Win XP Tweaks and Tips

Created By:- Roshan Pratihast

Lock your folder without any software

Suppose you want to lock the folder movies in d: which has the path D:\movies.In the same drive
create a text file and type
ren movies movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Now save this text file as loc. bat
Create another text file and type in it
ren movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movies
Now save this text file as key. bat

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

How to Hide the drives(c,d....etc) in MY COMPUTER

This is a great trick you can play on your friends. 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....

Way to get xp product code from cd

It really works
There is a way to get the xp product code from the cd
just explorer 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.
Have fun u never need to search for a product code for xp again...!!!!

Hack Admin Password From User Mode

Disclaimer: Use this article for eductational purpose ONLY.

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

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.

How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent

How 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"

Speed up 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.

Secrets Behind The Run Registry key

Secrets Behind The Run Registry key
You can start or stop programs from executing at bootup by adding or deleting them
to/from the run Keys in the Registry. Windows loads programs to start in the
following order; Program listed in the Local Machine hive, then the Current User
hive, then theWin.ini Run= and Load = lines and then finally programs in your Start
Up folder.
To add or remove programs in the Registry.Open RegEdit. .Go to the desired Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Micrsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Add a new String Value and name it anything you like. For the value data, enter the
path and executable for the program you want to run.
By adding the value to the KEY_CURRENT_USER hive instead allows the program
to start only when that user is logged on. If you add the value to the RunOnce key
the program will run once and be removed from the key by Windows.

Change “AM” and “PM”

Change “AM” and “PM” Displayed Near
the System Clock to Any Text You want
You can add your name or anything you like that consists of 8 characters or less. This will
replace the AM or PM next to the system time. Do not use this tip if you are using any
software during the trial period as it will corrupt the trial license. Open the RegEdit and
navigate to the following registry key: KEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\International.
Add two new String values, "s1159" and "s2359". Most probably those keys will be already
present. If it is not there then create them. Right click the value name and modify. Enter
anything you like up to 8 characters. If you enter two different values when modifying, you
can have the system tray display the two different values in the AM and PM

Create a drive menu for My Computer

Windows XP makes it easy for you to configure My Computer so it works like a menu, with
each drive listed as a menu item. Here's how. Right-click the Start button, and select
Properties.Click Customize, which is adjacent to the Start Menu radio button, and select
Advanced. Scroll through the Start Menu Items list box until you see My Computer. Select
Display As A Menu, and click OK twice. Now, when you select My Computer from the Start
menu, you'll see a menu of individual drives. To access the contents of that drive, just select
the drive letter from the menu

Add a program to the Right Click Menu

Add a program to the Right Click Menu
So as to Use it Everywhere by just doing a
Right-Clicking
When you right click on any folder, you can have access to that application, the same as using
Sent To and New. Open Registry Editor. Navigate and choose:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell. Add a new Key to the "Shell" Key and name
it anything you like. Give it a default value that will appear when you right click a
folder, i.e. NewKey (use an "&" without the quotes, in front of any character and it
will allow you to use the keyboard). Navigate and click on the registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\NewKey. Now you have to add a New Key
named Command and Set the (Default) value of the application you want to run. For
example: c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe (Include the full path)

Turn Off Window Animation

You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize
Windows. Open Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control panel
\Desktop\WindowMetrics. Create a new string value "MinAnimate". Set the value
data of 0 for Off or 1 for On

Remove the Desktop Item Icons

Remove the Desktop Item Icons (My
Computer, Recycle Bin…)
Run the Registry Editor and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace. Here's where you'll find various
special desktop icons. They're not listed by name, but instead by CLSID. Check the tip
number 5 for the CLSIDs of common desktop objects. To remove an icon from the desktop,
simply delete the key and then exit the Registry, go to your desktop, and press F5 to refresh
the screen. If it still doesn’t work, system needs a restart.

Un-install Wordpad, Automatic Update,pinball etc

[grey]Un-install Wordpad, Automatic Update,
Messenger, Pinball etc
Use Notepad or another text editor to open the Setup Information file, sysoc.inf, which is
generally found in the C:\WINDOWS\INF folder. For this folder to be visible, you will have
to enable hidden folders by going into Windows Explorer and choosing Tools Folder
Options View Show Hidden Files and Folders. The lines in the file follow the format:
program=program.dll,OcEntry,program.inf,,numeral
The Pinball game entry, as an example, looks like this:
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7.
Remove the word HIDE from the entry that refers to the component you want to remove.
Save the sysoc.inf file, and run the Windows Components Wizard under Add/Remove
programs. The component will now show up in the wizard. Remove it as you would any other
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Add “Copy To Folder” and “Move To folder"

Add “Copy To Folder” and “Move To
Folder” in a Right-Click Menu
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers.
Shellex. It tells you it's a shell extension key that lets you customize the user shell or the
interface. Create a new key called Copy To. Set the value to {C2FBB630-2971-11d1-
A18C-00C04FD75D13}. Create another new key called Move To. Set the value to
{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}. Exit the Registry. The changes
should take effect immediately. The Copy To Folder and Move To Folder options will
appear. When you right-click a file and choose one of the options, you'll be able to move or
copy the file using a dialog box.

Tune Your Browsing- Tricks on DNS

By default, XP caches negative entries for five minutes. Negative entries are those in which
no match was found, and you end up getting a "Cannot find server or DNS" error in your
browser.After five minutes, they're cleared from your cache. But if you'd like, you can force
XP not to cache these negative entries so that you'll never run into this problem. Run the
Registry Editor and go to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters. Create a new DWORD value with the
name NegativeCacheTime and give it a value of 0. The DWORD determines how much time,
in seconds, to keep negative entries in the DNS cache. If you like, you can have the entries
stay alive for one second by giving the DWORD a value of 1.After you're done editing, exit
the Registry. To make the change take effect, restart your computer, or flush your cache by
issuing the command ipconfig /flushdns at a command prompt.
You can also use the Registry to control the amount of time positive entries are kept in the
DNS cache. By default, they are kept for 24 hours. To change the default, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameter again
and create a DWORD value called MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit. (If it's already present, just
edit the value.) For the value, enter the amount of time you want the entry to remain, in
seconds, making sure to use Decimal as the base

Customize the “Send To” Option

Adding new locations and programs and taking away existing ones that you never use from
this menu is very simple. It's easy to hack. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\<log_in_name>
\Send To, where <log_in_name> is your username with which you login to your system. The
folder will be filled with shortcuts to all the locations you find on your “Send To” context
menu. To remove an item from the Send To menu, delete the shortcut from the folder. To add
an item to the menu, add a shortcut to the folder by highlighting the folder, choosing File
New Shortcut, and follow the instructions for creating a shortcut. The new setting will take
effect immediately.

SURF ORKUT WHEN IT IS BLOCKED

www.mathtunnel.com

www.gravitywars.com

www.kproxy.com

www.calculatepie.com

http://www.anonymizer.com/

Open the above sites and just type in http://www.orkut.com in companies or colleges where its
blocked n enjoy

Block USB in Windows Xp

1. Start -> Run -> regedit ->Find the Hkey_Local_Machine>System>Current Control
set>Services>USBStor.
Look at the right pain and find out the Start where value of the start would be 0000000(3) edit
the value by double mouse click and type 4 and save.

2. Restart ur pc

Makin Firefox faster....

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
down and look for the following entries:
browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – true
network.http.max-connections – 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4
network.http.pipelining – true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining – true
network.http.request.timeout – 300

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really
speeds up page loading.

Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.

Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using a brodband connection you'll load pages 2-25 times faster now.

Remove virus manually.....

Cuz some virus can't be removed by using any anti-virus.
Even NOD32 is a best anti I have ever found but on some

occasions it failed to remove those virus which is been discused

here. I will show u guys how to treat them....

here u go.......

1. RAVMON.EXE
Ravmon is a highly risky worm when it hurts ur system then it

creates some kind of chinese writen instead of Open and

explorer. This can be removed by this

Steps:
====

1- Open "Windows File Explorer".

2- Goto Tools --> Options --> Folder Options.
3- Check "Hidden Files and Folders".
4- Click OK.
5- Double Click "My Computer" and then open C Drive.
6- See files named "RavMon.exe" and "autorun.exe".
7- Shift+Del those files.
8- Repeat 6th and 7th step for all your drives.
9- Open c:\windows and see SVHOST or SVCHOST written in CAPS and

Shift+Del this file as well.

10- This is Done but you can search "RavMon" in registry editor

for double check and if you find that anywhere in registry

simply delete it..

11- After that restart your PC.
2. Autorun.inf
Autorun.inf itself is a simple text-based configuration file

that tells the operating system which executable to start, which

icon to use, and which additional menu commands to make

available.
But sometimes this creates the big problem. Follow the steps to

get the rid of it.

Firstly go to Tools> Folder Options> View>Show hidden files and

folders option check this before proceding on the steps

STEPS
====

1. Go to Start-->run and type cmd then click ok

2. If u want to remove the infected file from c drive then type

C: in command prompt and press enter

3. Type autorun.inf and press enter
autorun.inf file is opened
4. Now type "attrib autorun.inf -s -h -r" and press enter
5. Now delete the file by typing "del autorun.inf" and press

enter
6.Now type autorun.inf and press enter now, u will find no

infected autorun.inf file.

7. same way do for all other drives then restart ur pc

Faster Network Access

When you use My Network Places to browse for other machines on your network, Windows
XP first checks for the scheduled tasks on the target machine before listing the shared
resources present on the computer. We can do a registry hack to avoid this delay. Invoke the
Registry Editor by typing regedit at the command line. Open the following
Registrykey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace. Delete the following key {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-
8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Now close the Registry and reboot.

Switch to Windows' basic search tool

Open the Registry Editor. Now Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \ Cabinet State. Go to Edit New String
Value. Name the new value. Double-click the new value, type no in the Value Data text box,
and click OK. Close the Registry Editor, and restart the system. To switch back to the Search
Companion, just go back to the Registry Editor, and change the Value Data to yes.

All About Your Recycle Bin

Add rename to the menu:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
Add delete to the menu:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
"Attributes"=hex:60,01,00,20
Add rename and delete to the menu:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
"Attributes"=hex:70,01,00,20
Restore the recycle bin to Windows defaults including un-deleting the icon after deletion:
Restore the icon.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer
\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
@="Recycle Bin"
Reset Windows defaults.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
"Attributes"=hex:40,01,00,20
Other edits to the recycle bin icon:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
"Attributes"=hex:40,01,01,20 ... standard shortcut arrow
"Attributes"=hex:40,01,02,20 ... a different shortcut arrow
"Attributes"=hex:40,01,04,20 ... and still another shortcut arrow
"Attributes"=hex:40,01,08,20 ... make it look disabled (like it's been cut)
For Windows XP and 2000 you have to also edit the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645
F
F040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Display Your Own Error Messages

When you try to delete Microsoft Outlook from the desktop, you get the warning message
"The Outlook Desktop icon provides special functionality and we recommend that you do not
remove it." If you like, you can edit that message to display whatever you want. In the
CLSID's subkeyfor example, {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} for Microsoft
Outlook you'll find the value Removal Message. Edit this value to whatever text you want,
and your warning message will appear whenever someone tries to delete the icon. This is just
an example. Follow the suit for customizing the error messages for other icons too!

Improved Use of System cache

Open registry by going to START-RUN and entering regedit. Navigate to the registry key
that is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager
\MemoryManagement . Look for value of "LargeSystemCache". If available, do one of the
following: If the computer is a workstation, set its value to 0. If it is a server set a value of 1.

Clean Up the “Open With” Menu

When you right-click a file, you see the menu option “Open With”, which provides a list of
programs for you to open the file with. You can clean up the Open With list by using a
Registry hack. Run the Registry Editor (Start Run Regedit) and go to the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \FileExts.
Look for the file extension whose Open With list you want to edit and find its OpenWithList
subkey. The subkey will have an alphabetical list of String values. Open each value and
examine the value data. It will be the name of one of the programs on the Open With list .
Delete any entry you don't want to appear. Don't delete the value data; delete the String value
listing. In other words, if the value data for the String value is Winword.exe, delete the entire
string rather than just the value data. Exit the Registry.
Remove Menu Items from Explorer
Explorer's menus can get messy at times. But you can use a Registry hack to clean it up a bit
by removing some items from the Tools menu. Map Network Drive, Disconnect Network
Drive etc can be stopped from displaying. Run the Registry Editor and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create the following DWORD entry and set the values correspondingly. If the values are
already there, then just check the values:
NoNetConnectDisconnect. 1
NoAutoUpdate 1
NoNetHood 1
NoOnlinePrintsWizard 1
NoPublishingWizard 1
NoWebServices 1
NoWelcomeScreen 1
NoInternetOpenWith 1
NoWindowsUpdate 1
Restart your computer and see the explorer window with changes.

Command Prompt on Right-Clicking a folder

With this tip, you can right-click any folder in your windows and open a command prompt at
that folder. It is a very old hack and I am mentioning it here because of compulsion.Run the
Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes/Folder/Shell.
Create a new key called Command Prompt. For the default value, enter whatever text you
want to appear when you right-click a folder.. Create a new key beneath the Command
Prompt key called Command. Set the default value to Cmd.exe /k pushd %L. That value will
launch Cmd.exe, which is the XP command prompt. The “/k” switch puts the prompt into
interactive mode. That is, it lets you issue commands from the command prompt; the
command prompt isn't being used to issue only a single command and then exit. The “pushd”
command stores the name of the current directory, and “%L” uses that name to start the
command prompt at it. Exit the Registry.

Don’t want the “Open With” Option..?

Each application's subkey in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications controls whether that

particular application will show up on the dialog box. If you want to ban a particular program
from the Open With dialog box, look for the application's subkey underneath
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications, add a String value named NoOpenWith, and leave
the value blank. There will be no more “Open With” menu for that item.

Activate “ClearType” for Better Display

Microsoft states, “With Windows XP, ClearType delivers improved font display resolution
over traditional anti-aliasing. It improves readability on color LCD monitors with a digital
interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat desktop displays. Readability on CRT
screens can also be somewhat improved.
Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/ControlPanel/Desktop. Right Click on the right window pane
and create a string value with the name FontSmoothing and set a value to 2.Once again right
click and this time create a Dword with the name FontSmoothingType. Set the value to 2.
Exit Registry and Reboot. This will enable the ClearType for all users on the computer.

Activate/De-activate Intelligent menu

When the Intelligent Menu is activated in Internet Explorer, a message pops up that states it
can be turned of using the Internet Options, but while using the Classic Windows mode, that
option is unavailable.
Create the following keys if necessary. Most probably the keys will be found in those
locations.
For Internet Explorer's Favorites folder:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
change: "FavIntelliMenus"="yes"
to
"FavIntelliMenus"="no"
For the Start Menu, and sub-menus:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc
ed]
change:
"IntelliMenus"=dword:00000001
to "IntelliMenus"=dword:00000000

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machin

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.

20 Hidden Things!
Useful Windows XP Tips, Tweaks, Walkthroughs and Shortcuts :)

1. Total Uptime:
It boasts how long it can stay up. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the
All Programs start button option, and then type ’systeminfo’. The computer will produce a lot of
useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type ’systeminfo > info.txt’. This
creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad.

2. Delete Files Immediately:

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.

3. Lock XP:
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.

4. Remove System Software:

XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you
can make it show everything. 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 the software and you

can now uninstall it.

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5. Interesting New Commands:

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.

6. IP Version 6 Support:
XP has IP version 6 support — 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.

7. Task Termination:
You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using ‘taskkill /pid’ and
the task number, or just ‘tskill’ and the process number. Find that out by typing ‘tasklist’, which
will also tell you a lot about what’s going on in your system.

8. ZIP Files as Folders:

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 alone by typing ‘regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll’ at the command line. If
you change your mind later, you can change things back by typing ‘regsvr32 zipfldr.dll’.

9. XP Has ClearType:
XP has ClearType — Microsoft’s anti-aliasing font display technology — but doesn’t have it
enabled by default. It’s well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years
of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click
on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-
down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use
ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry
HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.
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10. Remote Assistance:

You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who’s using network address translation (NAT)
on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance
invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like
192.168.1.10. Replace this with your friend’s real IP address — they can find this out by going to
www.whatismyip.com — and get them to make sure that they’ve got port 3389 open on their
firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.

11. User Task Management:

You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the
icon, select Run As… and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for
that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install
a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple
times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.

12. Disable Default Notifications:

Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport,
using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you
might go insane before that point, run Regedit, go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced
and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.

13. Faster Startup:

You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run… from the start
menu and type ‘control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the
Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer,
and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and
password for the account you want to use.
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14. Delete Temp Internet Files Automatically:

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.

15. Network Activity Light:

XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can’t see the LEDs twinkle on your
network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click
on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show
icon in notification area when connected box. You’ll now see a tiny network icon on the right of
your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.

16. Speed-Up Your Start 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.

17. Batch Rename Files:

You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window,
then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with
individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in
alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By… Show In Groups.

18. Album Cover Arts:

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.

19. Handy Shortcut Keys:

Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up

the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.
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20. Windows File Protection:

Windows XP secretly KNOWS that the average user has no idea what they are doing. Therefore, it
doesn’t let you do really stupid things like deleting the windows directory (at least not without
spending several hours convincing it that you REALLY want to do this).

Hide Your Files In A JPEG

Well, did you know you could hide your files in a JPEG file? For this, you will only need to
download WinRAR. You just need to have a little knowledge about Command Prompt and have
WinRAR installed.

Ok, lets begin…

1. Gather all the files that you wish to hide in a folder anywhere in your PC (make it in C:\hidden -
RECOMMENDED).
2. Now, add those files in a RAR archive (e.g. secret.rar). This file should also be in the same
directory (C:\hidden).
3. Now, look for a simple JPEG picture file (e.g. logo.jpg). Copy/Paste that file also in C:\hidden.
4. Now, open Command Prompt (Go to Run and type ‘cmd‘). Make your working directory
C:\hidden.
5. Now type: “COPY /b logo.jpg + secret.rar output.jpg” (without quotes) - Now, logo.jpg is the
picture you want to show, secret.rar is the file to be hidden, and output.jpg is the file which
contains both. :D
6. Now, after you have done this, you will see a file output.jpg in C:\hidden. Open it (double-click)
and it will show the picture you wanted to show. Now try opening the same file with WinRAR, it
will show the hidden archive .

Registered Owner & Organization Setting

When you right click on My Computer then Click on properties , you will see there

Registered to:
registered owner
registered Organization
serial numbers

it can not be change from here and cannot delete too....

it can be done by Registry easily ...just follow the steps :

Open the registry, START --> RUN --> Type 'Regedit'

Locate the registry key as below :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SOFTWARE --> Microsoft --> Windows NT --> CurrentVersion

On the right panel you will see two keys named, 'RegisteredOwner' &
'RegisteredOrganization'....change these values as you want....

(The above given key is for Windows NT/2000/XP users)

for Windows 98/ME Users

Windows 98/ME users follow the steps :-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SOFTWARE --> Microsoft --> Windows --> CurrentVersion

now follow the above same steps.....

Disable CD Auto Run

Start regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet
\Services\Cdrom. Now Create a new registry key of type Dword and name it AutoRun. If the
key is already there, just set the value to 0 in order to disable AutoRun. To enable it, change
the value to 1. Once it is done, Exit Registry and Reboot.

CD Writer is Not Fast Enough..?

Open My Computer, right-click the CD Drive icon, and then click Properties. Click the
Recording tab to display the settings. Under "Select a write Speed" Choose the "Fastest". If
still having a problem, then choose a speed like 18x or a medium speed. This will resolve
almost all the issues.

A shortcut to “Sleep” well

Create your own Sleep button by creating a shortcut on your desktop. In the previous PDf
release, I discussed about Shutdown and re-start shortcuts. Now it’s time for a sleep. Rightclick
on the desktop. Select New Shortcut.
Type rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState in the text box as it is. Click Next. Type
Sleep in the text box and click Finish. Now when you click the Sleep icon, Windows XP will
put the computer into either Stand By or Hibernate mode depending on how the “When I
Press The Sleep Button” On My Computer setting is configured on the Advanced tab of the
Power Options Properties dialog box.

Disable the Windows XP Startup Screen

If you want to see what goes behind the Windows Startup Screen, you have to disable the
Windows boot screen. Right click “My Computer”. Select “Properties”. Select the
“Advanced” tab. In the “Startup and Recovery” section, click “Settings”. In the “System
Startup” section, click Edit to open the boot.ini file in Notepad. You will see a line that looks
similar to the one below:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect
To disable the Startup Screen, change the line as below:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect /sos. Note that there is a space between 'fastdetect' and '/sos'. Close Notepad, click
Yes when Notepad asks if you want to save your changes. Exit System Properties. Reboot
computer and the Startup Screen will be gone.

Hidden User Account

An account that is normally displayed on the Welcome screen can be hidden from view. To
log on using the account it's necessary to use the Log On To Windows dialog box similar to
the one in Windows 2000. Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogo
n\SpecialAccounts\UserList.
Right Click on the right side window and create a new DWord value. Name the key, the
name of account to be hidden. For example, If I wish to hide an account called “Sandeep”,
then I name the key as “Sandeep”.
Set the value 0 to hide that account. Now exit the registry editor and reboot. To display the
account at a later period, visit the same key and give the value 1. Now you have an account
hidden.
Increase Internet Download Connections
This trick increase Simultaneous Internet Download Connections
and increases the number of allowed simultaneous connections to a higher number. The
default value is only five connections.
Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings.
Right click on the window pane and create a DWord key with the name
“MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server” as it is without quotes. Set the value to a higher number
like 0000000a. Note that they are zeros and not alphabet ‘O’.
Right click on the window pane and create another DWord key with the name
“MaxConnectionsPerServer”. No quotes please. Set the value to a higher number like
0000000a. Note that they are zeros and not alphabet ‘O’.

Remove Invalid Entries from os selection menu

Remove Invalid Entries from Operating
System Selection Menu
A common complaint after reinstalling XP is the appearance of a boot screen asking the user
to select the copy of XP that is to be loaded, even when there is only one copy of XP on the
system. XP provides a method that eliminates the danger of manual editing of boot.ini by
using the System Configuration Utility.
Click Start > Run .Type msconfig and click OK to open System Configuration Utility. Select
the tab labeled BOOT.INI. Click the button labeled. Check All Boot Paths. A dialog box will
open detailing the location of any invalid operating system locations. Confirm you want to
remove the entry and reboot the system.

Avoid Reactivation on XP Reinstall

On activating your copy of Windows XP operating system, a file gets updated in windows
/system32 directory. It is called wpa.dbl. If you need to reinstall, take a backup of this file
and once you have reinstalled the OS, just copy it back to the same directory. This way you
can avoid reactivation hurdles.

Do not let Regedit remember last change

You might have noticed that whenever you open up Regedit, you can see the screen opened
up with the key you last changed. This is because regedit remembers the last changed key.
You can make it forget at your wish. You be the master. To do this trick, you'll need admin
privileges.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit
and look for the value LastKey. Double-click it and clear the string. Then right-click the
Regedit key (in the left-hand pane) and select Permissions.Set Permissions to Deny for
any/all users/group.

Hide All Icons in System Tray

Run the Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/
Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Explorer. Create a new DWORD called
NoTrayItemsDisplay. Assign it a value of 1. (0= keep the icons displayed.) Exit the Registry
and reboot.

Disable the Win Key in a Keyboard

If you do not have a windows enabled keyboard you can disable its use. Navigate to the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\KeyboardLayout. Look
for value of "Scancode Map". Its binary data. Set its value to "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00
00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00" to disable the win key. Please be cautious while
entering this lengthy key.
Disable Automatic Modem Connections at startup
Disable Automatic Modem Connections at
Startup
The system may try to initiate an Internet connection at Windows startup or at the start of
many applications. This setting can be disabled by a small registry hack. Navigate to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole.
Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called EnableRemoteConnect and
edit the value to “Yes” or “No” accordingly. Yes = enable automatic connections and No =
disabled.

Customize the HTML error pages

Some times, when you type a webpage address you might see an error page. A very common
error page that we come across is “Page not found” page. These error messages do not come
from any server. They are all stored in a DLL file in our system itself. The name of the dll file
is SHDOCLC.DLL file. If you don’t trust me then copy the following address and paste it in
your IE address bar and see for yourself.
res://c:\\Windows\\System32\\SHDOCLC.DLL/servbusy.htm
Now replace servbusy.htm with other html files given below .
http_400.htm, http_404.htm, http_406.htm, http_410.htm, http_500.htm, http_501.htm,
http_gen.htm, servbusy.htm, syntax.htm, navcancl.htm, offcancl.htm, policyerror.htm,
policylooking.htm, policynone.htm, policysyntaxerror.htm, privacypolicy.dlg, preview.dlg,
printerr.htm, printnf.htm, printnof.htm, printunk.htm, wcee.htm, ietext.bmp, ietext256.bmp,
world.bmp, world256.gif, ie.gif, ie256.gif, orgfav.dlg, about.dlg, analyze.dlg, bidifind.dlg,
docppg.ppg, error.dlg, find.dlg, findic.dlg, ieerror.dlg, imageppg.ppg, orgfav.dlg, and
pstemplate.dlg (Do you trust me now???)
If you need to customize these messages, write an error message and store it somewhere on
your hard disk. We can replace all these HTML error pages with our own. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\AboutURLs. You
can change entries associated with various keys and provide complete path name to your own
custom html file.

Where is the Conformation Message?

When you first choose to download a file in Internet Explorer, you receive a Confirm File
Open dialog box. The "Always ask before opening this type of file" check box in this dialog
box is selected by default. But if you clear that check box, the registry entry for this setting
is changed and you do not see the Confirm File Open dialog box in subsequent download
sessions. Instead, Internet Explorer automatically opens files instead of downloading them.
If you regret the action and you want the message box back, here is a way: go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile and modify the third octet for the EditFlags value in the
value from 01 to 00.

Remove “Log Off” from the Start Menu

To remove the Log Off line on your Start menu do the following registry hack. Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a new DWORD value and name it NoLogOff. Now add the value 1 to the key. You
need to logoff or reboot for the settings to take effect.

Unable to Open Certain Web Sites?

Try These Steps
From the IE window, go to Tools Internet Options Advanced and uncheck the
option Enable third party browsing extensions. Now restart IE.
Go to Start Run and type regsvr32 actxprxy.dll (follow next bullet point too)
Go to Start Run and type regsvr32 shdocvw.dll and reboot.
Open Tools Internet Options Privacy tab and put one of these web sites in the list
which can be located by clicking the Sites button.
Try putting the web site in the "Trusted Zone" and if this fixes the problem, you can
begin to diagnose cookie/script problems with that site and your Internet zone
settings.
If you are a dial-up user and your ISP have more than one local number for dialup,
remove the primary number that is dialing up first and use the secondary dialup
number. Clear the checkbox for Negotiate multilink for single link connections
under the PPP settings.
A file in your Windows folder called 'hosts' (no extension) may have an incorrect IP
address for the page. To find out, open Windows Explorer, select your C:\Windows
folder, and look in the right pane for a hosts file. If you can't find it in your Windows
folder, this isn't your problem. If you do find a hosts file, open it in Notepad and look
for a line referring to the page that's giving you trouble. If it's there, enter # at the
beginning of the line. Save and exit the file.
Go to Tools Internet Options Connections Lan Settings. Uncheck Use a proxy
server. Now restart IE.
These steps will definitely solve the issues.