You might already know that your Internet Explorer's cache temporarily stores files from website you visit -- like images and graphics -- so that websites load faster and you can surf the net more quickly. Which is convenient, but storing all these files can slow down your computer, and also leave a trail of the sites you've been visiting. Instead of having to remember to clear your cache to delete any temporary files Internet Explorer has saved, you can tweak your registry every time you quit Internet Explorer the browser automatically deletes the temporary files.

There are easy ways to tweak PC s and tweak your Honda Civic into a Porsche Carrera. Okay, so maybe it's more like we're turning your Dell into an Acura. The best way to tweak your PC is to simply add more RAM. Search the internet and you can get 2MB for less than $200 USD, easy. Slip your memory into your computer, and it'll work like magic to tweak PC s fast. What else can you do to tweak your PC? Glad you asked.

Your Windows system usually calculates the paged and non-paged pool memory sizes on your computer, figuring their sizes automatically by using its own algorithms. You can edit your registry to manually enter your system’s paged and non-paged pool memory size, and cancel out your system’s automatic calculation.

Hotkeys are short-cut keys used to make your use of programs and various applications more efficient. You may want to disable the Windows hotkey combinations, and you can do so by editing your registry.

If your PC makes use of large amounts of RAM (random access memory), you can improve your system's performance by forcing the core of your Windows system to be kept out of the disk space and stored in memory instead.

Sometimes it can be slow or difficult to open your system's Task Manager. There are actually three different ways you can launch your Windows Task Manager, though, making it more easy to open.

For security reasons, you may not want all users to be able to access the content of certain drives using Explorer or My Computer. You may also want to block some users from executing the Dir commmand, Run, or Map Network Drive. You can restrict these users from doing both of these things with a simple registry edit.

You can reduce the time it takes to expand and contract your Windows folders by clicking on your folders’ plus (+) and minus (-) buttons by editing your registry so that you open and close your Windows folders with a single keystroke.

You could stop your computer's beeping from errors by smacking the PC the way you smack your hoes, or you could use a simple registry tweak. And save the hoe-smacking for your hoes. If you’re experiencing frequent beeps and noises coming from your PC speaker, but can't turn them off easily, you can tweak your registry to stop these noises and beeping errors

If you're using a dial-up to connect to the Internet, your Windows system may take a while to log onto the web. It's possible to shorten the time it takes to connect with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) with a simple registry tweak.