Google is everything now on the internet, it is like a mega giant to cater everything from the social services to the personal and blogging platform to the basic searching needs to the video related need of a geek. Geek are also well pampered by it, by its Google Code. SEO techniques are also ON now to take care by webmasters. What else left ? an operating system ! but what if google is already done it or in a way to get that too professionally. Google is working OS with Ubunto and named it gOS.

What is to ponder is the tactic by google for its users in each and every service. It is google manipulated results in its search facility. One is very bad and one is something like good for some but bad for me. Good one first to understand the second one.

Google is very strong in its policies as it shares the main lead in searching, so it dont want to benefit its rivals or competing portals from it. The one most prominent example is of Bitvertiser, it is something not close to google to adsense but it is competant to google adsense in almost many ways as it offers ads in feeds also like google. Even google feed service feed burner can also be integrated with bitvetiser. But try to search this Bitvertiser from GOogle search, not only the bitvertiser pages are deleted even the main page listing is deleted. So pathetic. Consider how many services then be deleted from their search queries, which is altogether a bad user experience. It is against SEO (Search Enging Optimisation).

Second one is also something related to manipulated results. Google by default is now recording the habits of your search to offer you future results according to your searching habbits, it is fine for many users as they really follow their routine, even google depicts this in their yearly zeitgeist. Try to look Pakistan’s searching trends.

So, How it is not good ? Consider me, I user their search engine as the resource center for studying resource for my university assignments and on the other hand as a resource for blogging the tech news at my tech blog, which is although not new or lates but a few days old. What I am trying to say is that my blogging search comes mainly from blogs and from the deep internet websites, but when I search for my assignments I need results from the professional covering websites as well as the language should also be good enough to reckon the authenticity of the material or text content.

Follow the given steps to reduce the shutdown time:

· First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option. Here locate the location to:
HKEY_Current_User\Control Panel\Desktop

· Here in right side panel, double click on AutoEndTasks and here its default value is 0. Now change it to 1.

· Now in same side panel double click on value name WaitToKillAppTimeout. Its default value data is 20000; now change this value of WaitToKillAppTimeout to 3500.

· Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

1.      Click Start button and click on Run option.

2.       In the Run box, type the command   “Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks”  and press Ok buttHere system will take some time to end the background idle tasks. 

1. Click on Start button and type “Regedit” in Run option.

2. Here locate to :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail

3. In right side panel, double click on the key MessageExpiryDays and set its value to 0.

4. If MessageExpiryDays key doesn’t exist, then in right side panel, click right to create a key with the nameMessageExpiryDays and then set its value to 0.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

List of windows default icons. 

• My Computer
• Internet Explorer
• My Documents
• My Network Places
• Recycle Bin

Fellow the given steps to restore the windows default icons: 

• Go to Start Button and open Run
• Type the given command to open windows Desktop items dialog box.
  Control desk.cpl,,@Web 
• Click OK
• Now Select Items that you want on your Desktop
• Click Ok

First Method:

Search the banned website, for example www.pctipsntricks.wordpress.com in Google or Yahoo! search engine. Then open the cached copy of that page to access the website. You can get also cache link of that website, if you search in Google with keyword cache:[URL] and get cache link to access the website.

Second Method:

Below are the list of various sites from which you can surf the blocked websites !

• http://kproxy.com
• http://backfox.com
• http://atunnel.com
• http://calculatepie.com
• http://www.stupidcensorship.com
• http://www.vmathpie.com
• http://www.xroxee.com
• http://mathtunnel.com
• http://www.pagemod.com

By default windows XP disables this option to reload automatically all the previously opened windows, when you login on, shutdown or restart your computer.

Follow the given steps to configure your computer to reload previously opened folders automatically after shutdown. 

• To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
• First click on Start button then go to Control Panel. 
• Open the “Appearance and Themes” option in control panel then click on Folder Options. 
• A small windows dialog box will appear with the title “Folder options”, click on View tab.
• Under the Advanced setting section, scroll down to bottom and click the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option and then click Ok button to save sitting.
• Now when you log off, restart or shutdown, your computer will automatically open the previously opened folders from the same location as before.

To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights. 

First click on Start button and type “Regedit” in Run option.

Here locate the location to: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Here in right side panel, click right to create a key with the name “StorageDevicePolicies”.

Now in left side panel, select “StorageDevicePolicies” key, again right click to create new DWORD value then label it “WriteProtect”. Set its value to “1″. But again to enable writing, set its values to “0″.

 Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

1. Open Notepad

2. Type “.LOG”

3. Save it

4. Now every time you open this file notepad will automatically insert date and time to the last line of the file. You can type anything after that line and save it. In this way you can use it as a diary.

Follow the given steps to configure windows registry:

1. Click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

2. Here navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

3.  In right side panel, double click on ProgramFileDir.

4. Now modify the value to any other drive (for example D:\Program Files).

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the workbook. Otherwise you cannot open the workbook.

Password to modify the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the workbook. Otherwise your workbook is opened but you cannot modify the workbook. It means that your workbook becomes read-only.

To apply a password to MS Excel document, follow the given steps:

1. Open the file

2. Click on Tools menu and select “Options” from the menu.

3. Select the “Security” tab.

4. Enter “Password to Open”

5. Enter “Password to Modify”

6. Click On OK

7.  Verify the passwords by re-entering both of them.

8. Save the document and close it

9. Re-open the document and check the passwords.

1.  Open Any Folder

2. Go to Tools Menu

3. Click On Folder Options

4. Go to “View” tab

5. In the section “Files And Folders” Click on “DO NOT CACHE THUMBNAILS”

A small windows dialog box will appear with the title “Remote Shutdown Dialog”.

Here first click on “Add” button to add computer, a small Add computers window will open, here type the name or IP address of the computer (you can add many computer for same action) that you want to turned off, then press OK for next.

Now select the action “What do you want these computers to do (log off, restart or shutdown)”. If you want to warn your users about this action, select the check box “Warn users of the action” then set time, display warning for 30 seconds or more.

Now select the option that describes the reason to shutdown the computers and also type some comments for users.

Now when you press the OK button, the users will see a “System Shutdown Windows “with time and comments that you had been set.

• To install this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
• Make sure, you have installed modem driver on your computer before running fax components setup.

• Now click on Start button and go to System Control Panel then double click on Add or Remove Program.
• Select the Fax services check box under Add or Remove Windows components.
• Now click Next to finish the fax installation wizard and close it.

After the fax components installed, now configure the fax setting before using it. 

• First click on Start button, go to All Programs> Accessories> Communications then click on Fax Console.
• Now in fax configuration wizard, type the fax cover page information then click on Next.
• Select the suitable modem for fax and also enable others send and receive options.
• Now type the TSID (Transmitting Subscriber Identification) and click Next then type here CSID (Called Subscriber Identification) and again Next.
• At the end select the printer to be automatically printing the fax and click to finish.

First click on Start button and type notepad in Run option then press Enter.Now type the following text in notepad.

[General]
Manufacturer=”Haseeb Haider Memon”
Model=” Computer Tips and Tricks!”
[Support Information]
Line1=”Free Computer Tips And Tricks by HASEEBHM”
Line2=”pctipsntricks.wordpress.com”

There are some standard keywords, for example Manufacturer, Model, Line 1, Line 2; you can not change these keywords. Now save this notepad file in c:/windows/system32 folder with file name, OEMINFO.INI.

Now choose your favorite picture to set as logo, using any picture editor resize the picture size approx. 150X150 pixels then save it in c:/windows/system32 folder with file name OEMLOGO.BMP. 

Now close the all files and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect. To verify these changes, right click on My Computer and open Properties.  

First go to Advance tab in Internet Options and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.

In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.

To disable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabledThis command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normalNow close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

• Click Start Menu And Click On “RUN”
• Type “regedit” and click OK
• You will see the REGISTRY EDITOR
• Navigate to “ HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Yahoo/Pager/Test “
• Here in right side panel, right click to create a new Dword value with name Plural and give it value 1.
• Close the registry editor and enjoy multiple yahoo logins.

• appwiz.cpl — Used to run Add/Remove wizard
• Calc –Calculator
• Cfgwiz32 –ISDN Configuration Wizard
• Charmap –Character Map
• Chkdisk –Repair damaged files
• Cleanmgr –Cleans up hard drives
• Clipbrd –Windows Clipboard viewer
• Cmd –Opens a new Command Window
• Control mouse –Used to control mouse properties
• Control –Displays Control Panel
• Dcomcnfg –DCOM user security
• Debug –Assembly language programming tool
• Defrag –Defragmentation tool
• Drwatson –Records programs crash & snapshots
• Dxdiag –DirectX Diagnostic Utility
• Explorer –Windows Explorer
• Fontview –Graphical font viewer
• Fsmgmt.msc — Used to open shared folders
• Firewall.cpl  — Used to configure windows firewall
• Ftp -ftp.exe program
• Hostname –Returns Computer’s name
• Hdwwiz.cpl — Used to run Add Hardware wizard
• Ipconfig –Displays IP configuration for all network adapters
• Logoff — Used to logoff the computer
• MMC –Microsoft Management Console
• Msconfig –Configuration to edit startup files
• Mstsc — Used to access remote desktop
• Mrc — Malicious Software Removal Tool
• Msinfo32 –Microsoft System Information Utility
• Nbtstat –Displays stats and current connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IP
• Netstat –Displays all active network connections
• Nslookup–Returns your local DNS server
• Osk —Used to access on screen keyboard
• Perfmon.msc — Used to configure the performance of Monitor.
• Ping –Sends data to a specified host/IP
• Powercfg.cpl — Used to configure power option
• Regedit –Registry Editor
• Regwiz — Registration wizard
• Sfc /scannow – System File Checker
• Sndrec32 –Sound Recorder
• Shutdown — Used to shutdown the windows
• Spider — Used to open spider solitaire card game
• Sfc / scannow — Used to run system file checker utility.
• Sndvol32 –Volume control for soundcard
• Sysedit – Edit system startup files
• Taskmgr –Task manager
• Telephon.cpl — Used to configure modem options.
• Telnet –Telnet program
• Tracert –Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host
• Winchat — Used to chat with Microsoft
• Wmplayer — Used to run Windows Media player
• Wab — Used to open Windows address Book.
• WinWord — Used to open Microsoft word
• Winipcfg –Displays IP configuration
• Winver — Used to check Windows Version
• Wupdmgr –Takes you to Microsoft Windows Update
• Write — Used to open WordPad

Right-click on the shortcut icon, and choose Rename. Now hold down the Alt key and type in 255 on the keypad to the right of the keyboard. You can’t use the number keys right above the keyboard. If you have a laptop, you can turn on Numlock and then use the little number keys next to the regular letters.

The way this works is that the Alt+255 character is blank, so the shortcut filename is actually just named with a character that is completely blank. For the first shortcut on the desktop, you would use Alt+255, but for the next shortcut, you’ll have to enter the combination twice (Alt+255, Alt+255). For the third, three times… and so on. This is because you can’t name two different shortcuts or files the same thing. Entering Alt+225 twice would give you two blanks instead of one.

Now we have a beautiful icon, with no text underneath it!

To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer:
Right-click the desktop.
Point to New, and then click Shortcut.
The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following:
rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Click Next.
Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it “Lock Workstation” or choose any name you like.
Click Finish.

You can also change the shortcut’s icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll).
To change the icon:
Right click the shortcut and then select Properties.
Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button.
In the Look for icons in this file text box, type:
Shell32.dll.
Click OK.
Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK

Note: You can also lock the computer by pressing WinKey + Del

2. Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.

3. Expand the menu in the left panel and select the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder.

4. Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.

5. In the Value Data box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1.

6. Click OK.

Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on your computer.

To do this Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed, and then click Properties.

In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click Customize.

Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check box.

Click OK, and then click OK again.

Now that message won’t be popping up when you least want to see it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Explorer
RemoteComputer
NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it.

If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary. This fix is so effective that it doesn’t require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

You may need to restart Windows XP.

This can speed up your computer.

2) Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.

3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify it as you desire.

1.Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.
2.Click your account name.
3.Under Related Tasks, click Prevent a forgotten password.
4.Follow the directions in the Forgotten Password Wizard to create a password reset disk.
5.Store the disk in a secure location, because anyone using it can access your local user account.

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK.

2. At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.

Convert.exe will convert the partition to NTFS.

NOTE: Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion from FAT to NTFS is minimal, it is best to perform a full backup of the data on the drive that it is to be converted prior to executing the convert command. It is also recommended to verify the integrity of the backup before proceeding, as well as to run RDISK and update the emergency repair disk (ERD).

You can set file and folder permissions only on drives formatted to use NTFS, and you must be the owner or have been granted permission to do so by the owner.

Note

•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS.