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This is the First Part of a long tutorial to speed up windows vista

Performance is probably the most coveted intangible when it comes to PCs, and tweaking, to the performance hungry, is considered more of a necessity than an option. Gearheads go to great lengths to get quicker system response times, faster-running games, and shorter PC bootup and shutdown times.

One way is to overclock the heck out of the poor components (and then, for bragging rights, to log on to a message board and claim a stable CPU frequency of about 300MHz faster than what’s actually possible). Another way is to tweak out the operating system itself.

Unlike previous Microsoft operating systems, Windows Vista is pretty streamlined right out of the box. It makes terrific use of a system’s resources, but it’s built as much for pretty looks and increased stability and security as it is for horsepower. It’s time now for a course of action that will take the ball and chain off this baby and let it fly.

It’s very likely that more speed tips, registry hacks, and deep settings will be revealed in the weeks, months, and years to come. For now, here’s my set of tweaks that can help you turn up the throttle on your new operating system.

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The difference between Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processor is.

The Core Duo is Intel’s first generation dual core processor based upon the Pentium M (a Pentium III-4 hybrid) made mostly for laptops (though a few motherboard manufacturers have released desktop boards supporting the Core Duo CPU), and is much more efficiently than Pentium D.

The main difference between these two processors is in their processing core architecture

The Core 2 Duo is Intel’s second generation (hence, Core 2) processor made for desktops and laptops designed from the ground up to be fast while not consuming nearly as much power as previous CPUs.

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This is a guide to slipstream/integrate Office 2007 SP1 to the office 2007 cd. Office 2007 makes use of the Updates folder in the installation media to install any new updates that it finds in the folder however updates have to be in the .msp file format for them to be recognized. Since the Office 2007 SP1 update file is delivered in the .exe format, an extra step is required before being able to proceed:

First, you should copy the contents of the Office 2007 RTM image to a temporary folder. For our example we’re using C: O2007Temp . We have also copied the Office 2007 SP1 Update file (office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe) to the D: drive.

Then, using the Run command in Windows XP/Vista (WinKey R), run the following command:

D: office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C: O2007Temp Updates

replacing D: with wherever you stored the Office 2007 SP1 update file and C: O2007Temp with wherever you stored the Office 2007 RTM files. After agreeing to the Microsoft Software License Terms, SP1 will be extracted to C: O2007Temp Updates .
That’s it! Just start the setup for Office 2007 and the updates for SP1 will then be picked up and installed during the setup. The same method applies to any other Office 2007 SP1 update.

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Slipstreaming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)

This is a guide which shows you how to integrate/slipstream service pack 1 to your copy of Windows Vista DVD. There have been many articles doing the rounds on the internet as how to slipstream Service Pack 1 into Vista. Well as of now there is only one method which is reported to be working and that is by reverse integration which means that you have to install a fresh copy of Vista and then SP1 onto it to integrate service pack into it Read the rest of this entry »

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This is a guide to slipstream/integrate service pack 3 RC1 into windows xp cd

1. Create a folder on you c: drive - c:\xpsp3

2. Insert the Windows XP with SP2 CD, copy all folders and files to c:\xpsp3

3. Download and execute, windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu-RC1.exe /integrate:c:\xpsp3

4. The Service Pack 3 RC1 has now been integrated into your Windows XP with SP2 CD in c:\xpsp3.

5. You can either burn the contents of the folder c:\xpsp3 to an ISO file for burning into CD
cdimage -lWXPSP3RC1 -bC:\XPBOOT.BIN -t12/27/2007;22:00:00 -g -h -j1 -o -oc -oi -yd -m C:\XPSP3 C:\WXPSP3RC1.ISO

Tools Required

1. XPBOOT.BIN    Download Here

2. CDIMAGE.EXE (free from Microsoft)

3. windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu-RC1.exe (free from Microsoft)

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Many people are confused what exactly the difference between Intel Core 2 Duo and Between Intel Pentium D or Intel Dual Core processors….

I would try to explain from a END user point a view rather not going in to details architecture over view…

The Simple facts are,

All Core 2 Duo Processors are Dual Core Processors..

All Pentium D Processors are Dual Core Processors..

All Intel Dual Core Processors are Dual Core Processors…
Pentium D is nothing but 2 Prescott Processors side by side… runs very hot, not a good OverClocker…

Intel Core 2 Duo processors are next gen processors from Intel on 65 nm platform… developed from Ground up with new Architecture called Core… so they are whole new Processors just Jump like Pentium 2 to Pentium 3 or Pentium 4… Expect one Core 2 Duo Lowest End Processors like E4400/E4300 taking up and beating Intel Pentium D 3.8 GHz ones with ease … runs damn cool and super over clocker…

Intel Dual Core Processors are just launched striped down version of Core 2 Duos.. there are 2 in Market for Desktop range, E2140 runs at 1.6 GHz with 1 MB L2 and 800 MHz FSB and E2160 with 1.8 GHz with same specs of E2140…. these are not Pentium D rather they are same batch like Core 2 Duo based on the new Core Technology…. they perform same like Core 2 Duos but they were launched with a very low price to counter the market of super low cost but high performer AMD X2 range line up to AMD X2 4000….

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By Utsav-Goswami

most of us using optical drives and hard drives sometime or the other have to bear the

problem of the transfer mode being changed from UDMA to pio.It is very irritating because

the cpu usage shoots up to almost 100% and no multi tasking is possible.

So have no fear because UTSAV is here.

I will give a step by step tutorial to change the transfer mode to UDMA from pio without

reinstalling windows.

There are also some registry hacks so use them at your own risk.

to open registry editor goto start then click on run and type in ‘regedit’ except the

quotes. press enter.

For optimum transfer efficiency, the IDE channels should be using UDMA (Ultra Direct Memory

Access) and not PIO Mode (Programmed Input/Output). But Windows frequently decides on many

systems to use the latter.

So what’s the diff between the major transfer mode groupings? It’s most importantly about

what hardware in your system is providing the grunt for data transfers:
Mode
Explanation

PIO
Programmed Input / Output

The CPU manages the transfer of data between system memory and the storage device. Supports

bus speeds up to 16MB/sec, if your processor can keep up. Nothing built this century should

be using PIO.

DMA
Direct Memory Access

The bus-mastering system controller (a.k.a. DMA controller) is programmed to manage the

transfer, freeing the CPU to do other stuff while the DMA controller does its thing. It’ll

also support bus speeds up to about 16MB/sec.

UDMA
Ultra Direct Memory Access

A modern (I think 64-bit?) version of the DMA method. It’s the current standard for high

speed storage devices with bus speeds up to 100MB/sec.
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