Windows XP Top Secrets

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 whole enchilada 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 - Go fini taskbar applications


- Windows key + PAUSE Display the System Properties dialog box
- Windows key + U Unlatched Lift Executive
- ALT + TAB - Cycle through opened applications
- Hold down CTRL while dragging an item to Copy it
- CTRL + ESC Exhibition the Inauguration menu
- ALT + ENTER View the properties for the selected item
- F4 key Display the Address bar list leadership My Computer or
- NUM LOCK + Asterisk ( * ) Expo all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder

2. Pair Windows to protect computer
You can melt Windows to protect the computer when leaving the station succulent by creating a scheme with the corridor rundll32. exeuser32. dll, LockWorkStation. The Windows key + L is also a shortcut to this feature.

3. Edit sysoc. inf to list all software
To show thoroughgoing software that can be removed from your computer ( including protected Windows services ), you can manually edit ( using notepad for model ) the sysoc. inf file located in Windows \ inf \. Just remove the word hide next to the software bring.
* Note * - use this at your own risk. Removing critical components of the system will make Windows instable.

4. Windows XP comes with IPv4 and IPv6
Windows XP comes both IPv4 and IPv6 support. To enable IPv6, you can originate the protocols needed with the command " ipv6 install " in the command - prompt. Then type ipv6 /? to see the options. The installation will not remove the IPv4 protocols so your stock configuration will still work.

5. Access Task Manager with shortcut
To access the Task Manager easier, you answerability make a shortcut that points to % windir % \ system32 \ taskmgr. exe.

6. Stop treating ZIP files like Folders
If you don't want your Windows XP to treat ZIP files like folders, you can disable this component by lofty regsvr32 / u zipfldr. dll at the command prompt or Run dialog. If you start missing it, you encumbrance enable solid by typing regsvr32 zipfldr. dll.

7. Run program as diffrent user
You obligation run a program as a different user. Moral click an application and select Run As command.

8. Switch users leaving applications opened
You can switch users leaving the applications opened too ( * NOTE * advantage this only when needed since live could lead to system instability ).
Snap to Task Manager - processes and end the process explorer. exe. This will end only your session and not all applications. Then go to Applications tab, click New task and type runas / user: domainname \ username explorer. exe. A password prompt will appear to login to the desired username. The user's session will start, with all your previously applications running.
I recommend to unlatched first a command - line prompt and type runas /? to see uncut the options available.

9. Rename multiple files in Windows at once
Rename multiple files in Windows at once. Select them all, right click and select Rename. Enter the desired name. They will mean renamed using what you specified, with a number in brackets to distinguish them.

10. Task kill feature in Windows
Windows has a task kill feature similar to Linux. Go to a command prompt and drop the power tasklist to see running processes hole up PID numbers. Then type tskill to end the specific task. This forces an instant closing of the chore.

11. Edit features with GPEDIT. MSC
You can edit many features by running gpedit. msc. You can add ledger on / observation off scripts here and many features.

12. Edit accounts weight the command prompt
You can edit accounts by gangling " control userpasswords2 " at the command prompt.

13. Use systeminfo. exe to see System Information
You can habit the systeminfo. exe command in the command prompt to see System Information, including all Windows updates besides hotfixes.

14. Disable system services for maximum performance
There are system services that you can disable to free unfolding the system's load. To access the interface that permits you to make changes to system's services, standing services. msc and the command prompt.
This is a list of services that are * usually * useless and can be safely disabled.
Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service,
Application Management
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer
Clipbook
Distributed Fasten Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinater
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
IMAPI CD - Relucent
Indexing Benefit
IPSEC Services
Messenger
Net Logon
Net Meeting
Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Portable Media Serial Numeral
Remote Desktop Help Session Executive
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Smartcard
SSDP Discovery Service
Uninterruptible Power Vouchsafe
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Webclient
Wireless Zero Framework
WMI Performance Adaptor

* NOTE *: Make sure you don't need them since some applications you're using could depend on them. If you make any application to fail by disabling any of the services, go back and enable unaffected again.

15. Keep up Windows XP by using the XP installation CD
If your system failes to start due to an error related to missing HAL. DLL, invalid Boot. ini or any other critical system boot files you can repair this by using the XP installation Video. Simply boot from your XP Setup CD and allow for the Recovery Console. Then run " attrib - H - R - S " on the C: \ Boot. ini file and delete it. Run " Bootcfg / Rebuild " and then Fixboot.

Administrator user name at XP start up screen

To get Admin account on the "Welcome Screen" as well as the other usernames, make sure that there are no accounts logged in.

Press "ctrl-alt-del" twice and you should be able to login as administrator!

finally worked for me after i found out that all accounts have to be logged out first

How To Rename The Recycle Bin

Rename The Recycle Bin

1. Click Start / Run
2. Type regedit and press enter.
3. Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder
4. Open the CLSID folder
5. Open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder
6. Open the ShellFolder folder
7. Change the "Attributes" data value from "40 01 00 20" to "50 01 00 20". Once completed change the "CallForAttributes" dword value to "0x00000000" (double-click and change value data to 0). You must change both of these values to get the rename to appear.

How To Make Windows XP Boot Faster

Make Windows XP Boot Faster


STEP 1: Select Start > Run then type 'regedit'

STEP 2: Locate the following registry...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters

STEP 3: Make sure you make a backup of the key before editing.

STEP 4: On the EnablePrefetcher value, change the setting from 3 to 5 (decimal).

STEP 5: Close the registry editor.

STEP 6: Restart your computer.
you can see Changes

Get Recover Folder Option from tools menu

If you open My Computer or Windows Explorer there is a menu item called Folder Options under the Tools menu. You may find that you do not have this option or did have it and it disappeared. There is a method you can try to get it back

Go to Start, Run then type in regedit and click Ok.
Browse to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \ Policies\ Explorer

Find the NoFolderOptions key and change the vaule to 0 assuming you have this registry key.

Cool background Tutorial

I will show you how to create a simple and nice background effect.
Let's start with a new document with a black background (size 600 x 600 pixels)

Then press D on your keyboard to reset your colors,
And then X to swap them.




And start creating some random lines like in the following image:



Go to Filter > blur > Radial blur and use the following settings:



After that go to Filter > stylize > Find edges

One more time go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur und use the same settings as above

Next press on CTRL+I ( this will invert your colors )

This is result:


After that press on CTRL+U ( This will open Hue / Saturation window )
Use the following settings:



And we are ready. this is my result

How to Convert AVI to DVD

Ok, so you've got this downloaded AVI (DiVX, XViD) movie and you want to watch it on your TV, but you dont have a DiVX DVD Player. I am going to show you how to convert this AVI movie to a DVDISO image with minimal to no quality loss of the movie file.
Tools Needed:




Tools Needed:
-AVI2DVD (here)
-CCE SP v2.67.00.27 (Search Torrents, found mine on ISOHUNT)
-DVD Decrypter (here) -DVD Burner

Step One: Install all software listed above.

Step Two: Start up AVI2DVD and load .AVI file.


Step Three: Choose Output

Here is where you choose the format you want the video to be encoded into.(VCD,SVCD,DVD5,DVD9) Here we are going to choose DVD-5.



Step Four: Choose Encoder

This is the step where we choos the encoder we wish to use to convert our files. (1)When you get to this step Click Locate CCE and browse for the CCE SP exe file and click Open. Verify that the bar above the passes box is Green and says CCE Found! If it says this your all set.

The amount of passes you use is completely up to you, I recommend using 5 or more passes if video is under 100 mins. 6 or more for anything over 100 mins. The more passes the better quality DVD you will get. Maximum passes allowed is 9.



Step Five: Enocding Time!

This is the longest step in the whole process. Time for full encode depends on how many passes you chose. Each pass takes about an hour.

Clcik Add Job, in the box right under that button, Job Queue, Job 1: (filname) should have appeared. Now clcik the GO !!! button. After clicking GO !!! a box like this will appear:



Click Proceed. After clicking Proceed 2 Command Prompt Boxes will appear after a while (usually 30 to 60 seconds after) that look similar to this:


DO NOT close them, they are encoding the audio to AC3 format for use on the DVD. (The box pictured is the first one to appear. after that one goes away the second one comes up). After the second dialog box disappears this should come up:



Click Apply Then Click OK. After clicking OK you should get:


This box will be up for a while...so sit back, relax and let it do its job. First it will do an INFO pass, then it will do the number of video passes you chose.

After the last encoding pass finishes, these next four command prompt boxes show up one at a time:






After those are all gone and your back to the AVI2DVD screen you're done for this step!!

Step Six: Burning the ISO

The last step....your almost there.

Open DVD Decrypter.

Clcik Mode > ISO > Write and you should get:


Now just follow the instructions in the pic above, and when its done burning, congratulations! your done!

Now just pop the DVD in your player sit back and enjoy.

Some images were automatically scaled down. Just click the image to see full size!

How to find Current hour and date using Notepad

In this tutorial i will show you a trick found in Notepad.


First of all enter Notepad
(start->run->notepad or right click on the desktop New->Text Document).
Then type ".LOG"(without "")

Afterwards name the document "docname" and save it.
Close Notepad and enter the saved document.
You will see the current hour and date.

How to Change the browser's title

This trick helps you to change the browser’s name Internet Explorer. That means after Microsoft Internet Explorer
also write "provided by "something"", for example I wrote "provided by SACHIN ;)".



Try the following steps

1. Click on START->Run->you have to write here gpedit.msc.
2. Click on User Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Internet Explorer Maintenance -> Browser User Interface
3. Right click on Browser Title,and now click on Proprieties.
4. Now make sure that Customize Title Bars also in the dial Title Bar Text and we write anything we want, for example I wrote SACHIN ;) to show me like this:
5. Now we click on OK,and we enter Internet Explorer to see the result.

Your Home Page Nevr Being Changed

Your Home Page Nevr Being Changed

Some websites illegally modify your registry editor and set their website as default home page, for stop this,
1. Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop and select "Properties".

2. In the "Target" box you will see "C:\Program Files\Internet

Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE".

3. Now by adding the URL of the site to the end of this it overrides any
Homepage setting in internet options:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" how-2-do.blogspot.com

How To Fix Corrupt Files

Large downloads often seem to become corrupted due to one or more of the following reasons:

* Bug in the download manager.
* Bad proxy server.
* Bad web server.
* Problems with your own computer.

Re-downloading corrupted files, specially those sized over 500 MB are really painful for most of us. And there is no guarantee that the re-downloaded file will be free of corruption as far as you are using the same configuration.


In such cases, its best to fix them manually instead of downloading again. The whole process is very simple, but requries enough concentration. Once you have mastered it, you will never have to worry about corrupted files.

Tools Required:

* WinHex
* CURL

Steps required in brief:

* Make a backup copy of the corrupted file and open it with WinHex.
* Identify corrupted segments. Large sequences of zeros are all we have to search for in most cases.
* Re-download the corrupted segments with CURL.
* Write the retrieved data on appropiate offsets.

Step-by-step example:
Let us assume that we have a corrupted file named corrupted.rar. We open it WinHex, and do the following things:

* Switch the offset representation from hex to decimal by clicking once on the offset area

Now we search for corrupted segments. Most of the time they will be sequences of zeros. As we can see from the first bytes of the opened file, it's a rar file. Files we download over the Internet are mostly compressed formats. By design, a fresh file should not contain sequences of zeros or other repeating bytes after the header part. So, we scroll a few pages down.


Now we start searching for such sequences with CTRL+ALT+F.




The search takes us to a place where we can see some zeros and repeating bytes. Surely this is one of the corrupted segments.



So, now we have to download the missing data using CURL. It's always a good idea to retrieve the data with some margin. In our case, we get the bytes from 01094304 to 01094512 in order to cover the screenshot size. In real case it should be even higher. So, we start command prompt and issue the command "curl -r 1094304-1094512 http://badserver.com/mygoodfile.rar -o 01094304.bin" to download the mentioned segment of the original file, and save it to a file named 01094304.bin. For details, curl manual can help. After it's done, curl will terminate and we will have our file 01094304.bin right inside CURL's folder.



# Now we open the downloaded segment 01094304.bin with WinHex.
# Copy the whole file with CTRL+A -> CTRL+C.



Switch back to our corrupted file and go to the starting offset of our retrieved segment. CTRL+G -> 01094304



Now press CTRL+B to write the copied data over this offset. It is very important to determine correct offset. One offset left or right can ruin everything. Our retrieved segment starts with 18 1E BD 3D, and the offset we are going to write here also starts with 18 1E BD 3D.



* After we are done, we save the file using CTRL+S. For larger files, it is better to switch the edit mode to in-place mode. F6 -> In-place mode.

Now we can see that the corrupted part has been filled with original data, and it's fixed. In this example we had only of such segment. But in real cases, there might be several segments like this. In that case the whole procedure is to be repeated for each corrupted segment. Also note that, the length of zero sequences to find for can be chosen to be smaller or larger than the length used here.

How to recover MOST of Scratched CD data discs

I learn an old thecnique to how to recover damaged or scratched disks
with some lost of data. In this case i have one borrowed game - MAX PAYNE 2
with a chunck of 4 mb lost with a scratch in CD1 Install. Here we cover some
special thecniques of how to create a full working CD from the scratched one.

First some tools will be needed:

1. Alcohol 120%
2. UltraISO
3. Windows XP/2000 (not tested on 95/98/me)
3. Small piece of cotton
4. Dry cleaner paper
5. Finally, oil for cooking.

First step - preparing the CD

Get the cotton and drop some water, start cleaning vertically the surface of CD.
Do it 3 times and dry the water with a piece of dry cleaner paper. With a new piece
of cotton, drop some oil for cooking and start to wet the surface like you are
washing the CD with the oil. Dry carefully now. Some particles of oil will stay on the
microsurface of the scrath. It's okay. Seems the oil helps the laser of the CD/DVD driver
to read the surface again. Sure this will work with small unreadable scratchs - some hard
scratchs loose parts of the surface of the CD where we have data and it's lost forever.
But if it is loosed try anyway. Whith this tip 80% of the small scratched CD's coud be
recovered.

Second Step - testing the CD

With Alcohol 120% make an ISO - image making wizard - and lets see if the app can
read the loosed surface. In my case Alcohol 120% had recovered 60% of the data.
This is not enough. Have tryed other appz, they do not recover all the data. But the
CD/DVD driver laser CAN recover all data in this case. the data is still there, what we do?

Third step - making the new CD

With the main copy system of windows explorer you can do it. Just create one folder
with the same name of the CD label for future burn reference, and copy the CD content
to the folder. When the CD copy process find the scratch, in majority of the cases, it's
slow down the reading and will recover ALL loosed data.If not, it just tell you there's
an unreadable sector. In this case your CD is lost. But it's not my case, finally
windows explorer got all the data from the scratch and made a copy in the folder.
with the ultraISO, wrote the original CD label, drop the content of the folder and
save as Iso. You can Test the new CD just mounting the iso in the Alcohol 120%. In my
case i did ISO of the two discs from MAX PAYNE 2 and tested installing from the mounted
ISO. Works like a charm. I got the 4 mb lost again. So, I have burned the CD and now i
have a working copy from the scratched one.

Sounds too bizzarre, but works. Course you can jump the cleaning process and try to copy
the content with Windows explorer. But in my case did not work without oil...

23 Ways To Speed WinXP

Since defragging the disk won't do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers' PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing.

1.) To decrease a system's boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer.

2.) If a PC has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can dramatically improve system performance.

3.) Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system. If you're not sure, here's how to check: First, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Next, examine the File System type; if it says FAT32, then back-up any important data. Next, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the prompt, type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS and press the Enter key. This process may take a while; it's important that the computer be uninterrupted and virus-free. The file system used by the bootable drive will be either FAT32 or NTFS. I highly recommend NTFS for its superior security, reliability, and efficiency with larger disk drives.

4.) Disable file indexing. The indexing service extracts information from documents and other files on the hard drive and creates a "searchable keyword index." As you can imagine, this process can be quite taxing on any system.

The idea is that the user can search for a word, phrase, or property inside a document, should they have hundreds or thousands of documents and not know the file name of the document they want. Windows XP's built-in search functionality can still perform these kinds of searches without the Indexing service. It just takes longer. The OS has to open each file at the time of the request to help find what the user is looking for.

Most people never need this feature of search. Those who do are typically in a large corporate environment where thousands of documents are located on at least one server. But if you're a typical system builder, most of your clients are small and medium businesses. And if your clients have no need for this search feature, I recommend disabling it.

Here's how: First, double-click the My Computer icon. Next, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching." Next, apply changes to "C: subfolders and files," and click OK. If a warning or error message appears (such as "Access is denied"), click the Ignore All button.

5.) Update the PC's video and motherboard chipset drivers. Also, update and configure the BIOS. For more information on how to configure your BIOS properly, see this article on my site.

6.) Empty the Windows Prefetch folder every three months or so. Windows XP can "prefetch" portions of data and applications that are used frequently. This makes processes appear to load faster when called upon by the user. That's fine. But over time, the prefetch folder may become overloaded with references to files and applications no longer in use. When that happens, Windows XP is wasting time, and slowing system performance, by pre-loading them. Nothing critical is in this folder, and the entire contents are safe to delete.

7.) Once a month, run a disk cleanup. Here's how: Double-click the My Computer icon. Then right-click on the C: drive and select Properties. Click the Disk Cleanup button -- it's just to the right of the Capacity pie graph -- and delete all temporary files.

8.) In your Device Manager, double-click on the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers device, and ensure that DMA is enabled for each drive you have connected to the Primary and Secondary controller. Do this by double-clicking on Primary IDE Channel. Then click the Advanced Settings tab. Ensure the Transfer Mode is set to "DMA if available" for both Device 0 and Device 1. Then repeat this process with the Secondary IDE Channel.

9.) Upgrade the cabling. As hard-drive technology improves, the cabling requirements to achieve these performance boosts have become more stringent. Be sure to use 80-wire Ultra-133 cables on all of your IDE devices with the connectors properly assigned to the matching Master/Slave/Motherboard sockets. A single device must be at the end of the cable; connecting a single drive to the middle connector on a ribbon cable will cause signaling problems. With Ultra DMA hard drives, these signaling problems will prevent the drive from performing at its maximum potential. Also, because these cables inherently support "cable select," the location of each drive on the cable is important. For these reasons, the cable is designed so drive positioning is explicitly clear.

10.) Remove all spyware from the computer. Use free programs such as AdAware by Lavasoft or SpyBot Search & Destroy. Once these programs are installed, be sure to check for and download any updates before starting your search. Anything either program finds can be safely removed. Any free software that requires spyware to run will no longer function once the spyware portion has been removed; if your customer really wants the program even though it contains spyware, simply reinstall it. For more information on removing Spyware visit this Web Pro News page.

11.) Remove any unnecessary programs and/or items from Windows Startup routine using the MSCONFIG utility. Here's how: First, click Start, click Run, type MSCONFIG, and click OK. Click the StartUp tab, then uncheck any items you don't want to start when Windows starts. Unsure what some items are? Visit the WinTasks Process Library. It contains known system processes, applications, as well as spyware references and explanations. Or quickly identify them by searching for the filenames using Google or another Web search engine.

12.) Remove any unnecessary or unused programs from the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel.

13.) Turn off any and all unnecessary animations, and disable active desktop. In fact, for optimal performance, turn off all animations. Windows XP offers many different settings in this area. Here's how to do it: First click on the System icon in the Control Panel. Next, click on the Advanced tab. Select the Settings button located under Performance. Feel free to play around with the options offered here, as nothing you can change will alter the reliability of the computer -- only its responsiveness.

14.) If your customer is an advanced user who is comfortable editing their registry, try some of the performance registry tweaks offered at Tweak XP.

15.) Visit Microsoft's Windows update site regularly, and download all updates labeled Critical. Download any optional updates at your discretion.

16.) Update the customer's anti-virus software on a weekly, even daily, basis. Make sure they have only one anti-virus software package installed. Mixing anti-virus software is a sure way to spell disaster for performance and reliability.

17.) Make sure the customer has fewer than 500 type fonts installed on their computer. The more fonts they have, the slower the system will become. While Windows XP handles fonts much more efficiently than did the previous versions of Windows, too many fonts -- that is, anything over 500 -- will noticeably tax the system.

18.) Do not partition the hard drive. Windows XP's NTFS file system runs more efficiently on one large partition. The data is no safer on a separate partition, and a reformat is never necessary to reinstall an operating system. The same excuses people offer for using partitions apply to using a folder instead. For example, instead of putting all your data on the D: drive, put it in a folder called "D drive." You'll achieve the same organizational benefits that a separate partition offers, but without the degradation in system performance. Also, your free space won't be limited by the size of the partition; instead, it will be limited by the size of the entire hard drive. This means you won't need to resize any partitions, ever. That task can be time-consuming and also can result in lost data.

19.) Check the system's RAM to ensure it is operating properly. I recommend using a free program called MemTest86. The download will make a bootable CD or diskette (your choice), which will run 10 extensive tests on the PC's memory automatically after you boot to the disk you created. Allow all tests to run until at least three passes of the 10 tests are completed. If the program encounters any errors, turn off and unplug the computer, remove a stick of memory (assuming you have more than one), and run the test again. Remember, bad memory cannot be repaired, but only replaced.

20.) If the PC has a CD or DVD recorder, check the drive manufacturer's Web site for updated firmware. In some cases you'll be able to upgrade the recorder to a faster speed. Best of all, it's free.

21.) Disable unnecessary services. Windows XP loads a lot of services that your customer most likely does not need. To determine which services you can disable for your client, visit the Black Viper site for Windows XP configurations.

22.) If you're sick of a single Windows Explorer window crashing and then taking the rest of your OS down with it, then follow this tip: open My Computer, click on Tools, then Folder Options. Now click on the View tab. Scroll down to "Launch folder windows in a separate process," and enable this option. You'll have to reboot your machine for this option to take effect.

23.) At least once a year, open the computer's cases and blow out all the dust and debris. While you're in there, check that all the fans are turning properly. Also inspect the motherboard capacitors for bulging or leaks. For more information on this leaking-capacitor phenomena, you can read numerous articles on my site.


Following any of these suggestions should result in noticeable improvements to the performance and reliability of your customers' computers. If you still want to defrag a disk, remember that the main benefit will be to make your data more retrievable in the event of a crashed drive.

How To Disable The Send Error Report, to Microsoft

To disable the stupid feature in WinXP which tries to send a report to microsoft every time a program crashes you will have to do this:

Open Control Panel
Click on Preformance and Maintenance.
Click on System.
Then click on the Advanced tab
Click on the error reporting button on the bottom of the windows.
Select Disable error reporting.
Click OK
Done !!!

Copy to & Move to Option

You can add "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the context menu...

So when you right click on the file or folder it have option to copy or move it to another folder...


Start by launching RegEdit from the Start menu's Run dialog. Navigate to the key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex
\ContextMenuHandlers.

*Right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers entry and from the menu, select New | Key.
*Name the new key Copy To.
*Double-click on the (Default) value in the right-hand pane and set its data to {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}. Click on OK
*Then right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers key and create another new key, naming this one Move To. Set the (Default) value for this one to {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}.
*Click on OK and close the Registry Editor.

How to make folders 'Invisible'

How to make folders 'Invisible'

First off create a new folder (right click - new - folder), you can put the new folder any where but i chose to put it on my desktop.



Next, rename the folder.. hold the alt key while you type 0160. You must press the number on the numpad...i think thats what its called. You should end up with a folder with no name.

Now you are going to have to change the icon. Right click the folder and click properties then click the customise button up top and you should come to a screen like this.


Click on the 'Change icon' button down the bottom. Scroll across until you come across a blank picture. Click that then click 'Ok'


There you have it, store your secret stuff in there. (homework, assignments etc). To find it again just highlight your whole screen until you see this

File Extension Renamer batch file

File Extension Renamer batch file
You all downloaded some game or app once that was 50 parts big, and you had to rename them all from .bmp to .rar to extract them.


You can easily create a batch file that does that for you.

Open Notepad

write the CODE in the notepad:
ren *.bmp *.rar
Ofcourse, you have to edit these two extensions to fit the files you want to convert. Save this file as renamer.bat and run it in the directory where you want to rename your downloads.

Listening music in BIOS

In this tuturial, it will show you how you are able to listen any kinds of music on the PC without booting into the Operating System. This means how you are able to listen your music in the BIOS.


Tutorial Introduction & Background & Facts

I know that people are enjoying their music. They always need to boot into the Operating System in order for them to be able to listen their favorite music on the PC. But what if I don't boot into the OS, is it still possible to listen the music on the PC? From now on, the answer is that depends on the motherboard. Therefore, if you have the motherboard that supports that feature, you are able to listen and enjoy your favorite music without first booting into the Operating System. Booting the Operating System takes a time to load.

The feature that allows you to be able to listen and enjoy your favorite music through the BIOS is Instant Music. It is part of the BIOS feature. Unfortunately, Instant Music is only introduced on some of the Asus Motherboards.

Pre-requites Tools

* An Asus Motherboard that supports either Instant Music or Instant Music Lite
(Check your mobo manual to see if it offers that feature. If your mobo manual doesn't mention about the Instant Music, this means your mobo is not supported with Instant Music feature. Therefore, you are not able to listen the music without first booting into the Operating System.)

Terminology & Explanation

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Implementation

Once you check your mobo manual, if the manual did mention about Instant Music, this means your mobo is supported the Instant Music feature. Therefore, you are able to listen your favorite music through the BIOS instead of Windows. Remember, Instant Music is part of the Asus mobo feature; therefore, it only offers on some of the Asus motherboard.

The following procedure guides you how you are able to the music in the BIOS using Instant Music. In order to make the Instant Music working, be sure that you have and did the followings:

* Optical Drive (ie: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.)
* Internal CD Audio Cable (connects from optical drive and plug into the CD-In port onto the sound card
* Be sure that you are using on-board sound card. Otherwise the Instant Music feature will not work
* Be sure that you are using PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse

Once you got all of the above things ready and setup, you can continue on the next procedure.

1.1) Go to the mobo BIOS setting

1.2) Go to the Advanced menu, and scroll down until you see the Instant Music word

1.3) Hightlight Instant Music and set it to Enable

Note: If the BIOS detects that there are more than 1 optical drive on your system, you will be able to see the Instant Music CDROM setting. This setting allows you to specify which CD-ROM (or other optical drive) to use to listen the music.

1.4) After you done that, save the BIOS setting and exit.

The Instant Music should be enable, and your system should be in Instant Music mode. Once you are in that mode, you are able to listen your favorite music.

Benefical

Instant Music feature allows you to listen and enjoy the favorite music without first booting the OS. Listening the music in the BIOS doesn't require the sound driver. Unlike the OS, it needs the sound card driver to load in order to produce the sound and the music. Therefore, listening the music in the BIOS saves a lot of system resources.

How To Change Your IP In Less Then 1 Minute

Here you can change your IP Address in Just one Min

1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen
2. Click on "Run"
3. Type in "command" and hit ok

You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.

4. Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter"
5. Type "exit" and leave the prompt
6. Right-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places" on your desktop.
7. Click on "properties"

You should now be on a screen with something titled "Local Area Connection", or something close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.

8. Right click on "Local Area Connection" and click "properties"
9. Double-click on the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list under the "General" tab
10. Click on "Use the following IP address" under the "General" tab
11. Create an IP address (It doesn't matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).
12. Press "Tab" and it should automatically fill in the "Subnet Mask" section with default numbers.
13. Hit the "Ok" button here
14. Hit the "Ok" button again

You should now be back to the "Local Area Connection" screen.

15. Right-click back on "Local Area Connection" and go to properties again.
16. Go back to the "TCP/IP" settings
17. This time, select "Obtain an IP address automatically"
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19. Hit "Ok" again
20. You now have a new IP address

With a little practice, you can easily get this process down to 15 seconds.

NOTE:
This only changes your dynamic IP address, not your ISP/IP address. If you plan on hacking a website with this trick be extremely careful, because if they try a little, they can trace it back

How to Unlocking WinXP's setupp.ini

WinXP's setupp.ini controls how the CD acts. IE is it an OEM version or retail? First, find your setupp.ini file in the i386 directory on your WinXP CD. Open it up, it'll look something like this:

ExtraData=707A667567736F696F697911AE7E05
Pid=55034000

The Pid value is what we're interested in. What's there now looks like a standard default. There are special numbers that determine if it's a retail, oem, or volume license edition. First, we break down that number into two parts. The first five digits determines how the CD will behave, ie is it a retail cd that lets you clean install or upgrade, or an oem cd that only lets you perform a clean install? The last three digits determines what CD key it will accept. You are able to mix and match these values. For example you could make a WinXP cd that acted like a retail cd, yet accepted OEM keys.

Now, for the actual values. Remember the first and last values are interchangable, but usually you'd keep them as a pair:

Retail = 51882 335
Volume License = 51883 270
OEM = 82503 OEM

So if you wanted a retail CD that took retail keys, the last line of your setupp.ini file would read:

Pid=51882335

And if you wanted a retail CD that took OEM keys, you'd use:

Pid=51882OEM