Ms Windows Vista SP1

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Command.com vs cmd.exe

Windows NT/Windows 2000 supply cmd.exe and command.com. CMD.EXE is the Windows NT command line interface, its NOT a DOS window. COMMAND.COM is a 16-bit DOS application which is used for older DOS compatibility and actually runs inside the NTVDM (NT Virtual DOS Machine) due to its 16-bit nature.

What may surprise you is the face that COMMAND.COM and CMD.EXE have almost identical features and this is because any command entered in COMMAND.COM it is packaged up and sent to CMD.EXE for execution and thanks to this COMMAND.COM can take advantage of all the functions and facilities of CMD.EXE. This is possible as the version of COMMAND.COM shipped with NT IS a special NT version designed to pass all execution to CMD.EXE.

If you had Task Manager running you would actually see a CMD.EXE process started when executing commands in COMMAND.COM.

Optimize your Windows XP

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Additional Tasks:

1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. The value MenuShowDelay controls how fast the Start menu appears after you click on it. It’s measured in milliseconds: enter any value between 0 and 999 and change the delay.
2. XP caches .dll files that it’s used in your system memory. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer. Create a new DWORD value called 'AlwaysUnloadDLL’ with a value of 1.
3. Speed up the time it takes to automatically end tasks. Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop. The value for WaitToKillAppTimeout is measure in milliseconds so adjust it to a suitable level.