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Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown, Win XP Tweak

2011-04-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown

This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.

1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.

QUOTE:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

2. Save the file as shutdown.reg
3. Double click the file to import into your registry.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.

enjoy people...

Customize Start Menu Text..

2011-04-09T07:50:00.000-07:00

Well the simplest and the least time consuming way of changing the Start button text is described below:

Step 1:

Create a system restore point just incase if something goes wrong you can roll back to the original settings. Make a back up copy of explorer.exe in a safe place, maybe in a different folder.
Step 2:
You would need to download a small freeware utility called Resource Hacker. "Resource Hacker^TM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems." excerpt from Resource Hacker's Website
Click here to download Resource Hacker
Click here to visit the Resource Hacker's web page
Step 3:
Open Resource Hacker utility. Click on File ---> Open. Type "explorer.exe" in the text box.

Step 4:
Expand String Table ---> 37 from the tree view and click on 1033 as shown in the figure below

Step 5:
From the right window next to where start is written in front of 578 edit the text to what you want on your start button. For example I edited it to brainwash69 as shown in the figure below:

Step 6:
Click on the "Compile Script" button on top of the right window. Now click on File ---> Save as ----> wintipz.exe as shown in Figure Below:

Step 7:
Open registry editor by clicking on Start ---> Run and typing "regedit" at the text box. Navigate to HKEY_Local_Machine -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows NT -> CurrentVersion -> Winlogon
From the right pane double click on shell and replace "explorer.exe" with "wintipz.exe" as shown in figure below and then exit registry editor:

Step 8:
double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box as shown in Fig. In Value data line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file (In my case its brainwash69.exe). Click OK.

Step 9: Close Registry Editor and Restart your computer to see the changes.

Customizing Right-Click Menu Options in Windows ! ! !

2011-04-05T12:50:00.000-07:00

Introduction
This document gives step by step instructions for customizing the options that appear on the right-click menu for various file types. I have found this particularly useful for designing and testing web pages.

Typically, before uploading a HTML page, you will want to view it in both Netscape and Internet Explorer, and you may wish to make quick edits using, say, WordPad. To make this easier for myself I have added a "Netscape" and an "Edit" option to the right-click menu for all HTML files, (IE is my default browser). This means I can open HTML files in Internet Explorer, Netscape or WordPad with two clicks, instead of dragging files all over the desktop, or opening applications and doing a "File Open".

For GIFs and JPEGS, I have also added the Netscape option, and I've linked the "Edit" option to my favorite graphics editing program.

Warning
This document discusses editing the Windows Registry. This gives you complete control over the configuration of your menus, but you should be extremely careful not to change Registry values that are used by other applications. The author accepts no responsibility for any problems that may arise as a result of any changes to the Registry, even for those changes outlined in this example.

If you want to avoid modifying the registry directly, many of the changes described here can also be made in Windows Explorer's "Folder Options" menu. To use this approach, double click "My Computer", select the "Tools" menu, then "Folder Options", then the "File Types" tab. From here, you can highlight the file type you wish to change, then click the "Advanced" button to change the menu options that appear for the file type. This won't give you complete control of every option, but it is probably sufficient for most needs, and it is much less likely to cause problems as a result of accidental changes to the wrong registry keys.

Some Common Questions
Before tackling how to add menu options, here are a few interesting or common questions I've received.

Question:
"How do I remove unwanted options that appear on right-click menus after installing software?"

Answer:
Usually, all that is required is to remove the appropriate key under the shellex\ContextMenuHandlers key inHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for file type "*". For example:

In the sample shown, deleting "gvim" will remove the right-click options for the GUI Vim program I installed. I'd recommend making a back up of the key data in case you want to put it back in later. If you don't find the correct ContextMenuHandlers item under "*" you could try looking under specific file extensions. You could also try searching the registry for the text that appears on the menu. When searching, don't forget to preface any character that is underlined in the menu with an "&". The ampersand is typically used to identify the character to underline when a menu entry's text is saved in the registry.

Question:
"Can I add a 'Search' option to Internet Explorer's right-click menu?"

Answer:
There is a script to do just that: http://www.jfitz.com/tips/search.htm

Question:
"Can I disable [insert menu option here] in Internet Explorer's right-click menu?"

Answer:
Non-standard items can be removed from the MenuExt registry key. This can usually be found here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt

After removing the offending key, restart IE and the menu item should be gone.

With regard to the default behavior of Internet Explorer, (i.e. the menu items that don't appear in MenuExt) there are a number of restrictions you can place on newer versions of the browser.

One of the best online sources for information about the various options is at:http://registry.winguides.com/display.php/442/

You can't specifically disable a single menu item, (at least as far as I'm aware -- there may be some undocumented way around it), but you can make the menu go away completely. This might be useful for shared machines in a "public" environment, where changes made through the menu, (such as setting the computer's background from a web image), could be confusing to other users.

Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Set a DWORD value:
NoBrowserContextMenu = 1

You can also do this just for specific users if you wish. In this case, make the change under HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

If you export the modified key to a .REG file, (using regedit's export menu option), you can very quickly copy the change to a number of machines. (.REG files open using regedit when double clicked and apply the registry changes they contain. The files themselves are simply text files -- you can verify their contents in notepad or any other editor.)

Modifying the Right-Click Menu

Now on with the show...

First we need to find the location of the program we want to use
(Note: You can also get this information from the "Properties" box if you have a shortcut to the program on your desktop. Otherwise...)
Click on "Find Files or Folders" in the Start Menu

Search for the program you want to add to the right-click menu
Make a note of the folder where the program is found
Some common programs you might like to use are:
Netscape.exe - Netscape Communicator
IExplore.exe - Internet Explorer
WordPad.exe - WordPad

From the Start Menu select "Run"
Enter "regedit"
This runs the Registry Editor

Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT "folder"
This opens a long list of file extensions, (.exe, .html, .ini, etc)
Following the extension list, extension groups are listed, ( for example "htmlfile" refers to all files with ".htm" and ".html" extensions, "jpegfile" refers to .jpg and .jpeg files, "giffile" refers to .png files).
Note: To find the extension group associated with a particular extension, click on the extension and note the value in the "Data" field, (on the right side), for the value named "(Default)".

Select the extension, or extension group you wish to modify - typically, you will want to modify an extension group, rather than an individual extension.
In this example we want to add a "Netscape" option to all .html and .htm files, so we open the "htmlfile" extension group.
Note: we could modify each extension separately if we wished.

Right click on the "shell" option
Select "New"
Select "Key"

This creates a new key with a default name

Change the key name to whatever you wish to appear on the right click menu

Now right click on the new key
Select "New"
Select "Key"

This creates a "subkey" of the key we just created
Rename this subkey "command"

Note that in the right hand window the name "Default" and "value not set" appear
Double click on the "Default", (or the small "ab" icon to the left)
This brings up an Edit window which is used to set the default value

The "value" to enter is the name of the program to run
The format of the value field is:
FOLDERNAME\PROGRAMNAME "%1"
In this example its:
E:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Netscape.exe "%1"
Note: When we use the new menu option, "%1" is replaced with the name of the file we clicked on. This tells Netscape which file to open

Click "OK" to set the default value
This completes the process - Right clicking on any "htmlfile" will now have a "Netscape" option that opens the selected file in Netscape.

You can add as many right click options as you wish
In this example, an "Edit" command has also been added which will open the file using WordPad.

Note that the menu options are listed in the order in which they were created
The simplest way to reorder the options is to rename the option that you want to appear at the end of the list.

To rename a menu option, right click on the key in the Registry Editor and select "Rename"

Rename the key to a temporary name, then rename it back to its original

In the above case, we renamed the "Netscape" option and it now appears below the "Edit" option
Note that you can remove the menu item by deleting the key in the Registry Editor
The "Delete" option is directly above the "Rename" option
Note that to delete the "Netscape" key, you must first delete its "command" subkey.

How to make a setup with Visual Studio 2008 ....

2011-04-01T23:57:00.000-07:00

Do you want to know how to make an installer using Visual Studio 2008? In this 9 minute video, the viewers will be taught the process of how to do so. However, the process itself is easy and if the viewer follows each step correctly, they should have no problem creating a setup file using Visual Studio 2008. However, prior computer knowledge is still recommended.

Software For Windows Mobile

2011-02-20T21:57:00.000-08:00

Resco File Explorer:

The existing file explorer in window mobile does not provide some of the following features:

encryption of file and Folder for security purpose.
Folder and multiple file sending through blue-tooth.
multiple file and folder mark and copy paste.
compression of file and folder.
Access to the Recycle Bin , My Device, Virtual Folder, Extended ROM etc.

So to get all above features in file explorer there is a software available "RESCO FILE EXPLORER " .And it is freeware on various websites for trial version and u will get full version through torrent.

hc4_ObexInbox(Bluetooth Target Folder setting) :

By default in Windows mobile the destination folder for bluetooth received files is phone memory(My Document) which is a big problem since there is a very less memory available for phone .

Because of this we can't take large numbers of file at once or big file through bluetooth.

And also there is no setting available for changing the destination folder for bluetooth.

To overcome this problem there is a very small software available hc4_ObexInbox (freeware software) which changes the destination folder for bluetooth receipt to the memory card which solves the problem of less memory for bluetooth files.

Change your log on message. ! ! !

2011-02-18T09:43:00.000-08:00

Got bored of by looking every-time same log on message WINDOWS ? ? ?
here is the trick to display a text of your wish when u log on...

1) Click start
click run
type regedit,
then click ok!

2) In The registry editor, drill down to the following key:
HKEY _LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current version\Winlogon.

3)Right click LegalNoticeCaption,
click modify,
Type: THIS IS NEXT TRICK,and then click ok!

4 )Right click legalNoticeText,
click modify, and then Close your message!

5 )Restart Your Computer.

6 )The message will appear every time you logon !

Most Common Computer Problems and Their Solution. . ! ! !

2011-02-13T18:46:00.000-08:00

Hi guys, i have already posted several posts on computer tips and tricks here and also discussed several problems. Now i am going to speak about "Most common problems and solutions". Here you will find the solution for most of the common problems faced by people with there computer.
Note: All the information here is collected form various sites and forums.

1. I can't see Hidden files/folders in my computer. Even I enable the option "Show hidden files/folders" in "Tools -> Folder Options", its automatically disabled again.

Solution1: Go to your Start menu, click on Run and open up your Registry Editor by typing "regedit" without the quotes and pressing OK.

Once there go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folde r\Hidden\SHOWALL

Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 0 or 1.)

Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD) by right clicking on the right pane->New->DWORD Value. Modify the value data to 1 (0x00000001).
Solution 2: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In right-side pane, change value of "Hidden" to as following:

1 - To show hidden file
2 - To not show hidden files
If it doesn't work, then scan your computer with an anti-virus software.

2. Task Manager Disabled:

Using Group Policy Editor - for Windows XP Professional to Enable Task Manager.

* Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
* Navigate to this branch:

User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task Manager

* Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
* Set the policy to Not Configured.

Enable RegEdit [It is not tested]

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

Save the text file as any name u with extension .reg
example:- "enable.reg"
After that double click to run the file.

Note:DO SCAN YOUR MACHINE WITH A GOOD ANTIVIRUS. BECAUSE THIS PROGRAMS DON'T TURNED OFF BY HIMSELF OR AUTOMATICALLY. IT HAS TO A VIRUS EFFECT OR A ADMINISTRATOR HAS TO MANUALLY DISABLE THIS PROGRAMS.

3. Restore Deleted Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop:

Method #1:
1. Right-click an empty area of your desktop
2. Select Properties
3. Click the Desktop tab
4. Click the Customize button
5. Click Restore Default
6. Exit all windows and restart your computer

Method #2:
Note: Be sure to make a backup copy of your registry prior to making any changes.

Go to Start>> Run. Type in: regedit [Enter]

Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

Hold the mouse on NameSpace and right-click once. From the resulting menu, select Edit>> New>> Key

Copy and Paste the following Key code (including the brackets):

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Press Enter on your keyboard, exit the registry editor and restart your system.

4. Blank User Accounts Applet :

Problem:
When you double-click User Accounts applet in the Control Panel, the User Accounts applet opens, but it may be completely blank.

The buttons Back | Forward | Home are displayed in the dialog.

Resolution:
To resolve the problem, type these commands from Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 jscript.dll

If that does not help, execute the following commands as well.

regsvr32 nusrmgr.cpl
regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll

5. Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing:

This registry edit will cause your system to reboot itself automatically upon crashing. This can be useful if you have a reason for keeping your system on 24/7:

Open REGEDIT

Navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl'

Edit the 'AutoReboot' value to '1'

6. Stand By Icon Disabled:

Problem:
I reinstalled my windows and now "Stand By" option is Grey out in shutdown dialog box and I can't use it.

Sol: Install VGA drivers from your motherboard CD and the option will be enabled. If you don't have the motherboard CD, then go to the manufacturer site and download the required drivers.

7. Improving the Slow Boot up time:

There are a variety of reasons why your windows XP system would boot slowly. Most of the times it this has to do with the startup applications. If you would like to speed up the bootup sequence, consider removing some of the startup applications that you do not need. Easiest way to remove startup apps is through System Configuration Utility. Go to Start then Run and enter MSCONFIG and go to the Startup tab. Deselect/UnCheck application(s) that you do not want to startup at boot time.

8. Regedit Disabled By Admin:

Open Notepad pad, copy paste the following text to the note pad::

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

Save the text file as any name u with extension .reg

example:- "enable.reg"

After that double click to run the file.

Create one of the best folder lock.....

2011-02-06T02:16:00.000-08:00

All You Need to do is to copy the following code and paste it in a notepad with extension of .bat as : "dhiru.bat"

U sud write ur desired Password at where its written "type your password here" (in red in code) ....
Whenever u wanna change ur password u sud open an instance of notepad and open ur "bat" file with it and change ur password and never forget to d place where u have saved this .bat file bcs in the directory where u have saved this .bat file , locker folder will create in that directory only.

So Copy ur code ......
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cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End

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Procedure For the use of Folder Lock -

now open that .bat file (double click on .bat file).
one folder named "Locker" will appear in the same directory.(since u have opened this folder lock first time thats why locker will appear directly ,from next time onwards u will have to enter password for further use.)
now keep ur files and folder which u want to keep secrete.
now again double click on .bat file to lock the folder.
for further use for locker again open .bat file enter passwords and use ur locker.

ENJOY FRNDS...

Chat With Command Prompt

2011-01-30T09:43:00.001-08:00

If you want personal chat with a friend

you don't need to download any yahoo messenger
All you need is your friends IP address and Command Prompt.

Firstly, open Notepad and enter:

@echo off

Cls

echo MESSENGER

set /p n=User:

set /p m=Message:

net send %n% %m%

Pause

Goto A

Now save this as "Messenger.bat". Open the .bat file and in Command

Prompt you should see:

MESSENGER

User:

After "User" type the IP address of the computer you want to contact.

After this, you should see this:

Message:

Now type in the message you wish to send.Before you press "Enter" it should look like this:

MESSENGER

User:27.196.391.193

Message: Hi

Now all you need to do is press "Enter", and start chatting!

Play movie on paint .......

2011-01-30T09:41:00.000-08:00

play movie on Microsoft paint

simple first hit the print screen button on the keyboard
when then media files are playing then open paint and
paste by pressing ctrl+v (paste key) voila

the movie starts on the paint application

Notepad secret ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:40:00.001-08:00

open notepad write "bush hid the facts" without the quotes and save it with any name now open it well what do you see ???

The reason for this is that the file has the combination of 4-3-3-5 which is not accepted by Unicode thus this error.

Use of PrintScreen for some fun ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:39:00.001-08:00

You know the use of Print screen button on the keyboard [present on top right above insert] .
It captures the screen , right ?
But now I will tell you how to use it for some fun .
Take screen shot of the desktop by pressing Print Screen on the desktop .
Go to Paint and paste this .
Save it .

For Windows XP users

1) On the desktop right click -----> arrange icons by ----> De-select 'Show Desktop Icons '.
2) Now right click the taskbar and select properties .
3) Check auto hide the taskbar. Click OK.
4) Now change your wallpaper and keep the one you saved earlier.
5) If paint is not closed, select File ---------> 'Set as background (Centered) '.
Now on the desktop even if you click any icon nothing will happen !!!
Now do I need to tell youhow you can use it for fun on someone else's PC ?
To revert back to normalcy change the wallpaper and select 'show desktop icons' on the right click menu .

Now you can open them fast!!!

2011-01-30T09:37:00.001-08:00

Some shortcuts for Windows XP users!!
Press

'Windows key' + R and type the following (without qoutes) :
"winword" to open Word.
"powerpnt" to open PowerPoint.
"excel" to open Excel "mspaint" to open Paint.
"notepad" to open Notepad.
"wmplayer" to open Windows Media Player.
"wordpad" to open Wordpad.
"sndrec32" to open Sound Recorder.
"iexplore" to open Internet Explorer.
"firefox" to open Firefox.
"msconfig" to control startup.
"services.msc" to manage the Services.

Increase the life of ur dvd ROM ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:35:00.000-08:00

This is an interesting one!!!

This is for those who watch movies on their computer's dvd rom drive!!!
There is a software called dvd idle pro which can really increase the life of your dvd drive. By using the Smart Read-ahead Cache,
DVDIdle saves DVD data which will be played soon onto the hard disk cache or RAM cache, and
then feeds it to DVD player.
This allows the DVD drive to rest.

For example:
a 6X-speed DVD drive will only work for 15 minutes when you are watching a 90 minutes DVD
movie.
here is the link: http://www.dvdidle.com/download/DVDIdlePro59.exe

Get the keyboard on your desktop screen!!!!!

2011-01-30T09:34:00.001-08:00

Do you want to use an onscreen keyboard . Its simple:

Just go to start press run.

Now type osk and press enter.

Change the folder of c drive in my computer ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:31:00.001-08:00

All the Xp users would have been bored by the boring icons in their My Computer panel which are adjacent to the Hard disk drives(C:,D: or whatever drive letter you have).

Here is a simple tweak by which you will be able to change this monotonous icon to anything you like,even your own Picture if you wish

You can put any image in place of one which I have shown,even the picture of your favourite celebrity or your dream caror your own Picture.

Here are the steps you need to follow:

1.First of all the picture you want to use should have .ico extension(if you already have a pic with .ico extension proceed to step 2).Most of the pictures we normally use have extensions like .jpg,.bmp,.png..gif etc, so you first need to convert them to one with .ico extension.This is simple.Just go here and put your original image in the 'Source Image 'section,then click on 'Generate Favicon.ico ' button to get your image with .ico extension.

2.Now go to My Computer.Suppose you want to put this icon in place of your original C: image.

Double click and enter C: .Paste your .ico image file in it.Also create a new text file and in it type the following lines:
[autorun]
ICON=favicon.ico

Remember that 'favicon.ico' in the second line is the name of your image file.If you have an image file with .ico extension by the name of 'abc.ico',then use that in the second line in place of 'favicon.ico'.

3.Now rename this text file as ' autorun.inf ' (without the quotes).

Important Note:How do I rename my text file as autorun.inf ?Ans.Go to Tools->Folder options.Under the View tab uncheck the 'Hide extensions for known file types'.Press apply.Now rename your text file as 'autorun.inf'.

4.Now restart your Pc.You are done.Check out the cool new picture you have just added in your My computer panel.

Use the Notepad as your personal diary ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:30:00.001-08:00

There is a simple feature in Notepad that can make it work like a personal diary for you.Here is how to go about it:

1.Firstly open a blank Notepad file.
2. Now write .LOG as the first line in the file, then press enter. Now save the file and close it.
3.Open the notepad file now and you will find that the current date and time has been

appended (put) at the end and the cursor is in the next line.
4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.

5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process,that is it appends the date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor below it.

StarWars Movie in Command Prompt ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:28:00.001-08:00

Just type in

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

in the 'Run' command and watch the episode!

Make Win Xp 60% Faster ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:26:00.000-08:00

Services You Can Disable

There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.

This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.

They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services

and that you turn them off one at a time.

Some possibilities are:

Alerter

Application Management

Clipbook

Fast UserSwitching

Human Interface Devices

Indexing Service

Messenger

Net Logon

NetMeeting

QOS RSVP

Remote Desktop Help Session Manager

Remote Registry

Routing & Remote Access

SSDP Discovery Service

Universal Plug and Play Device Host

Web Client

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Cleaning the Prefetch Directory

WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.

However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.

To clean this periodically go to:

Star / Run / Prefetch

Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts

Delete them

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Not Displaying Logon, Logoff, Startup and Shutdown Status Messages

To turn these off:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem

If it is not already there, create a DWORD value named DisableStatusMessages

Give it a value of 1

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Clearing the Page File on Shutdown

Click on the Start button

Go to the Control Panel

Administrative Tools

Local Security Policy

Local Policies

Click on Security Options

Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"

Select "Enable"

Reboot

For regedit users.....

If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementClearPageFileAtShutdown

Set the value to 1

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No GUI Boot

If you don't need to see the XP boot logo,

Run MSCONFIG

Click on the BOOT.INI tab

Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT

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Speeding the Startup of Some CD Burner Programs

If you use program other than the native WindowsXP CD Burner software,

you might be able to increase the speed that it loads.

Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services

Double-click on IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service

For the Startup Type, select Disabled

Click on the OK button and then close the Services window

If you dont You should notice

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Getting Rid of Unread Email Messages

To remove the Unread Email message by user's login names:

Start Regedit

For a single user: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail

For all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail

Create a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDays

Give it a value of 0

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Decreasing Boot Time

Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXP

The program is called BootVis

Uncompress the file.

Run BOOTVIS.EXE

For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays

This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark

After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.

Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)

Then run Trace / Optimize System

Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays

Note how much the time has decreased

Mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.

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Increasing Graphics Performance

By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items.

Most simply slow down their display.

To turn these off selectively:

Right click on the My Computer icon

Select Properties

Click on the Advanced tab

Under Performance, click on the Settings button

To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance

My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging

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Increasing System Performance

If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance

by having the core system kept in memory.

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementDisablePagingExecutive

Set the value to be 1

Reboot the computer

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Increasing File System Caching

To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management

Edit the key IoPageLockLimit

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Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs

If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a simple registry edit neeed.

Go to HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesUninstall

Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it

4096 - 32megs of memory or less

8192 - 32+ megs of memory

16384 - 64+ megs of memory

32768 - 128+ megs of memory

65536 - 256+ megs of memory

prevent users from writing to usb ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:24:00.001-08:00

The following registry setting will prevent writing to usb in windows xp.
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l Add a new key and name it "StorageDevicePolicies".

In the window on the right then create a new DWORD value and label it WriteProtect, give it a value of "1" and users can no longer write to USB drives.
Giving a value of "0" will allow to write again

background movie ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:17:00.000-08:00

This tweak will launch WindowsMediaPlayer with the 'AboveNormal' priority setting when opening a mediafile. Having trouble watching a movie when you also have a lot of background processes going on? Here's what to do:

1. Create a new textfile in the root of c:\, but instead of giving it the .txt extension you name it wmp_AboveNormal.bat

2. Right-click this file and choose 'Edit', you'll see it'll open notepad. Put this line in: start /AboveNormal C:\"Program Files"\"Windows Media Player"\wmplayer.exe %1 %*
3. Save (make sure you save it as .bat, not as .txt) and close. Now all you have to do is register your mediafiles to this batchfile. Here's how to do that:
4. In Windows Explorer choose Tools>Folder Options >File Types
5. Scroll down(press A) to the AVI filetype
6. Click 'Change' and point to c:\wmp_AboveNormal.bat . Click OK and Close. Now everytime you dubbleclick an .avi WMP will open with the 'AboveNormal' -priority setting ! (Repeat steps 4-6 to register all mediatypes you want to be opened this way.)

Nice Windows ShortCuts ! ! !

2011-01-30T09:04:00.000-08:00

Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)

CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)

Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager) Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager) Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
END (Display the bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)

FOLDER OPTION missing

2011-01-30T09:03:00.003-08:00

Many of us sometimes find the folder options missing in windows explorer.
Here's the solution
Open Run and then type "gpedit.msc".
Now goto
User Configuration > Administrative templates > Windows Component > Windows Explorer.
Click on Windows Explorer you will find the 3rd option on the right side of screen
"Removes the Folder Option menu item from the Tools menu"
Just check it,
if it is not configured then change it to enable by double clicking on it and after applying again set it to not configured.

I hopes that you will find the option after restarting windows.

Make frnds scare for VIRUS

2011-01-30T09:03:00.001-08:00

Open notepad and type this:

lol=msgbox ("Warning a virus has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

Then save it as Virus.VBS

and go to the folder that contains it and open it if a window pops out saying a virus has been detected it's working. Press yes or no to close the window and put it in the startup folder of the victim's account.
On startup the window should appear.
Note: This does not harm your computer as it does not contain virus.

The Yes and no button does not do anything except closing the window. And you can edit the virus in the sentence: Warning a virus has detected on your PC to any kind of virus eg.Trojan Horse like this lol=msgbox ("Warning a Trojan horse has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

Oh in between make sure your victim does not panic and really reformat his harddisk. hahaha :)

Password protected folders with & with out SOFTWARE

2011-01-30T08:59:00.000-08:00

1) Right-click the folder that you want to make private and choose "Properties"

(or Alt+Double-click). Go to the "Sharing" tab and check the "Make this folder private" box.

Click Apply . If you do not have a password on your account, a box will pop up asking if you want to assign a password. This must be done if you want to make the folder private, so click Yes . You will need to use your password to log on to your computer from then on.
Type in a password then confirm it. Click the "Create Password" button then close the Password window.
Click OK in the Properties dialog box.
Now anyone else logged on to your computer can't access that file without knowing your password.
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2) if ur folder is zipped then directly u can open the file in it and see .... ADD A PASSWORD

and confirm ur password and it ll b safe
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