for TCP/IP packets. The default is 32.

EnablePMTUBHDetect = "0"
Specifies whether the stack will attempt to detect Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) routers that do not send back ICMP fragmentation-needed messages. The default is 0.

EnablePMTUDiscovery = "1"
Specifies whether the TCP/IP stack will attempt to perform path MTU discovery as specified in RFC 1191. The default is 1.

GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize = "7FFF" hex (or 32767 decimal) or questionable(65535)
Specifies the system maximum receive window size advertised by the TCP/IP stack.

TcpMaxDupAcks = "2"
Determines the number of duplicate ACKs that must be received for the same sequence number of sent data before "fast retransmit" is triggered.

SackOpts = "1"
Enables support for selective acknowledgements as documented by Request for Comment (RFC) 2018. Default is 0.

Tcp1323Opts = "1"
Controls RFC 1323 time stamps and window scaling options. Possible values are: "0" = disable RFC 1323 options, "1" = window scale enabled only, "2" = time stamps enabled only and "3" = both options enabled.

TcpWindowSize = "7FFF" hex (or 32767 decimal)
Specifies the receive window size advertised by the TCP/IP stack. If you have a latent network you can try increasing the value to 93440, 186880, or 372300.

Exit your registry and restart Windows for the change to take effect.

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
DefaultTTL REG_DWORD 0x00000080 (128)
EnablePMTUBHDetect REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
EnablePMTUDiscovery REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize REG_DWORD 0x00007fff (32767) or questionable(65535)
TcpMaxDupAcks REG_DWORD 0x00000002 (2)
SackOpts REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
Tcp1323Opts REG_DWORD 0x00000003 (3)
TcpWindowSize REG_DWORD 0x00007fff (32767)

Settings
Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesT cpip
Parameters]
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Tip#3: Autorun and cdroms

There is no option to enable or disable automatically running CD-ROMs in the user interface. To enable or disable automatically running CD-ROMs, you must edit the registry:

Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER.


Locate and click the following registry key:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesC DRom


To disable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 0 (zero). To enable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 1.


Restart your computer.


NOTE: This method disables automatically running CD-ROMs. If you want to disable automatically running CD-ROMs depending on the CD that you insert in the CD-ROM drive, you can press and hold down one of the SHIFT key while you insert the CD.
Additional Information
There are two other registry keys that can affect this functionality:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurre
ntVersionPoliciesExplorer
NoDriveTypeAutoRun = 0x00000095

-and-

HKEY_USERS. DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion
PoliciesExplorer
NoDriveTypeAutoRun = 0x00000095
The correct value for each is 0x00000095.

-and-

Control the CD-ROM Autorun Function (All Versions) Popular

Normally when you insert a disc into your CD-ROM drive, the contents are automatically launched. This tweak allows you to disable this behavior.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Change to value of 'Autorun', or create a new DWORD value if it doesn't already exist, and set the data to equal '0' for Autorun disabled.

Restart your computer for the changes to take effect

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
Autorun REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesC DRom

Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesC DRom]
Value Name: Autorun
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0=disable, 1=enable)
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tonight is an I.E. 6 tip that allows the FULL DOWNLOAD of I.E., not just the little under 500K setup file that most people usually get. I used this for XP and had around the 12MB size when all was finished.

Get IE 6 Final at Microsoft!

This is an active setup and will only download components you select for your OS. (this is for win2k only!)

To download the whole code for all Windows versions you need to use a special command.

First create a folder c:ie6,

then download the above file to that folder

Start the run dialog and type this command WITH quotes!!

"C:ie6ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"


This command will invoke a special setup displaying this screen:

Choose a download folder, Select all OSes and download!

well welcome to PR, and comming in with a bang too. (even though I don't think the information above is origional.)

y not it is

Those posts did nothing to answer Kornmart's question, though they were pretty factual.

Quote: Originally Posted by Spectrum Those posts did nothing to answer Kornmart's question, though they were pretty factual.

haha... it's alright man... but anyway, where could I download these monitoring programs.

i dam it i put this reg tip in the wrong pst my bad gys sorry about that hehehehehehe


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