If you are not using a program that needs the timestamp you can easily edit the registry key in vista to speed up your system. Hit Windows + R, type regedit and press enter.  Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem

Right-click the key NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and change the value of it to 1. While you are there you could also disable the creation of files in Dos format (8+3) by altering the value of the key NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 1 as well.

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The following method makes it possible to join multiple video files into one big file making it that much easier in the end to play and enjoy the downloaded movie. The method is different depending on the type of movie that you are playing. If the movie consists of multiple mpg movies you can use the windows command line to merge them.

Start the command line by pressing the windows key and R. Enter cmd in the prompt which will start the command line window. Enter the following line into the command line, make sure you enter the right filepath to the movie. I suggest you move the files to the top of a hard drive to ease the amount of typing that needs to be done.

copy /B “C:\movie1.mpg” + “C:\movie2.mpg” + “C:\movie3.mpg” “C:\completemovie.mpg”

This joins movie1.mpg, movie2.mpg and movie3.mpg into completemovie.mpg. You can add more movies to join more parts without problems.

You need an additional programs if the parts are avi files instead of mpg. Download the freeware VirtualDubMod and unpack it to your hard drive. Run the tool and select File, Open Video File and browse to the first part of the movie. Select no If a popup named VBR audio stream detected appears.

Click on File, append Segment and browse to the second part of the movie. Once this is done click on File, Save As and save the newly merged movie file to your hard drive.

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The following method might be useful for experienced users who like to access those programs faster. I’m going to list the filenames of many system tools. All you would have to do is to hit Windows + R and type the name of the file to open it. This might be faster on some occasions. By knowing the names you could also create some shortcuts on your desktop if you need one or more of those programs on a daily basis.

Backup or Restore Wizard – ntbackup.exe
Clean up Drive – cleanmgr.exe
Command Line – cmd.exe
Computer Management – compmgmt.msc
Create a shared folder – shrpubw.exe
Device Manager – devmgmt.msc
Disk Defragmenter – dfrg.msc
Disk Management – diskmgmt.msc
Event Viewer – eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification – sigverif.exe
Group Policy – gpedit.msc
Local Security Settings – secpol.msc
Memory Usage – mem
Performance – perfmon.msc
Securing the Windows XP Account Database – syskey.exe
Services – services.msc
Shared Folders – fsmgmt.msc
System Configuration Editor – sysedit
System Configuration Utility – msconfig.exe
User Accounts – lusrmgr.msc
Windows Management Infrastructure – wmimgmt.msc

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