tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804001628216412542024-03-14T03:00:32.700-07:00TriCKs FoR COMputer $$$$$$$$$$$$$welcome to my site frnds here u willl get the amazing tricks n tips of computer ................... n i willl show u the videos to installl the window$$$SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-48046048955638525622011-01-03T04:15:00.000-08:002011-01-03T04:19:11.874-08:00new tricks fr window 71. Problem Steps Recorder<br />
As the local PC guru you're probably very used to friends and family asking for help with their computer problems, yet having no idea how to clearly describe what's going on. It's frustrating, but Microsoft feels your pain, and Windows 7 will include an excellent new solution in the Problem Steps Recorder.<br />
When any app starts misbehaving under Windows 7 then all your friends need do is click Start, type PSR and press Enter, then click Start Record. If they then work through whatever they're doing then the Problem Steps Recorder will record every click and keypress, take screen grabs, and package everything up into a single zipped MHTML file when they're finished, ready for emailing to you. It's quick, easy and effective, and will save you hours of troubleshooting time.<br />
2. Burn images<br />
Windows 7 finally introduces a feature that other operating systems have had for years - the ability to burn ISO images to CDs or DVDs. And it couldn't be much easier to use. Just double-click the ISO image, choose the drive with the blank disc, click Burn and watch as your disc is created.<br />
3. Create and mount VHD files<br />
Microsoft's Virtual PC creates its virtual machine hard drives in VHD files, and Windows 7 can now mount these directly so you can access them in the host system. Click Start, type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter, then click Action > Attach VHD and choose the file you'd like to mount. It will then appear as a virtual drive in Explorer and can be accessed, copied or written just like any other drive.<br />
Click Action > Create VHD and you can now create a new virtual drive of your own (right-click it, select Initialise Disk, and after it's set up right-click the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume to set this up). Again, you'll be left with a virtual drive that behaves just like any other, where you can drag and drop files, install programs, test partitioning software or do whatever you like. But it's actually just this VHD file on your real hard drive which you can easily back up or share with others. Right-click the disk (that's the left-hand label that says "Disk 2" or whatever) and select Detach VHD to remove it.<br />
The command line DISKPART utility has also been upgraded with tools to detach a VHD file, and an EXPAND command to increase a virtual disk's maximum size. Don't play around with this unless you know what you're doing, though - it's all too easy to trash your system.<br />
4. Troubleshoot problems<br />
If some part of Windows 7 is behaving strangely, and you don't know why, then click Control Panel > Find and fix problems (or 'Troubleshooting') to access the new troubleshooting packs. These are simple wizards that will resolve common problems, check your settings, clean up your system and more.<br />
5. Startup repair<br />
If you've downloaded Windows 7 (and even if you haven't) it's a good idea to create a system repair disc straight away in case you run into problems booting the OS later on. Click Start > Maintenance > Create a System Repair Disc, and let Windows 7 build a bootable emergency disc. If the worst does happen then it could be the only way to get your PC running again.<br />
6. Take control<br />
Tired of the kids installing dubious software or running applications you'd rather they left alone? AppLocker is a new Windows 7 feature that ensures users can only run the programs you specify. Don't worry, that's easier to set up than it sounds: you can create a rule to allow everything signed by a particular publisher, so choose Microsoft, say, and that one rule will let you run all signed Microsoft applications. Launch GPEDIT.MSC and go to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Application Control Policies > AppLocker to get a feel for how this works.<br />
7. Calculate more<br />
At first glance the Windows 7 calculator looks just like Vista's version, but explore the Mode menu and you'll see powerful new Statistics and Programmer views. And if you're clueless about bitwise manipulation, then try the Options menu instead. This offers many different unit conversions (length, weight, volume and more), date calculations (how many days between two dates?), and spreadsheet-type templates to help you calculate vehicle mileage, mortgage rates and more.<br />
Don't take any Windows 7 applet at face value, then - there are some very powerful new features hidden in the background. Be sure to explore every option in all Windows applets to ensure you don't miss anything important.<br />
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CALCULATE MORE: The new Calculator is packed with useful features and functionality<br />
8. Switch to a projector<br />
Windows 7 now provides a standard way to switch your display from one monitor to another, or a projector - just press Win+P or run DisplaySwitch.exe and choose your preferred display. (This will have no effect if you've only one display connected.)<br />
9. Get a power efficiency report<br />
If you have a laptop, you can use the efficiency calculator to get Windows 7 to generate loads of useful information about its power consumption. Used in the right way, this can help you make huge gains in terms of battery life and performance. To do this you must open a command prompt as an administrator by typing 'cmd' in Start Search, and when the cmd icon appears, right-click it and choose Run as administrator.<br />
Then at the command line, just type in 'powercfg -energy' (without quotes) and hit Return, and Windows 7 will scan your system looking for ways to improve power efficiency. It will then publish the results in an HTML file, usually in the System32 folder. Just follow the path it gives you to find your report.<br />
10. Understanding System Restore<br />
Using System Restore in previous versions of Windows has been something of a gamble. There's no way of telling which applications or drivers it might affect - you just have to try it and see.<br />
Windows 7 is different. Right-click Computer, select Properties > System Protection > System Restore > Next, and choose the restore point you'd like to use. Click the new button to 'Scan for affected programs' and Windows will tell you which (if any) programs and drivers will be deleted or recovered by selecting this restore point. (Read our full Windows 7 System Restore tutorial.)<br />
11. Set the time zone<br />
System administrators will appreciate the new command line tzutil.exe utility, which lets you set a PC's time zone from scripts. If you wanted to set a PC to Greenwich Mean Time, for instance, you'd use the command<br />
tzutil /s "gmt standard time"<br />
The command "tzutil /g" displays the current time zone, "tzutil /l" lists all possible time zones, and "tzutil /?" displays details on how the command works.<br />
12. Calibrate your screen<br />
The colours you see on your screen will vary depending on your monitor, graphics cards settings, lighting and more, yet most people use the same default Windows colour profile. And that means a digital photo you think looks perfect might appear very poor to everybody else. Fortunately Windows 7 now provides a Display Colour Calibration Wizard that helps you properly set up your brightness, contrast and colour settings, and a ClearType tuner to ensure text is crisp and sharp. Click Start, type DCCW and press Enter to give it a try.<br />
13. Clean up Live Essentials<br />
Installing Windows Live Essentials will get you the new versions of Mail, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery and others - great. Unfortunately it also includes other components that may be unnecessary, but if you like to keep a clean system then these can be quickly removed.<br />
If you left the default "Set your search provider" option selected during installation, for instance, Windows Live will install Choice Guard, a tool to set your browser home page and search engine, and prevent other programs from changing them. If this causes problems later, or you just decide you don't need it, then Choice Guard may be removed by clicking Start, typing msiexec /x and pressing [Enter].<br />
Windows Live Essentials also adds an ActiveX Control to help upload your files to Windows Live SkyDrive, as well as the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant, which makes it easier to manage and switch between multiple Windows Live accounts. If you're sure you'll never need either then remove them with the Control Panel "Uninstall a Program" applet.<br />
14. Add network support<br />
By default Windows Live MovieMaker won't let you import files over a network, but a quick Registry tweak will change this. Run REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Movie Maker, add a DWORD value called AllowNetworkFiles and set it to 1 to add network support.<br />
15. Activate XP mode<br />
If you've old but important software that no longer runs under Windows 7, then you could try using XP Mode, a virtual copy of XP that runs in a window on your Windows 7 desktop. But there's a big potential problem, as XP Mode only works with systems that have hardware virtualisation (AMD-V or Intel VT) built-in and turned on. If you've a compatible CPU then this may just be a matter of enabling the option in your BIOS set-up program, however some high profile brands, including Sony Vaio, disable the setting for "security reasons". And that blocks XP Mode from working, too.<br />
One solution has emerged, but it's a little risky, as essentially you'll have to alter a byte in your laptop firmware and hope this doesn't have any unexpected side-effects. Gulp. If you're feeling brave then take a look at the Feature Enable Blog for the details, but don't blame us if it goes wrong.<br />
A safer approach might be to use VirtualBox, a virtualisation tool that doesn't insist on hardware support, but then you will need to find a licensed copy of XP (or whatever other Windows version your software requires) for its virtual machine.<br />
16. Enable virtual Wi-Fi<br />
Windows 7 includes a little-known new feature called Virtual Wi-Fi, which effectively turns your PC or laptop into a software-based router. Any other Wi-Fi-enabled devices within range - a desktop, laptop, an iPod perhaps - will "see" you as a new network and, once logged on, immediately be able to share your internet connection.<br />
This will only work if your wireless adapter driver supports it, though, and not all do. Check with your adapter manufacturer and make sure you've installed the very latest drivers to give you the best chance.<br />
Once you have driver support then the easiest approach is to get a network tool that can set up virtual Wi-Fi for you. Virtual Router (below) is free, easy to use and should have you sharing your internet connection very quickly.<br />
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If you don't mind working with the command line, though, maybe setting up some batch files or scripts, then it's not that difficult to set this up manually. See Turn your Windows 7 laptop into a wireless hotspot for more.<br />
17. Recover locked-up apps<br />
If an application locks up under a previous version of Windows then there was nothing you could do about it. A new Windows 7 option, however, can not only explain the problem, but may get your program working again without any loss of data.<br />
When the lockup occurs, click Start, type RESMON and click the RESMON.EXE link to launch the Resource Monitor.<br />
Find your frozen process in the CPU pane (it should be highlighted in red), right-click it and select Analyze Wait Chain.<br />
If you see at least two processes in the list, then the lowest, at the end of the tree, is the one holding up your program. If it's not a vital Windows component, or anything else critical, then save any work in other open applications, check the box next to this process, click End Process, and your locked-up program will often spring back to life.<br />
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18. Fault-Tolerant Help<br />
Windows 7 includes a new feature called the Fault Tolerant Help (FTH), a clever technology that looks out for unstable processes, detects those that may be crashing due to memory issues, and applies several real-time fixes to try and help. If these work, that's fine - if not, the fixes will be undone and they won't be applied to that process again.<br />
While this is very good in theory, it can leave you confused as some applications crash, then start working (sometimes) for no apparent reason. So if you'd like to check if the FTH is running on your PC, launch REGEDIT, and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\FTH - any program currently being protected by the FTH will be listed in the State key.<br />
Experienced users may also try tweaking the FTH settings to catch more problems, and perhaps improve system stability. A post on Microsoft's Ask The Performance Team blog (bit.ly/d1JStu) explains what the various FTH Registry keys mean.<br />
19. Automatically switch your default printer<br />
Windows 7's location-aware printing allows the operating system to automatically switch your default printer as you move from one network to another.<br />
To set this up, first click Start, type Devices, and click the Devices and Printers link.<br />
Select a printer and click Manage Default Printers (this is only visible on a mobile device, like a laptop - you won't see it on a PC).<br />
Choose the "Change my default printer when I change networks" option, select a network, the default printer you'd like to use, and click Add.<br />
Repeat the process for other networks available, and pick a default printer for each one.<br />
And now, as you connect to a new network, Windows 7 will check this list and set the default printer to the one that you've defined.<br />
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20. Explore God Mode<br />
Windows 7 has changed Control Panel a little, but it's still too difficult to locate all the applets and options that you might need. God Mode, however, while not being particularly godlike, does offer an easier way to access everything you could want from a single folder.<br />
To try this out, create a new folder and rename it to:<br />
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The first part, "Everything" will be the folder name, and can be whatever you want: "Super Control Panel", "Advanced", "God Mode" if you prefer.<br />
The extension, ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C, must be entered exactly as it is here, though, including the curly brackets. When you press [Enter] this part of the name will disappear, and double-clicking the new folder will display shortcuts to functions in the Action Centre, the Network and Sharing Centre, Power options, troubleshooting tools, user accounts and others - more than 260 options in total.<br />
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21. Right-click everything<br />
At first glance Windows 7 bears a striking resemblance to Vista, but there's an easy way to begin spotting the differences - just right-click things.<br />
Right-click an empty part of the desktop, for instance, and you'll find a menu entry to set your screen resolution. No need to go browsing through the display settings any more.<br />
Right-click the Explorer icon on the taskbar for speedy access to common system folders: Documents, Pictures, the Windows folder, and more.<br />
And if you don't plan on using Internet Explorer then you probably won't want its icon permanently displayed on the taskbar. Right-click the icon, select 'Unpin this program from the taskbar', then go install Firefox, instead.<br />
22. Display the old taskbar button context menu<br />
Right-click a taskbar button, though, and you'll now see its jumplist menu. That's a useful new feature, but not much help if you want to access the minimize, maximize, or move options that used to be available. Fortunately there's an easy way to get the old context menu back - just hold down Ctrl and Shift as you right-click the taskbar button.<br />
23. Desktop slideshow<br />
Windows 7 comes with some very attractive new wallpapers, and it's not always easy to decide which one you like the best. So why not let choose a few, and let Windows display them all in a desktop slideshow? Right-click an empty part of the desktop, select Personalise > Desktop Background, then hold down Ctrl as you click on the images you like. Choose how often you'd like the images to be changed (anything from daily to once every 10 seconds), select Shuffle if you'd like the backgrounds to appear in a random order, then click Save Changes and enjoy the show.<br />
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DESKTOP SLIDESHOW: Select multiple background images and Windows will cycle through them<br />
24. RSS-powered wallpaper<br />
And if a slideshow based on your standard wallpaper isn't enough, then you can always create a theme that extracts images from an RSS feed. For example, Long Zheng has created a few sample themes to illustrate how it works. Jamie Thompson takes this even further, with a theme that always displays the latest BBC news and weather on your desktop. And MakeUseOf have a quick and easy tutorial showing how RSS can get you those gorgeous Bing photographs as your wallpaper. Or you can watch our custom theme video tutorial.<br />
25. Customise the log-on screen<br />
Changing the Windows log-on screen used to involve some complicated and potentially dangerous hacks, but not any more - Windows 7 makes it easy.<br />
First, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background in REGEDIT, double-click the DWORD key called OEMBackground (not there? Create it) and set its value to 1.<br />
Now find a background image you'd like to use. Make sure it's less than 256KB in size, and matches the aspect ratio of your screen as it'll be stretched to fit.<br />
Next, copy that image into the %windir%\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds folder (create the info\backgrounds folders if they don't exist). Rename the image to backgroundDefault.jpg, reboot, and you should now have a custom log-on image.<br />
Alternatively, use a free tweaking tool to handle everything for you. Logon Changer displays a preview so you can see how the log-on screen will look without rebooting, while the Logon Screen Rotator accepts multiple images and will display a different one every time you log on.<br />
26. Recover screen space<br />
The new Windows 7 taskbar acts as one big quick launch toolbar that can hold whatever program shortcuts you like (just right-click one and select Pin To Taskbar). And that's fine, except it does consume a little more screen real estate than we'd like. Shrink it to a more manageable size by right-clicking the Start orb, then Properties > Taskbar > Use small icons > OK.<br />
27. Enjoy a retro taskbar<br />
Windows 7 now combines taskbar buttons in a way that saves space, but also makes it more difficult to tell at a glance whether an icon represents a running application or a shortcut. If you prefer a more traditional approach, then right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and set Taskbar Buttons to "Combine when taskbar is full". You'll now get a clear and separate button for each running application, making them much easier to identify.<br />
28. Remove taskbar buttons<br />
One problem with the previous tip is the buttons will gobble up valuable taskbar real estate, but you can reduce the impact of this by removing their text captions. Launch REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics, add a string called MinWidth, set it to 54, and reboot to see the results.<br />
29. Restore the Quick Launch Toolbar<br />
If you're unhappy with the new taskbar, even after shrinking it, then it only takes a moment to restore the old Quick Launch Toolbar.<br />
Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars > New Toolbar, type "%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" (less the quotes) into the Folder box and click Select Folder.<br />
Now right-click the taskbar, clear 'Lock the taskbar', and you should see the Quick Launch toolbar, probably to the right. Right-click its divider, clear Show Text and Show Title to minimise the space it takes up. Complete the job by right-clicking the bar and selecting View > Small Icons for the true retro look.<br />
30. Custom power switch<br />
By default, Windows 7 displays a plain text 'Shut down' button on the Start menu, but it only takes a moment to change this action to something else. If you reboot your PC a few times every day then that might make more sense as a default action: right-click the Start orb, select Properties and set the 'Power boot action' to 'Restart' to make it happen.<br />
31. Auto arrange your desktop<br />
If your Windows 7 desktop has icons scattered everywhere then you could right-click it and select View > Auto arrange, just as in Vista. But a simpler solution is just to press and hold down F5, and Windows will automatically arrange its icons for you.<br />
32. Disable smart window arrangement<br />
Windows 7 features interesting new ways to intelligently arrange your windows, so that (for example) if you drag a window to the top of the screen then it will maximise. We like the new system, but if you find it distracting then it's easily disabled. Run REGEDIT, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, set WindowArrangementActive to 0, reboot, and your windows will behave just as they always did.<br />
33. Browse your tasks<br />
If you prefer the keyboard over the mouse, you will love browsing the taskbar using this nifty shortcut. Press Windows and T, and you move the focus to the left-most icon on the taskbar. Then use your arrow keys to change the focus to other icons, and you get a live preview of every window.<br />
34. Display your drives<br />
Click Computer in Windows 7 and you might see a strange lack of drives, but don't panic, it's just Microsoft trying to be helpful: drives like memory card readers are no longer displayed if they're empty. We think it's an improvement, but if you disagree then it's easy to get your empty drives back. Launch Explorer, click Tools > Folder Options > View and clear 'Hide empty drives in the computer folder'.<br />
35. See more detail<br />
The new and improved Windows 7 magnifier offers a much easier way to zoom in on any area of the screen. Launch it and you can now define a scale factor and docking position, and once activated it can track your keyboard focus around the screen. Press Tab as you move around a dialog box, say, and it'll automatically zoom in on the currently active control.<br />
36. Extend your jumplists<br />
By default a jumplist will display up to 10 items, but it can often be useful to extend this and add a few more. Right-click Start, select Properties > Customize and set "Number of recent items to display in Jump Lists" to the figure you need.<br />
37. Disable Aero Peek<br />
Hover your mouse cursor over the bottom right hand corner of the screen and Windows 7 will hide open windows, showing you the desktop. Seems like a good idea to us, but if the feature gets in your way then it's easy to turn off. Simply right-click the Start orb, select Properties > Taskbar and clear the "Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop" box.<br />
38. Pin a drive to the taskbar<br />
The taskbar isn't just for apps and documents. With just a few seconds work you can pin drive icons there, too.<br />
Right-click an empty part of the desktop, select New > Text File, and rename the file to drive.exe. Drag and drop this onto your taskbar, then delete the original file.<br />
Right-click your new "drive.exe" taskbar button, then right-click its file name and select Properties. Change the contents of both the Target and Start In boxes to point at the drive or folder of your choice, perhaps click Change Icon to choose an appropriate drive icon, and you're done - that drive or folder is now available at a click.<br />
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39. Expand your taskbar previews<br />
Move your mouse cursor over a Windows 7 taskbar button and you'll see a small preview of the application window. To make this larger, launch REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband, right-click in the right hand pane and create a new DWORD value called MinThumbSizePx. Double-click this, choose the Decimal option, set the value to 350 and reboot to see the results. Tweak the value again to fine-tune the results, or delete it to return to the default thumbnail size.<br />
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40. Hiding the Windows Live Messenger icon<br />
If you use Windows Live Messenger a lot, you'll have noticed that the icon now resides on the taskbar, where you can easily change status and quickly send an IM to someone. If you prefer to keep Windows Live Messenger in the system tray, where it's been for previous releases, just close Windows Live Messenger, edit the shortcut properties and set the application to run in Windows Vista compatibility mode.<br />
41. Customise UAC<br />
Windows Vista's User Account Control was a good idea in practice, but poor implementation put many people off - it raised far too many alerts. Fortunately Windows 7 displays less warnings by default, and lets you further fine-tune UAC to suit your preferred balance between security and a pop-up free life (Start > Control Panel > Change User Account Control Settings).<br />
42. Use Sticky Notes<br />
The Sticky Notes app is both simpler and more useful in Windows 7. Launch StikyNot.exe and you can type notes at the keyboard; right-click a note to change its colour; click the + sign on the note title bar to add another note; and click a note and press Alt + 4 to close the note windows (your notes are automatically saved).<br />
43. Open folder in new process<br />
By default Windows 7 opens folders in the same process. This saves system resources, but means one folder crash can bring down the entire shell. If your system seems unstable, or you're doing something in Explorer that regularly seems to causes crashes, then open Computer, hold down Shift, right-click on your drive and select Open in New Process. The folder will now be launched in a separate process, and so a crash is less likely to affect anything else.<br />
44. Watch more videos<br />
Windows Media Player 12 is a powerful program, but it still won't play all the audio and video files you'll find online. Fortunately the first freeware Windows 7 codecs package [shark007.net/win7codecs.html] has been released, and installing it could get your troublesome multimedia files playing again.<br />
45. Preview fonts<br />
Open the Fonts window in Windows XP and Vista and you'll see the font names, probably with icons to tell you whether they're TrueType or OpenType, but that's about it. Windows 7 sees some useful font-related improvements.<br />
Open the new fonts window and you'll find a little preview for every font, giving you a quick idea of how they're going to look.<br />
The tedium of scrolling through multiple entries for each family, like Times New Roman, Times New Roman Bold, Times New Roman Bold Italic and so on, has finally ended. There's now just a single entry for each font (though you can still see all other members of the family).<br />
And there's a new OpenType font, Gabriola, added to the mix. It's an attractive script font, well worth a try the next time you need a stylish document that stands out from the crowd.<br />
46. Restore your gadgets<br />
Windows 7 has tightened up its security by refusing to run gadgets if UAC has been turned off, so limiting the damage malicious unsigned gadgets can do to your system. If you've disabled UAC, miss your gadgets and are happy to accept the security risk, though, there's an easy Registry way to get everything back to normal. Run REGEDIT, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings, create a new DWORD value called AllowElevatedProcess and set it to 1. Your gadgets should start working again right away.<br />
47. New WordPad formats<br />
By default WordPad will save documents in Rich Text Format, just as before. But browse the Save As Format list and you'll see you can also save (or open, actually) files in the Office 2007 .docx or OpenDocument .odt formats.<br />
48. Protect your data<br />
USB flash drives are convenient, portable, and very easy to lose. Which is a problem, especially if they're carrying sensitive data. Fortunately Windows 7 has the solution: encrypt your documents with an extension of Microsoft's BitLocker technology, and only someone with the password will be able to access it. Right-click your USB flash drive, select Turn on BitLocker and follow the instructions to protect your private files.<br />
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PROTECT YOUR DATA: Your USB flash drives can easily be encrypted with BitLocker<br />
49. Minimise quickly with shake<br />
If you have multiple windows open on your desktop and things are getting too cluttered, it used to be a time-consuming process to close them all down. In Windows 7 you can use the Aero Shake feature to minimise everything in seconds, using a cool mouse gesture. Grab the title bar of the window you wish to keep open and give it a shake, and rejoice in a clear desktop area.<br />
50. Configure your favourite music<br />
The Windows 7 Media Centre now comes with an option to play your favourite music, which by default creates a changing list of songs based on your ratings, how often you play them, and when they were added (it's assumed you'll prefer songs you've added in the last 30 days). If this doesn't work then you can tweak how Media Centre decides what a "favourite" tune is- click Tasks > Settings > Music > Favourite Music and configure the program to suit your needs.<br />
51. Customise System Restore<br />
There was very little you could do to configure System Restore in Vista, but Windows 7 improves the situation with a couple of useful setup options.<br />
Click the Start orb, right-click Computer and select Properties > System Protection > Configure, and set the Max Usage value to a size that suits your needs (larger to hold more restore points, smaller to save disk space).<br />
And if you don't need System Restore to save Windows settings then choose the "Only restore previous versions of files" option. Windows 7 won't back up your Registry, which means you'll squeeze more restore points and file backups into the available disk space. System Restore is much less likely to get an unbootable PC working again, though, so use this trick at your own risk.<br />
52. Run As<br />
Hold down Shift, right-click any program shortcut, and you'll see an option to run the program as a different user, handy if you're logged in to the kids' limited account and need to run something with higher privileges. This isn't really a new feature - Windows XP had a Run As option that did the same thing - but Microsoft stripped it out of Vista, so it's good to see it's had a change of heart.<br />
53. Search privacy<br />
By default Windows 7 will remember your PC search queries, and display the most recent examples when searching in Windows Explorer. If you're sharing a PC and don't want everyone to see your searches, then launch GPEDIT.MSC, go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer, double-click "Turn off display of recent search entries..." and click Enabled > OK.<br />
54. Tweak PC volume<br />
By default Windows 7 will now automatically reduce the volume of your PC's sounds whenever it detects you're making or receiving PC-based phone calls. If this proves annoying (or maybe you'd like it to turn off other sounds altogether) then you can easily change the settings accordingly. Just right-click the speaker icon in your taskbar, select Sounds > Communications, and tell Windows what you'd like it to do.<br />
55. Rearrange the system tray<br />
With Windows 7 we finally see system tray icons behave in a similar way to everything else on the taskbar. So if you want to rearrange them, then go right ahead, just drag and drop them into the order you like. You can even move important icons outside of the tray, drop them onto the desktop, then put them back when you no longer need to keep an eye on them.<br />
56. Extend your battery life<br />
Windows 7 includes new power options that will help to improve your notebook's battery life. To see them, click Start, type Power Options and click the Power Options link, then click Change Plan Settings for your current plan and select Change Advanced Settings. Expand Multimedia Settings, for instance, and you'll see a new "playing video" setting that can be set to optimise power savings rather than performance. Browse through the other settings and ensure they're set up to suit your needs.<br />
57. Write crash dump files<br />
Windows 7 won't create memory.dmp crash files if you've less than 25GB of free hard drive space, annoying if you've installed the Windows debugging tools and want to diagnose your crashes. You can turn this feature off, though: browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl, create a new DWORD value called AlwaysKeepMemoryDump, set it to 1, and the crash dump file will now always be saved.<br />
58. Protect your data<br />
If you have confidential files in a particular folder or two, and would like to keep them away from other network users, then right-click the folder, select Share With > Nobody, and they'll be made private, for your eyes only (or your user account, anyway).<br />
59. Reorganise the taskbar<br />
Windows 7 taskbar buttons are now movable - feel free to drag, drop and otherwise reorganise them to suit your needs. And then remember that each button can be launched by holding with the Windows key and pressing 1 to activate the first, 2 the second and so on, up to 0 for the tenth.<br />
60. Repair your PC<br />
If Windows 7 won't start, you may not need an installation or repair disc any more, as the repair environment is now usually installed on your hard drive. Press [F8] as your PC starts, and if you see a "Repair Your Computer" option, choose that to see the full range of Windows 7 recovery tools.<br />
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61. ReadyBoost revamped<br />
If you were unimpressed by ReadyBoost in Vista, it may be worth trying the technology again under Windows 7. The operating system now allows you to combine multiple USB drives, each with larger caches, to deliver an extra speed boost.<br />
62. Fixing Windows 7 N<br />
If you have Windows 7 N then this means you'll be missing key multimedia applications, like Media Player, Media Centre, DVD Maker and more. But that's not all. You also won't have some of the subsystems required by third-party apps like Nero MultiMedia Suite, which means that even if they install, you could have problems getting them to work correctly.<br />
Fortunately there's an easy fix, though, as the missing components are available in the form of Microsoft's Windows Media Pack. If you're currently having media-related issues on a Windows 7 N installation, grab your copy from support.microsoft.com/kb/968211.<br />
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Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/85-windows-7-tips-tricks-and-secrets-643861?artc_pg=3#ixzz19yS6647K63. Find bottlenecks<br />
From what we've seen so far Windows 7 is already performing better than Vista, but if your PC seems sluggish then it's now much easier to uncover the bottleneck. Click Start, type RESMON and press Enter to launch the Resource Monitor, then click the CPU, Memory, Disk or Network tabs. Windows 7 will immediately show which processes are hogging the most system resources.<br />
The CPU view is particularly useful, and provides something like a more powerful version of Task Manager. If a program has locked up, for example, then right-click its name in the list and select Analyze Process. Windows will then try to tell you why it's hanging - the program might be waiting for another process, perhaps - which could give you the information you need to fix the problem.<br />
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FIND BOTTLENECKS: Resource monitor keeps a careful eye on exactly how your PC is being used<br />
64. Keyboard shortcuts<br />
Windows 7 supports several useful new keyboard shortcuts.<br />
Alt+P<br />
Display/ hide the Explorer preview pane<br />
Windows Logo+G<br />
Display gadgets in front of other windows<br />
Windows Logo++ (plus key)<br />
Zoom in, where appropriate<br />
Windows Logo+- (minus key)<br />
Zoom out, where appropriate<br />
Windows Logo+Up <br />
Maximise the current window<br />
Windows Logo+Down<br />
Minimise the current window<br />
Windows Logo+Left<br />
Snap to the left hand side of the screen<br />
Windows Logo+Right<br />
Snap to the right hand side of the screen<br />
Windows Logo+Home<br />
Minimise/ restore everything except the current window<br />
65. Drag and drop to the command line<br />
When working at the command line you'll often need to access files, which usually means typing lengthy paths and hoping you've got them right. But Windows 7 offers an easier way. Simply drag and drop the file onto your command window and the full path will appear, complete with quotes and ready to be used.<br />
This feature isn't entirely new: you could do this in Windows XP, too, but drag and drop support disappeared in Vista. There does seem to be a new Windows 7 complication, though, in that it only seems to work when you open the command prompt as a regular user. Run cmd.exe as an administrator and, while it accepts dropped files, the path doesn't appear.<br />
66. Customise your jumplists<br />
Right-click an icon on your taskbar, perhaps Notepad, and you'll see a jumplist menu that provides easy access to the documents you've been working on recently. But maybe there's another document that you'd like to be always available? Then drag and drop it onto the taskbar icon, and it'll be pinned to the top of the jumplist for easier access. Click the pin to the right of the file name, or right-click it and select "Unpin from this list" when you need to remove it.<br />
67. Faster program launches<br />
If you've launched one instance of a program but want to start another, then don't work your way back through the Start menu. It's much quicker to just hold down Shift and click on the program's icon (or middle-click it), and Windows 7 will start a new instance for you.<br />
68. Speedy video access<br />
Want faster access to your Videos folder? Windows 7 now lets you add it to the Start menu. Just right-click the Start orb, click Properties > Start Menu > Customize, and set the Videos option to "Display as a link". If you've a TV tuner that works with Windows 7 then you'll appreciate the new option to display the Recorded TV folder on the Start menu, too.<br />
69. Run web searches<br />
The Windows 7 search tool can now be easily extended to search online resources, just as long as someone creates an appropriate search connector. To add Flickr support, say, visit I Started Something, click Download the Connector, choose the Open option and watch as it's downloaded (the file is tiny, it'll only take a moment). A "Flickr Search" option will be added to your Searches folder, and you'll be able to search images from your desktop.<br />
A multitude of other ready-made searches, such as Google and YouTube, can be downloaded from the windowsclub.com website.<br />
70. Schedule Media Centre downloads<br />
You can now tell Windows Media Centre to download data at a specific time, perhaps overnight, a useful way to prevent it sapping your bandwidth for the rest of the day. Launch Media Centre, go to Tasks > Settings > General > Automatic Download Options, and set the download start and stop times that you'd like it to use.<br />
71. Multi-threaded Robocopies<br />
Anyone who's ever used the excellent command-line robocopy tool will appreciate the new switches introduced with Windows 7. Our favourite, /MT, can improve speed by carrying out multi-threaded copies with the number of threads you specify (you can have up to 128, though that might be going a little too far). Enter robocopy /? at a command line for the full details.<br />
72. Load IE faster<br />
Some Internet Explorer add-ons can take a while to start, dragging down the browser's performance, but at least IE8 can now point a finger at the worst resource hogs. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons, check the Load Time in the right-hand column, and you'll immediately see which browser extensions are slowing you down.<br />
73. An Alt+Tab alternative<br />
You want to access one of the five Explorer windows you have open, but there are so many other programs running that Alt+Tab makes it hard to pick out what you need. The solution? Hold down the Ctrl key while you click on the Explorer icon. Windows 7 will then cycle through the Explorer windows only, a much quicker way to locate the right one. And of course this works with any application that has multiple windows open.<br />
74. Block annoying alerts<br />
Just like Vista, Windows 7 will display a suitably stern warning if it thinks your antivirus, firewall or other security settings are incorrect.<br />
But unlike Vista, if you disagree then you can now turn off alerts on individual topics. If you no longer want to see warnings just because you've dared to turn off the Windows firewall, say, then click Control Panel > System and Security > Action Centre > Change Action Centre settings, clear the Network Firewall box and click OK.<br />
75. Parallel defrags<br />
The standard Windows 7 defragger offers a little more control than we saw in Vista, and the command line version also has some interesting new features. The /r switch will defrag multiple drives in parallel, for instance (they'll obviously need to be physically separate drives for this to be useful). The /h switch runs the defrag at a higher than normal priority, and the /u switch provides regular progress reports so you can see exactly what's going on. Enter the command<br />
defrag /c /h /u /r<br />
in a command window to speedily defrag a system with multiple drives, or enter defrag /? to view the new options for yourself.<br />
76. Fix Explorer<br />
The Windows 7 Explorer has a couple of potential annoyances. Launching Computer will no longer display system folders like Control Panel or Recycle Bin, for instance. And if you're drilling down through a complicated folder structure in the right-hand pane of Explorer, the left-hand tree won't always expand to follow what you're doing, which can make it more difficult to see exactly where you are. Fortunately there's a quick fix: click Organize > Folder and Search Options, check "Show all folders" and "Automatically expand to current folder", and click OK.<br />
77. Faster file handing<br />
If you hold down Shift while right-clicking a file in Explorer, then you'll find the Send To file now includes all your main user folders: Contacts, Documents, Downloads, Music and more. Choose any of these and your file will be moved there immediately.<br />
78. Create folder favourites<br />
If you're regularly working on the same folder in Explorer then select it in the right-hand page, right-click Favourites on the left-hand menu, and select Add to Favourites. It'll then appear at the bottom of the favourites list for easy one-click access later.<br />
79. Disable hibernation<br />
By default Windows 7 will permanently consume a chunk of your hard drive with its hibernation file, but if you never use sleep, and always turn your PC off, then this will never actually be used. To disable hibernation and recover a little hard drive space, launch REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power, then set both HibernateEnabled and HiberFileSizePerfect to zero.<br />
80. Create a new folder shortcut<br />
When you need to create a new folder in Windows 7 Explorer, don't reach for the mouse. Just press Ctrl+Shift+N to create the folder in the active Explorer window, then type its name as usual.<br />
81. Open a jumplist<br />
Most people right-click a Windows taskbar icon to view its jumplist. You can also hold the left mouse button over the icon, though, then drag upwards to reveal the jumplist and choose the option you need, a more natural action that should be just a little faster.<br />
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82. Search quickly<br />
If you'd like to search for something in an Explorer window then there's no need to use the mouse. Simply press [F3] to move the focus to the search box, enter your keyword and press [Enter] to run the search.<br />
83. Search file contents<br />
There's no obvious way in the Windows interface to search the contents of files that haven't been indexed, but all you need to do is start your search with the "content:" search filter. So entering content:Microsoft , for instance, will find all documents (whether they're actually indexed or not) that contain the word Microsoft.<br />
84. Close in a click<br />
Hover your mouse cursor over a Windows taskbar button will display a preview thumbnail of that application window. You don't need that app any more? Then middle-click the thumbnail to close it down.<br />
85. Leave the Homegroup<br />
Homegroups are an easy way to network Windows 7 PCs, but if you don't use the feature then turning it off can save you a few system resources.<br />
Click Start, type Homegroup, and click "Choose homegroup and sharing options". Click Leave the Homegroup > Leave the Homegroup > Finish.<br />
Now click Start, type services.msc and press [Enter] to launch the Services Control Panel applet.<br />
Find and double-click both the HomeGroup Listener and HomeGroup Provider service, clicking Stop and setting Startup Type to Disabled in each case, and the services won't be launched when you need reboot.<br />
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Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/85-windows-7-tips-tricks-and-secrets-643861?artc_pg=4#ixzz19ySJMYqJSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-34918579826443722842011-01-03T01:08:00.000-08:002011-01-03T01:08:06.055-08:00chatting softweres1.chitchat for facebook<br />
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2.googletalk for gmail<br />
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3.yahoomessenger for yahoo!<br />
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4.skype for free video callSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-92049452268033028182010-12-28T04:54:00.000-08:002010-12-28T04:54:08.586-08:00How to clear your sensitive information on system shutdown?During data processing some operating systems use the hard disk as memory, called virtual memory. During processing, operating system transfers some data and programs from RAM to hard disk and reloads again when required. The data or programs are stored in hard disk in temporary file called the swap file. This technique of swapping data between memory and hard disk is called paging. Operating system spends a lot of time in paging process, instead of executing the application software. But the problem is that while working you use different software programs on computer and page file may contain your confidential information or stored in non encrypted format. To reduce this risk, you can set your computer to clear out page file automatically each time you shutdown your computer.<br />
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Perform the given steps to set your system clear page file automatically:<br />
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To enable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.<br />
First click on start button to open control panel and then click here on "Administrative Tools" option.<br />
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Now "Local Security Settings" panel will appear, on lift side of this panel click on "Local Policies".<br />
Here click on "Security Options" then double click on "Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile" option.<br />
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Now small dialog box will appear with options, "Enabled or Disabled" the page file.<br />
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Select the "Enabled" radio button to set clear page file each time you shutdown computer.<br />
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Press Apply button to save settings and then click on Ok button to finish.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-89671862931617726302010-12-27T06:36:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:36:16.273-08:00How to Make Windows Always Show the File ExtensionsThere are many bugs which just gets unnoticed, because of their sheer inherent triviality. Windows in order to make lives of its user simpler (and lamer), sometimes have faulty default settings which could lead to major problems. One such issue is the “extensions settings”.<br />
Windows in some cases doesn’t feel the need to name the files with proper extensions depending on the file type. This can drive the general users as well as developers go nuts.<br />
In a classic example, if you type an HTML code in notepad and save it, the default filename would be like “HTML_file.html.txt” instead of “HTML_file.html”. How to change this default setting?<br />
1. Open Windows Explorer<br />
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2. Click Tools menu > Folder Options > View<br />
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3. Uncheck or clear out “Hide extensions for known file types”<br />
Performing these 3 simple steps, makes Windows always show the file extensions.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-53498025497481728452010-12-27T06:35:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:35:24.986-08:00Hide file using dos- new trick1. Click “Start”, “Run,” and then type cmd. When the command prompt opens type “CD C:\Test” (replace “Test” with the name of the folder you want to hide.) 2. Now type “attrib file +s +h” and replace “file” with the name of the actual file name you would like to hide.<br />
3. Now, go back to C:\Test and look for your file or folder, it’s not there! You cannot find it through simply browsing around, through the command prompt, or even if you click “Show Hidden Files and Folders”.<br />
4. To find the folder and it’s contents again simply go back to the command prompt, type “CD C:\Test” (of course, again replacing “Test” with the name of the folder,) and then type “attrib filename -s -h”. You should now be able to find your file again!SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-67183807943490463842010-12-27T06:33:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:33:03.486-08:00For pc to boost faster than it is nowww.........A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting.<br />
By default this option is enabled,but on some systems it is not, so below is the information on how to turn it on:<br />
Go to Start Menu and Click RunType in regedit then click okFind "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftDfrgBootOpt imizeFunction" Select "Enable" from the list on the rightRight on it and select "Modify"Change the value to Y . Reboot your Pc and see the change yourself.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-135766936485717002010-12-27T06:32:00.003-08:002010-12-27T06:32:36.767-08:00DISABLE DISPLAY OF DRIVES (PARTITIONS) IN MY COMPUTERWith this trick you can play with u'r college pc...after this hack if some one opens my computer he/she'll not see any drive in my computer.Open Registry Editor by typing "regedit.exe" in Run or in command prompt. There you navigate to registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item (by rightclicking and new->dword) and name it NoDrives ( case sensitive).<br />
Now modify it's value by double clicking it and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .<br />
Restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be seen.<br />
To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete that DWORD item NoDrives that you created (it can be deleted by navigating to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and selecting the NoDrives and deleting it..del key...).<br />
Again restart your computer.<br />
You can now see all the drives againSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-84235883764164049022010-12-27T06:32:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:32:15.232-08:00Play movie on paint .......play movie on microsoft paint <br />
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simple first hit the print screen button on the keyboard<br />
when then media files are playing then open paint and<br />
paste by pressing ctrl+v (paste key) voila<br />
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the movie starts on the paint applicationSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-61001516433193183852010-12-27T06:31:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:31:53.833-08:00Notepad secretNotepad secretSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-89029249851987118522010-12-27T06:29:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:29:36.088-08:00Rename Your Recycle BinHey Guys just follow thse simple steps and change the name of your Recycle Bin(where temporarely deleted files are stored)<br />
1)Goto 'start' menu and Choose 'Run' command.<br />
2)Type 'regedit' (without inverted commas). U will see Registery Editor Window on Ur Screen. 3)Now, On the Left Hand Side of the Window you'll see a Tree of folders Just DoubleClick on the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder>Now in the new folder Tree DoubleClick on the 'Software' folder > then DoubleClick on 'Microsoft' folder>'Windows' folder>'Current Version' folder>'Explorer' folder>'CLSID' folder.<br />
4)Now, You will see a Tree of 3 or 4 folder(don't worry about the no. of folders). Just Click on the folder : '{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}'.<br />
5)Finally, after Clicking on '{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}' folder Goto the Right Hand Side of the Same window and<br />
Double Click On the Default Option and Write in the name You want for Your Recycle Bin e.g. :- Trash #. CLick O.K. button. Goto Your Desktop and Refresh the Desktop and See the magic. Your Recycle Bin has been Renamed.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-76445828827627158572010-12-27T06:27:00.003-08:002010-12-27T06:27:53.180-08:00Short cut for shutdown and Restart on desktopOn the desktop right click ----> New----> shortcut .<br />
In the location area type (without quotes) "shutdown -r" to reboot, "shutdown -l" to logout, "shutdown -s" to shutdown.<br />
In the name for the shortcut type in any name you are comfortable with e.g SHUTDOWN or RESTART etc.<br />
Click Finish and its done.<br />
Now double-click the icon created to perform the actionsSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-28477237562264913002010-12-27T06:27:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:27:25.397-08:00How to Restart Windows without Restarting your PCWhen you click on the SHUTDOWN button,<br />
make sure to simultaneous press SHIFT Button.<br />
If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on SHUTDOWN button,<br />
you computer would restart without restarting the Computer.<br />
This is equivalent to term "HOT REBOOT"SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-90460384036450247862010-12-27T06:26:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:26:14.126-08:00You can put shortcuts for shortcuts!!You can put Keyboard shortcuts for desktop shortcuts.<br />
To do this follow these steps :<br />
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1) Right click on the shortcut.<br />
2) Go to properties.<br />
3) Click once on the "Shortcut Key" bar.<br />
4) Press any alphabet that you want to use as Shortcut Key.<br />
5) Press OK Now to open that shortcut,<br />
Press CTRL+ALT+"the alphabet".SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-75811674327171920732010-12-27T06:25:00.005-08:002010-12-27T06:25:51.189-08:00Use of PrintScreen for some funYou know the use of Print screen button on the keyboard [present on top right above insert] .<br />
It captures the screen , right ?<br />
But now I will tell you how to use it for some fun .<br />
Take screen shot of the desktop by pressing Print Screen on the desktop .<br />
Go to Paint and paste this .<br />
Save it .<br />
For Windows XP users<br />
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1) On the desktop right click -----> arrange icons by ----> De-select 'Show Desktop Icons '.<br />
2) Now right click the taskbar and select properties .<br />
3) Check auto hide the taskbar. Click OK.<br />
4) Now change your wallpaper and keep the one you saved earlier.<br />
5) If paint is not closed, select File ---------> 'Set as background (Centered) '.<br />
Now on the desktop even if you click any icon nothing will happen !!!<br />
Now do I need to tell youhow you can use it for fun on someone else's PC ?<br />
To revert back to normalcy change the wallpaper and select 'show desktop icons' on the right click menu .SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-79499416183063137932010-12-27T06:25:00.003-08:002010-12-27T06:25:25.051-08:00Now you can open them fast!!!Some shortcuts for Windows XP users!!<br />
Press<br />
'Windows key' + R and type the following (without qoutes) :<br />
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"winword" to open Word.<br />
"powerpnt" to open Powerpoint.<br />
"excel" to open Excel "mspaint" to open Paint.<br />
"notepad" to open Notepad.<br />
"wmplayer" to open Windows Media Player.<br />
"wordpad" to open Wordpad.<br />
"sndrec32" to open Sound Recorder.<br />
"iexplore" to open Internet Explorer.<br />
"firefox" to open Firefox.<br />
"msconfig" to control startup.<br />
"services.msc" to manage the Services.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-65391502126836719312010-12-27T06:25:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:25:03.655-08:00The Medicine when Folder option vanishes.....Method<br />
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1: Here's how you can get Folder Options back..<br />
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1: Open Start menu and from there select Run<br />
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2: type gpedit.msc and hit enter<br />
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3: now in the Group Policy window, from the left pane, select user configuration->Administrative Tempelates->windows components->Windows Explorer by highlighting it with the mouse cursor..<br />
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4: now in the right side you will see an option which says "Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu"<br />
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5: right click on this option and select properties<br />
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6: now in the properties under Setting tab, select Disabled and hit OK<br />
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........................................................................................................................................................................ Method 2 run<br />
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>>gpedit.msc<br />
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>>user configuration<br />
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>>administrative templates<br />
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>>system<br />
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disable "prevent access to registry editing tools"<br />
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....................................................................................................................................................................... Method 3 regeditOpen your registry and find the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]Create a new DWORD value,<br />
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or modify the existing value named "NoFolderOptions" and<br />
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set it to equal "1" to hide the options or "0" to show the options.<br />
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Log-off or restart Windows for the changes to take effectSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-17564354542756658562010-12-27T06:24:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:24:02.934-08:00Increase the life of ur dvd romThis is an interesting one!!!<br />
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This is for those who watch movies on their computer's dvd rom drive!!!<br />
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,<br />
DVDIdle saves DVD data which will be played soon onto the hard disk cache or RAM cache, and<br />
then feeds it to DVD player.<br />
This allows the DVD drive to rest.<br />
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For example:<br />
a 6X-speed DVD drive will only work for 15 minutes when you are watching a 90 minutes DVD<br />
movie.<br />
here is the link: http://www.dvdidle.com/download/DVDIdlePro59.exeSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-61934967996585270442010-12-27T06:23:00.003-08:002010-12-27T06:23:39.184-08:00Get the keyboard on your desktop screen!!!!!Do you want to use an onscreen keyboard . <br />
Its simple:<br />
Just go to start press run.<br />
Now type osk and<br />
press enter.<br />
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You will get something likeSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-19385382953218571422010-12-27T06:23:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:23:09.047-08:00Change the folder of c drive in my computerAll 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).<br />
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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<br />
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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.<br />
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Here are the steps you need to follow:<br />
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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.<br />
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2.Now go to My Computer.Suppose you want to put this icon in place of your original C: image.<br />
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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:<br />
[autorun]<br />
ICON=favicon.ico<br />
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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'.<br />
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3.Now rename this text file as ' autorun.inf ' (without the quotes).<br />
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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'.<br />
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4.Now restart your Pc.You are done.Check out the cool new picture you have just added in your My computer panel.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-36994392704132923532010-12-27T06:22:00.003-08:002010-12-27T06:22:46.565-08:00Use the Notepad as your personal diaryThere is a simple feature in Notepad that can make it work like a personal diary for you.Here is how to go about it:<br />
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1.Firstly open a blank Notepad file.<br />
2. Now write .LOG as the first line in the file, then press enter. Now save the file and close it.<br />
3.Open the notepad file now and you will find that the current date and time has been<br />
appended (put) at the end and the cursor is in the next line.<br />
4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.<br />
5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process,that is it appends the date and time<br />
to the end of the file and places the cursor below it.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-34099891315568840522010-12-27T06:22:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:22:07.930-08:00Making Win Xp 60% FasterWhenever you start your computer, you are faced with a few moments of thumb twiddling while Windows XP boots and prompts you to log on. Although you should expect to wait for a few moments, sometimes Windows XP seems to boot rather slowly. In fact, you may notice that over a period of time the PC that used to roar to life seems a bit sluggish instead. Fortunately, you can perform several techniques that help Windows XP get the bootup speed you want. This chapter explores how to put these techniques to work.<br />
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Some of the things may already have been discussed in some threads earlier<br />
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Stopping Unneeded Startup Services<br />
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Along with the core operating system and programs that Windows XP runs when it starts, there is also a host of services involved. Many of these services are necessary for Windows XP to operate correctly. However, many of them are for features in Windows XP that you may not use at all. You can peruse the services and disable any service that you do not want to run. The fewer services that run, the more quickly Windows XP will boot.<br />
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Caution: Exercise caution when stopping services. If you do not know what a service does or are unsure of the ramifications of stopping the service, leave it alone. Some services are critical to Windows XP's operations, so make sure you understand what the service is before you disable it.<br />
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To reduce the number of services that start on bootup, you can access two different areas of Windows XP. The first is the System Configuration Utility. The Services tab shows you the services that start when the computer boots.<br />
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You can stop a service from starting by simply clearing the check box next to the service and clicking OK. However, before you do so, there is another way to disable services that you may prefer because the interface gives you more information about the service in question.<br />
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Open Control Panel/Administrative ToolsServices or else select Start/Run, type services.msc, and click OK. Either way, you see the Services console.<br />
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I prefer to use the Services console instead of the System Configuration Utility because it describes what the service does. Additionally, you can double-click a service and examine its properties.<br />
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Notice the Startup Type column in Figure 4-2. This information lists whether the service is automatic or manual. Manual services are only started in Windows XP when you start a process that requires the service. Some other process may require the service that has a "dependency" relationship with it; in this case, the dependency service will start, as well. Because these services do not start automatically when you boot Windows XP, you do not need to do anything with manual services.<br />
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However, all services listed as automatic start when Windows XP boots. These are the services that increase boot time. As I have mentioned, many of them are necessary and important, so you should not stop automatic services from booting unless you are sure of the ramifications. You can get this information by looking at the Description column. Here's a quick look at common services you may want to live without:<br />
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Automatic Updates: This service enables Windows XP to check the Web automatically for updates. If you don't want to use<br />
Automatic Updates, you can disable the service. You can always check for updates manually at the Windows Update Web site.<br />
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Computer Browser: If your computer is not on a network, you don't need this service. If you are on a network, leave it alone.<br />
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DHCP Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service. If you are on a small workgroup, you can still increase boot time by configuring manual IP addresses (which I explore later in this chapter).<br />
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DNS Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service. If you are, leave it alone.<br />
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Error Reporting and Event Log: You don't have to use these services but they can be very helpful, so I would leave them configured as automatic.<br />
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Fax: If you don't use your computer for fax services, you can disable this one. Help and Support: If you never use the Windows XP<br />
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Help and Support Center (found on the Start menu), you can disable this service.<br />
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IMAPI CD-Burning COM: This service enables you to burn CDs on your computer. If you never burn CDs, you can disable the service.<br />
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Indexing Service: Your computer keeps an index of files but if you rarely search for files, the service is just a resource hog. You can stop it and turn the service to manual.<br />
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Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing: If you do not use these features, you can disable them.<br />
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Infrared Monitor: If you do not use infrared devices, you can disable this service.<br />
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Messenger: This service sends alert messages on a local area network (it is not the same as Windows Messenger). If you are not on a network, you can disable this service.<br />
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Print Spooler: If you do not do any printing from the computer, you can disable this service. If you print, make sure you leave it as automatic.<br />
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Remote Registry: This service allows remote users to modify the Registry on your computer. If you are not on a network, you can disable this service.<br />
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System Restore Service: This service allows you to use System Restore. If you have turned off System Restore anyway, you do not need to turn off the service. If you do, you turn off System Restore.<br />
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Themes: If you do not use themes, you can disable this service.<br />
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Windows Image Acquisition: If you do not use scanners or digital cameras, you can disable this service.<br />
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Wireless Zero Configuration: If do not use wireless networking devices, you can disable this service.<br />
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You may have a number of other automatic services, depending on software and other configurations on your computer. So it's a good idea to look through the services and learn more about them. If you double-click a service, a Properties dialog box appears<br />
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Notice that on the General tab, you see a Startup Type drop-down menu. If you want to change an automatic service to manual, select Manual here and click OK. As a general rule, don't disable a service unless you are sure you will never use it.<br />
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However, manual configuration allows the service to be started when you find it necessary, thus speeding up your boot time. However, before you change a service to manual, look at the Dependencies tab (see Figure 4-4). This tab shows you which other services depend upon the service you are considering changing.<br />
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Keep in mind that services are necessary for the vast functionality you get with Windows XP. Change only those services that you understand and do not use. How you use your Windows XP computer should be the best guide in terms of optional startup services.<br />
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Tip:<br />
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The Indexing service and the System Restore service take up a lot of disk space and system resources across the board.<br />
You can live without the Indexing service but I suggest that you keep using System Restore. It works great when you are in a bind and this is one case where the loss of speed may not be worth the ramifications of not using System Restore. Speed Tips and Tricks for Windows XP Startup Aside from startup programs, services, and the Prefetch folder, there are a number of other startup procedures and issues you can modify to help Windows XP start faster. The following sections explore those tips and tricks. Manual IP Addressing on Small Office/Home Networks Windows XP is configured to help you take care of networking. It uses the TCP/IP protocol for networking in workgroups, or what you might call small office or home networks that do not use a dedicated server. The problem is that automatic IP addressing can be slow. When your computer boots, it has to query the network to see what IP addresses are already in use and then assign itself one. If you want to speed up the boot time a bit, consider manually assigning IP addresses to all computers on the network. This way, the network computers do not have to worry about locating an automatic IP address. Because one is manually configured, the operating system doesn't have to spend time solving this problem. This isn't a networking book, however, so I won't delve into the implications of using a manual IP address, but if you are using a computer that functions as a host computer to the Internet (using Internet Connection Sharing [ICS]), you can get into connectivity problems if you change the configuration of the IP address. However, you can still work around this problem by starting with the ICS host computer. Select Start/Connect To/Show All Connections. Right-click your network adapter card and click Properties. On the General tab, select TCP/IP in the list of services and click the Properties button. In the TCP/IP properties, you can see if you use an automatic or manual IP address. In the example in Figure 4-5, I have configured a manual IP address of 90.0.0.1 and a default subnet mask. The other computers on my office network each use a different IP address in the same class, such as 90.0.0.2, 90.0.0.3, 90.0.0.4, and so on. This way, each computer has a permanent IP address, which helps increase boot time. Note that if you change the IP addresses of your computers, they must all use the same subnet mask. A default subject mask of 255.255.255.0 will keep you in good shape. Make sure you understand the implications of changing IP addresses on your network. If you have no networking experience at all, you may be wiser to leave the automatic IP addressing as is and try to gain some speed using the additional suggestions in this chapter. Disabling Recent Documents History Windows XP includes a feature that keeps track of all recent documents you have opened or used. The idea is that you can select Start/Recent Documents History and quickly reopen any document you have recently used. I use many documents each day and never use the feature myself. In my opinion, I can keep up with what I want to use without Windows XP doing it for me. The bad thing about Recent Documents History is that Windows XP has to calculate what should be put there each time you boot Windows, which can slow things down. So, if you never use the Recent Documents History, it's a good idea to disable it.<br />
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Here's how:<br />
1. Open the Registry Editor (select Start/Run, type regedit, and click OK).<br />
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.<br />
3. Create a NoRecentDocsHistory D_WORD key. Double-click the value to open it once it is created.<br />
4. Set the Data Value to 1 to enable the restriction.<br />
5. Click OK and close the Registry Editor. You'll need to restart the computer for the change to take effect. Disabling the Boot Logo You can remove the boot logo that appears when you start Windows XP. This little tweak probably shaves only a few seconds off your boot time but seconds count if you are serious about trying to get Windows XP up and running as quickly as possible. The only negative is that if you remove the boot logo, you will also not see any boot messages, such as check disk. (But if you are not having problems with your computer, this isn't such a big deal.)<br />
To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:<br />
1. Select Start/Run, type msconfig, and click OK.<br />
2. In the System Configuration Utility, click the BOOT.INI tab.<br />
3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click the NOGUIBOOT check box option. Click OK. Removing Unwanted Fonts One trick that increases your boot time a bit is to lose any fonts in the Fonts folder in Control Panel that you never use. The more fonts you have, the more processing Windows XP has to do to prep all of those fonts for use. You must be a bit careful here to not remove fonts that you might want, but there is a good chance that you can live without many of them. For instance, you may have foreign language fonts and other symbol fonts (such as Wingdings) that you never use. To delete unneeded fonts, follow these steps:<br />
1. Open the Fonts folder in Control Panel.<br />
2. Select Edit/Select All and then Edit/Copy.<br />
3. Create a new folder on your desktop, open it, and select Edit/Paste.<br />
4. In this new folder, delete any of the fonts you do not want.<br />
5. Return to the Fonts folder in Control Panel. Right-click the selected fonts and click Delete.<br />
6. Go back to your new desktop folder and click Edit/Select All.<br />
7. Return to your Fonts folder and click Edit/Paste. You now have only the desired fonts in the Fonts folder. Tip: You can directly delete fonts from the Fonts folder without creating the secondary folder. However, I recommend the preceding steps to help ensure that you do not make a mistake in the deletion process. Stopping Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop Sharing In Windows XP Professional, you have two remote networking features called Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop Sharing. These remote networking features are very helpful in a variety of situations but if you don't use them, it is good idea to disable them to save boot time. You can always enable them later if you want to use them. Note: If you are interested in using Remote Desktop or Remote Assistance, see my book Windows XP for Power Users: Power Pack published by John Wiley & Sons.<br />
1. Open the Start menu, right-click My Computer, and choose Properties.<br />
2. Click the Remote Tab.<br />
3. Clear both check boxes to disable Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop. Speeding Up the Dual-Boot Timeout If you dual-boot your computer with Windows XP and another operating system, you see an operating system selection menu on startup. If you typically boot into Windows XP and not the other operating system, you can speed up the dual-boot timeout value so that you do not wait so long for the boot process to select your default operating system and continue with the boot process. The default timeout value is 30 seconds but you can change this setting to 10. This gives you enough time to select the alternate operating system if you want but also speeds up the boot process. You can skip this section if you do not use a dual-boot configuration.<br />
Follow these steps:<br />
1. Locate the boot.ini file on your computer. It is a hidden file by default; mine is located in C:\boot.ini.<br />
2. Open the file with Notepad (which is what opens it by default).<br />
3. Change the Timeout value to 10 (see Figure 4-11).<br />
4. Select File/Save and close Notepad. Speeding Up Your PPPoE Connection If you use a Point-to-Point Protocol connection over Ethernet (PPPoE), you may notice a delay in using the PPPoE connection after startup. By default, there is a 120 second delay but you can stop this behavior by manually configuring an IP address for the network adapter card. If you do not use a PPPoE connection, you can skip this section.<br />
1. Select Start/Connect to/Show All Connections.<br />
2. Open the TCP/IP properties for your LAN network interface card.<br />
3. Manually set the IP address on the TCP/IP properties to an appropriate IP address and subnet mask for your network. Reducing the Wait Time When you start to shut down Windows XP, it has to quit, or "kill," any live applications or processes that are currently running. So close all applications first. However, some applications and processes are always running in the background. You can reduce the amount of time that Windows XP waits for those applications and processes to close before Windows XP kills them. Edit three different Registry settings to change this:<br />
1. Open the Registry Editor.<br />
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Select WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000.<br />
3. Select the HungAppTimeout value and set it to 1000 as well. 4<br />
. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. Set the WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000. Select the HungAppTimeout \newline value and set it to 1000 as well.<br />
5. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l. Select the WaitToKillServiceTimeout value and set it to 1000.<br />
6. Close the Registry Editor. Automatically Killing Tasks on Shutdown You know the drill. You start to shut down the computer, you wait a few moments, and then you see a dialog box asking if you want to kill an application or service that is running. Instead of prompting you, you can make Windows XP take care of the kill task automatically. Here's how:<br />
1. Open the Registry Editor.<br />
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.<br />
3. Highlight the value AutoEndTasks and change the value to 1.<br />
4. Close the Registry Editor.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-5890311005673712152010-12-27T06:21:00.003-08:002010-12-27T06:21:34.562-08:00Use pc as an alarmNow this is specially for the ones who are too lazy to get up even when the trust cellphone dies screeching its lungs out. Its pretty simple Creating the playlist create a playlist of your favourite songs in Winamp, WMP or any other player. Export the playlist as a M3U playlist. M3U is generally accepted by almost every player. Triggering the alarm point to start> programs >accessories > system tools >scheduled tasks Create a new task and choose program as windows media player or winamp (May work with others too but I haven't tried anything else) Choose "daily", Enter the time and choose "every day" at next screen. It would now ask for password (leave blank in case you don't have one) Right click on the newly created task and check the "run only if logged in" check box. In the properties. Append the path to the playlist you created in the "run" text box. It should now look like Code:<br />
Code:<br />
"D:\windows mediaplayer\wmplayer.exe"K:\Playlists\smoothies.m3uthe text inside quotes is my WMP's path. It may vary for you. The text after WMP's path is the one to the playlist. Click OK and you're done.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-77935110685265553052010-12-27T06:21:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:21:08.287-08:00prevent users from writing to usbThe following registry setting will prevent writing to usb in windows xp.<br />
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l Add a new key and name it "StorageDevicePolicies".<br />
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.<br />
Giving a value of "0" will allow to write againSUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-61839717878488219622010-12-27T06:20:00.001-08:002010-12-27T06:20:09.905-08:00background movieeeeeeeThis 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.)SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180400162821641254.post-35388746659049315942010-12-27T06:19:00.003-08:002010-12-27T06:19:49.136-08:00Remov shutdown buttonTo remove the shutdown button from the logon screen in WinXP and 2K, use regedit and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system change the value of the dword 'shutdownwithoutlogon' to '0'. exit regedit.SUniiE SiNgHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794231881315166198noreply@blogger.com0