You may have noticed that everytime you open My Computer to browse folders there is a small delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers when Windows explorer is opened. To stop Windows XP from doing this follow the instructions below.

1. Open My Computer

2. Click on Tools menu

3. Click on Folder Options

4. Click on the View tab.

5. Uncheck the “Automatically search for network folders and printers check box”

6. Click Apply

7. Click Ok

Reboot your computer

Try it, you will see a significant increase in speed.

Thanks to Vivek Yadav for this Tip
 

I wasted lot of time in searching this tweak for Windows XP. Here I am sharing this tweak with you.This might be useful to you.

You can do this in the following steps-
1.Goto Start->Run.Enter regedit.
2.Backup your Registry first.This is a very important step.If your registry gets corrupted you can use this Backup to restore it.
3.Find the following key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell & make a new key called Command Prompt.
4.Within this key create another key called command.
5.Now go to the right panel and modify the default with : Cmd.exe /k cd “%1
or you can copy the following code into a Text Editor such as Notepad.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Command Prompt]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Command Prompt\command]
@=”Cmd.exe /k cd \”%1\”"

& save this file with a .reg extension.Double Click on this file & Merge this file into Registy.

This is a small trick i like to share it with you.

In a command window you can use the TAB key as “complete” key - like in unix/linux.

Example:
Start a cmd window and go to root (c:\)
type cd - hit TAB key - and you will now scroll the directories, also hidden ones.

Try: cd doc - hit TAB key - You get up “Documents and Settings” - hit enter. in Documents and Settings type cd and hit key several time - and you will scroll through the names of the directories - also the hidden ones.