Control 8.3 Name Creation on NTFS Partitions (Windows NT/2000/XP)
This setting controls whether MS-DOS compatible 8.3 file names should be generated on NTFS partitions. Disabling this feature can increase the performance on high usage partitions that have large amount of files with long filenames.

Allow Extended Characters in 8.3 Filenames (Windows NT/2000/XP)
This setting allows extended characters to be used in 8.3 filenames. Short file names with extended characters may not be viewable on computers that do not have the same character code page.

Use Asynchronous or Synchronous Buffer Commits (Windows 95/98/Me)
This setting changes function calls to the File-Commit API to return immediately back without checking the data has been correctly written to the disk drive. By default Windows uses synchronous buffer commits, this setting allows you to enable asynchronous as an alternative for applications that may need this functionality.

Configure New File Sharing and Locking Semantics (Windows 95/98/Me)
This setting controls the file locking mechanisms of Windows, disable this setting only if you are currently experiencing problems with specific applications.

Configure Protected-Mode Hard Disk Interrupt Handling (Windows 95/98/Me)
This switch allows Windows to terminate interrupts from the hard disk controller, bypassing the ROM routine that handles these interrupts. Some hard drives might require that this setting be disabled in order for interrupts to be processed correctly. If this setting is disabled, the ROM routine handles the interrupts.

Control Windows Double Buffering Support (Windows 95/98)
Windows 98 includes double buffering support, some systems may have an incompatibility between the computer's BIOS and the Dblbuff.sys file.

Optimize Swap File Performance (Windows 98/Me) Popular
On systems with larger amounts of memory, more than 128Mb, the hard disk based swap file is not needed as much. This tweak optimizes the use of the swap file on such systems.

Change the Size of the Virtual Disk Cache (Windows 95/98/Me) Popular
This tweak allows you control the minimum and maximum amount of memory being allocated as disk cache. It can be used to speed up your system and possibly avoid some memory problems.

Change the Color of Encyrpted Files (Windows XP)
When a file or folder is encrypted it shown in explorer using a different color. This setting defines the color to use.

Enable Advanced File System and Sharing Security (Windows XP)
This setting is used to enable the ability to control advanced NTFS permissions on local and shared files.

Disable Low Disk Space Notification (Windows XP)
This setting controls whether you receive a "Low Disk Space" warning when free disk space reaches less than 200 megabytes.

Disable ScanDisk After Improper Shutdown (Windows Me)
Normally if a system is shutdown improperly scandisk will run on the next reboot to ensure the contents of the hard disk are valid. This setting stops scandisk from running automatically when restarting.

Control Write Behind Caching (Windows 95/98/Me)
For increased performance write behind caching is used to write data to the fixed disks, this means that in the event of a system failure there is a possibility that data would not be completely written to the disk. If you have a system critical application you can disable this functionality to be sure that data is written directly to the disk bypassing the cache.

Configure 32-bit Protected Mode IO Drivers (Windows 95/98/Me)
This setting controls whether fixed disk access is performed through Windows protected mode drivers or through real mode drivers and BIOS routines. If you are experiencing drive IO errors enabling this setting may be a possible solution.

Configure the Contiguous File Allocation Size (All Versions) Popular
This setting optimizes the contiguous file allocation size for the file system. This is especially useful for disk intensive applications.

Control How NTFS Reserves Space for its Master File Table (Windows NT/2000/XP)
The NTFS file system contains at its core a file called the master file table (MFT). For every file on an NTFS volume there is at least one entry in the MFT. This setting controls the amount of space reserved for the MFT so that it does not become fragmented and slow system performance.

Show Hidden Folders and Files (All Versions)
This setting controls whether hidden files and folders are displayed in explorer when browsing the file system.

Control the System Cache (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular
This setting is used to specify whether the system favors the system-cache working set rather than the processes working set.

Disable CD Burning (Windows XP)
This restriction is used to disable the use of the inbuilt CD recording functions of Windows.

Show Hidden Operating System Files (All Versions)
This setting controls whether the normally hidden operating system files should be displayed when using explorer to browse the file system.

Disable the Recycle Bin (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP)
This setting is used to disable the use of the recycle bin and permanently remove all deleted items instead. This enables the same functionality as holding the Shift key while deleting items.

Control Automatic Boot Disk Optimization (Windows XP)
Windows XP includes a new feature that will automatically optimize the the disks on boot if required. This setting controls whether this feature is enabled.

Increase File System Caching Memory (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular
Windows will normally limit the amount of RAM that can be locked for I/O operations. Using this setting will allow you to override the automatic value.

Change Drive Name and Icon (All Versions) Popular
This tweak allows you to change the name and icon shown in Explorer for a specific drive letter.

Modifying the Autocheck Time-out Value (Windows NT/2000)
When Windows is not shutdown correctly it will perform an AutoCheck using CHKDSK on the next restart. This setting controls the time delay before running Autochk or whether it is run at all.

Disable Tracking of Shell Shortcuts (Windows 2000)
This setting is used to control the use of the tracking-based method of resolving shell shortcuts on NTFS partitions.

Change the Display Color of Compressed Files and Folders (Windows NT/2000/XP)
When a file is compressed in Windows there is an option in Explorer to display it in a different color to easily distinguish them. This setting defines what color to use, the default is blue.

Show Compressed Files in an Alternate Color (Windows NT/2000)
This setting controls whether compressed files and folders are shown in explorer using a different color to make them easily distinguishable.

Manage Windows Short File Extensions (Windows NT/2000)
Windows evaluates file extensions on the first three characters, therefore 'filename.html' is actually treated as 'filename.htm'. Therefore if you use a command such as 'del *.htm' to delete all the '.htm' files, you will also delete all '.html' files as well. This functionality can be disabled by modifying the registry.

Shortcuts Created Resolve to UNC Paths (Windows NT/2000)
A user may click a program's shortcut and be prompted to Enter Network Password, yet the properties of the shortcut indicate a relative path to the local computer.

Control Long Filename Support (All Versions)
Windows 9x and NT introduced the use of long filenames on existing FAT partitions. Some legacy software may be incompatible with this new file system design, and may require the use of 8.3 filenames. By enabling this setting you can turn off long filename support.

Preserving Long Filenames for Legacy Applications (Windows 95/98/Me)
Windows normally preserves the long filenames of files accessed by legacy applications. This functionality can be disabled if you are experiencing LFN errors with a legacy application.

Remove the Tildes in Short Filenames (All Versions)
When long filenames are shown in an application that only supports short filenames a tilde "~" is used to convert the long name into a compatible short name. This setting removes the use of tildes.

Increase NTFS Performance by Disabling the Last Access Time Stamp (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular
When Windows NT accesses a directory on an NTFS volume, it updates the LastAccess time stamp on each directory it detects. Therefore, if there are a large number of directories, this can affect performance.