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Turn Hybrid Sleep On in Vista
What is Hybrid Sleep?
Hybrid Sleep is a new sleep mode introduced in Windows Vista. Hybrid Sleep is a combination of standby and hibernation.
When a computer goes into hybrid sleep it creates a hibernation file and saves it on the hard drive. It also keeps a copy of the hibernation file in its memory and shuts down most of the components in your computer.
When you move your mouse or tap your keyboard to wake a computer in hybrid sleep it loads the hibernation file from memory and resumes what you were doing. If the computer lost power during hybrid sleep it loads the hibernation file that was saved on the hard drive.
Hybrid sleep is enabled on desktops but not laptops by default. You don’t want your laptop not fully shut down while it’s in your laptop’s bag. It’ll overheat and drain the battery.
Turn Hybrid Sleep On:
- Type cmd in the Start Menu’s search box.
- Right-click cmd.exe in the search results and then select Run as administrator.
- Type powercfg –h on in the command prompt and then press enter on your keyboard.
Why Does Hybrid Sleep Turn Off:
The most common cause for your computer to stop going into hybrid sleep is when you erase the hibernation file (Hibernation File Cleaner) in Disk Cleanup.
The Vista build strings explained
5466.5.x86fre.winmain.060627-2030
5421.3.x64fre.winmain.060428-1903
5231.6.winmain_idx03.051004-2120
Do any of those make sense? To a lot of people, they don’t and it’s understandable. These are build strings, of which are seen in each build of Windows Vista in the About Windows dialog (Start, Run, type winver then press OK). Here’s how to dissect and understand what the build string means in it’s different sections. Each part of the string’s colour coordinates with the same colour below with the explanation for what that particular bit means.
5472.5.winmain_idx01.060713-1900
Build number - how many “compilations” of the operating system’s different bits from the original build. For example, Vista started out as Windows Server 2003 originally which has a build number of 3790, which means there have been 1,682 compilations since that including build 5472.
Sub-build number - Essentially it means the number of times that the particular build has been compiled. This can be for a number of reasons such as something was missed out, or there was a bug which was obvious and needed to be fixed before release.
Build branch - The main branch of builds. Imagine this - loads of teams working on separate things within Vista, but they all come together as “winmain”. Essentially where the build came from.
Sub-build branch - In this particular build (5472) and most other Vista builds, the idx is a special set of branches which comes off the winmain one - it basically means that it’s reached a quality of which it can be released to testers. Just another extension of where the build actually came from.
The date built - This comes in the format of YY/MM/DD (US standard), which basically means 2006 July 13th.
The time of the build - This comes in international 24-hour clock standard - 19:00 hours (7pm) Redmond time.
Install Vista from a USB Drive
You can even install Windows Vista with USB 2.0 flash memory drive now. All you need is a high speed 4GB flash memory only to create a bootable Windows Vista on flash memory drive.
Installing Windows Vista from a high speed USB flash drive perhaps is the easiest & fastest way to complete a Windows Vista install which nowadays every computer or laptop have a USB drive. Meanwhile, This is much faster than using a DVD, gigabit ethernet, or possibly even some external USB 2.0 hard drives, due to differences in access speed & transfer rate. So below the step to create a bootable windows vista on flash memory drive.
Create a bootable Windows Vista on Flash Memory
1. Format the USB flash memory drive to FAT32 file system
Run CMD.EXE and type the following command. Note: This set of commands assumes that the USB flash drive is addressed as “disk 1?. Double check that by doing a list of the disks (type “list disk”) before cleaning it).
diskpart
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
2. Copy Windows Vista’s DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive
Type in command to start copying all the content from the Windows Vista DVD to your newly formatted high speed flash drive.- xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\
3. Setup your computer BIOS to boot from USB Drive
4. Install Windows Vista from flash memory drive
After finish the above step. you can try to view how fast the installation of windows vista can be completed.
List of Rundll32 shortcut commands for Windows Vista
To Create Desktop Shortcuts : Rt click on desktop > New > Shortcut. In the first box of the Create Shortcut Wizard, copy-paste the desired command. Then Click Next. Give the Shortcut a Name. Finally, select an appropriate icon for it.
Add/Remove Programs
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,0
Content Advisor
RunDll32.exe msrating.dll,RatingSetupUI
Control Panel
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL
Delete Temporary Internet Files:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
Delete Cookies:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2
Delete History:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1
Delete Form Data:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16
Delete Passwords:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32
Delete All:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255
Delete All + files and settings stored by Add-ons:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351
Date and Time Properties
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl
Display Settings
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl,,3
Device Manager
RunDll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute
Folder Options - General
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 0
Folder Options - File Types
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_Options 2
Folder Options - Search
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 2
Folder Options - View
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 7
Forgotten Password Wizard
RunDll32.exe keymgr.dll,PRShowSaveWizardExW
Hibernate
RunDll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState
Internet Explorer’s Internet Properties dialog box.
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,ConBring up trol_RunDLL Inetcpl.cpl,,6
Keyboard Properties
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @1
Lock Screen
RunDll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
Mouse Button - Swap left button to function as right
Rundll32 User32.dll,SwapMouseButton
Mouse Properties Dialog Box
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,0
Map Network Drive Wizard
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL Connect
Network Connections
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL ncpa.cpl
Organize IE Favourites
Rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,DoOrganizeFavDlg
Open With Dialog Box
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL Any_File-name.ext
Printer User Interface
Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?
Printer Management Folder.
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder
Power Options
RunDll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL powercfg.cpl
Process Idle Tasks
rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
Regional and Language Options
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,0
Stored Usernames and Passwords
RunDll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr
Safely Remove Hardware Dialog Box
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll
Sound Properties Dialog Box
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,0
System Properties Box
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,3
System Properties - Advanced
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,4
System Properties: Automatic Updates
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,5
Taskbar Properties
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 1
User Accounts
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL nusrmgr.cpl
Unplug/Eject Hardware
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
Windows Security Center
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL wscui.cpl
Windows - About
RunDll32.exe SHELL32.DLL,ShellAboutW
Windows Fonts Installation Folder
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL FontsFolder
Windows Firewall
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL firewall.cpl
Wireless Network Setup
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL NetSetup.cpl,@0,WNSW
Disable Thumbnail display on Network folders in Windows Vista
Inorder to Disable Thumbnail display on Network folders in Vista you`ll need to configure the settings in Group Policy Editor. Follow the below given steps
1. Click on Start and type "gpedit.msc" and then press Enter.
2. Now on the Left go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer.
3. Now search for "Turn off the display of thumbnails and only display icons on network folders" . Double click on it and select "Enabled" then APPLY and then OK.
4.Your Done!. Now your Vista will not display Thumbnails at all and only display the icons.
3GB Memory Barrier - Fix XP and Vista
32bit processors and operating systems have a limitation of 3GB. Programs are limited to 2GB of RAM. These tweaks increase the OS’s ability to recognize more RAM and increase the ceiling for programs that can recognize more than 2GB of RAM.
Tweaks can be dangerous if you don’t check everything twice!
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx <- Reference
To get more from Windows XP, you have to modify your Boot.ini file. You have to be familiar with windows explorer. (You must show hidden and system files. If the boot.ini file is read only, uncheck it to make changes.
Windows XP
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT <-yours may be different!
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=”Windows XP Professional” /PAE /3GB <-add this
The /3gb switch allows programs written specifically to use more than 2gb of ram.
Windows Vista
To add to Vista’s boot process, from a cmd line (you must run the cmd line as an administrator)-
type:
BCDEDIT /SET PAE ForceEnable
In Vista, To get programs written for more than 2gb of ram:
BCDEDIT /Set IncreaseUserVa 3072
Note: In Vista, you can type BCDEDIT and hit enter to see the PAE and UserVA settings
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