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Some Cool XP Tricks...Part 2 2008-06-12 08:38:00 Webcam Timershot Lets you take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam connected to your computer and save them to a location that you designate.
HTML Slide Show Wizard: Helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital pictures, ready to place on your Web site.
Microsoft pulled Power Toys for WinXP to de-bug them, and re-released them on April 23, 2002. This time, these proggies
Some Cool XP Tricks...Part 1 2008-06-11 10:18:00 Activate Once Forever
Windows will require re-activation if several pieces of hardware are changed at one time. It makes sense to try to spread these installations out to avoid the hassle.
But what if the WinXP OS must be re-installed on the same system? To avoid having to re-activate, keep a copy of wpa.dbl from the System32 folder with your backups. Make sure to create a fresh copy with any
Start Your Computer Within a Second 2008-06-17 08:40:00 Does Your comp take a hell lot of time to start??Well, if the Answer is Yes then this is gonna really help you.Here I Will Tell You How To Speed Up Your Boot Process of Windows Xp.
1.Open Notepad and then copy/paste the following code in it :
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
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, Computer
, Second
How To Customise Your start Button 2008-06-17 08:36:00 How To Customise Your start Button
First you need a tool called "Resource Hacker". This free program allows you to change resources in any .exe file such as "Explorer.exe", which includes the [Start] button's Label. You can find "Resource Hacker" here:
Webpage:
Code:
LINK:
Code:
After you download it,
15 Top Windows XP secrets 2008-06-16 11:24:00 15 Top Windows
XP secrets
1. Useful key shortcuts available:
- Windows key + D - shows the desktop
- Windows key + M - minimizes all open windows
- Windows key + Shift + M - maximizes all open windows
- Windows key + E - Runs Windows Explorer
- Windows key + R - shows the RUN dialog
- Windows key + F - shows Search window
- Windows key + Break - shows System Properties box
- Windows key + TAB
Windows Secrets 2008-06-16 11:13:00 Important Note: Before you read on, you need to keep one thing in mind. Whenever you make changes to the Windows
Registry you need to Refresh it before the changes take place. Simply press F5 to refresh the registry and enable the changes. If this does not work Restart your system1) Disabling Display of Drives in My Computer :
This is yet another trick you can play on your geek friend. To Read more:Secrets
Some Cool XP Tricks...Part 3 2008-06-16 11:06:00 Those Nasty Balloon Tips
These things are like the neighbor's wind chimes; an annoyance foisted upon us against our will that only gets more irritating with time. The quick, easy method of disposal is with 'Group Policy Editor, above. No third-party software or registry hacking is necessary. Choose' Disable Balloon Tips' and breathe a sigh of relief. Too bad there's no 'Delete' button for
Hide File in a Image 2008-06-18 08:32:00 Hide File in a Image
1. Gather the file you wish to bind, and the image file, and place them in a folder. For the sake of this demonstration, I will be using C:\New Folder
-The image will hereby be referred to in all examples as fluffy.jpg
-The file will hereby be referred to in all examples as New Text Document.txt
2. Add the file/files you will be injecting into the image into a WinRar .rar
Commands for the Windows XP 2008-06-18 07:57:00 Commands for the Windows
XP
Application = Command
Accessibility Controls = access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard = hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs = appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools = control admintools
Automatic Updates = wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard = fsquirt
Calculator = calc
Certificate Manager = certmgr.msc....
Character Map = charmap
Check Disk Utility = chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer = Read more:Commands
Hidden User Account...Administrator 2008-06-22 09:09:00 Hidden User Account
...Administrator
It is hardly used coz u know your password...
It works for Windows XP Professional...(dunno if it works for other OS)
If u dont know the password or forgotten...
At the Logon screen(ie whr u have multiple user account or a user account having password)
Press Alt+Ctrl+Del (2 Times)
You will get a seperate window...
Write
User : Administrator
Password : ( Read more:Hidden
FAT or NTFS 2008-06-22 09:06:00 FAT or NTFS
NTFS or not to NTFS that is the question. But unlike the deeper questions of life, this one isn't really all that hard to answer. For most users running Windows XP, NTFS is the obvious choice. It's more powerful and offers security advantages not found in the other file systems. But let's go over the differences among the files systems so we're all clear about the choice. There are
Different ways to shutdown your pc 2008-06-22 09:02:00 Different ways to shutdown your pc
Different ways to shutdown ur pc
There are so many different ways to turn off your Windows XP computer, let's look at some of them:..
1. The standard approach - click the Start Button with your mouse, then select the Turn Off menu and finally click the Turn Off icon on the Turn Off computer dialog. blink.gif
2. Press Ctrl+Esc key or the Win key and press
Make Your Windows Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 7 2008-06-21 11:49:00 FREE UP MEMORY
I found this useful app via FixMyXP. ClearMem Is an Excellent Tool for speeding up your XP Computer (especially if your system has been on for awhile and you have a lot of applications open). What it does, is it Forces pages out of physical memory and reduces the size of running processes if working sets to a minimum. When you run this tool, the system pauses because of excessive Read more:Windows
Make Your Windows Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 6 2008-06-21 11:43:00 IMPROVE XP SHUTDOWN SPEED
This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.
Go to Start then select Run
Type 'Regedit' and click ok
Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'
Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'...
Now select 'HungAppTimeout Read more:Windows
Make Your Windows Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 5 2008-06-21 11:36:00 IMPROVE BOOT TIMES
A great new feature in Microsoft Windows
XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option in enables but on some builds it is not so below is how to turn it on.
Go to Start Menu and Click Run
Type in "Regedit" then click ok
Find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\M
Make Your Windows Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 4 2008-06-21 11:29:00 TURN OFF SYSTEM RESTORE
System Restore can be a useful if your computer is having problems, however storing all the restore points can literally take up Gigabytes of space on your hard drive. To turn off System Restore:
Open Control Panel
Click on Performance and Maintenance
Click on System
Click on the System Restore tab
Tick 'Turn off System Restore on All Drives'
Click 'Ok'
DEFRAGMENT Read more:Windows
Make Your Windows Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 3 2008-06-20 09:54:00 RUN BOOTVIS - IMPROVE BOOT TIMES
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BootVis will significantly improve boot times
1. Download and Run
2. Select Trace
3. Select Next Boot and Driver Trace
4. A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and Reboot
5. Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and log your system's boot process. When it's done, in the menu go to Trace Read more:Windows
Make Your Windows Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 2 2008-06-20 09:45:00 SPEEDUP FOLDER BROWSING
You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows
XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:
1. Open My Computer
2. Click on Tools menu
3. Click on Folder Options
4. Click on the View tab
Make Your Windows Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 1 2008-06-20 09:37:00 Make Your Windows
Xp Run Faster Than Never Before Part 1
DISABLE INDEXING SERVICES
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search
Delete an Undeletable File 2008-06-19 07:58:00 Delete an Undeletable File
Sometimes files can become corrupt, in which case Windows XP prevents you
from deleting them and displays an error message that says the files cannot be
deleted because they are currently in use. Even if you reboot your computer and
try to delete the files again, usually you see the same error message.To force
Windows to delete the files, try the following steps...
Close an Unresponsive Program 2008-06-19 07:42:00 Close an Unresponsive Program
Occasionally, a program may throw the digital equivalent of a
temper tantrum and refuse to close.When that happens, you
can force it to shut down by using the Task Manager, as follows:...
1. Simultaneously press the Ctrl, Alt, and Delete keys
on your keyboard, which opens the Windows Task
Manager. (However, if your version of Windows is
configured differently, Read more:Close
Prevent Windows Messenger from Starting Automatically 2008-07-06 08:01:00 Windows Messenger
starts automatically by default, but you can
change this behavior.
Windows Messenger is the messaging utility that ships with Windows XP.
By default, it starts automatically when you boot your computer. If you prefer
MSN Messenger or another messaging program, or if you don’t do any instant
messaging, you’ll want to stop Windows Messenger from booting.
The way in which you Read more:Windows
, Automatically
Automate Everything You Can 2008-07-06 07:57:00 Enable autologon to increase bootup performance.
If you are the only one who uses your computer and it’s located in
a secure area, there’s no reason to continue wasting time entering your
password or selecting your name from the Welcome screen each time you
want to log on.
To enable autologon and bypass XP’s prompt to enter a username and
password, perform the following steps:
1. Click S Read more:Everything
Sweep Out the System Tray 2008-07-06 07:52:00 The System
Tray offers icons detailing what is running in the
background while you work; removing as many as possible will
increase performance.
The System Tray, more recently referred to by Microsoft as the Notification
Area, is located on the right side of the Taskbar, the long rectangular box
usually found at the bottom of your screen. The System Tray offers icons
that detail what Read more:Sweep
Build a Startup Screen from Any Graphic 2008-07-05 09:15:00 So far this hack has shown you how to use a startup screen that someone else built. But you're not limited to that; you can turn any graphic into a startup screen, using BootXP (downloadable from ). It's shareware and free to try, but it costs $7.95 if you decide to keep using it.
The program will convert graphics from many different formats to a bootscreen graphic, use it Read more:Build
, Startup
, Graphic
Choose from Multiple Splash Screens on Startup 2008-07-05 09:13:00 Depending on my mood, I might not want to be greeted by huskies every morning. There are times when I want to be greeted by the normal startup screen, and other times when I want to see Andy Warhol's famous painting of Marilyn Monroe, or Al Pacino from the movie Scarface, all available from So I've made a startup menu that lets me choose which graphic should be my startup Read more:Startup
, Multiple
, Splash
Change the Picture that Appears on the XP Startup Screen 2008-07-05 09:06:00 You're not stuck with XP's default splash logo on the startup screen—use any picture or logo of your choosing.
One of the nice things about XP is how malleable it is. Don't like the way it looks? No problem—change it. Take my splash screen, please!
Many people, myself included, would prefer to see a more interesting splash screen (also called the startup screen) than the default gives you on Read more:Change
, Startup
, Picture
, Appears
Restore Windows to a Healthy State 2008-07-02 10:56:00 In a pinch, the Windows
XP System Restore
feature is a reliable way to recover
from a software crisis. In a sense, System Restore sends your computer back in
time to a day when it was working properly. If Windows seems like it is undergoing
a complete meltdown, try restoring it back to a healthy state, as follows:
1. Click the Start button in the lower-left corner of Windows.
2. Click All Read more:State
Delete videos with the file extension .avi 2008-07-02 10:50:00 1. Click the Start button in the lower-left corner of Windows.
2. Click the Run button.
3. A window opens.Type regedit in the blank, and then click the OK
button or press the Enter key.
4. Click the OK button or press the Enter key.
5. The Windows Registry Editor opens. In the left window pane, doubleclick
the registry key labeled HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. If you
can’t find it, do the following Read more:videos
How To Boot Windows XP Fast 2008-07-01 09:17:00 Follow the following steps:
1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows
Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the
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