18. XP will treat Zip files like folders

which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.

24. AUTO SHUTDOWN PC WITHOUT USING ANY EXTERNAL PROGRAM.......

METHOD # 1

Do you know that you can make your PC shutdown at a time u wish to?
Here is the trick!!
How to Make a Shutdown Timer!


Step 1:

Right click on your desktop and choose "New=>shortcuts".

Step 2:

In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut",
Type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks and click next.

Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So, 60secs*60mins=3600secs.

Step 3:

Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done.
You can change the icon by right clicking=>properties=>change icon=>browse.

To abort:

To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and make
The "location of the shortcut" to " shutdown -a" without the quotes.




METHOD # 2


Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at 11:35am. Type this in
Start=>Run

Type Code: at 11:35 shutdown -s

To abort

Code: Shutdown -a

Take note: all time are in 24hr, example u would like to shutdown at 8:30pm, you should type

"at 20:30 shutdown -s" without quote




METHOD # 3


You can use a batch for that as well it makes it easier to use
Just run the batch and enter the time you want it to shutdown

Shutdown. Bat
Type Code:
@echo off
title Scheduled Shutdown Batch Example by chacha1234
color A
echo Enter Time To Shutdown (example 19:30)
set /p stime=
cls
at %stime% ""shutdown -s -t 00"" >nul
echo Your PC Will Auto Shutdown At %stime%
echo Press Any Key To Exit
pause >nul
exit



Also you can add -c "desired message" at the end of the shutdown command
For example
shutdown -s -t 60 -c "Shutdown Pc"


Using this command u can also schedule your pc to restart
for example
shutdown -r -t 60 -c "Restarting Pc"

23. MAKING THE INTERNET EXPLORER & THE EXPLORER TOOLBARS FANCY

The Internet Explorer toolbar looks pretty simple. Want to make it fancy and kewl? Why not add a background image to it. To do this kewl h@*k launch the Windows Registry Editor and go to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Toolbar\.

Now in the right pane create a new String Value and name it BackBitmap and modify it's value to the path of the Bitmap you want to dress it up with by rightclicking on it and choosing Modify. When you reboot the Internet Explorer and the Windows Explorer toolbars will have a new look.

Change Internet Explorer's Caption

Don't like the caption of Internet Explorer caption? Want to change it? Open the registry editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.

In the right pane create a new String Value names Window Title (Note the space between Window and Title). Right click on this newly created String Value and select Modify. Type in the new caption you want to be displayed. Restart for the settings to take place.

22. CUSTOMIZING THE RIGHT CLICK CONTEXT MENU OF THE START MENU

When you right click on the start menu, only 3 options pop up: Open, Explore, and Find.
You can add your own programs to this pop up menu( which comes up when we right click on it.) Open Regedit and go to the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell

Right click on the shell and create a new Sub Key (You can create a new SubKey by right clicking on the Shell Key and selecting New > Key.). Type in the name of the application you want to add to the start menu. I want to add Notepad to the Start Menu and hence I name this new sub key, Notepad. Now right click on the new registry key that you just created and create yet another new key named Command. Enter the ful| path of the application, in this case Notepad in the default value of Command in the right pane. So I Modify the value of the default string value and enter the full pathname of Notepad:

c:\wndows\notepad.exe.

Now press F5 to refresh. Now if you right click on the Start Button you will find a new addition to the Pop Up Menu called Notepad. Clicking on it will launch Notepad.

We can not only add but also remove the existing options in this pop up box.

21. THE WINDOWS XP SYSTEM PROPERTIES LOGO IS OFTEN CHANGED BY COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS. HARDWARE VENDORS

In this tip you can learn how you can insert your own logo in the system properties dialog and complete it with your own contact information.

To invoke the system properties dialog, click the Start button, right-click "My Computer" and select "Properties".

This will open up your general system information dialog. On our Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro laptop, the Windows XP System Properties logo looks like this:

If you want to put your own graphic in there, you should create your image in a .bmp graphic file. It’s also a good idea to create this bitmap image with the same background shade of gray (RGB: 192, 192, 192) used in the Properties dialog. Otherwise, you risk letting Windows make its own judgments regarding color contrast and background shading.

The next thing to consider is the image size. The system properties dialog only offers enough real estate for an image of about 180 (wide) x120 (high) pixels. Make sure that you can fit your logo in this area.

Once you have created your logo and saved it as a .bmp file, copy it over to the system32 subfolder of your Windows system folder. If you don’t know where your system folder is :

- Click the Start button and select "Run"

- In the "open" field, enter "cmd" (without the quotes) and click ok

- Windows will open up a dos command window

- In the command window, type "set system" (without the quotes)

- Look for the line that contains "SystemRoot", this is where your system directory is (generally, the Windows XP system folder is c:\windows)

Now that you know where your system folder is, copy your logo image file over to the system32 subfolder of your system folder. Then rename your logo image file to oemlogo.bmp

Additionally you can create a new file in this same folder and name the new file oeminfo.ini

In this file you can enter your contact information like in the example below:

[General]

Manufacturer=Your Company Name

Model=ShowCase

[Support Information]

Line1=" "

Line2=" For support, sales, upgrades or questions:"

Line3=""

Line4=" Some text to demonstrate the XP System Properties logo"

Line5=" Windows XP PC "

Line6=" Your Company Name"

Line7=""

Line8=" +1 (888) 888-888 (voice)"

Line9=" +1 (888) 888-889 (fax)"

Line10=""

Line11=""

Line12=" http://www.Your Company Name.com/"

Save and close the file and you are ready. From now on, if someone opens up the system properties dialog, your own Windows XP System Properties logo is in there.

21. THE WINDOWS XP SYSTEM PROPERTIES LOGO IS OFTEN CHANGED BY COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS. HARDWARE VENDORS USE THIS GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION DIALOG TO B

In this tip you can learn how you can insert your own logo in the system properties dialog and complete it with your own contact information.

To invoke the system properties dialog, click the Start button, right-click "My Computer" and select "Properties".

This will open up your general system information dialog. On our Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro laptop, the Windows XP System Properties logo looks like this:

If you want to put your own graphic in there, you should create your image in a .bmp graphic file. It’s also a good idea to create this bitmap image with the same background shade of gray (RGB: 192, 192, 192) used in the Properties dialog. Otherwise, you risk letting Windows make its own judgments regarding color contrast and background shading.

The next thing to consider is the image size. The system properties dialog only offers enough real estate for an image of about 180 (wide) x120 (high) pixels. Make sure that you can fit your logo in this area.

Once you have created your logo and saved it as a .bmp file, copy it over to the system32 subfolder of your Windows system folder. If you don’t know where your system folder is :

- Click the Start button and select "Run"

- In the "open" field, enter "cmd" (without the quotes) and click ok

- Windows will open up a dos command window

- In the command window, type "set system" (without the quotes)

- Look for the line that contains "SystemRoot", this is where your system directory is (generally, the Windows XP system folder is c:\windows)

Now that you know where your system folder is, copy your logo image file over to the system32 subfolder of your system folder. Then rename your logo image file to oemlogo.bmp

Additionally you can create a new file in this same folder and name the new file oeminfo.ini

In this file you can enter your contact information like in the example below:

[General]

Manufacturer=Your Company Name

Model=ShowCase

[Support Information]

Line1=" "

Line2=" For support, sales, upgrades or questions:"

Line3=""

Line4=" Some text to demonstrate the XP System Properties logo"

Line5=" Windows XP PC "

Line6=" Your Company Name"

Line7=""

Line8=" +1 (888) 888-888 (voice)"

Line9=" +1 (888) 888-889 (fax)"

Line10=""

Line11=""

Line12=" http://www.Your Company Name.com/"

Save and close the file and you are ready. From now on, if someone opens up the system properties dialog, your own Windows XP System Properties logo is in there.

20. TO DISABLE CHANGING OF WALLPAPER.

The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will still allow people to select the Set as Desktop Background option upon right-clicking an image shown in the aforementioned system program. You would be better advised to create an OU to host each of the machines on which you wish to restrict this option and adding an entry for a file called "Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp" in to the following Policy location:

Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Security Settings | File System

If you add a file, simply select the location from your own machine and Windows will enter the file as %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp

If the file does not exist on your computer, navigate to a website, right-click an image (any image) and select Set as Background. This will create the file mentioned above and allow you select it from within Group Policy Editor. You can also edit the registry (carefully, of course).

In the editor (Start > Run > Regedit) navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop (It may be necessary to create the location).

Here, edit/create the DWORD value "NoChangingWallpaper" so that its value is 1.

16. FOR THOSE SKILLED IN THE ART OF DOS BATCH FILES.

XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? Will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.

15. XP HIDES SOME SYSTEM SOFTWARE YOU MIGHT WANT TO REMOVE......?

Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it.
You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

14. YOU CAN LOCK YOUR XP WORKSTATION WITH TWO CLICKS OF THE MOUSE.

Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click,

And enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field.

Give the shortcut a name you like.

That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

13. YOU CAN DELETE FILES IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT HAVING THEM MOVE TO THE RECYCLE BIN FIRST.

Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type ' gpedit.msc';
Then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting.
Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

12. HIDE/UNHIDE LOGON NAMES

If you want to hide or unhide the names of users that are displayed on the initial logon screen:

1. Start Regedit

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList

3. Add a DWORD with the name of the user account you want to hide

4. Make sure it has a value of 0

5. If there is an existing account, you can unhide it by giving it a value of 1.

11. REMOVING THE MSN MESSENGER.

If you want to remove the MSN Messenger from always starting in the system tray, do

1. Start / Run

2. Then enter in the following string: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

To remove it completely, see the section Adding / Removing Additional Programs

Remove the hide from the line:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

10. INCREASING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.

If you have 512 MB or more of memory, you can increase system performance by having the core system kept in memory.

1. Start Regedit

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive

3. Set the value to be 1

4. Reboot the computer.

9. WATCH YOUR MOVIES IN MSPAINT.

Hey guys, did you know that you can REALY watch movies in paint?

Here's what you gotta do:

Open your favorite movie player and play the move (I played the .mpg format in Winamp) Hit "Print Screen", keep playing the movie in the player, don’t stop it. Open MsPaint. Select "Edit>Paste" Or Hit "CTRL+V" for Paste! You can watch movies in Paint!

But there are no Pause, Next, Previous, Stop etc. buttons

Spread this fact to all your friends and show how COOL things you can do with Paint!

Experiment with other formats too, it doesn't play DivX, Flash movies, etc. M*CRO$OFT hasn't revealed this I think. MsPaint is GREAT

8. HIDE YOUR FOLDER IN DIFFERENT WAY.

1. Have you ever wondered, how can you make a folder invisible without even using any kind of software’s in windows XP?

Well, here is the answer to that. It is very much possible and Windows will help us in doing this.

How? Let’s see the answer

1. Create any new Folder.

2. Right click and go to Rename, remove the content, press “Alt” and type “0160?. The Folder name would become NIL.

3. Now go on to the properties of the folder and click “Customize”, and click “Change Icon”.

4. Here you will find some icons without any kind of images.

5. Select any of these images and click “OK”. You will now see that your folder is now invisible.

If you will select it then it will be shown like this.

But in a normal manner when you will open your Drive/Folder, it will be Invisible.

2. To Lock a folder in windows XP without any software. Follow the steps below.

Make a Folder in C drive rename it as "abc" without quotes.

Now open Command Prompt from Start Menu.

Type "attrib +s +h C:\abc" without quotes and press enter.

This command will make your folder invisible and it can not be seen even in hidden files and folders

To make it visible again type "attrib -s -h C:\abc"

You can lock any other folder also by changing the location C:\abc to address of your folder.

7. Here’s a great tip to speed up your browsing of windows Xp machines.

It’s 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.

5. CREATE A PASSWORD RESET DISK:-

If you’re running windows Xp professional as a local user in a workgroup environment, you can create a password reset disk to log onto your computer when you forget your password. To create the disk:

1. Click start, click control panel, and then click user accounts.

2. Click your account name.

3. Under related tasks, click prevents a forgotten password.

4. Follow the directions in the forgotten password wizard to create a password reset disk.

5. Store the disk in a secure location, because anyone using it can access your local user account.

6. Set the search screen to the classic look

6. When I first saw the default search pane in windows Xp.

6. When I first saw the default search pane in windows Xp.

My instinct was to return it to its classic look; that puppy had to go. Of course, I later discovered that a doggie door is built into the applet. click "change preferences" then "without an animated screen character." if you'd rather give it a bare-bones "windows 2000" look and feel, fire up your registry editor and navigate to:

Hkey_Current_User \ software \ Microsoft \ windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ cabinet state.

You may need to create a new string value labeled "use search asst" and set it to "no".

4. WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER WILL DISPLAY THE COVER ART FOR ALBUMS AS IT PLAYS THE TRACKS.

If it found the picture on the internet when you copied the tracks from the Cd. if it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-Wmp music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and windows media player will pick it up and display it.

3. INCREASE YOUR STARTUP MENU.

The start menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry Hkey_Current_User/control panel/desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.

2. INTERNET EXPLORER 6 WILL AUTOMATICALLY DELETE TEMPORARY FILES, BUT ONLY IF YOU TELL IT TO.

Start the browser, select tools / internet options... and advanced, go down to the security area and check the box to empty temporary internet files folder when browser is closed

A love story that would touch your heart...

A love story that would touch your heart...

There was once a guy who suffered from cancer... a cancer that can't be treated. He was 18 years old and he could die anytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken care by his mother. He never went outside but he was sick of staying home and wanted to go out for once. So he asked his mother and she gave him permission. He walked down his block and found a lot of stores. He passed a CD store and looked through the front door for a second as he walked. He stopped and went back to look into the store. He saw a young girl about his age and he knew it was love at first sight. He opened the door and walked in, not looking at anything else but her. He walked closer and closer until he was finally at the front desk where she sat. She looked up and asked "Can I help you?" She smiled and he thought it was the most beautiful smile he has ever seen before and wanted to kiss her right there. He said "Uh... Yeah...Umm... I would like to buy a CD." He picked one out and gave her money for it. "Would you like me to wrap it for you?" she asked, smiling her cute smile again. He nodded and she went to the back. She came back with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. He took it and walked out of the store. He went home and from then on, he went to that store everyday and bought a CD, and she wrapped it for him. He took the CD home and put it in his closet. He was still too shy to ask her out and he really wanted to but he couldn't. His mother found out about this and told him to just ask her. So the next day, he took all his courage and went to the store. He bought a CD like he did everyday and once again she went to the back of the store and came back with it wrapped. He took it and when she wasn't looking, he left his phone number on the desk and ran out...

!!!RRRRRING!!!

The mother picked up the phone and said, "Hello?" It was the girl!!! She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry and said, "You don't know? He passed away yesterday..." The line was quiet except for the cries of the boy's mother. Later in the day, the mother went into the boy's room because she wanted to remember him. She thought she would start by looking at his clothes...So she opened the closet...She was face to face with piles and piles and piles of unopened CDs. She was surprised to find all those CDs and she picked one up and sat down on the bed and she started to open one. Inside, there was a CD and as she took it out of the wrapper, out fell a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it. It said:

Hi... I think U R really cute. Do u wanna go out with me?

Love, Jacelyn

The mother opened another CD... Again there was a piece of paper. It said:

Hi... I think U R really cute. Do u wanna go out with me?

Love, Jacelyn

So dear friends....If you love somebody.....say it loud. So often refrain from expressing our affection before our loved ones. How long is it that you haven't said "I LOVE YOU" or "I LIKE YOU" to your Mom who cares so much, Dad who does so much, brother who helps so much, sister who loves so much, that close friend who is always there for you. Go ahead, tell them , this is your chance....before it passes away.

Take care,

HAVE A NICE DAY !!

Remember to always say what you mean. If you love someone, tell them. Don't be afraid to press yourself. Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you. Because when you decide that it is the right time, it might be too late. Seize the day. Never have regrets. And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that you are today.

1. XP HAS IP VERSION 6 SUPPORTS

The next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN.

Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (It’s ok, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what ipv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.