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NOTEPAD AS A VIRTUAL DIARY
Cool Tip on NOTEPAD
This is real cool tip for people who use notepad to write down any info on a day to day basis...
In Notepad
1)Open a notepad and type .LOG (CASE SENSITIVE)as the first line of the file.
2)Save WITH WHATEVER nAME YOU WANT And close the file
3)Double-click the file to open it
4)Type your notes and then save and close it
It simply serves as a virtual diary !
When you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth.
Some of this information deals with resolving the site name to an IP address,
the stuff that TCPIP really deals with, not words.
This is DNS information and is used so that you will not need to ask for the site location
each and every time you visit the site.
Although Windows XP and Windows XP have a pretty efficient DNS cache,
you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size.
You can do this with the registry entries below
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesDnscacheParameters]
CacheHashTableBucketSize=dword00000001
CacheHashTableSize=dword00000180
MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit=dword0000fa00
MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit=dword0000012d
Make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg.
Then copy and paste the above into it and save it. Merge it into the registry.
by double clicking on it.
What I prefer is %temp% without quotes.. at Start -> Run->then type %temp%
this opens ur temp folder n den u cal erase it neatly still try dis one too..
Another method
1) First go into gpedit.msc
2)Next select -> ComputerConfiguration-> AdministrativeTemplates -> WindowsComponents->
TerminalServices->Temporary Folder(Note you will find it on right side)
3)Then right click Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit
4)Go to properties and hit disable.
Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will automatically delete it
when its done!
1) Start->run -> then type regedit in run
2)Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Microsoft->WindowsNT->CurrentVersion->Winlogon
3)Modify the key legalnoticecaption with what you want to name the window.
4)Modify the key legalnoticetext with what you want the window to say. Restart
(Note: It is neccessary to modify both the values)
CD ROM STOPS AUTOPLAYINGAUTORUN.!!
what happens is AutoPlay Tab has disappeared in your Computer
Devices With Removable Storage, Right Click on CDROM, Properties.
Solution The service Shell Hardware Detection has been set to Manual or Disabled.
What you need to do
Go to Control Panel->Administrative Tools->
Services Return this service to Automatic.
Fasten your BroadBand Speed
If you are using a BroadBand connection at your home and using Windows Xp as your Operating System,
and you feel that your BB speed is a bit less, then in that case you have the option to increase
your Broadband speed upto 20%.
HOW? Well this is what you need to do.
1. First of all make sure you are logged in as Administrator.
2. Go to Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc, press OK.
3. Then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> QoS packet Scheduler.
4. On the right it will give you the option of “Limit Reservable bandwidth�,
open and and select “Enabled�, and change the value to 0.
You can add your anything you like that consists of 8 characters or less.
This will replace the AM or PM next to the system time.
1. start->Run->Type Regedit in run
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
3. Add two new String values,(If it is not there otherwise search them if they
already exists) "s1159" and "s2359"
4. Right click the new value name and modify. Enter anything you like up to 8 characters.
Du U Know
These names cannot be used as folder or file names
wanna Try Try to create a document with this names below
and try to save it
CON
PRN
NUL
COM1 to COM9
LPT1 to LPT9
With a small registry tweak,
Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that Stops Responding
eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to close down
the offending software manually.
To do this
1) Start->run->Type regedit
and navigate to (click on,go to) HKEY_CURRENT_USER->ControlPanel->Desktop
Modify the REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks with a value of 1
You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows
StarT->Run->Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER-> Control Panel-> Color
Go to Button Highlight click it (You will Find it on Right side)
right click it then MODIFY (Enter value given below)
ButtonHilight=128 128 128
ButtonShadow=255 255 255
Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.This can be either in the
Startup Folder or the Registry. One easy way to tell is by looking at how many icons are in your system tray. If you have a large number,
perhaps unnecessary resources are being allocated them as well as increasing your boot time.
Typical examples are Microsoft Office, Office FindFast, Real Player, ATI
You can remove them in one of three main ways
1_In the Start Programs
Startup Folder
2)In the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Run
Bit = Single Binary Digit (1 or 0) Byte = 8 bits Kilobyte (KB) = 1,024 Bytes or 8192 bits Megabyte (MB) = 1,024 Kilobytes or 1048576 Bytes or 8388608 Bits Gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 Megabytes or 1048576 KB or 1073741824 Bytes or 589934592 Bits Terabyte (TB) = 1,024 Gigabytes or 1048576 MB or 1073741824 KB or 099511627776 Bytes or 8796093022208 Bits Petabyte (PB) = 1,024 Terabytes or 1048576 GB or 1073741824 MB or 099511627776 KB or 1125899906842624 Bytes or 9007199254740992 Bits Exabyte (EB) = 1,024 Petabytes or 1048576 TB or 1073741824 GB or 1099511627776 MB
EXTREMELY FAST BOOTUP EXTREMELY FAST BOOTUP The trick is Enabling Hibernation 1) Go to Control panel. 2)select power option and enable hibernate option. and then Try. Check 'Enable Hibernation'. To use it go to start->turnoffcomputer button->Press shift and see then click on hibernate Press shift button after you click 'Turn Off Computer' in start menu.
There is a Way to get xp product code from cd itself, It really work!! I was once wondering around d XP CD......n got dis!! Jst try it out..... Just explore the cd then open the folder I386 then open the file UNATTEND.TXT and scroll down to the last line and it goes to show what dumbasses microsoft are u have a product code.
How to Hide the drives(c,d,e,a...etc) To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer. 1.Go to start-run.Type regedit.Now go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Policies->Explorer Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) . Now restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...). To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer. You can now see all the drives again. Magic........lol....
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit and navigate to following three keys separately and change it as shown below [HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->InternetExplorer-> Explorer->Main] Search Page= httpwww.google.com Search Bar= httpwww.google.comie [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchURL] = httpwww.google.comkeyword%s [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch] SearchAssistant= httpwww.google.comie
When installing a new printer with the Add Printer Wizard, you can choose between adding a local printer (one that's directly cabled to your computer through one of the ports) or a network printer (a printer that's connected to your network with an Ethernet connection, just as your computer is connected to the LAN). To install a new local printer with the Add Printer Wizard, follow these steps: 1. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and then click Control Panel on the right side of the Start menu. 2. Click the Printers and Other Hardware hyperlink if the Control Panel window is in Category View. Otherwise, double-click the Printers and Faxes icon if the Control Panel window is in Classic View. 3. Click the Add a Printer hyperlink in the Printers and Other Hardware window to start the Add Printer Wizard and then click the Next button, or press Enter to advance to the Local Printer or Printer Connection dialog box. 4. Make sure that the Add Printer Wizard selects the Local Printer radio button, and the Automatically Detect and Install my Plug and Play Printer check box beneath this radio button before you click the Next button. 5. If the wizard is unable to detect your printer in the New Printer Detection dialog box, click Next to install the printer manually. 6. Select the port for the printer to use in the Use the Following Port drop-down list box in the Select a Printer Port dialog box and then click the Next button. 7. Click the manufacturer and the model of the printer in the Manufacturers and Printers list boxes, respectively, of the Install Printer Software dialog box. If you have a disk with the software for the printer, put it into your floppy or CD-ROM drive and then click the Have Disk button: Select the drive that contains this disk in the Copy Manufacturer's Files drop-down list box and then click OK. 8. Click the Next button to advance to the Name Your Printer dialog box. If you want, edit the name for the printer in the Printer Name text box. If you want to make the printer that you're installing the default printer that is automatically used whenever you print from Windows or from within a Windows program, leave the Yes radio button selected beneath the heading, Do you want your Windows-based programs to use this printer as the default printer? 9. Click the Next button to advance to the Printer Sharing dialog box. If you want to share this printer with other users on the network, click the Share Name radio button and then, if you want, edit the share name (this is the name that the other users on the network see when they go to select this printer for printing their documents) that the wizard gives the printer in the Share Name text box. 10. To print a test page from your newly installed printer, click the Yes radio button selected beneath the heading, Would you like to print a test page? in the Print Test Page dialog box. 11. Click the Next button to advance to the Completing the Add Printer Wizard dialog box, where you can review the settings for your new printer before you click the Finish button or press Enter to finish installing the new printer. To use the Add Printer Wizard to install a printer that's available through your Local Area Network, you follow just slightly different steps: 1. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and then click Control Panel on the right side of the Start menu. 2. Click the Printers and Other Hardware hyperlink if the Control Panel window is in Category View. Otherwise, double-click the Printers and Faxes icon if the Control Panel window is in Classic View. 3. Click the Add a Printer hyperlink in the Printers and Other Hardware window to start the Add Printer Wizard and then click the Next button or press Enter to advance to the Local or Network Printer dialog box. 4. Click the A Network Printer or a Printer Attached to Another Computer radio button in the Local or Network Printer dialog box and then click the Next button or press Enter to the Specify a Printer dialog box. 5. If you know the name of the network printer, click the Connect to This Printer (or to Browse for a Printer, Select this Option and click Next) radio button and then enter the network path in the Name text box. If your network printer is on a network that uses an Internet address and you know this URL address, click the Connect to a Printer on the Internet or on a Home or Office Network radio button and then enter the address in the URL text box. If you know neither of these pieces of information, leave the Browse for a Printer radio button selected and then click Next to advance to the Browse for Printer dialog box. 6. In the Browse for Printer dialog box, locate the printer in the Shared Printers list box by clicking the network icons until you expand the outline sufficiently to display the printer icon. When you click the printer icon in this outline, the wizard adds the path to the Printer text box above. 7. Click the Next button to advance the Default Printer dialog box. If you want to make the printer that you're installing the default printer that is automatically used whenever you print from Windows or from within a Windows program, leave the Yes radio button selected beneath the heading, Do you want your Windows-based programs to use this printer as the default printer? 8. Click the Next button to advance to the Completing the Add Printer Wizard dialog box, where you can review the settings for your new printer before you click the Finish button or press Enter to finish installing the new printer. After you add a printer to your computer, you can start using it when printing with programs such as Word 2002 and Excel 2002, or when printing from Windows itself. To switch to a new printer that you haven't designated as the default printer in programs such as Word and Excel, you need to open the Print dialog box (choose File-->Print) and then select the printer name in the Name drop-down list box.
With Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP, you can make a Web page available offline and view it when your computer is not connected to the Internet—for example on your laptop during a flight. This feature is also handy for viewing Web pages at home without tying up a phone line if you have a dial–up Internet connection. To make the current Web page available offline On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites. Select the Make available offline check box. To specify a schedule for updating that page, and how much content to download, click Customize. Follow the instructions on your screen. To make an existing favorite item available offline On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites. Click the page you want to make available offline. Select the Make available offline check box. To specify a schedule for updating that page, and how much content to download, click Properties. To view Web pages without being connected to the Internet After you mark your favorite pages for viewing offline, you can view them offline by following these steps Before you disconnect from the Internet, on the Tools menu, click Synchronize. When you're ready to work offline, on the File menu, click Work Offline. Internet Explorer will always start in Offline mode until you click Work Offline again to clear the check mark. In your Favorites list, click the item you want to view. You can also make Web pages available offline without adding them to your Favorites list, by saving the pages on your computer. Follow these steps On the File menu, click Save As. Double–click the folder you want to save the page in. In the File name box, type a name for the page. In the Save as type box, select a file type. Do one of the following: To save all of the files needed to display this page, including graphics, frames, and style sheets, click Web Page, complete. This option saves each file in its original format. To save all of the information needed to display this page in a single MIME–encoded file, click Web Archive. This option saves a snapshot of the current Web page. This option is available only if you have installed Outlook Express 5 or later. When you choose Web Page, complete, only the current page is saved. With Web Page, complete and Web Archive, you can view all of the Web page offline, without adding the page to your Favorites list and marking it for offline viewing. To save just the current HTML page, click Web Page, HTML only. This option saves the information on the Web page, but it does not save the graphics, sounds, or other files. To save just the text from the current Web page, click Text Only. This option saves the information on the Web page in straight text format.
- Visit Windows Update (XP Only) - Look at the left hand pane and under Other Options click Personalize Windows Update. - Now in the right hand pane check the box - Display the link to the Windows Update Catalog under See Also - Below Choose which categories and updates to display on Windows Update - make sure you check all the boxes you want shown. - Click Save Settings - Now look in the left hand pane under See Also click Windows Update Catalog and choose what you're looking for. Choose either MS updates or drivers for hardware devices. - Start the Wizard and off you go. There are a TON of drivers there. I highly recommend you take a look at this page prior to downloading something from the web. Save Your New Downloads Since some people are still using modems and since MS is issuing patches right and left for XP wouldn't it be nice if after you downloaded all the updates you could save them? Well, you can and MS has provided a way for you to do it. Here's How: - Logon to Windows Update - Choose Windows Update Catalogue (left hand pane) - Choose Find updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems (right hand pane) - Choose your version and language then Search - Choose one the following: - Critical Updates and Service Packs - Service Packs and Recommended Downloads - Multi-Language Features (0) - Once chosen simply click on what you want to download and then back at the top click Review Download Basket - You are taken to the next page where at the top you can specify where the downloads are to be saved. - Click Download now. Each patch will make a directory under the root of the folder you saved them to. Once finished you need to go to where you saved the file (s) to and then simply install all your patches. Read-me's are available in each patch section so you know which one you are installing.
Windows XP Professional makes it easier to resolve problems if they occur in your system. You can use System Restore to remove any system changes that were made since the last time you remember your computer working correctly. System Restore does not affect your personal data files (such as Microsoft Word documents, browsing history, drawings, favorites, or e–mail) so you won’t lose changes made to these files. Windows XP creates “restore points” every day, as well as at the time of significant system events (such as when an application or driver is installed). You can also create and name your own restore points at any time. Creating a restore point can be useful any time you anticipate making changes to your computer that are risky or might make your computer unstable. If something goes wrong, you select a restore point and Windows XP undoes any system changes made since that time. When you run System Restore, a calendar is displayed to help you find restore points. If you don't use your computer every day, some days might not have any restore points. If you use your computer frequently, you might have restore points almost every day, and some days might have several restore points Mega Shutdown and Restart Troubleshooting Guide Thus far, Windows XP shutdown issues most resemble those of Windows Millennium Edition. That is, most of them center around a very few issues, especially driver version and other legacy hardware and software compatibility issues. These are detailed below. The driver and software issues are expected to resolve substantially as hardware and software manufacturers release updated versions, now that Win XP has been officially launched. Reboot Instead of Shutdown The majority of shutdown problems reported with Windows XP thus far have been that it reboots when shutdown is attempted. This may be a global symptom emerging from several distinct causes, because XP executes an automatic restart in the event of a system failure. I'm guessing that this means that more or less anything compromising the operating system during the shutdown process could force this reboot. If this is true, then our job will be to prepare a series of steps suitable to isolate the most likely cause. Disabling the "restart on system failure" feature may permit the exact cause to be isolated: Right-click on My Computer and select Properties. Click the Advanced tab. Under 'Startup & Recovery,' click Settings. Under 'System Failure,' uncheck the box in front of 'System reboot.' Some things that have produced this reboot-instead-of-shutdown symptom are: " By now, Roxio's Easy CD / Direct CD software is well documented as being a major cause - possibly the major cause - of this undesirable shutdown behavior. On November 1, Roxio released new drivers to solve this problem in Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum in its Windows XP updater for the Platinum product. A fix for Easy CD Creator 5 Basic is in the works. In the first few hours of its release, several peple have written me saying that this fix has resolved their Windows XP shutdown problem. I suspect that <>of the Windows XP shutdown problems will go away with Roxio's release of this patch for Platinum and the pending patch for Basic. This has been the single most common cause of Win XP shutdown problems thus far. One person after another has written to me with the simple message that this reboot behavior went away as soon as they uninstalled Easy CD. HINT No. 1: PCBUILD subscribers, by trial and error, identified the file CDRALW2K.SYS (version 1.0.0.1048) as the Roxio file that was causing his shutdown problems and error conditions. When he deleted this one file, his problems went away. HINT No.2: The Mystic Overclocker and others have reported that installing Easy CD 5.0 does not cause the shutdown problem, provided they do not install the Direct CD component. Though this isn't universally true, enough people have mentioned it by now for me to suggest it as a work-around.
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