Windows XP home- did tweaks and....

[incredible44]

ok i was following one of tweaktowns articles for Reformat to Relax( http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dId=324&dType=guide&46812 ) - when i noticed when finishing it - that when i right click on a folder or a drive and watnot it takes a serious amount of time to load- (when i right click to check properties or something)

i thought it could of been one of these because these were the only ones i touched in the registry- but that wasn't the case because i wrote back their original values- however i still experience the same problem

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

HungAppTimeout=4000 Delay before a hung application is allowed to terminate (each 1000 = 1 sec)

WaitToKillAppTimeout=4000 Delay before windows finally starts to shutdown (each 1000 = 1 sec)

MenuShowDelay=20 Delay before a menu pops open. (each 1000 = 1 sec)

AutoEndTasks=1 Automatically closes running applications when Windows shuts down.

anybody have any words of wisdom

 

[ntrights]

System restore

Use System Restore to Undo Changes if Problems Occur

 

[SpeedFreak03]

I used that article before and followed it word for word, and my computer ran like total sh!t after i was done (lockups slowdowns sh!tty graphic performance in games etc)! I'm not sure which tweak did it, but I decided to ditch that guide altogether!

-Josh

 

[HalfCrazy]

If you really feel like tweaking windows. Then try the link below they have lots of tweaks for all versions of windows.

Only really tweaks I do. Is disable the windows key and take out windows messenger, uinstall msn explorer. Plus a turn off the services that I don't need running.

http://registry.winguides.com/

All ways backup your registry be for making any changes.

 

[Disorganise]

Just curious...Do you have Nortons AV?

There's a thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=33&threadid=1222039
which suggests a similar problem to what you have. maybe the timing of your tweaking was coincidental?