Window XP

How to change Users icon on the Welcome screen ?(WinXP)

2010-06-18T18:56:00.018+05:30

I will tell you how to customise or change the Users icon on the log on (or welcome screen).

Go to Start>Run and type 'nusrmgr.cpl' without commas, User accounts window will pop up as shown below:

Select the user account whose icon you want to change, now from the given options select 'change my picture' option as shown below:

Now select any picture from the given set or there is an option 'browse for more pictures' . Select the browse options if you want to put your on picture ( or your favourite one) as welcome screen as highlighted in the picture below:

NOTE: If you choose browse option to select picture for welcome screen icon , choose the picture having resolution 1:1 for example 120x120, 200x200 etc. so that it can occupy full icon space.

Tips to make your PC run faster (Win XP)

2010-06-14T16:42:00.008+05:30

Go to Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' without commas. Let Windows fix any errors.
Go to Start>Run and type 'cleanmgr' wihtout commas, disk clean utility window will appear, then select the drive to be cleaned and press ok and repeat same step for other drives, this will flush your temporary internet folder, trash can, temp system files etc.
Go to Start>Run and type 'dfrg.msc' without commas, disk defragmenter window will appear then select the drive to be defragmented and then press defragment tab to start defragmentation process. Repeat the same for other drives also. (NOTE: run this command after the above mentioned command for better result)
If you are looking for best performance of your PC rather than appearance, then go to Start>Run and type 'sysdm.cpl' without commas , system properties window will appear, press the tab named 'Advanced' under performance menu press the tab 'Settings', Performance Options window will appear, press the tab 'Visual Effects' and choose ' Adjust for best performance' and press apply ok and again ok, its done.
Go to Start>Run and type 'msconfig' wihtout commas , system configuration utility window will appear then press startup tab and only keep the programs that are essential to load in the tray icon (and hence stay resident in memory). Uncheck anything else non-essential, like an ATI or Nvidia control panel, Quicktime utility, Real Audio, etc. And then press apply tab and then ok tab. This will immensely help to boot the system faster.
Upgrade drivers! Check for the latest BIOS, video, motherboard, sound, etc drivers from the manufacturers.
Also use software like Glary Utilities (download from Internet) to get rid off folder and file duplicacy and to clean up registry.

NOTE: I Have listed the steps to start from run command , you can also perform most of these through control panel rather using run command, choice is yours, whatever you feel comfortable with.

One Click Shutdown (Window XP)

2010-06-11T11:05:00.006+05:30

Right click on desktop select new and then select shortcut as shown in the following image:

"Create Shortcut wizard" will appear on the desktop as shown in the following picture:

In the highlighted text box (as shown in the above picture) copy paste-

%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 3

and click next and name the shortcut as you like for example 'shut it', 'turn down', 'stop now' ( i have given the name OFF to that shortcut) and click finish.Now a shortcut is created on the desktop, double click that shortcut and PC will shutdown in 3 seconds.

You can also schedule PC shutdown, right click on the shutdown shortcut you created on the desktop, choose properties then choose shortcut tab as shown in the following picture:

then in the target text box change the numeral value 3 ( which represents shutdown time in seconds) highlighted in the above picture to the numeral value of your choice for example 3600 then press apply tab and then press ok , now if you double click the shutdown shortcut tab on the desktop then a countdown dialog box will appear representing PC shutdown after 3600 seconds that is 60 minutes.

And by the way if you accidently double click that shortcut tab (will schedule to shutdown your PC after the time scheduled by you), how will you cancel that scheduled shutdown task? Its simple press window key+ r key , run command window will appear on the start button in that window write cmd , then command prompt window will open , in that window write down

shutdown -a
and press enter , then scheduled task will be terminated.

Removing all icons from the desktop (Window XP users)

2010-06-09T00:06:00.000+05:30

To get rid of junk icons on your desktop to be able to see desktop wallpaper and not have view of the wallpaper blocked by useless icons, one great way to win the never-ending desktop war is to just disable the desktop’s ability to show the icons and instead place the most common desktop icons, such as My Computer and the Recycle Bin, on the Quick Launch bar.Disabling the icons on the desktop is actually a very simple task.

To get started,just right-click Desktop. Then expand Arrange Icons By and select Show Desktop Icons to unselect it.

After a few seconds, the icons will disappear.Don’t worry, the icons and folder on your desktop were not deleted. If you ever want to turn the icons back on, just repeat the preceding steps once more.This is a very simple way to quickly clean up the desktop.

A-Z Run Commands in Window XP

2010-06-07T15:59:00.000+05:30

Run Commands In Windows XP

You can access all these programs by going through START/RUN or Simply Click Windows Key+r

1. SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg

2. System Configuration Editor - sysedit

3. System Configuration Utility - msconfig

4. System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)- sfc /scannow

5. System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)- sfc /scanonce

6. System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) - sfc /scanboot

7. System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)- sfc /revert

8. System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)- sfc /purgecache

9. System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)-sfc/cachesize=x

10. System Information - msinfo32.

11. Task Manager – taskmgr

12. System Properties - sysdm.cpl

13. TCP Tester - tcptest

14. Telnet Client - telnet

15. Tweak UI (if installed) - tweakui

16. User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl

17. Utility Manager - utilman

18. Windows Address Book - wab

19. Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig

20. Windows Backup Utility (if installed)- ntbackup

21. Windows Explorer - explorer

22. Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl

23. Windows Magnifier- magnify

24. Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc

25. Windows Media Player - wmplayer

26. Windows Messenger - msmsgs

27. Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)- wiaacmgr

28. Windows System Security Tool – syskey

29. Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr

30. Windows Version (to show which version of windows)- winver

31. Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart

32. Wordpad - write

33. Password Properties - password.cpl

34. Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc

35. Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl

36. Phone Dialer - dialer

37. Pinball Game - pinball

38. Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl

39. Printers and Faxes - control printers

40. Printers Folder – printers

41. Private Character Editor - eudcedit

42. Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl

43. Real Player (if installed)- realplay

44. Regional Settings - intl.cpl

45. Registry Editor - regedit

46. Registry Editor - regedit32

47. Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone

48. Remote Desktop - mstsc

49. Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc

50. Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc

51. Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) - rsop.msc

52. Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl

53. Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks

54. Security Center - wscui.cpl

55. Services - services.msc

56. Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc

57. Shuts Down Windows - shutdown

58. Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl

59. Spider Solitare Card Game - spider

60. Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt

61. Microsoft Access (if installed) - access.cpl

62. Microsoft Chat - winchat

63. Microsoft Excel (if installed) - excel

64. Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)- frontpg

65. Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk

66. Microsoft Paint - mspaint

67. Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)- powerpnt

68. Microsoft Word (if installed)- winword

69. Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync

70. Minesweeper Game - winmine

71. Mouse Properties - control mouse

72. Mouse Properties - main.cpl

73. Nero (if installed)- nero

74. Netmeeting - conf

75. Network Connections - control netconnections

76. Network Connections - ncpa.cpl

77. Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl

78. Notepad - notepad

79. Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl

80. Object Packager - packager

81. ODBC Data Source Administrator- odbccp32.cpl

82. On Screen Keyboard - osk

83. Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) - ac3filter.cpl

84. Outlook Express - msimn

85. Paint – pbrush

86. Keyboard Properties - control keyboard

87. IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) - ipconfi/all

88. IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /displaydns

89. IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /flushdns

90. IP Configuration (Release All Connections)- ipconfig /release

91. IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)- ipconfig /renew

92. IP Configuration(RefreshesDHCP&Re-RegistersDNS)-ipconfig/registerdns

93. IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig/showclassid

94. IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig /setclassid

95. Java Control Panel (If Installed)- jpicpl32.cpl

96. Java Control Panel (If Installed)- javaws

97. Local Security Settings - secpol.msc

98. Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc

99. Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff.....

100.Accessibility Controls - access.cpl

101. Accessibility Wizard - accwiz

102.Add Hardware - Wizardhdwwiz.cpl

103.Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl

104.Administrative Tools control - admintools

105.Adobe Acrobat (if installed) - acrobat

106.Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist

107.Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist

108.Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready

109.Adobe Photoshop (if installed)- photoshop

110.Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl

111.Bluetooth Transfer Wizard – fsquirt

112.Calculator - calc

113.Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc

114.Character Map - charmap

115.Check Disk Utility - chkdsk

116.Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd

117.Command Prompt - cmd

118.Component Services - dcomcnfg

119.Computer Management - compmgmt.msc

120.Control Panel - control

121.Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl

122.DDE Shares - ddeshare

123.Device Manager - devmgmt.msc

124.Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)- directx.cpl

125.Direct X Troubleshooter- dxdiag

126.Disk Cleanup Utility- cleanmgr

127.Disk Defragment- dfrg.msc

128.Disk Management- diskmgmt.msc

129.Disk Partition Manager- diskpart

130.Display Properties- control desktop

131.Display Properties- desk.cpl

132.Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control color

133.Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility- drwtsn32

134.Driver Verifier Utility- verifier

135.Event Viewer- eventvwr.msc

136.Files and Settings Transfer Tool- migwiz

137.File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif

138.Findfast- findfast.cpl

139.Firefox (if installed)- firefox

140.Folders Properties- control folders

141.Fonts- control fonts

142.Fonts Folder- fonts

143.Free Cell Card Game- freecell

144.Game Controllers- joy.cpl

145.Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc

146.Hearts Card Game- mshearts

147.Help and Support- helpctr

148.HyperTerminal- hypertrm

149.Iexpress Wizard- iexpress

150.Indexing Service- ciadv.msc

151.Internet Connection Wizard- icwconn1

152.Internet Explorer- iexplore

153.Internet Setup Wizard- inetwiz

154.Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl

155.Msicuu.exe -windows installer clean up