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Mouse Speed Up
3 Button Mouse
Nvidia Cards CoolBits Tweak
Nvidia Detonator Tweaks
Mouse Speed Up
In Windows 9x, you had to download a copy of PS/2 rate to change the sampling rate of your
PS/2 mouse. However, in Windows 2000, they have made the process much simpler by adding the
property to the mouse's entry in the device manager. To get to the feature, go into the
device manager, right click on the mouse entry, and enter its properties. Click on the
Advanced Settings tab and from there you can change two settings - Sample Rate and Input
Buffer Length. I would recommend setting the Sample rate to 100 Hz (maximum setting - still
inferior to PS/2 Rate but better than nothing) and upping the buffer length to about 375 to
avoid a buffer overrun from the higher sampling speed.
3 Button Mouse
Edit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services
Double click on either BUSMOUSE, SERMOUSE, or i8042PRT (PS/2 style mouse port).
Double click on the PARAMETERS sub-key.
On the right side of this window double-click on NumberOfButtons.(Reg_Dword)
In the command line change the number '2' to '3' and click on OK.
If you have a wheel mouse you can also add EnableWheelDetection(Reg_Dword),
give it a value of 2.
(Value Description)
0 Don't use the wheel.
1 Auto-detect the wheel.
2 Always enable the wheel
Exit and restart NT for these changes take effect. The net effect is to enable the 3rd button plus the wheelup/wheeldown without adding any new software to the system.
Nvidia Cards CoolBits Tweak
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"CoolBits"=dword:00000003
Nvidia Detonator Tweaks
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv4\Device0]
"OGL_TextureQuality"=hex:07,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionExt"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionUseVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_RenderQualityFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_TexturePrecache"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableTripleBuffer"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_ForceMultiTexture"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_FlippingControl"=hex:02,00,00,00
"OGL_VidMemMinTexWidth"=hex:20,00,00,00
"OGL_PalettedTexInVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_DefaultSwapInterval"=hex:00,00,00,00
"OGL_DLStagingBufferSizeWords"=hex:00,00,24,00
"OGL_TexMemorySpaceEnables"=hex:03,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableClearStrips"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableFastCopyPixels"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_S3TCQuality"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_AUTOMIPMAPMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_FOGTABLEENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_PRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:05,00,00,00
"D3D_ZCOMPRESSENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_DX6ENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_MIPMAPLEVELS"=hex:0c,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_TEXELALIGNMENT"=hex:07,00,00,00
"D3D_VALIDATEZMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv4\Device1]
"OGL_TextureQuality"=hex:07,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionExt"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionUseVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_RenderQualityFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_TexturePrecache"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableTripleBuffer"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_ForceMultiTexture"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_FlippingControl"=hex:02,00,00,00
"OGL_VidMemMinTexWidth"=hex:20,00,00,00
"OGL_PalettedTexInVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_DefaultSwapInterval"=hex:00,00,00,00
"OGL_DLStagingBufferSizeWords"=hex:00,00,24,00
"OGL_TexMemorySpaceEnables"=hex:03,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableClearStrips"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableFastCopyPixels"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_S3TCQuality"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_AUTOMIPMAPMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_FOGTABLEENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_PRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:05,00,00,00
"D3D_ZCOMPRESSENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_DX6ENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_MIPMAPLEVELS"=hex:0c,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_TEXELALIGNMENT"=hex:07,00,00,00
"D3D_VALIDATEZMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv4\Device2]
"OGL_TextureQuality"=hex:07,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionExt"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionUseVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_RenderQualityFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_TexturePrecache"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableTripleBuffer"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_ForceMultiTexture"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_FlippingControl"=hex:02,00,00,00
"OGL_VidMemMinTexWidth"=hex:20,00,00,00
"OGL_PalettedTexInVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_DefaultSwapInterval"=hex:00,00,00,00
"OGL_DLStagingBufferSizeWords"=hex:00,00,24,00
"OGL_TexMemorySpaceEnables"=hex:03,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableClearStrips"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableFastCopyPixels"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_S3TCQuality"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_AUTOMIPMAPMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_FOGTABLEENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_PRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:05,00,00,00
"D3D_ZCOMPRESSENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_DX6ENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_MIPMAPLEVELS"=hex:0c,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_TEXELALIGNMENT"=hex:07,00,00,00
"D3D_VALIDATEZMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv4\Device3]
"OGL_TextureQuality"=hex:07,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionExt"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionUseVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_RenderQualityFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_TexturePrecache"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableTripleBuffer"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_ForceMultiTexture"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_FlippingControl"=hex:02,00,00,00
"OGL_VidMemMinTexWidth"=hex:20,00,00,00
"OGL_PalettedTexInVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_DefaultSwapInterval"=hex:00,00,00,00
"OGL_DLStagingBufferSizeWords"=hex:00,00,24,00
"OGL_TexMemorySpaceEnables"=hex:03,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableClearStrips"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableFastCopyPixels"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_S3TCQuality"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_AUTOMIPMAPMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_FOGTABLEENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_PRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:05,00,00,00
"D3D_ZCOMPRESSENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_DX6ENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_MIPMAPLEVELS"=hex:0c,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_TEXELALIGNMENT"=hex:07,00,00,00
"D3D_VALIDATEZMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv4\Device4]
"OGL_TextureQuality"=hex:07,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionExt"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_BufferRegionUseVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_RenderQualityFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_TexturePrecache"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableTripleBuffer"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_ForceMultiTexture"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_FlippingControl"=hex:02,00,00,00
"OGL_VidMemMinTexWidth"=hex:20,00,00,00
"OGL_PalettedTexInVidMem"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_DefaultSwapInterval"=hex:00,00,00,00
"OGL_DLStagingBufferSizeWords"=hex:00,00,24,00
"OGL_TexMemorySpaceEnables"=hex:03,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableClearStrips"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_EnableFastCopyPixels"=hex:01,00,00,00
"OGL_S3TCQuality"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_AUTOMIPMAPMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_FOGTABLEENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_PRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:05,00,00,00
"D3D_ZCOMPRESSENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_DX6ENABLE"=hex:01,00,00,00
"D3D_MIPMAPLEVELS"=hex:0c,00,00,00
"D3D_NOVSYNCPRERENDERLIMIT"=hex:00,00,00,00
"D3D_TEXELALIGNMENT"=hex:07,00,00,00
"D3D_VALIDATEZMETHOD"=hex:00,00,00,00
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