Reduce Recycle Bin maximum Size

Issue:

How to "REDUCE RECYCLE BIN MAXIMUM SIZE" for Optimization of PC

Symtom:

When you "Turn ON" PC it is too slow.

Cause:

This is set fairly high by default, around more than 10% which will affect your speed if your your available disk space is less. So you can try to set that to 3%, there`s really no need to set it higher than that.

Solution:

1. To do this right click your recycle bin--> and then click on properties.

2. Now Under Global in the Recycle Bin properties window--> move the slider and click apply.

hiberfil.sys in Windows XP

What is hiberfil.sys and how to delete it to gain some space on HDD?

As from our last post, why your hard drive is always shrinking even though you did not do anything, we talked about using the freeware TreeSize to view where you have the largest chunk of data on your hard drive. If you look deep enough you will found out that there are two files called pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys that occupy over few GB of hard drive space. If you are the kind person that does not use Hibernate then this article is for you.

When you turn off your computer using hibernate, the operating system needs to store all your current running program states onto hard disk so that programs can resume where they left off when you power up your PC again. To achieve this, the OS need to save all the information into a file called hiberfil.sys. Windows OS (7, vista, XP) usually stores this as a hidden file under your C directory or your main OS partition.

Clear history from notification area In Windows XP

This task contains steps that helps you  modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.


To clear the Past Items list, perform the following steps: 

1. Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify


2. Open Task Manager--> click the Processes tab--> click Explorer.exe--> and then click End Process.


3. In Task Manager--> click File--> click New Task--> type explorer--> and then click OK.

To verify that the fix worked, restart your computer. Right click on the system tray--> click on properties--> Scrool down and check if the past items has been cleared.

Use Disk Cleanup In Windows XP

The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk by searching your disk for files that you can safely delete. You can choose to delete some or all of the files. Use Disk Cleanup to perform any of the following tasks to free up space on your hard disk:

1. Remove temporary Internet files.
2. Remove downloaded program files. For example, ActiveX controls and Java applets that are downloaded from the Internet.
3. Empty the Recycle Bin.
4. Remove Windows temporary files.
5. Remove optional Windows components that you are not using.

You can start Disk Cleanup, by doing any of the following:

Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type cleanmgr, and then click OK.

or

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.