» Decreasing Boot Time
Posted: 12/09/2007 19:56:16
Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXPThe program is called BootVisUncompress the file. Run BOOTVIS.EXE For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup. Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line) Then run Trace / Optimize System Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays Note how much the time has decreased Mine went from approximately 39 to 30 seconds.
» WindowsXP Command Line Utilities
Posted: 12/09/2007 19:56:46
While there are a lot of command line utilities in WindowsXP, here are some that I have been using lately.bootcfg - Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings.driverquery - Displays a list of all installed device drivers and their properties.getmac - Returns the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols associated with each address for all network cards in each computergpresult - Displays Group Policy settings and Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) for a user or a computernetsh - You can use commands in the Netsh Interface IP context to configure the TCP/IP protocolschtasks - Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific timesysteminfo - Displays detailed configuration information about a computer and its operating system.
