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 Format & Install Windows Xp learn xp installation

This post demonstrates how to install Windows XP Professional.The procedure to install Windows XP Home edition is very similar to the professional edition.some people don't know how to Formate and install Windows in system.

The best way install Windows XP is to do a clean install. It is not difficult to perform a clean installation. Before you perform the installation I recommend that you backup your important C:/ files in another drive or just Copy n Paste files from C:/ to another. My Document folder also stores in the part for C:/ so you can also save all files of My Document in another part like D:/,E:/..etc..

Lets get started

Restart your PC and do the following...

Go into the BIOS settings of your PC, usually by pressing the F1, F2, F10, or maybe the delete key, If you are not sure watch the screen at startup and it will say "To enter setup press..." You have to be quick and press it. If you miss it restart again.. you can see blue screen like this..



Once you are in the bios you have to change the boot options
In my system Boot change option is in "Advanced BIOS Features"..
Change the First Boot Device to "CD-ROM" You have to make your CD ROM the first boot option.Press F-10 for save settings..



Then Save to CMOS Exit Enter "Y" key for YES,press Enter Key



It will restart your system..

Put your Windows XP CD in the drive...When it says press any key to boot from cd, Press any key on the keyboard...If it doesn't ask you this then restart your computer again.

A blue Welcome to Setup screen will appear and you are on your way.Press Enter To set up Windows Xp now.



Once the set up has loaded all the windows files, It will say "press F8 to agree to the terms and conditions" press F8...



To repair the selected Windows XP installation Press R.
To install Fresh copy of windows XP without repairing Press ESC.
press ECS.



Now you are at the set up, Click your C drive and format your old windows, Press D, it will ask if you are sure by clicking L...

Select the existing partitions to install Windows XP.i recommend select C: partition
Press Enter.



To continue Setup in partition C,Press C.



now here you can formate C:/ in Quick mode or in normal mode.i recommend formate the partiton in normal mode.you can see the file formate is in NTFS or FAT 32.
In my system the file formate is NTFS...



To formate C:/ ,Press F.



Let it format, After the format has completed, It will copy windows files,



When that has completed it will say "computer will reboot in 15 seconds"...



Now your computer has rebooted it will carry on with the set up.



After sometime you can see the Regional and Language Option.Click Next.



Then Personalize your Software by type your name and the name of your company or organization.leave black organization it is optional.Cick Next



Type the Volume License Product Keys..Click Next



Enter the name of your computer.you can also set the Administrator password or leave blank if you dont want to set password.



Set the Date and time and your time zone,click Next.



Set the Network Settings.



Set the Workgroup Computer Domain..



Done ....





Add users that will sign on to this computer.



Welcome Screen..





Log in, to your PC for the first time. You now need to check the device manager to confirm that all the drivers has been loaded or if there are any conflicts. From the start menu select Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. Click on the System icon and then from the System Properties window select the Hardware tab, then click on Device Manager.



If there are any yellow exclamation mark "!" next to any of the listed device, it means that no drivers or incorrect drivers has been loaded for that device. Your hardware should come with manufacturer supplied drivers. You need to install these drivers using automatic setup program provided by the manufacturer or you need to manually install these drivers. If you do not have the drivers, check the manufacturers website to download them.
Install all drives of system like sound, Graphic Card, Modem, Buletooth...etc..
Windows is completely setup when there are no more exclamation marks in the device manager..

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.

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 Convert DVD Movies to iPod

How to Convert DVD Movies to iPod Format Using Lenogo DVD Movie to iPod Video Converter

1- Download Lenogo DVD Movie to iPod Video Converter from here,, and install it.
2- Insert a DVD into your DVD drive and launch Lenogo DVD Movie to iPod Video Converter.

3- Click "Open DVD" button and you'll see a dialog box below. If you want to convert the whole DVD movie into a single iPod file, just click "OK" for the next step.

4- This dialog box shows the contents table of the DVD movie to be converted. Click plus "+" before the DVD title to expand the title tree.

5- You may need to change the DVD title. To do this, put your desired name into the "Title" edit box. This will be the file name in your iPod. To choose a subtitle, you need first select the responding title item (which is usually the longest chapter), and then choose the appropriate subtitle in the drop-down box. To choose an audio, refer to the operation of choosing subtitle

6- "Save as" is used to save the converted file to a folder in the hard disc. Click "Browse" button to change the default folder.

7- Now click "Convert" to start converting. The display on the top shows the converting progress. You may also preview the DVD movie in the Preview Display on the right.

8- When the conversion is completed, the folder where you saved the converted file automatically opens (you may also open the folder using menu "Edit -> Open Output Folder"). If you want to convert another DVD movie, select menu "Edit -> Remove All", and then go to the step 4.

9- Launch iTunes and choose "File -> Add File to Library". Choose the .mp4 file you have created. Load it on your iPod and start enjoying your movie!

Note for advanced users: Lenogo offers a wide range of advanced options for veterans. E.g. you may choose to convert any segment of a DVD movie; you may adjust DVD video and audio properties. Just click the "Settings" button for more choice.
iPod
Edit:credit To iPodMediaSelection.com
Source

How to Creating a password for a WinRar archive

In this tutorial i will show you how to create passwords for WinRar archives.


1.Select a file that you want to compress.

2.Right-click on it and press Add to archive.

3.Click-on the Advanced tab and then Set Password.

4.Type a password and press OK.

Now your archive will have a password.

How to make Dry Ice Bomb

Ingredients:
1.an empty 1 or 2L coke bottle
2.dry ice
3.water
4.running shoes..



Instructions:

1. get an empty coke bottle

2. get some dry ice

3.put about 1/10 of the bottle with dry ice

4. add some water (not too much)

5. quickly close the cap

6. hurry and RUN!!!

the bomb is extremely LOUD!! do not play this trick on anyone that has a faint heart or get scared ezily

this bomb is completely harmless unless some unsuspecting person is walking by.

How to get unlimited bandwidth from your host for free

NOTE: This applies only to specific hosting companies, due to the
specific setup needed and does have its drawbacks.

While setting up hosting space with a specific company I often deal
with, I noticed that they used a shared IP. (IP shared by two or more
websites/domains.) Well, the rates for unlimited bandwidth were
around $50+ per month.

Back on track... When setting up the acct, the hosting company needs
to know the domain name so that they can direct it accordingly.
(example: 'http://www.123.4.567.890/~user1/ ,
'http://www.123.4.567.890/~user2/ etc)

At this point you can give a url that doesnt belong to you at all. As
long as the nameservers dont change, that should have absolutly no
negative effects on you or your site whatsoever.

How it works is this:
The host propogates you a certain amount space on its servers, and
monitors the traffic that enters their space through the domain its
registered under. Being that the domain isn't connected to the site
at all, it registers ZERO traffic.

Zero traffic registered = can't possibly go over bandwidth
restrictions
can't possibly go over bandwidth restrictions = free unlimited
bandwidth

Now the problems with this (besides the ethical ones) is that your
host may offer X amount of mail addys with the acct
(you@y...) and these will not work, as the name isnt on their
DNS. However, some domain companies allow you to set it up
regardless. Another problem seems to be strictly cosmetic, but can be
highly problematic... Once you attach the domain you want onto the
site, each page comes up/w the ip/UN the host propagated to your
acct. Its at this point where you have to have a phenominal 10-15
character alphanumerical or better (#, &, etc) pw, or your site will
be vulnerable to attack since the attacker already has your UN. This
only gives attackers a slight advantage as the amount of time it
would take to brute force a 10 character pw @ a rate of 1,000,000 per
second is 10 years. Add numbers and case sensitivity to that and it
becomes approx 26,980 years.

While I'm on it, I may as well add that if you use this method,
obviously you are going to be using the lowest cost hosting plan
available, which in turn will offer the least amount of space. Thats
why free hosts were invented.

Free hosts suck as a general rule. Who wants a site smothered in ads?
However, if you upload all your programs, graphics and other large
files (have a backup of course) to a reliable free host and target
them accordingly from your site you have just freed up a signifigant
amount of space. The only setback/w this is having to keep an index
card or file around/w your pws, as you should never use the same one
twice, and want to use complicated ones.

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.