Posted by Alice on Sunday, October 30, 2011,
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Description of this Hack: This is the loader application thats used by millions of people worldwide, well known for passing Microsoft's WAT (Windows Activation Technologies) and is arguably the safest Windows activation exploit ever created to provide you a free windows atmosphere. It will make your windows genuine. The application itself injects a SLIC (Software Licensing Description Table) into your system before Windows boots, this is what fools Windows into thinking it's genuine.
Posted by Alice on Sunday, October 30, 2011,
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A large number of softwares are availabe to boost internet speed. But i will give you a small hack procedure on how to increase internet speed within 5 to 6 minutes. Interesting it is.... You just need a basic knowledge on how to use computer. After applying the hack you will find a considerable difference in the browsing speed.This will boost upto 50% speed or may be more
Posted by Alice on Sunday, October 30, 2011,
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Today! i will show you on how to remove windows genuine validation notice or simply removing WAT. As we know that if we install a pirated copy of windows 7 then after sometime if your internet connection is active the desktop background gets black and a notification pops up after every few minutes saying:
"VALIDATE COPY OF WINDOWS"
Its much annoying. So i am providing a software inorder to remove such notifications.
First of all download the software below: ( Skip add at the top right corner to... Continue reading ...
Posted by Alice on Saturday, October 29, 2011,
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Hello guys! Today i will show you some of the cool CMD tricks. If you don't know on how to launch CMD then go to Start>Run and type there CMD and hit enter.
So a command promt window will appear. Like shown above
So now you have CMD and you can add a new user by command below:
C:>net user username /ADD
Where username is the name of your new account. And remember, try and make it look inconspicuous, then they’ll just think its a student who really is at school, when really, the person doesn’... Continue reading ...
Posted by Alice on Friday, October 28, 2011,
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Hacking Windows
Do you want to install worpress at your hosting and servers then firstly you will surely like to edit all its sections and posts to make a complete site locally. Many people don't know that they can do like this by using Wamp Server Its quite easy and you will be able to run wordpress locally.
You can try wordpress by installing it in your Local server which is not only just cheap, Its also fast compared to other live blogs. WAMP server is that windows software/application that makes it all po...
Posted by Alice on Friday, October 28, 2011,
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TuneUp Utilitiesis a maintenance program for Windows famous and winning hundreds of awards since its release to date, and has can make your system faster, more comfortable and more secure with just a few mouse clicks, and all operations performed on the operating system are completely safe, because all changes will the program is monitored by rescue center for the program "TuneUp Rescue Center" so that you can retrieve these changes at any time if there is any problem; and all program modules...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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With the release of the Windows 8 Developer Preview, my curiosity could not let me wait and I rushed to install it right then. But not having an optical drive on my netbook could hinder my installation and hence I had to come up with this alternative of installing it via a pen drive. And to my surprise, when I tried to make a Windows 8 bootable pen drive using the Microsoft’s very own Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Friends, this post is specifically for people who are using Windows XP and want to repartition their Hard Drives without formatting them. All the Windows 7 & Windows Vista users can do it in a simpler way using Disc Management tool. For more info. you can visit the link: Repartition your Hard Drive w/o formatting it.
For all XP users, here's the procedure:
When you buy a new computer, the hard drive partitions are usually already set up for you. If you put in a new hard drive, yo...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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If you install Windows 7 on a clean disk with no existing partitions, it creates a System Reserved partition at the beginning of the disk and uses the remainder of the unallocated space to create your system drive.That small partition isn’t assigned a drive letter, so you won’t even know it exists unless you look in the Disk Management console or use a low-level utility, such as Diskpart, to inspect the disk structure.
This “stub” of a partition, which is new in Windows...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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If you need to connect two computers but you don't have access to a network and can't set up an ad hoc network, you can use an Ethernet crossover cable to create a direct cable connection.
Generally speaking, a crossover cable is constructed by reversing ("crossing over") the order of the wires inside so that it can connect two computers directly. A crossover cable looks almost exactly like a regular Ethernet cable (a "straight-through" cable), so make sure you have a crossover cab...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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If you are logged in as an administrator, you can repartition your hard disk by using the Shrink feature in Disk Management. You can shrink an existing partition or volume to create unallocated disk space, from which you can create a new partition or volume. (Note that the terms partition and volume are often used interchangeably.)
Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, clicking Administrative Tools, a...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Hacking Windows
1. Problem Steps Recorder As the local PC guru you're probably very used to friends and family asking for help with their computer problems, yet having no idea how to clearly describe what's going on. It's frustrating, but Microsoft feels your pain, and Windows 7 will include an excellent new solution in the Problem Steps Recorder.
When any app starts misbehaving under Windows 7 then all your friends need do is click Start, type PSR and press Enter, then click Start Record. If they t...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Everybody knows how costly is to buy a new RAM. SO, in order to get almost equal performance, we can also use some memory from our Hard Disc as virtual memory, which acts as a substitute to RAM. Follow the simple steps stated below to do so....
1. Right Click on My Computer & go to Properties
2. Click on Advanced Tab & go to Settings in the Performance Section.
3. Select the next "Advanced" Tab on the "Performance Options" window. On the advanced tab, click the "Change" button i...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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I am writing this post for those people who have lost their passwords and want to recover them. You can recover your password with a nifty tool MessenPass It is a password recovery tool that reveals the passwords of the following instant messenger applications:
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Windows Vista has some great new security and functionality features, as well as cool eye candy, such as Aero transparency, Flip 3D, and other graphical tricks. But all this comes with overhead that may lead to a performance hit on anything less than a top-of-the-line supercomputer.
If you find Vista’s performance lagging, the good news is that you can make it run faster. Here are some of the steps you can take.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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This technique is very cool for two reasons: First, a flash drive is much more responsive than an optical drive, since it doesn’t rely on physically moving components, so the installation procedure will be faster. Second, it provides an easy way to install Microsoft Windows 7 on a system that doesn’t have a DVD drive, such as a netbook.
Getting started
Of course, in order to employ this technique you’ll need a USB flash drive that is big enough to hold the contents of the W...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Hacking Windows
Using Google to search for everything is so ingrained into our computer-user personas, it’s hard to imagine using anything else. Even so, Bing does offer a lot of features that make it a worthy addition to your Internet browsing toolkit, once you learn more about what the site has to offer. Here are 10 things you should know about using Bing.
1: Use it as a Decision Engine
Microsoft may be competing with Google by spending advertising dollars in the search universe, but it s...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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As you may know, the system requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate all list 1GB of RAM as a minimum. However, we all know that Vista runs better with 2GB of RAM or more. If you’re currently running Vista on a system with only 1GB of RAM you know that the system can, at times, be frustratingly slow — especially when you are running extremely memory-intensive applications.
Of course the ultimate solution would be to add another 1GB of RAM t...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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What is SAM?
SAM is short for Security Accounts Manager, which is located on the PDC and has information on all user accounts and passwords. Most of the time while the PDC is running, it is being accessed or used.
What do I do with a copy of SAM?
You get passwords. First use a copy of SAMDUMP.EXE to extract the user info out of it. You do not need to import this data into the Registry of your home machine to play with it. You can simply load it up into one of the many applications f...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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A runtime error is a computer error that appears in the form of a message box consisting of a particular code and computer becomes noticeably slow before a runtime error appears.
No sooner the runtime error message has been displayed and closed, the software showing this error would normally hang or close automatically. In some cases, the operating system may reboot.
A wide variety of errors cause these problems. which include:
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Hacking Windows
Do you have a folder that you'd like to be able to open quickly and easily whenever you want? If you create a keyboard shortcut for that folder, you can open it anytime by pressing a key combination, no matter which other programs you have open.
To create a keyboard shortcut to open a folder, follow as below:
1.
Click on Start, All Programs, Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.
2.
In Windows Explorer (the program that appears when you open folders such as My C...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Windows Tips & Tricks proudly presents the new mobile feed facility. Now you can access our blog directly from your cell phone. All you have to do is to go to your cell phone's web browser and type in the following web address:
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Vista has automated some of its maintenance tasks, such as defragmenting your hard drive and backing up key system files and documents. To keep your hard drive defragged regularly:
Click on Start
Click on Computer
Right-click on the hard drive you want to schedule
Open its Properties menu
Click the Tools tab
Click Defragment Now
Check the "Run on a schedule" box
Use the Modify Schedule button and drop-down menus in the next screen to set your schedule
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Display legal notice on startup: Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up. REGEDIT [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system] "legalnoticecaption"="enter your notice caption" "legalnoticetext"="enter your legal notice text"
Automatic Administrator Login: Well here's the trick which you can use to prove...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Well... many people have been used to the single click format in the previous versions of Windows. So here I am to show you people how to customize the same in Windows Vista. To do so, you need to follow the simple steps given below:
Open My Computer.
Click on the Organize drop down menu located at the top left corner of the windows just below the Back & Forward buttons.
In the dropdown menu click on Folder & Search Options.
A new dialog box will appear in which you need to se...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Maintaining a system is nothing but keeping your System Healthy, Fully Working with Fast.To keep your system Healthy follow the below given tips.....
1.Disk Defragmenter:This weekly once to run system faster.By this the system will easily identify the daily using files and also the system will arrange files in an order for this go to start menu All Programs->Accessories->System tools->Defragmentor. In this select different drives and Defrag each drive it will some time depending on yo...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.
1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of us...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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1. Minesweeper:
Secret- Reveal Mines|Instructions - Minimize or close all running applications. Launch Minesweeper, then type xyzzy. Next hold down either shift key for one second. Now when you move the mouse cursor over a Minesweeper square you will see a tiny white pixel in the top left corner of your desktop screen. This pixel will change to black when your mouse moves over a mine. You may need to change you desktop background to a solid color other then white or black...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Add Notepad to the contextual menu (right-button menu):
Create [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad\command], click on command, then double-click on "(Default)" in the right pane and edit the string to read notepad.exe %1
Open unknown files in Notepad when clicking on them:
- Create [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\open\command], click on command, then double-click on "(Default)" in the right pane and edit the string to read notepad.exe %1
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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There’s often many a tick between your click and a menu’s flick. To fix this delay in display, click on Start > Run, type ‘regedit’ and click on OK. Next, find ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\’. Pick ‘MenuShowDelay’, right-click and select ‘Modify’. Change the value to ‘100’ and scram. The lesser the value, the faster your menus open. Yeah, try ‘0’, and see what happens
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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1- Private Character Editor This program is for designing icons and Characters(Alphapet) Click :start Then :run type :EUDCEDIT <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> 2- iExpress This Program is for conerting your files to EXCUTABLE files Click : start Then : run type : iexpress <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]-->3-Disk Cleanup This program used for cleaning harddisk to offer space Click : start Then : run type : cleanmgr <!--[if !supportLineBrea...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Display legal notice on startup: Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up. REGEDIT [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system] "legalnoticecaption"="enter your notice caption" "legalnoticetext"="enter your legal notice text" Automatic Administrator Login: Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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A very important new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This basically means that all boot files are placed next to each other on the disk drive to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled but some upgrade users have reported that it isn't on their setup.
1. Start Regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Step 1: Open Ms Paint. Step 2: Open your Video player. Step 3: Click on the Print screen Button on your keyboard. Step 4: In Ms Paint us the shortcut ctrl+v or got to the Edit Tab and choose Paste option. Step 5: Bingo!!!!
Note: 1. This works only with Ms Paint. 2. For the movie to play in Paint the video player should not be closed and the movie should not be paused in the player.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Now this is specially for the ones who are too lazy to get up even when the trust cellphone dies screeching its lungs out. Its pretty simple Creating the playlist create a playlist of your favourite songs in Winamp, WMP or any other player. Export the playlist as a M3U playlist. M3U is generally accepted by almost every player. Triggering the alarm point to start> programs >accessories > system tools >scheduled tasks Create a new task and choose program as windows media player or win...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Follow these steps to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu. When you're experiencing a problem with Windows XP, you may need to boot the system into Safe Mode more than once. However, doing so can be a tiresome process. When the Boot menu appears, you must press [F8], and then you must select Safe Mode from yet another menu. Wouldn't it be nice if Safe Mode were available from the Boot menu? In fact, it's relatively easy to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu. Here's how. 1. Press...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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All, Windows, users would probably be familiar with the infamous ‘pwl’ files or the files where the Windows login passwords are stored. Well, this manual is aimed at, simplifying how the authentication works when you type in your User name And password, what exactly .pwl files contain, where exactly they come into the picture and a whole lot of related things.
The *.pwl files are basically files in which the Windows Login Passwords are stored in. These files can be found in the \Windows di... Continue reading ...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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To completely block a website on your computer: <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]-->
Go to this location.. "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc" There you'll find a file by the name "hosts". Open this file using notepad. <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]-->
The last line of this file will look like this. "127.0.0.1 localhost"
Now below this line add this.. "127.0.0.1 xxxxxxxx" (Where xxxxxxxx is the website that you want to block on your computer.)...
Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows ...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.
1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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For use in command prompt on you own computer or network:
CMD or command.com = use whichever works best or whichever one is available ( to open command prompt in the run command. EXIT = exit the command prompt PATH = displays the places that if will look for if not in the name first CLS = clears up everything on command prompt page TIME = displays time and you can change it if you want HELP = displays help, more commands DIR OR DIR /? = Shows a lot of information CD\PROGRA~1 ENTER THEN DIR = P...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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1] Your Pc Must have 256MB RAM , 512 MB Cache , Intel Pentium 4 Processor, 40 GB HDD. These are the minimum requirements now-a-days.
2] If you see a 'virtual memory low' message then increase its virtual memory. To increase virtual memory, Go to My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Performance Settings->Advanced->Virtual Memory->Change->Select the appropriate drive->Custom size->set appropriate level(our it is 600(min.) & 700(max.)->Ok.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can c...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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If you work in a multiuser computing environment, and you have full (administrator level) access to your computer, you might want to restrict unauthorized access to your "sensitive" files under Windows 95/98. One way is to disable the Cancel button in the Logon dialog box. Just run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Network/Logon
Create the "Logon" subkey if it is not present on your machine: highlight the Network key -> right-click in the left hand Regedit pane -> select New -> Ke...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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If you install Windows 7 on a clean disk with no existing partitions, it creates a System Reserved partition at the beginning of the disk and uses the remainder of the unallocated space to create your system drive.That small partition isn’t assigned a drive letter, so you won’t even know it exists unless you look in the Disk Management console or use a low-level utility, such as Diskpart, to inspect the disk structure.
This “stub” of a partition, which is new in Windows...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Hi friends,
As you all know, how costly the original RAM defragmenting softwares are. So, I've come up with a short and simple tweak tip to free up your RAM memory. All you have to do is follow some simple steps and succeed in freeing up your RAM memory.
1. Open a new notepad file.
2.Type FreeMem=Space(64000000)
3. Save this file with some name like RAM.vbs all you have to take care is to keep the extension as ".vbs"
4. Close this file and then run it by double clicking on it.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Windows Vista comes in 32-bit and 64-bit editions depending on which CPU type you have. The 64-bit version will only work on 64-bit processors, however the 32-bit version can run on all types.
Some users will have a processor capable of running the 64-bit version of Vista but have the 32-bit version installed by default. This won't cause any problems, but it does mean you may miss out on some advantages (such as being able to utilise large amounts of memory). If you are in this situatio...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Logon wallpaper is the wallpaper or image that windows xp shows on screen when windows logs on (before it asks for username & password) . It’s usually set to the image-logo of the brand(manufacturer) of our computer (e.g. in compaq laptops). Now we can set it to our own image or any other image(any bmp file) by following trick.
Open Startmenu->Run type regedit and press ok to open registry editor.(shows a tree like structure of directories at left)
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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As Windows Vista features some fundamental changes to the way the operating system works, some older applications may not function properly under Vista. To help get around this snag, the Microsoft developers have included the ability to set compatibility settings on a per application basis. This may allow you to run programs that otherwise would not load properly.
To do this, right click on the main application file and click Properties.
Then, click on the Compatibility tab at the top ...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Go to Start/Run, and type: GPEDIT.MSC Open the path User Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel doubleclick "Hide specified Control Panel applets" put a dot in 'enabled', then click 'Show" click Add button, type "nusrmgt.cpl" into the add box
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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1. Minesweeper:
Secret- Reveal Mines|Instructions - Minimize or close all running applications. Launch Minesweeper, then type xyzzy. Next hold down either shift key for one second. Now when you move the mouse cursor over a Minesweeper square you will see a tiny white pixel in the top left corner of your desktop screen. This pixel will change to black when your mouse moves over a mine. You may need to change you desktop background to a solid color other then white or black...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Well, did you know you could hide your files in a JPEG file? For this, you will only need to download WinRAR. You just need to have a little knowledge about Command Prompt and have WinRAR installed.
Ok, lets begin…
1. Gather all the files that you wish to hide in a folder anywhere in your PC (make it in C:\hidden - RECOMMENDED). 2. Now, add those files in a RAR archive (e.g. secret.rar). This file should also be in the same directory (C:\hidden). 3. Now, look for a simple...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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You can provide Remote Assistance to a friend who uses a Network Address Translation (NAT) device by modifying the Remote Assistance invitation using XML. Network Address Translation is used to allow multiple computers to share the same outbound Internet connection. To open a Remote Assistance session with a friend who uses a NAT device:
1. Ask your friend to send you a Remote Assistance invitation by e–mail. 2. Save the invitation file to your desktop. 3. Right–click the file, a...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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To 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 essentially three different file systems available in Windows XP: FAT16, short for File Allocation...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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•Open My Computer •Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer). •If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive. •Double-click the Documents and Settings folder. •Double-click your user folder. •Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties. •On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have acc...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize Windows. Open Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control panel \Desktop\WindowMetrics. Create a new string value MinAnimate. Set the value data of 0 for Off or 1 for On.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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When you right click on any folder, you can have access to that application, the same as using Send To and New. To add an application of your choice you need to follow the steps given below:
Goto Start-->Run.
Open Registry Editor by typing regedit and press enter.
Navigate and choose: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell.
Add a new Key to the Shell Key and name it anything you like. Give it a default value that will appear when you right click a folder, i.e. NewKey (use an & in fr...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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You can add any text you like that consists of 8 characters or less besides the clock on the start menu bar. This will replace the AM or PM next to the system time. Do not use this tip if you are using any software during the trial period as it will corrupt the trial license. To add the text of your choice follow the steps given below:
Goto Start-->Run. Type regedit and press enter.
Navigate to the following registry key: KEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\International.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Sometimes when we customize a folder and upon restarting we realize that the changes haven't been saved. In some cases the settings work for few days and then XP forgets it. Ever wondered why this happens? Well, this is due to that fact that Windows XP remembers the settings for only 400 folders, by default. When you customize more folders the old settings are lost. To prevent Windows XP forgetting the folder customization, we can increase the limit till 8000 (which is the upper limi...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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To enable fast shutdown open the registry editor. (Start-->Run-->Regedit) and go to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Shutdown. Create a string key called FastReboot and give it a value of 1.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Copying and pasting in Windows XP is simple enough—but how would you like to make it even easier? Teach some old keys new tricks and simplify the copy and paste process in both Professional and Home versions. Do you spend a lot of time on your Windows XP machine researching IT-related topics on the Internet? If so, chances are that you probably spend time copying text from interesting Web sites and then pasting that text into word processing documents for later reference. That's fou...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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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 ...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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To do so, first go to Start-->Run. Type regedit and press Enter to open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\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.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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You can directly open 'Run' by pressing Windows+R keys at a time and type the following to commands open corresponding programs: cmd -To run MS - DOS (.com, .pif) calc -To run calculator (.exe) control -To open Control Panel (.exe) defrag -To defrag the hard disk drives (.exe) dialer - For dialing seups (.exe) dosprompt -To get a minimized DOS window (.pif) explorer - To open Windows Explorer (.exe., .scf) ftp - For File Transfer Protocol if internet is connected (.exe) ms-dos~1/ms-dos~2 ...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc. Click Start then Run and type gpedit.msc. This opens the group policy editor. Then go to: Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QoS Packet Scheduler and then to LimitReservableBandwidth. Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By ...
Posted by Alice Hudson on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Hacking Windows
One can remove the boot logo that appears when you start Windows XP. This little tweak saves a few seconds of your boot time, but seconds count if you are serious about trying to get Windows XP up and running as quickly as possible. The only negative is that if you remove the boot logo, you will also not see any boot messages, such as check disk.
To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:
1. Select Start-->Run, type msconfig, and click OK. 2. In the System Configuration Utility, ...
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Hacking Windows
To remove the Log Off button from your Start Menu do the following registry tweak. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Create a new DWORD value and name it NoLogOff. Now add the value 1 to the key. You
need to logoff or reboot for the settings to take effect.
Posted by Alice on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
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Hacking Windows
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 ...
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As you may know, the system requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate all list 1GB of RAM as a minimum. However, we all know that Vista runs better with 2GB of RAM or more. If you’re currently running Vista on a system with only 1GB of RAM you know that the system can, at times, be frustratingly slow — especially when you are running extremely memory-intensive applications.
